Seeram

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Seeram (also Serach, Serheim) is a desert area in the Geiselwinder district of Wasserberndorf in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen and the Burghaslach district of Freihaslach in the Middle Franconian district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim . The settlement was abandoned after the effects of the war in the 17th century.

Geographical location

To the former settlement in the extreme southeast of the water Berndorfer district, or in the extreme north of the area of free Haslach reminiscent hallway documents Seeramsberg and hamlets wood in the field of water Bernsdorf. The location of Kessel in the far east of the Wasserberndorf area also refers to the village. There was a spring there that ensured the water supply for Seeram. The still existing Seeramsmühle is the last remnant of the settlement.

history

The place name refers to the natural occurrences in the area surrounding the desert. Although the earlier existence of the village was handed down late, the name is probably derived from Old High German . The root word saher can with sedge be translated. Seeram would therefore have been the place for the wet meadow overgrown with reeds or the home with the sedge. Seeram was first mentioned in 1357. At that time, Ekhard von Kreulsheim acquired a piece of forest near “Serach an der Ebrach” as a Hohenloher fief.

Once in a supplement and Ulrich von Lauffen Holtz six fiefs had been wealthy, probably had in 1390 his son Hans von Laufen wooden one Hube to "Serheim" hold. In 1471, Sigmund von Crailsheim bought several meadows in the area of ​​"Sehramb". The lords of Laufenholz reappeared in the sources between 1479 and 1534. Now they had the fiefs of "Sernheym" from the Counts of Castell.

In the village there was a shaft drive that came from the Vestenberg to the Crailsheim in the 15th century . The village was part of the Zent Burghaslach. In 1570 the Würzburg monastery and the Casteller counts fought over some fiefdoms in "Sehrheim". In 1585 the Laufenholz fiefs fell to Castell.

According to a document from around 1620, however, the village was still settled in the first half of the 17th century, there were still 14 households. Only in the Thirty Years War did frequent military incursions lead to the abandonment of the village. It is certain that between 1637 and 1652 Caspar Leypollt received several field fiefs from the Counts of Castell . Probably a single courtyard still existed until the 17th century, which was then abandoned.

After the war in the Steigerwald , the first efforts were made to repopulate the village. Hieronymus Christoph von Pölnitz planned the reconstruction in 1677 and had building materials brought in for this purpose. In 1684, however, the land was transferred to the Wasserberndorfer for management. The village was no longer built. The underground remains of the village are classified as a ground monument by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .

literature

  • Wolf Dieter Ortmann: District of Scheinfeld (= historical place name book of Bavaria. Middle Franconia, vol. 3) . Munich 1967. Local name part .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ortmann, Wolf Dieter: District of Scheinfeld . P. 184.
  2. ^ Ortmann, Wolf Dieter: District of Scheinfeld . P. 183.
  3. ^ Ortmann, Wolf Dieter: District of Scheinfeld . P. 184.

Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 13.7 ″  N , 10 ° 32 ′ 8.9 ″  E