Schlossau (Mudau)

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Schlossau
municipality Mudau
Coat of arms of Schloßau
Coordinates: 49 ° 32 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 5 ″  E
Height : 510 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 870  (Apr. 2019)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 69427
Area code : 06284

Schloßau is a district of Mudau in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Schloßau is located in the Odenwald at about 510  m above sea level. NHN on the upper reaches of the Teufelsbach . The state road 585 leads through the village coming from Mudau towards Kailbach . To the south is the village of Waldauerbach , to the north is Ernsttal . In the north of the district of Schloßau the state border with Bavaria runs, in the west that with Hesse. Schloßau is located on the Main / Neckar watershed , because the Teufelsbach, which runs through the village, reaches the Main via the Mud and the brook that rises on the western edge of the village flows over the Itter to the Neckar .

history

The first settlements in Schloßau existed around the year 100 AD in Roman times . In the vicinity of today's village, the Odenwald Limes with the castle of Schloßau was built. A bourgeois settlement is believed to have existed at this time, which was probably abandoned after the Romans withdrew around 250 AD.

"Slozzahe" was resettled and first mentioned in a document in the middle of the 11th century. When the name was given, the old Roman fort, which was probably still in good condition at the time, was included as a "castle" in the place name. In 1271 the village came to Kurmainz . Around the year 1570 one wrote the village name "Schlossig". In 1803 Schloßau was briefly transferred to the Principality of Leiningen and in 1806 to the Grand Duchy of Baden . Between January 1, 1936 and 1945, Waldauerbach and Mörschenhardt belonged to the municipality of Schloßau, after which Mörschenhardt became independent again. On January 1, 1975, Schloßau was incorporated into the Mudau community.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mudau, short portrait - facts and figures. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .