Obermichelbach (Wittelshofen)

Obermichelbach Community Wittelshofen Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 48 ″ N , 10 ° 26 ′ 12 ″ E
Height :	450 (447-463) m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.65 km²
Residents :	148 (2017)
Population density :	41 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91749
Area code :	09853

St. Michael Church

Obermichelbach from the southeast

Obermichelbach is a district of the municipality of Wittelshofen in the district of Ansbach ( Middle Franconia ).

geography

The Hochwiesgraben, which is a right tributary of the Sulzach , and the Scheuerwiesgraben, which flows directly east of the village as a right tributary into the Hochwiesgraben, flow through the parish village . The place is surrounded by arable land and grassland with a few trees. In the northwest the field is called Haldenfeld, in the north Sallfeld and in the west Ebsingfeld.

Communal roads lead to Bernhardswend (1.8 km northwest), to Dorfkemmathen (1.9 km northeast), past the Neumühle to Untermichelbach (2.3 km east) and to state road 2218 (0.6 km south), which leads to Wittelshofen (3.5 km east) or past Illenschwang and Sinbronn to the B 25 near Dinkelsbühl (7 km west).

history

It is not known exactly when Obermichelbach was founded. It is certain, however, that the place was built near a sacrificial site of the god of war Tyr . A chapel was built in place of the sacrificial site. In the 14th century, this chapel gave way to a church dedicated to the Archangel Michael. In a document from 1325, the bishop of Augsburg Friedrich I. Spät von Faimingen confirmed that the Auhausen monastery received all income from the Obermichelbach church.
In Auhausen there is a reference to the local evangelist bell (Vespers bell): "SANCTVS LVCAS S 'MARCVS S' MATHEVS S 'IOHANNE †" as a transcription, diameter of 53 cm, it dates from the year 1280. It is therefore the four evangelists Lukas , Mark, Matthew and John consecrated. In the tower of the parish church in Obermichelbach, which was incorporated into the Auhausen monastery, as well as in the Feuchtwangen St. Johannis church , bells with matching inscriptions and the same features can be found, which undoubtedly indicate the same author.

During the Thirty Years War , the place was completely devastated except for three farms.

The Fraisch over Obermichelbach was controversial. It was claimed by both the Ansbach Oberamt Wassertrüdingen and the Oberamt Dürrwangen in Oettingen- Spielberg . The imperial city of Dinkelsbühl wanted to assert them on their estates. The village and township government had the box office Wassertrüdingen held. At the end of the 18th century there were 27 properties in Obermichelbach. Were landlords

Ansbachic offices (4 properties; Auhausen administration : 1 Söldengut , 1 Söldengut with brewing and brandy rights; Feuchtwangen monastery administration : 1 estate, 1 estate)
Oettingen-Spielberg (Oberamt Dürrwangen: 1 yard)
the Duchy of Württemberg ( Oberamt Weiltingen : 1 farm, 2 farm estates)
the imperial city of Dinkelsbühl (17 properties; catholic church maintenance: 1 estate; council administration: 2 half farm estates, 1 estate, 1 estate; imperial salmon care: 1 estate, 2 half farm estates, 2 estates, 1 estate; lake house maintenance: 1 estate; infirmary care: 1 estate, 1 estate; hospital: 1 estate, 2 estates)
the German Order ( Obervogtamt Oettingen : 1 fiefdom, 1 Sölde).

There was also a church, a parsonage, a schoolhouse, and a community pastor's house.

From 1797 to 1808 the place was subordinate to the Justice and Chamber Office Wassertrüdingen .

In 1806 Obermichelbach came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . As a result of the municipal edict , the place was assigned to the Wittelshofen tax district formed in 1809 and the Untermichelbach rural community . This was renamed to Obermichelbach in 1813. With the second community edict (1818), two rural communities emerged:

Obermichelbach
Untermichelbach with Gelshofen , Gelsmühle and Neumühle .

In 1961, the municipality of Obermichelbach had an area of 3,652 km². It was subordinate to the Dinkelsbühl regional court in terms of administration and jurisdiction and to the Dinkelsbühl tax office ( renamed Dinkelsbühl tax office in 1919 , Ansbach tax office since 1973 ). The jurisdiction remained with the District Court of Dinkelsbühl until 1879, from 1879 to 1973 the District Court of Dinkelsbühl was responsible, which has been a branch of the District Court of Ansbach since 1973 . The administration was taken over by the newly created Dinkelsbühl district office in 1862 (renamed the Dinkelsbühl district in 1938 ). When the Dinkelsbühl district was dissolved in 1972, Obermichelbach came to the Ansbach district.

In the course of the regional reform , Obermichelbach was incorporated into Wittelshofen on May 1, 1978.

monument

Evangelical Lutheran parish church, formerly St. Michael, small hall church with east tower of the 14th / 15th centuries Century, nave from 1779; with equipment; Cemetery wall with embedded tombstones, the core probably still from the late Middle Ages.
Mainly ground- and two-storey stables in the type of the area, 2nd half of the 19th century, with street gables. The ground floor examples are remarkable:
- House No. 9: With a gabled dwarf house. Door lintel marked 1852 .
- House No. 10: According to the inscription on the gable, built in 1862 by Andreas Neidlein.
- House No. 14: Mid-19th century. A sandstone lion, painted in color, is sitting on the cornice of the gable corners.
- House no.34: With a dwelling like no.9. Curved, profiled lintel, keystone marked 1808 .

