Rhönhof
The Rhönhof , also known as Ludwig-Siebert-Hof until the end of the Second World War , named after the Bavarian Prime Minister Ludwig Siebert in Hausen , was the first and only courtyard to be built as part of the “Dr. Hellmuth Plan for the Reorganization of the Main Franconia Gau” . It is a lonely farm on the heights of the Rhön. On it the agricultural possibilities for the use of the Hohe Rhön should be researched. The farm is 785 meters above sea level .
Edification
In 1935 the municipality of Hausen had to sell around 34 hectares of land to the Free State of Bavaria for 8,808 Reichsmarks . The Rhönhof was built on the former property of the von Rapp family, which was bought by the Hausen community in 1672 after several sales. It was built about 650 m away from the former estate. The topping-out ceremony for the farm was on November 7, 1937. Constructed as a single-house courtyard with an apartment and stable under one roof, the manager Josef Bloier and his family moved into the farm in July 1938. A connection to the water supply and the connection to the Hochrhönstrasse was only made after the move.
concept
Otto Hellmuth , Gauleiter of Mainfranken, developed a plan for the agricultural use of the Hohe Rhön. In order to test and research these 17 hereditary farms were to be built. Based on the thesis that agriculture and viticulture had already been practiced in the Rhön in the Middle Ages and that there had been an increase in heat since the mid-19th century, the Hohe Rhön should be made usable for agriculture. However, only “racially valuable” parts of the population should benefit from this, which is why the law for the prevention of genetically ill offspring was applied, which also provided for the compulsory sterilization of carriers of alleged hereditary diseases.
An official, a supervisor, two team leaders and two unmarried assistants were to be employed at the Rhönhof. They were supposed to cultivate 3.5 hectares of arable land and keep two horses, four cows, four oxen and six young cattle on the farm. A weather station from the University of Giessen was also located there .
After the war, the Rhönhof was used by the Bavarian State Institute for Agricultural Culture and Moor Management under the supervision of the Rhönkulturstelle Mellrichstadt as an experimental farm for plant cultivation and plant protection. Other buildings such as a barn and silos were built. Until 2008 it was used as a restaurant.
Web links
- Rhönlexikon Ludwig-Siebert-Hof or Rhönhof bei Hausen accessed on February 5, 2014
- Rhönhof on the website of the municipality of Hausen accessed on February 5, 2014
- Mainpost closure Rhönhof 2008 accessed on February 5, 2014
Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ 53.3 " N , 10 ° 4 ′ 58.2" E