Orfall

Orfall is a desert near today's Erfurt district of Alach in Thuringia . It was one between today Erfurt districts Töttelstedt and Tiefenthal lying allodial of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz . There was a chapel of St. Georgii there. Orfall was mentioned as Urvallum in 1130. Other variants of the name are Orphal , Orvelle, Orphan and Orbell.

Individual evidence

^ New communications from the field of historical and antiquarian research. Volume 2, Issue 2: Directory of the submerged villages etc. in the administrative district of Erfurt. According to official sources. Halle 1836, p. 261 digitized a . P. 285 digital copy
↑ Mittheilungen, Association for the History and Archeology of Erfurt. Erfurt 1865, p. 168.
↑ Selmar Kleemann: The family names Quedlinburg and the surrounding area. P. 147.
^ Paul Wigand: Archive for history and antiquity of Westphalia. Volume 6, p. 278.

[1] New communications from the field of historical and antiquarian research. Volume 2, Issue 2: Directory of the submerged villages etc. in the administrative district of Erfurt. According to official sources. Halle 1836, p. 261 digitized a . P. 285 digital copy

[2] Mittheilungen, Association for the History and Archeology of Erfurt. Erfurt 1865, p. 168.

[3] Selmar Kleemann: The family names Quedlinburg and the surrounding area. P. 147.

[4] Paul Wigand: Archive for history and antiquity of Westphalia. Volume 6, p. 278.