Volkersgau

Volkersgau Community Kammerstein Coordinates: 49 ° 18 ′ 46 ″ N , 10 ° 56 ′ 39 ″ E
Height :	374 (371-389) m above sea level NHN
Residents :	141 (2014)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91126
Area code :	09122

Through town

Volkersgau is a part of the municipality of Kammerstein in the district of Roth ( Middle Franconia ).

Geographical location

The Volkach flows through the village and is a right tributary of the Schwabach . The forest area "Baderslohe" lies around 500 meters southwest, and the forest area "Romlohe" lies around 300 meters northwest. The "Hut" corridor area borders in the northwest. Communal roads lead to Dechendorf (1.7 km to the west), to Putzenreuth (0.8 km to the north), to Oberreichenbach (2.2 km to the northeast) and to Waikersreuth (1.4 km to the east).

history

In Carolingian times , the area and the farms of Volkergau belonged to the Königsmark around Schwabach .

In 1249 the place was first mentioned in a bull of Pope Innocent IV as "Folkadisgehor", in which he confirmed the ownership of this and other places to Heilsbronn Monastery . The place name was usually Volkersgau, the form of the first mention seems to have arisen from a hearing defect. The place name has the personal name of the founder Volkhold as a defining word and Gau as the basic word , ie "Zur Gau des Volkhold". The monastery acquired a total of eight farms there. In 1434 the Margraviate of Ansbach in “Folkerszgaw ^e e” was only entitled to 1 Sumer grain as an annual fee for the property belonging to the place. In 1623 these claims were also no longer recorded. At that time the place had 14 rear passengers, all of whom were Heilsbronnish. During the Thirty Years' War the place was deserted except for one courtyard. In 1732 there were 10 properties in Volkersgau, according to Johann Georg Vetter's description of the upper office , of which 1 property belonged to the Schwabach hospital , 7 properties belonged to the Heilsbronn monastery administration and 2 properties belonged to the owner von Mohr zu Sommerhausen .

At the end of the 18th century there were 13 properties in Volkersgau. The high court exercised the Brandenburg-Ansbach Oberamt Schwabach . The monastery administration office in Heilsbronn held the village and community rulership. The landlords were the Principality of Ansbach (Spital Schwabach: 1 half-yard with tavern ; Heilsbronn monastery administrator: 4 whole yards, 2 half-yards, 1 two-thirds yard , 1 little farm, 1 little farm with forge) and the owner von Mohr zu Sommerhausen (3 half-farms). In addition to the property, there were also communal buildings (shepherd's house, shepherd's house). In 1804 there were 10 properties in the village, 8 of which were subordinate to the Oberamt Schwabach and 2 foreign owners.

In 1808, as part of the municipal edict, Volkersgau was assigned to the Unterreichenbach tax district . It also belonged to the rural community Unterreichenbach formed in 1818 . On February 20, 1960, Unterreichenbach was incorporated into the city of Schwabach at its own request . The remaining community, to which the places Volkersgau, Oberreichenbach , Waikersreuth and Putzenreuth belonged, kept the old community name for a few weeks. The name was finally changed to "Volkersgau" on June 9, 1960. Since the municipality of Prünst ceded an area of around 1 km², the municipality had an area of 13.373 km², which roughly corresponded to the previous municipality. On May 1, 1978, Volkersgau was incorporated into the municipality of Kammerstein as part of the municipal reform.

Architectural monuments

Flurstr. 3: Associated barn
Lindenstrasse 4: farmhouse
Lindenstrasse 5: farmhouse
Lindenstrasse 6: Associated half-timbered barn
Lindenstrasse 8: farmhouse
Cross stone

Population development

Municipality of Volkersgau

year	001961	001970
Residents	296	349
Houses	59
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Place Volkersgau

year	001818	001840	001861	001871	001885	001900	001925	001950	001961	001970	001987	002007	002014
Residents	111	111	123	151	142	124	140	174	134	164	137	170	141
Houses	19th	15th			26th	27	28	28	30th		38
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religion

The place has been predominantly Evangelical-Lutheran since the Reformation. The residents of the Evangelical Lutheran denomination are parish to St. Georg (Kammerstein) . Volkersgau has a cemetery that is privately owned. Only people are buried who were registered in Volkersgau or the neighboring town of Putzenreuth at the time of death.

Established businesses

Advertising, printing and stamping
House technic
Professional sound and lighting technology
Clothing / fragrance oil and smoked goods

Education and culture

societies

Fire station

Volkersgau volunteer fire department
Kerwaboum and Madli Volkersgau
Volkersgau soldiers and warriors' association
Volkersgau Fruit and Horticultural Association
Choral society Volkersgau and the surrounding area

Events

In the last week of June, the population celebrates an annual parish fair ( Kerwa ) with many traditions and customs.

Sons and daughters of the place

Ulrich Kötzler , 22nd Abbot of the Heilsbronn Monastery (1433–1462)

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Volkersgau . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 6 : V-Z . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1804, DNB 790364328 , OCLC 833753116 , Sp. 39 ( digitized version ).
Friedrich Eigler : Schwabach (= Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 28). Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 1990, ISBN 3-7696-9941-6 , p. 428-429, 486 .
Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery from prehistoric times to modern times . tape 2 . For Kunstreprod. Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1993, ISBN 3-923006-90-X , p. 289–291 (first edition: Beck, Nördlingen 1879).
Willi Ulsamer (Ed.): 100 Years of the Schwabach District (1862–1962). A home book . Schwabach 1964, DNB 984880232 , p. 600-606 .