Prischoss (desert)

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Prischoss is a desert that used to belong to the Alzenau free court .

geography

The place was in the lower Kahlgrund on an open field, which is still called the Prischoss today, between Kahl am Main and Alzenau in what is now the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg . Prishoss was not a closed village, but consisted of a series of individual farmsteads. The settlement was divided into upper and lower prishos. Oberprischoss also spread to the right of the Kahl up to the Schäferheiderwald, where the Kahl – Schöllkrippen railway runs today .

Surname

The spelling of Prischoss changed over time. So one wrote at the beginning Brieses , Prisches and Prieschiß ; later the place was called Brysez , Prieschitz , Pryschütz and Brieschoß .

There are many explanations for the interpretation of the name. So could Prensus composed of the Gallic native word for taking possession of his namesake. Another possibility would be the part of the word sess occurring in Brieses , which means settlement . This ending can still be found in various place names. Prishoss could also be of Roman origin, and "priscos vicos" , translated to mean the old village .

history

In the Middle Ages , Prischoss belonged to the Hörstein court , which in turn was part of the Alzenau free court . The free court was directly imperial , but the empire pledged or lent the area again and again. So the rulers changed, including the lords and later counts of Hanau , the lords of Randenburg and the lords of Eppstein . Already at the beginning of the 15th century the place fell into desolation.

Testimonies

Around 1860, remnants of the Unterprischoss courtyards could still be seen in the Unterwald between Kahl and Wasserlos. The so-called Meerhof at today's Alzenau bathing lake was probably one of the farms in Oberprischoss. The name of the district "Prischoss" existed in the 19th century until it passed to Alzenau.

The Prischoßstraße in Kahl, the Prischoßweg and the Prischoßstraße in Alzenau are named after the desert .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Our Kahlgrund 1966 . Homeland yearbook for the Alzenau district. Published by the working group for homeland research and homeland maintenance of the Alzenau district, district administrator. ISSN  0933-1328 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 45.2 "  N , 9 ° 2 ′ 33"  E