Senftenhof (desert)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Senftenhof is a desert that is now in the border area of ​​the districts of Grafenrheinfeld and Gochsheim in the district of Schweinfurt and the independent city of Schweinfurt . The farm was probably abandoned in the 17th century. The reasons for this are unclear.

Geographical location

The desert is located on the southern edge of the urban area, east of the Maintal district , on the edge of the Schwebheim forest . It is located at 207.5 m above sea level, 1.5 km southeast of the point closest to the Main , where the level is roughly at the same height. This means that the place was once (without the Main dike ) in the flood-prone area.

The exact localization of the Senftenhof proves to be difficult, since the district road SW 3 from Grafenrheinfeld to Gochsheim was built in the area in the 1960s . However, the road lies exactly on the route of the historical path that also connected the two villages. South of the Schweinfurt local recreation facility Baggersee , already on Grafenrheinfelder Flur, lies the Senftenhofsee, with its three lakes, where the former farm is suspected. However, only the eastern lake already existed in historical times and was then called the Obere See . The farm was probably located immediately south of the Schmachtenberg desert on the southwestern edge of the Spitalholz , which belongs to the Schwebheim forest. The field names Am Senftenhof and Senftenhofgraben are references to the settlement. On a historical map, a corridor on both sides of today's SW 3, which at that time was already identical to the city limits in the eastern area, bears the name Am lower Senftenhof .

history

The place where the courtyard is believed to have been inhabited as early as the Iron Age. Several Hallstatt grave mounds were located there during the construction work on the SW 3 district road . The name of the farm may be derived from the Senf family from Schweinfurt (also Senft, Sinapius). It is more likely, however, that the name has its origin in the word samhafti , totality. Because of its location in three districts, the farm was a community farm.

The location of the courtyard is also addressed in a legend that first appeared in 1912 by Karl Spiegel and Johann Ludwig Klarmann . After that, three virgins from a very rich family lived on the farm. When the ladies got old and had to be cared for, they first turned to nearby Gochsheim. Here they were turned away. Then they went to Sennfeld to seek help. When they were not admitted here either, they went to the hospital in Schweinfurt, where they were finally cared for. Thankfully they bequeathed their forests to the hospital , whereupon the forest was given the name Spitalholz.

Perhaps the residents of Schmachtenberg in the north moved into the Senftenhof during the 15th century, so that it can be viewed as the successor to the deserted area. In 1554 the Senftenhof was acquired by the Würzburg Cathedral Chapter . However, it was already abandoned in 1613, the corridor was only called "Senfftenhoffellern" during a border tour of the Schweinfurt Siebener .

See also

literature

  • Mario Dorsch: Disappeared Medieval Settlements. Desertification between Steigerwald, Main and the Volkach . Hassfurt 2013.
  • Anton Oeller: The place names of the district of Schweinfurt (= Mainfränkische Heimatkunde 8) . Würzburg 1955.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavarian Land Survey Office. Topographic map 1: 25,000, sheet no.5927 Schweinfurt . Munich 2005
  2. ↑ a b c BayernAtlas , historical map
  3. ↑ a b Oeller, Anton: The place names of the district of Schweinfurt . P. 80.
  4. ↑ Dorsch, Mario: Disappeared medieval settlements . P. 31.

Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 50.7 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 58.3 ″  E