Vestenberg

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Vestenberg
Community Petersaurach
Coat of arms of Vestenberg
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 41 ″  N , 10 ° 41 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 382  (382-433)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 187  (December 31, 2015)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 91580
Area code : 09802
The village of Vestenberg
The village of Vestenberg

Vestenberg (colloquially: Festnberch ) is a district of the municipality of Petersaurach in the district of Ansbach in Middle Franconia .

geography

The parish village borders directly on Schafhof in the east and directly on Adelmannssitz in the northeast . Part of the village lies in the Rippbachtal, the larger part on the slope up to the hill. The Rippbach is a left tributary of the Haselbach (also called Haslach), which flows into the Bibert on the right . In the west is the Kindlerswald and in the southwest the forest area Himmelreich.

Municipal roads cross the district road AN 10 to Adelmannssitz (0.6 km northeast), to Schafhof (0.2 km southeast), to Wustendorf to the AN 10 (1.1 km north), to Frohnhof (1.2 km west), to Külbingen to Bundesstraße 14 (2.6 km southwest) and to AN 10 north of Wicklesgreuth (1.1 km southeast).

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1234 as "Festinberc". The place name means to the solid castle .

The place was the seat of the Lords of Vestenberg . Your coat of arms, the green-white-green shield with the brackish head as a crest, is still on the retaining wall in the center of the village. Your Vestenberg Castle was located above the village on the site of today's church, only a small piece of wall has survived the times. The castle often changed hands, from the Vestenberg to the Dornbergers, then to the Heideckers and from these to the Lords of Eyb , who owned it for almost 300 years until they sold the rule to the margraves in 1724 . The old chapel from 1466 from the time of the Lords of Eyb has been preserved; it is now used as the parish hall. During the Peasants' War (1524/26) the place was completely devastated. The place was also badly affected in the Thirty Years' War . In the middle of the 17th century, Protestant refugees from Upper Austria settled in Vestenberg.

Towards the end of the 18th century there were 28 properties in Vestenberg (Altes Vogthaus, Schafhof with Gütlein, 1 Gut, 10 Gütlein, 1 Halbgut, 2 Halbgütlein, 2 mills, 1 forge, 1 tavern , 1 baker's property, 1 Gütlein with Badrecht, 6 Empty houses ). The high court exercised the Brandenburg-Ansbach Hofkastenamt Ansbach . The Vestenberg Vogtamt held the village and community rulership and the lordship over all properties . In addition to the property, there were also church buildings (church, parish) and communal buildings (school, shepherd's house). From 1797 to 1808 the place was under the judiciary and chamber office of Ansbach . At that time there were 29 subject families.

In 1806 Vestenberg came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . As part of the municipal edict , the Vestenberg tax district was formed in 1808 , to which the Adelmannssitz , Fessenmühle , Frankendorf , Frohnhof , Külbingen , Schafhof , Thurndorf and Wustendorf belonged. The rural community Vestenberg was founded in 1811 and was congruent with the tax district. It was subordinate to the Ansbach Regional Court in administration and jurisdiction and to the Ansbach Rent Office ( renamed Ansbach Tax Office in 1920 ).

With the second community edict (1818), Fessenmühle, Frankendorf and Wustendorf were re-ceded to Bruckberg . In the same year Vestenberg submitted a request to reverse this, but this was rejected. From 1862 on, Vestenberg was administered by the Ansbach District Office (renamed the Ansbach District in 1938 ). The jurisdiction remained with the district court of Ansbach until 1870, 1870-1879 city ​​and district court Ansbach , since 1880 district court Ansbach . The municipality had an area of ​​9.467 km².

On May 1, 1978, the municipality was dissolved in the course of the regional reform in Bavaria . Adelmannssitz, Frohnhof, Külbingen, Schafhof and Vestenberg were incorporated into Petersaurach, Thurndorf became part of the Weihenzell community .

St. Laurentius Church

Historical descriptions

In the Oberamtsbeschreibung of the Principality of Ansbach by Johann Georg Vetter from 1732, the place is described as follows:

“Vestenberg and Adelmannsgesäs A village inside next to the Hochfürstl. Anspachl. Schloß and Schloßhoff, Kirchen, Pfarr, and Schuhlhauß, recently bought by Herr von Eyb, nor the Schaafhoff standing on the mountain, and 24th subjects belonging to the castle, which include the 2nd mills and the Prauhauß, are freed from toe and manure . The common rulership, Kirchweyh Schutz and Vogthey belongs to the castle, but the Hochfraischl authorities belong to the local Ober- und Castenamt Anßpach. "

In the geographic statistical-topographic lexicon of Franconia (1804) the place is described as follows:

Vestenberg, parish village with 29 subjects belonging to the Oberamt Ansbach. The Lords of Eyb have a knight's seat here. It should be the ancestral home of the extinct noble family von Vestenberg. "

In the topo-geographical-statistical lexicon of the Kingdom of Bavaria (1832) the place is described as follows:

Vestenberg, Pfarrdorf im L [an] dg [ericht] Ansbach and Dek [anat] Ansbach, with 32 houses, 146 residents and 1 mill, 2¼ hours away from Ansbach. Already at the beginning of the Middle Ages the place was the ancestral home of the von Vestenberg family, which for a long time was one of the most extensive and wealthiest in Franconia. Around the year 1288 it belonged to the Dornberg estates. Gottfried v. Haideck, son-in-law of Wolfram v. Dornberg, received the castle Vestenberg with its affiliations when it was divided. As an after-fief, Vestenberg came to Messrs. V. Eyb. Martin v. Eyb made it the seat of a line he donated. Veit Asmus v. Eyb had the ruined castle rebuilt in 1565, provided with walls and 4 gates and a running well led there. In 1715, the Würzburg prince-bishop, Joh [ann] Philipp Franz, ceded the dominium directum of the Vestenberg manor to the margrave Wilhelm Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and soon afterwards the manor itself with all its affiliations from the owner at the time , Freih [err] v. Eyb, whereupon it was incorporated into the former Vogtamte Flachslanden. "

