Petersau

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The Petersau (spoken: Peters-Au) is a floodplain of the Rhine . It lies on the left bank of the Rhine between the cities of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Worms and belongs to the city of Frankenthal (Palatinate) . On the Petersau, in addition to a distinctive meadow landscape, there is also a riding stables (Hofgut Petersau) and an Intersnack factory for the production of potato chips.

Petersau - Hofgut and production facility on the horizon

history

In 1571 the Petersau was owned by the Worms cathedral monastery . The name of the Au refers to the patronage of St. Peter's Cathedral in Worms . In the 18th century, the Petersau came into the possession of the Mannheim Jesuit College and thus became part of the Electoral Palatinate . A wayside shrine with the relief of the Jesuit saint Franz Xavier still exists , indicating this time. Due to the regulation of the Rhine by Johann Gottfried Tulla , Petersau, originally on the right bank of the Rhine, moved to the left bank of the Rhine at the beginning of the 19th century. In 1803 the estate was auctioned off as part of the secularization in Mainz. Arthur Bohnenberger from Stuttgart acquired the estate around 1860. In 1909 it became the property of economist Friedrich Weber, who, however, died in 1917. At the turn of the century, the area of ​​the Petersau estate was 368 ha of fields, 249 ha of meadows and 33 ha of forest. Irmgard von Opel , a granddaughter of the industrialist and founder of Adam Opel AG , Adam Opel took over the estate in 1934 as a member of the Weber community of heirs. In 1962 , her son Carlo von Opel set up a production facility for potato chips, the Chio Chips company , in which potatoes from their own cultivation were initially processed. Today, the Petersau estate is home to the von Opel family's horse breeding and riding facilities.

Varia

The lowest point in the Palatinate is located near the Peterau at 87.30 m above sea level.

gallery

  • Rhine (right), Hofgut (left)

  • Petersau - view to the west

  • Field work on the Petersau

  • Hofgut

  • stud

  • manor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Christnmann: Rise - Bloom - Fall . In: Volker Christmann, Edgar J. Hürkey, Gerhard Nestler, Dieter Schiffmann and Theo Wieder (eds.): Frankenthal. The story of a city . Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 2013, ISBN 978-3-87707-886-0 , p. 382
  2. ↑ Homepage of the Hofgut Petersau - History , accessed on April 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ Volker Christnmann: Rise - Bloom - Fall . In: Volker Christmann, Edgar J. Hürkey, Gerhard Nestler, Dieter Schiffmann and Theo Wieder (eds.): Frankenthal. The story of a city . Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 2013, ISBN 978-3-87707-886-0 , p. 382
  4. ↑ Homepage of the Hofgut Petersau - History , accessed on April 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ Bernd Leidg / Heinz-Günter Steiof: From the refugee settlement to the modern middle-class center. The structural development of Frankenthal from the 16th century until today. In: Volker Christmann, Edgar J. Hürkey, Gerhard Nestler, Dieter Schiffmann and Theo Wieder (eds.): Frankenthal. The story of a city . Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 2013, ISBN 978-3-87707-886-0 , p. 825

Coordinates: 49 ° 34 ′ 21.6 "  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 53.4"  E