Schlegel (Münchberg)

Schlegel City of Münchberg Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 1 ″  N , 11 ° 48 ′ 1 ″  E
Height :	543 m above sea level NN
Residents :	367  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Postal code :	95213
Area code :	09251

Schlegel is a village and district of the city of Münchberg in the Upper Franconian district of Hof . The place was the home of the noble von Schlegel family.

geography

Village pond and fire station

The village has grown together with Münchberg. The Federal Highway 2 runs through Schlegel, it reveals that the village has a high exposure to the daily traffic. Surrounding neighboring towns are Grund and Markersreuth in the northeast; Wulmersreuth and Eiben in the southeast; Straas in the southwest, Gottersdorf in the west and Laubersreuth in the northwest.

climate

Precipitation in the Münchberg and Bayreuth area

Schlegel is spatially connected to Münchberg. Therefore the same climatic data apply as for the city. The low mountain range ensures low temperatures and frequent rainfall. The annual mean temperature is 5–6 ° C; the average temperature during the growing season is around 12–13 ° C. The mean annual rainfall is 900–1000 millimeters.

geology

Geologically, Schlegel is located on the Münchberger Gneismasse , a plateau in the middle of the Old Mountains of northeast Bavaria . The soils mostly consist of the rocks amphibolite , gneiss and phyllite . They differ from those of the Fichtelgebirge, whose floors consist of about 40% granite . The composition of the gneiss is very similar to that of the granite, but it has a slate structure. On a hundreds scale, the agricultural yields are around 27 to 36 for arable land and 26 to 34 for green spaces. The soils are so-called quarter to third soils.

history

Noble family of the von Schlegel

The von Schlegel family was first mentioned in a document on May 28, 1235 with the mention of "Albero et Albertus dictus de Slegel" as a testimony to a donation to the Speinshart Abbey. These aristocrats were Walpots servants who probably ended up in the Münchberger Land as early as the 11th or 12th century. In a similar context they were mentioned again in 1235 and on July 28, 1238 as Walpotic knights of their own. After that there is no further information for almost a hundred years, as the previous lords and liege lords of the Schlegelers, the Walpoten, had given up their possessions around Münchberg. The lords of Sparneck took over dominion around 1240 . Despite the new feudal lords, the von Schlegel were able to maintain a large part of their property, which can be seen from documents from the 14th century. In 1373, when the burgraves of Nuremberg had acquired parts of the high court district and the city of Münchberg, the von Schlegel seem to have got into a dispute with this powerful neighbor. The feud was ended by Hans von Schlegel. His brother Albrecht and his sons Peter, Konrad, Otto, Albrecht and Christoph committed themselves on August 12, 1379 to their "dear gracious lord", the burgrave Friedrich V. Urfehde . The Schlegelers kept this obligation.

The conflict was probably the reason that the sons Peter and Christoph von Schlegel settled in the Vogtland . There both were attested shortly after 1400 as the landlords of Untermarxgrün , Raschau , Hermannsgrün , Schwand , Meßbach, Kürbitz and Treuen . A castle count's register of court and town of Münchberg from 1408 shows that the von Schlegel no longer had any property in the village. Over time, the burgraves of Nuremberg, the lords of Sparneck and Hirschberg and the church of Münchberg took their place. Some farms and properties in and around Schlegel were under the Bamberg Monastery as fiefs. They were awarded to the Lords of Guttenberg in 1399 following the death of "Hans Sleglein von Munichberg" .

Example of attempted reconstruction of a tower hill

The tower hill in Schlegel

The local researcher Karl Dietel assumes that there was a defense structure in Schlegel from the 13th century. Recent research is based on an emergence in the 11th or 12th century. Due to the topographical location, it was probably a tower hill protected by water and swamp . Some scientists tend to look for the fortification on the southern outskirts of Schlegel. This is indicated by the altitude of around 543 meters and the old country road to Hof 250 meters northwest of it. Tower mounds were also created to protect roads and fords . However, the oldest part of the village of Schlegel was probably on the other side of the stream at the south-west foot of the Schlegelberg (593 m), which would have separated the row village , which was then single-lined, from the protective weir structure. The courtyards on the southwest bank of the stream must have been built later. Excavations have not yet been carried out.

District of the city of Münchberg

On April 1, 1958, the village of Schlegel was separated from the municipality of Meierhof and incorporated into the city of Münchberg.

Culture and sights

societies

Street in Schlegel

• ATSV 04 Münchberg-Schlegel is the local football club.
• The Schlegel volunteer fire brigade became part of the Münchberg fire brigade on April 23, 1967 as the fourth fire engine . As a result, renovation work on the fire station in Schlegel and the purchase of a new portable pump vehicle (in the form of a Ford Transit ) became necessary. The vehicle entered service in 1968. The Schlegel volunteer fire department was dissolved in 1993 and integrated into the Münchberg fire department. The vehicle, which was procured in 1968, was sold to an English collector on September 26, 2003 via an auction platform. In the English magazine Classic Van and Pick-Up a four-page report was printed about the "Schlegeler".

literature

• Karl Dietel : Tower hill in the Münchberger Senke from the archive for the history of Upper Franconia
• Karl Dietel: Münchberg history of an official and industrial city , 1963
• Karl Dietel: Estate in the Münchberg City Archives
• Otto Piper: Castle Studies , new edition of the Weltbildgruppe from 1997

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bavarian State Office for the Environment: Hydrogeological analysis of the Münchberg gneiss mass (PDF document), accessed on February 1, 2009
2. ^ University of Erlangen: Geological overview of the Fichtelgebirge , accessed on February 1, 2009
3. ↑ Helga Schubert: Schweinsbach (district of Münchberg) Village and Flur in the course of history: p. 6
4. ↑ Gerhardt Stetter: Explanations of the Geological Map of Bavaria , sheet No. 5836 Münchberg, Munich 1960, p. 147.
5. ^ Karl Dietel: Tower hill in the Münchberger valley . In: Archives for the history of Upper Franconia .
6. ^ Münchberg Voluntary Fire Brigade: Chronicle , accessed on February 1, 2009.
7. ↑ Freiwillige Feuerwehr Münchberg: Report  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 1, 2009.  
8. ↑ Freiwillige Feuerwehr Münchberg: Report from the magazine "Classic Van and Pick-Up  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed on February 1, 2009.  

Web links

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