Gatehouse Aurora

Gatehouse Aurora Community Bischbrunn Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 18 "  N , 9 ° 28 ′ 11"  E
Height :	485 m above sea level NHN
Postal code :	97836
The Aurora gatehouse

The gatehouse Aurora is one for Bisch Brunner district Bisch Brunner Forst belonging wilderness in the Lower Franconian district of Main-Spessart .

geography

The Torhaus Aurora is located in a clearing a little below the Geiersberg ( 586  m above sea  level ), the highest mountain in the Spessart , on the state road 2312 (formerly federal road 8 ). To the north the slopes fall to the Heinrichsbach , in the south to the upper reaches of the Schleifbach .

history

The Aurora gatehouse once had two important meanings. It was a customs house between former territories and an entrance gate to a historic wildlife park.

The gatehouse was built on a historic main street . This street leading to Frankfurt was mentioned as "heristrata" (Heerstraße) as early as 839. Later it was the Poststrasse from Frankfurt to Würzburg. It was graveled as a road around 1770 based on the French model and expanded as federal highway 8 in the 20th century . Until at least 1789, customs officers and road money collectors sat in the Aurora gatehouse . Then it was converted into a forester's house in 1796 . The wooden fall gate house was replaced by the current stone structure.

Around 1700, the Elector of Mainz, Franz von Schönborn, had an approximately 10  km² game reserve built in the Bischbrunn Forest . In 1730 the area was expanded to 11 km². The Torhaus Aurora was an entrance to the enclosure at that time. When the area became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria , the park was expanded to form the Royal Bavarian Wildlife Park, which is almost 60 km² in size . The wildlife park was surrounded by a 50 km long fence. It began in Erlenfurt , led over the Weihersgrund to the Torhaus Aurora and on to Schollbrunn . From there it led via Altenbuch and Hundsrück to Rohrbrunn , where the Luitpoldshöhe hunting lodge was built. Past Weibersbrunn and Lichtenau , the fence led back to Erlenfurt. At that time there were several entrances to the wildlife park: Inner and Outer Regenstor, Rindtor, Rehtor, Höhentor, Klein Törchen, Steinhirscheltor, Frickengrundtor, Kreuzsteintor, Kreuztor, Rohrwiesentor and Steintor. A piece of the historic fence was reconstructed at the Regenstor. The Royal Bavarian Wildlife Park bordered the Fürstlich Löwensteinschen Wildlife Park in the east .

Web links

Commons : Gatehouse Aurora  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Location of Torhaus Aurora on the BayernAtlas
• Torhaus Aurora in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
2. ↑ Information board at the Aurora gatehouse
3. ↑ Topographical Atlas of the Kingdom of Baiern this side of the Rhine Sheet: 17. Aschaffenburg