Sondernau

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Sondernau
Oberelsbach market
Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 35 ″  E
Height : 420 m
Area : 6.34 km²
Residents : 280
Population density : 44 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1978
Postal code : 97656
Area code : 09774
Sondernau (Bavaria)
Sondernau

Location of Sondernau in Bavaria

Sondernau is a district of the Lower Franconian market Oberelsbach in the Rhön-Grabfeld district .

Geographical location

Sondernau is 2.5 km southwest of Oberelsbach.

The place is connected to the west with Weisbach and northeast with Oberelsbach via the state road St 2289 running through the place . The NES 24 leads east to Unterelsbach .

history

The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1161. The place name comes from the Sonderbach flowing through the place.

The core of the steeple of the local St. Pankratius Church was built in the Middle Ages . In 1600 the nave of the church was built and the tower was raised under the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn .

On January 1, 1978 Sondernau became part of Oberelsbach as part of the municipal reform.

Kirchlinde natural monument

The monumentalsummer lindentree stands as a single tree in an exposed position on the church hill in front of the upper church courtyard wall directly by the church, on the town's main street called "Lindenstrasse".

The tree veteran, designated as a natural monument , is estimated to be 250-300 years old. Its mighty but mostly hollow trunk soon branches out into a number of steeply towering strong branches that form an ostrich-shaped crown. According to measurements in 2016, the linden tree has a chest height of 7.14 m and a height of 26 m.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. www.oberelsbach.rhoen-saale.net
  2. ^ "Linde in Sondernau" in the tree register, at www.baumkunde.de
  3. ^ Sondernau in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved February 5, 2017