Architectural monuments

  • Ruins of Vestenberg Castle , probably a section castle of the Lords of Vestenberg (later von Dornberg, von Heydeck, von Eyb, Margraves of Ansbach) in the southwest of the village on a ridge. The high stone walls with partly inaccessible cellars have been preserved
  • Evangelical Lutheran Parish Church of St. Laurentius . In 1891 the church was built on the foundations of the castle of the Lords of Vestenberg. A crucifix from the 18th century and the altarpiece from 1829 were taken from the interior of the previous church. Two tombstones of two deceased of the von Eyb family from the 16th century are in the tower hall.
  • Open-air theater from 1953 below the church, inside the former castle. It was renovated in 2003 as part of the village renewal
  • Schoolhouse from 1830: two-storey building with arched windows and hipped roof
  • Second school house in the former church , converted into a school at the end of the 19th century. Former church of the Lords of Vestenberg. The walled-up crypt of the Lords of Eyb from the construction time of 1466. In the rest of the hall construction, probably from the 18th century, with a trapezoidal choir and a sacristy building made of half-timbered buildings. Arched portal, arched windows and oval windows on the south side largely unchanged. Half-timbered roof turrets.
  • House no. 13 (brewery): two-storey building with a three-storey gable; Basement probably 16./17. Century, structure changed later
  • House No. 17: one-storey house from the 18th century with a gable and a mansard roof

See also: → List of architectural monuments in Petersaurach # Vestenberg

Population development

Vestenberg municipality

year 1818 1827 1840 1852 1855 1861 1867 1871 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1919 1925 1933 1939 1946 1950 1952 1961 1970
Residents 483 484 487 512 518 537 515 533 514 519 526 494 504 494 517 495 457 475 502 462 730 731 670 547 527
Houses 89 95 88 97 98 90 98 105
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Place Vestenberg

year 1818 1840 1861 1871 1885 1900 1925 1950 1961 1970 1987 2009 2015
Residents 146 * 149 172 * 166 182 142 142 221 152 135 170 * 197 * 187 *
Houses 32 * 34 32 35 30th 29 31 45 *
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*including sheep farm

religion

The place has been Protestant since the Reformation. The inhabitants of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination are parish to St. Laurentius (Vestenberg) . The residents of the Roman Catholic denomination were originally parish to Our Lady (Heilsbronn) , since 1992 they have been parish to St. Franziskus (Neuendettelsau) .

economy

In Vestenberg there are several small craft businesses, until 2011 there was still an active brewery , the Löwenbräu Vestenberg.

literature

Web links

Commons : Vestenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b www.petersaurach.de
  2. E. Fechter, p. 188.
  3. Vestenberg in the Bavaria Atlas
  4. E. Fechter, p. 188; K. Rosenhauer, p. 200; H. Dallhammer, p. 171. Different website Petersaurach.de : Hereafter first mentioned 1182.
  5. M. Jehle, Volume 2, pp. 920f.
  6. ^ Johann Bernhard Fischer : Vestenberg . In: Statistical and topographical description of the Burggraftum Nürnberg, below the mountain, or the Principality of Brandenburg-Anspach. Second part. Containing the economic, statistical and moral condition of these countries according to the fifteen upper offices . Benedict Friedrich Haueisen, Ansbach 1790, p. 26 ( digitized version ).
  7. a b J. K. Bundschuh: Volume 6: V – Z. Col. 16.
  8. State Archives Nuremberg , Government of Middle Franconia, Chamber of the Interior, 1952, 3850: Formation of the municipal and rural communities in the district court of Ansbach 1808-17. Quoted from M. Jehle, Volume 2, p. 961.
  9. ^ Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 25 ( digitized version ).
  10. According to K. Rosenhauer (p. 11), Wustendorf is said to have originally belonged to the community of Großhaslach and then to have been re-districted to Bruckberg on August 27, 1833. There is nothing like that with M. Jehle. It is also not confirmed by the relevant local registers.
  11. M. Jehle, Volume 2, p. 947.
  12. M. Jehle, Volume 2, pp. 1012f.
  13. a b c Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 758 ( digitized version ).
  14. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 707 .
  15. Quoted from H. Dallhammer, p. 182.
  16. ^ Joseph Anton Eisenmann, Karl Friedrich Hohn (ed.): Topo-geographical-statistical lexicon from the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 2 : M-Z . Palm and Enke, Erlangen 1832, p. 926 ( digitized version ).
  17. a b Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were known as hearths , in 1840 as houses and from 1871 to 1987 as residential buildings.
  18. a b Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkreise according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 97 ( digitized version ). For the municipality of Vestenberg plus the residents and buildings of Adelmannssitz (p. 3), Frohnhof (p. 27), Külbingen (p. 51) and Thurndorf (p. 91).
  19. H. Dallhammer, p. 184.
  20. ^ A b Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 46 ( digitized version ).
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  22. a b Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 986 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digitized version ).
  23. Kgl. Statistisches Bureau (Ed.): Directory of the municipalities of the Kingdom of Bavaria according to the status of the population in December 1867 . XXI. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1869, p. 152 ( digitized version ).
  24. a b Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1151–1152 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digital copy ).
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  26. K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Results of the census of December 1, 1880. Issue 35 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1882, p. 173 ( digitized version ).
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  29. a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1193-1194 ( digitized version ).
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  31. a b Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 172 ( digitized version ).
  32. 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 Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 330 ( digitized version ).