Traustadt
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Traustadt
Donnersdorf municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 20 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 44 ″ E
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| Height : | 291 m |
| Residents : | 528 (1987) |
| Incorporation : | May 1, 1978 |
| Incorporated into: | Donnersdorf |
| Postal code : | 97499 |
| Area code : | 09528 |
Traustadt is a district of the municipality of Donnersdorf in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt .
Geographical location
Traustadt is located in the south of the Donnersdorfer municipality. Donnersdorf itself can be found to the northeast, while Altmannsdorf , a district of Michelau , begins in the east . In the southeast, also a district of Michelau in the Steigerwald, lies Hundelshausen and the solitude of Bimbachsmühle . To the southwest is the municipality of Dingolshausen with the district of Bischwind . To the west begins the area of the community Sulzheim , in the northwest lies Kleinrheinfeld , which also belongs to Donnersdorf.
history
The place name Traustadt probably comes from Old High German and goes back to the word "druhi". It can be translated as "wild trap site". Traustadt was first mentioned in 1149, when it was called "Trutbach". The ending -bach refers to a foundation in the 7th or 8th century. The certificate accompanies an exchange of goods between the cathedral chapter in Würzburg and the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach .
In 1287 the village reappeared in the springs. Count Heinrich II. Zu Castell hands over the reed forest near the village of Trugstat to the Ebrach Abbey. Perhaps Trunstadt , near Bamberg, is also referred to in this document . A castle in Traustadt was first recorded on July 3, 1316. As early as 1374, the lords of Schaumberg were first recorded in the village. They managed to rise to the position of village lord via Traustadt until the 15th century.
After the end of the Middle Ages, the Echter von Mespelbrunn , nephews of the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius , acquired the village and pushed the counter-reformation of the population, which was inclined to the Lutheran faith. They also started building the parish church and the castle was built. During the Thirty Years' War the village was depopulated and the rulers fled the village. In the end two subjects lived in Traustadt.
Shortly after the devastating war, in 1652, the Würzburg monastery acquired the castle and the remains of the village for 12,000 guilders. With the enfeoffment of the Provost Carl Friedrich Voit von Rieneck in 1688, Traustadt received a new, powerful village lord. The Voit von Rieneck rose to imperial counts in 1697. Carl Friedrich's successor Carl Manfred Voit von Rieneck expanded the castle further. In 1825 the village came under the rule of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis .
Attractions
The center of the village is the Catholic parish church . It is dedicated to St. Kilian and was built in the post-Gothic style in the first decades of the 17th century. The Julius Echter Tower , which was so typical of the Diocese of Würzburg at that time , was also attached to the Traustadt Church. The coats of arms of Messrs. Echter von Mespelbrunn, who had owned the village and the castle since 1616, were placed above the portals. The later village lords, the Voit von Rieneck, are immortalized with four epitaphs inside the church.
Inside, the view is drawn to the large high altar, which fills the entire choir . It was made in four pillars and decorated with an image of the Holy Trinity in the central crown. The altarpiece was created by the Würzburg painter Johann Back in 1672. The side altars were created around 1700 with images of the Nativity and the Descent from the Cross. Two late Gothic figures found their place in the altar extracts. The pulpit is carried by a figure of Moses.
Between 1723 and 1724 the Trinity Chapel was built in the north-west of the district. Carl Manfred Voit von Rieneck built the church out of gratitude, because a child of the counts was found here after three days. An eight-sided roof turret closes the building. The interior is dominated by a figure of a guardian angel , and the ceiling is richly stuccoed. A late baroque altar was decorated with a relief of the coronation of Mary.
The old castle fell into flames in 1945 when the Americans were billeted here. In 1963 the dilapidated facility was blown up and leveled. Today only the gate and the coach house of the former castle have survived. In the village there is also the St. Philipps Hospital from the 19th century. There are a large number of wayside shrines in the area, the oldest dating from the 15th or 16th century.
literature
- Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach 4 1987.