Osthausen (Gelchsheim)

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Osthausen
Gelchsheim market
Coordinates: 49 ° 35 ′ 23 ″  N , 10 ° 3 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 292 m
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 97255
Area code : 09335

Osthausen is a district of the Gelchsheim market in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg .

Geographical location

The church village of Osthausen is located in the northeast of the Gelchsheim municipality on the Schleibach, a tributary of the Thierbach . Further north, the city of Ochsenfurt begins with the Hopferstadt district . To the east is Gülchsheim , a district of the municipality of Hemmersheim in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district in Central Franconia . To the south-east is Oellingen , which is also part of the Gelchsheim community. Gelchsheim is in the southwest, Sonderhofen - Bolzhausen in the west .

history

In the northeast of the Osthausen district is a ground monument . There are several prehistoric burial mounds that were leveled at a later time. During the Middle Ages , the noble family of Zobel von Giebelstadt held the bailiwick of the village. However, the feudal lord was probably the Würzburg prince-bishop. After an interim period in the Grand Duchy of Würzburg , the village finally came to Bavaria in 1814. During the Second World War , the place suffered great damage. Osthausen has been part of the Gelchsheim community since 1978.

Attractions

The center of the village is the Catholic Laurentius Church. The church was built in the course of the Counter Reformation by Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn in 1614. The church presents itself as a hall with a retracted choir and a choir tower with a pointed helmet. After the destruction in the World War, the structure had to be rebuilt in the post-war period. The village cemetery can be found around the church; it was probably built in the 17th century.

Many wayside shrines and small memorials can be found in the village and in the surrounding area . They mostly go back to private donors and were set up in different centuries. The oldest wayside shrine in Osthausen dates back to 1629 and presents itself as a relief with a crucifixion on a pillar to which a foundation inscription was attached. Further sticks were made in the 18th and 19th centuries. The representation of Our Lady is particularly popular.

literature

  • Christian Will: Greetings from the communities around Würzburg . Würzburg 1983

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Will, Christian: Greetings from the communities around Würzburg , p. 35

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