Schulenrode (desert)
Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 41 ″ N , 10 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ E
Schulenrode is a desert in the area of today's city of Bad Harzburg .
etymology
The tribe Schulen- is as protect, hide and go on a urgermanisches verb * skūlijaną back, which is also in the Netherlands as Schuilen is again found and died in High German. It can also be found in the village of Schulenberg in the Upper Harz Mountains. The ending -rode simply means a clearing settlement , so that the meaning "hidden forest settlement" arises and fits well with the location in the valley.
geography
position
The exact position of the desert is only vaguely recorded due to insufficient documentation and therefore unclear. A further complicating factor is that the entire area has been overbuilt over the last few centuries by the more recent settlement area of Neustadt and Bad Harzburg, which means that any prominent streets have been made unrecognizable or darkened, and excavations have been made more difficult, making it almost impossible to find ruins over time.
location
The possible position of Schulenrode is on an approximately one kilometer long strip that extends from the Krodotal, located almost within the Harz , to the eastern part of the city. At the southernmost possible point there is now a nameless collection of some exposed houses.
history
Early history
Schoolsrode was first mentioned directly in 1578 in a hereditary interest register as Schulenroda . However, Heinrich IV already reported about a village near the Kleiner Burgberg , so a classification in the founding phase of cleared sites in the 9th century in the northern Harz region is likely. The relatively late mention and historically very sparse documentation is due to the claim as a royal mining area in the 11th century, in the place of which a farmyard was built for the needs of the Harzburg. The arrival of rural lands in the area and the conversion of the area into an estate led to the desolation of the place in the 14th century. At the beginning of that century, a church document from Ilsenburg dated December 6, 1314 by a pastor "in Harzburg" proves the marginal, but probably still recent existence of Schulerodes, as the existence of a parish church in this period seems very unlikely for the still young Neustadt.
Modern times
At the end of the 16th century, the manor lost its position as the seat of domain administration in favor of Bündheim and its core function was also given up in the course of the 17th century. 1660 and 1666 followed by other mentions of the name Schulenrodes, but in a striking style of language with more like field names reminiscent definite article . This finding can also be found in the Bovingerode desert , which is mentioned in 1703 as "the Bovenrode". Thus, the conclusion is obvious that at this point in time, Schulenrode only existed as a rigid field name and, apart from the name of the location, no longer existed as a settlement.
In 1899 the foundations of a medieval church were uncovered in the area, which can probably be attributed to the pastor mentioned. The corridor of the former estate was used as a racing field until 1908 under the name "Große Wiese".
Trivia
- Until recently, the name Schulenrode was used synonymously for the eastern part of Bad Harzburg city center. In an information book from the 19th century, Schulenrode is listed as a district in the Bad Harzburg district.
literature
- Journal of the Harz Association for History and Antiquity. Volume 70, 1937. pp. 44-46.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Stenal: The Harz History 5: The time of the Thirty Years War. 2015. page 72.
- ^ Adolf Gumprecht: German Railway Book: A paperback for travelers, stockholders, railway officials, innkeepers, merchants and businessmen of all kinds . Berlin 1845, p. 146 ( limited preview in Google Book search).