Obertheres

Obertheres municipality Theres Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '24 "  N , 10 ° 26' 52"  E
Residents :	1474  (May 22, 2019)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	97531
Area code :	09521
Location of Obertheres in Bavaria

Theres Monastery (18th century)

Obertheres Castle (former monastery)

Monastery courtyard

Monastery garden

Monastery guest house (today rectory)

Altar of the Marienkapelle in Obertheres

Obertheres is a district of the Lower Franconian community of Theres in the Haßberge district .

Geographical location

Obertheres merges directly into Theres at its southern edge. Together with the main town, Obertheres is on the B 26 and is connected to the west with Untertheres and east with Wülflingen . The A 70 runs south of Obertheres in an east-west direction . The Franconian Marienweg leads through Obertheres .

history

The first known documentary mention of the place took place in 802 as "Terisse" in connection with a donation of the places Knetzgau , Theres and Walburghausen from Count Whala and his wife Megina to the monastery Fulda .

There are many different theories about the origin of the place name, but no certainty. According to a theory by Hans Jakob, the name “Obertheres” developed from the name of a boundary stone that is no longer preserved, the “Sintheristein”. It delimited a wild ban that reached from Zeilberg an der Rodach , Itz and Ebelsbach Entlach to the Haßberger Forst. The name comes from the owner Sintherishusun of Wildbannland and developed from the abbreviation "Theris" or "Theres" to "ObernTheres" (first known mention of this name: January 18, 1360) at the beginning of the 16th century to "Obertheres".

According to L. Fries, M. Berninger and P. Schneider, the name of Obertheres developed from "Sinterishusen", which means "houses on the way" ( sint : way, -husen : houses). The final syllables -husen would indicate an early date of origin.

There is also the possibility that the name Obertheres originated in connection with the Babenberg Adalbert, whose castle was besieged by King Ludwig IV, the child . Adalbert surrendered after a long siege and was beheaded on September 9, 906. In connection with the siege, the Annales Alamannici says: "Franci et Alamanni ad Tarisam super Adalbertum" (The Franks and Alamanni win (?) At Theres over Adalbert).

The former Benedictine Abbey of Theres Monastery , founded around 1043, was rebuilt in late baroque style by Joseph Greising by 1748 . After secularization , the Minister Theodor von Kretschmann acquired the monastery building and the manor in 1804. He had the abbey church torn down in 1809. In 1830 Schloss Theres became the property of the Hessian first lieutenant a. D. Georg von Ditfurth about. From 1830 to 1855 he housed his brother Franz Wilhelm von Ditfurth there , the well-known collector of Franconian folk songs. In 1856 Georg von Ditfurth sold most of his property to Henry von Swaine and built a Tudor-style castle at the east end of the park , today's Ditfurth Castle. Henry Joseph von Swaine, who was born in London in 1798 and was resident in Thuringia, also acquired the former monastery outbuildings and the associated agricultural lands. The Lords of Swaine came from English landed gentry (Yorkshire). Henry von Swaine was raised to the status of Bavarian baron by King Ludwig II. He modernized the farm, for which he imported modern machines and efficient breeding cattle from England. He was followed by his son Richard von Swaine , who was a member of the German Reichstag from 1871 to 1874. The current castle estate has belonged to the Counts of Beust since 1976 .

On May 1, 1978 Obertheres became part of Theres as part of the municipal reform.

Personalities

• Adalbert von Babenberg (* 854 in Obertheres, † 906)
• Johann Peter Wagner (* 1730 in Obertheres, † 1809), sculptor

Web links

Commons : Kloster Obertheres  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Obertheres at www.vgtheres.de
• Theories on the origin of the place name

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ Dr. Hans Jakob: "Report of the historical associations Bamberg", 1966/9
3. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 759 .