Untererthal

Untererthal City of Hammelburg
	Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 48 ″ N , 9 ° 52 ′ 47 ″ E
Area :	11.54 km²
Residents :	971
Population density :	84 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	97762
Area code :	09732
Location of Untererthal in Bavaria

Untererthal is a district of the Bavarian city of Hammelburg in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen .

Geographical location

Untererthal is located north of Hammelburg.

The B 27 runs through Untererthal and leads south to Hammelburg and north to Bad Brückenau ; the next place on this route is Neuwirtshaus . At the eastern exit of Untererthal, the St 2291 first leads to Obererthal and on towards A 7 and Bad Kissingen.

history

Barrows near the Büchelberg indicate an early settlement of the region. The first known documentary mention of the place took place in a deed of donation from January 7th, 777 under the name "Harital".

Untererthal was one of the goods that Charlemagne gave to the Fulda monastery in 777 .

The later history of the place is closely related to the Erthal family , who lived in a castle that no longer exists today. The barons of Erthal had another residence at the site of today's Judenhof. The family appeared in Franconia as early as the first half of the 12th century. Heinrich von und zu Erthal appears in 1170 as one of the first relatives that can be documented .

Jewish community until 1938

A Jewish community existed in Untererthal since 16./17. Century. The first known document for Jewish residents dates from 1524. The Jews of Untererthal were under the protection of the barons of Erthal. The first mention of a synagogue is known for the year 1737. In 1805 a new prayer room was built on the upper floor of a Jewish private house (Judengasse 15), which was renovated in 1842 and was the synagogue of the Jewish community in Untererthal until the November pogrom in 1938 .

On the afternoon of November 10, 1938, men from the SA Storm Hammelburg and other foreign thugs came to Untererthal and demolished Jewish houses and apartments. The inside of the synagogue was set on fire, demolished and desecrated. Despite these incidents, twelve Jewish men and women, members of the Stühler, David and Levy families, lived on site at the beginning of 1942.

Eight of them were deported to Izbica near Lublin on April 22, 1942 and murdered. The last two Jewish residents, Adolf and Amalia Stühler, came to the Theresienstadt ghetto in September 1942 and from there to the Auschwitz extermination camp in 1944. According to the memorial book of the Federal Archives Berlin, a total of 25 Jewish residents of Untererthal were victims of the Holocaust. Since 2014, a memorial plaque in the center of the village (Judengasse) has been commemorating the Jewish men and women murdered during the Nazi era.

Old Heeresstrasse - B 27

Has always been crucial to the history of the place was the north direction south running into old military road, today's B 27 , came above the princes and merchants in the city, but also in the Thirty Years War , the Napoleonic Wars and the German war the Arrival of looting armies facilitated.

Incorporation to Hammelburg

As part of the municipal reform , Untererthal became a district of Hammelburg on January 1, 1972.

Buildings and plant

St. Martin Church

Before St. Martin's Church was built, there was a church built by the Lords of Erthal at the end of the 11th century. When this turned out to be too small due to the growing number of believers, construction of today's church began in 1926; the inauguration took place on May 5, 1929.

Country inn to the Golden Cross

From time immemorial, the barons of Erthal claimed the right to drink in Untererthal. They had built a tavern early on. Hans Murk was mentioned for the first time in 1548 as the innkeeper, who over the centuries was followed by many innkeepers at the stately inn.

In 1733 Johann Bau had the old building demolished and a magnificent baroque building erected. The two arches at the entrance with their original grimaces in the keystones and the window frames are striking. The richly decorated front door, a good carving, comes from a later period. In 1737 it was mentioned for the first time that the inn had a "golden cross" up its sleeve.

From 1895 Johann Josef Schäfer, who married a widow, owned the tavern. In 1900, Schäfer built the rear wing of today's restaurant with the spacious dance hall. In 1910, Schäfer had the property renovated. The country inn is a listed building.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 478 .
^ Elmar Ullrich: Untererthal: A local history reading book . Rötter Druck und Verlag, Bad Neustadt / Saale 1993, p. 51 .
↑ Heinrich Ullrich: Untererthal: cultural historical study on a settlement in the Saalgau. Printing and publishing: Franz Staudenraus, Würzburg 1913, p. 109 .

[1] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 478 .

[2] Elmar Ullrich: Untererthal: A local history reading book . Rötter Druck und Verlag, Bad Neustadt / Saale 1993, p. 51 .

[3] Heinrich Ullrich: Untererthal: cultural historical study on a settlement in the Saalgau. Printing and publishing: Franz Staudenraus, Würzburg 1913, p. 109 .