Population development

year	1818	1840	1852	1855	1861	1867	1871	1875	1880	1885	1890	1895	1900	1905	1910	1919	1925	1933	1939	1946	1950	1952	1961	1970	1987	2017
Residents	179	205	222	193	190	193	211	215	217	215	216	216	211	220	216	214	212	202	184	297	268	237	189	185	183	148
Houses	37	32					36			41			44				41				43		43		41
source

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Obermichelbach . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 4 : Ni-R . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB 790364301 , OCLC 833753101 , Sp. 199 ( digitized version ).
August Gebeßler : City and district of Dinkelsbühl (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 15 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1962, DNB 451450930 , p. 173-174 .
Karl Heinrich von Lang , Heinrich Christoph Büttner , Knappe: District Court Dinkelsbühl (= historical and statistical description of the Rezatkreis . Issue 2). Johann Lorenz Schmidmer, Nuremberg 1810, OCLC 165619678 , p. 24 ( digitized version ).
Teresa Neumeyer: Dinkelsbühl: the former district (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 40). Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 2018, ISBN 978-3-7696-6562-8 , p. 445-446 and 572 .
Anton Steichele (Ed.): The diocese Augsburg historically and statistically described . tape 3 . Schmiedsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Augsburg 1872, p. 501-502 ( digitized version ).

Gottfried Stieber: Michelbach (upper) . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 591-592 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Obermichelbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Obermichelbach in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
Obermichelbach in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 17, 2019.
Obermichelbach in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ Obermichelbach in the Bavaria Atlas
↑ http://www.kloster-auhausen.de/k_kloster_glock.html
↑ T. Neumeyer, pp. 445f.
^ Johann Bernhard Fischer : Obermichelbach . In: Statistical and topographical description of the Burggraftum Nürnberg, below the mountain, or the Principality of Brandenburg-Anspach. Second part. Containing the economic, statistical and moral condition of these countries according to the fifteen upper offices . Benedict Friedrich Haueisen, Ansbach 1790, p. 383 ( digitized version ). (= JK Bundschuh, Vol. 4, Col. 199). According to this, there were 26 subject families, 4 of which were Ansbachian.
↑ ^a ^b T. Neumeyer, p. 572.
^ T. Neumeyer, p. 539.
^ Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 29 ( digitized version ).
↑ ^a ^b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB 453660959 , Section II, Sp. 763 ( digitized version ).
^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 707 .
↑ A. Gebeßler, p. 174. Monument protection canceled, objects possibly torn down.
↑ Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were designated as fireplaces , in 1840 as houses , and from 1871 to 1987 as residential buildings.
↑ Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkkreis according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 67 ( digitized version ).
↑ Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 75 ( digitized version ). According to the historical municipality register , the municipality had 204 inhabitants.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality directory: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (= contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB 451478568 , p. 168 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized ).
^ Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1001 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).

↑ Kgl. Statistisches Bureau (Ed.): Directory of the municipalities of the Kingdom of Bavaria according to the status of the population in December 1867 . XXI. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1869, p. 156 ( digitized version ).

↑ Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1167 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digital copy ).

↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Manufactured due to the new organization of government districts, district offices and judicial districts. Addendum to issue 36 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1879, p. 61 ( digitized version ).

↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Results of the census of December 1, 1880. Issue 35 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1882, p. 175 ( digitized version ).

↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1099 ( digitized version ).

↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1164 ( digitized version ).

↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1202 ( digitized version ).

↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1038 ( digitized version ).

^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 171 ( digitized version ).

↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB 94240937X , p. 333 ( digitized version ).

[1] Obermichelbach in the Bavaria Atlas

[2] ttp://www.kloster-auhausen.de/k_kloster_glock.html

[3] T. Neumeyer, pp. 445f.

[4] Johann Bernhard Fischer : Obermichelbach . In: Statistical and topographical description of the Burggraftum Nürnberg, below the mountain, or the Principality of Brandenburg-Anspach. Second part. Containing the economic, statistical and moral condition of these countries according to the fifteen upper offices . Benedict Friedrich Haueisen, Ansbach 1790, p. 383 ( digitized version ). (= JK Bundschuh, Vol. 4, Col. 199). According to this, there were 26 subject families, 4 of which were Ansbachian.

[N572-5] T. Neumeyer, p. 572.

[6] T. Neumeyer, p. 539.

[7] Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 29 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1961-8] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB 453660959 , Section II, Sp. 763 ( digitized version ).

[9] Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 707 .

[10] A. Gebeßler, p. 174. Monument protection canceled, objects possibly torn down.

[11] Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were designated as fireplaces , in 1840 as houses , and from 1871 to 1987 as residential buildings.

[12] Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkkreis according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 67 ( digitized version ).

[OV_1846-13] Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 75 ( digitized version ). According to the historical municipality register , the municipality had 204 inhabitants.

[HGV-14] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality directory: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (= contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB 451478568 , p. 168 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized ).

[15] Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1001 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).

[16] Kgl. Statistisches Bureau (Ed.): Directory of the municipalities of the Kingdom of Bavaria according to the status of the population in December 1867 . XXI. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1869, p. 156 ( digitized version ).

[17] Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1167 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digital copy ).

[18] K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Manufactured due to the new organization of government districts, district offices and judicial districts. Addendum to issue 36 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1879, p. 61 ( digitized version ).

[19] K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Results of the census of December 1, 1880. Issue 35 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1882, p. 175 ( digitized version ).

[20] K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1099 ( digitized version ).

[21] K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1164 ( digitized version ).

[22] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1202 ( digitized version ).

[23] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB 453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1038 ( digitized version ).

[24] Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB 740801384 , p. 171 ( digitized version ).

[25] Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB 94240937X , p. 333 ( digitized version ).