Stettenmühle (Volkach)

Stettenmühle City of Volkach Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 48 ″ N , 10 ° 15 ′ 2 ″ E
Height :	210 m
Residents :	1 (1987)
Postal code :	97332
Area code :	09381
	Location of the Stettenmühle (bold) within the Volkach municipality

Stettenmühle is a wasteland on the outskirts of the Volkach district of Obervolkach in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen .

Geographical location

The Stettenmühle is located in the north of the Volkach municipality. Further north, the district of Schweinfurt begins with the municipality of Kolitzheim . In the northeast is Krautheim , the southeast and the south are occupied by Obervolkach. The town of Volkach is to the southwest of the mill, and Gaibach is to the northwest .

The closest larger cities are Schweinfurt , which is around 18.5 kilometers away, and Kitzingen , which is around 17 kilometers away.

In terms of nature, the Obervolkach district is located in the Steigerwald foreland of Neuses , which is part of the Iphofen-Gerolzhofener Steigerwald forland within the Mainfränkische Platten .

history

The Stettenburg mill was first mentioned in a document in 1225. At first it was referred to as “molendium sub castro” (mill under the castle), the name Stettenmühle only established later. Like the castle, which was already in ruins at that time, the mill belonged to the Counts of Castell . Unlike the fortification, however, it remained inhabited throughout the Middle Ages. Some legends have survived that have the mill as a theme.

At the end of the Middle Ages, the millers employed by the Casteller counts had to withstand the competition of the so-called "community mill" Obervolkach, the brick mill, which had received some privileges. In the course of secularization , the mill came to the district of Obervolkach, which was assigned to the Volkach district court . The counts, however, retained some civil rights until 1849, such as the first instance court representation in the area of the mill.

The mill came into private hands as early as the 19th century. One of the first owners is the Müller Raab, who sold the mill to the Rieder family before the turn of the 20th century. In the 1980s, the Hörner family owned the mill. In 1967 the function of the mill was given up.

literature

Ute Feuerbach: Water use in ancient times: The grain mills in Volkach . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop 1993-2007 . Volkach 2008.
Erika Stadler: On the trail of Volkach's town mills . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop 1978–1992 . Volkach 2008.

Web links

Commons : Stettenmühle (Volkach) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987. Issue 450 of the articles on Statistics Bavaria. Munich November 1991, p. 366 ( digitized version ).
↑ Geography Giersbeck: Map 152 Würzburg , PDF file, accessed on January 8, 2019.
↑ Feuerbach, Ute: Water use in ancient times . P. 331.
↑ Stadler, Erika: In the footsteps of the Volkach town mills . P. 289.

[1] Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987. Issue 450 of the articles on Statistics Bavaria. Munich November 1991, p. 366 ( digitized version ).

[2] Geography Giersbeck: Map 152 Würzburg , PDF file, accessed on January 8, 2019.

[3] Feuerbach, Ute: Water use in ancient times . P. 331.

[4] Stadler, Erika: In the footsteps of the Volkach town mills . P. 289.