Desert cell

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Desert cell
Municipality Holzkirchen
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Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 35 "  N , 9 ° 39 ′ 13"  E
Height : 197  (188–239)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 450  (2018)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 97292
Area code : 09369

Wüstenzell is a district of the municipality of Holzkirchen in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg .

Wüstenzell district

geography

location

The village is located on the Aalbach , in the west of the municipality and on the border with Baden-Württemberg . The old town is located in the valley of the Aalbach, to the northeast there is a settlement area on the slope of the Steinertberg. The Franconian Marienweg runs through Wüstenzell .

Neighboring marks

Neighboring markings starting clockwise in the north are Remlingen , Holzkirchen , Holzkirchhausen , Dertingen and Homburg am Main .

history

The original name was Wüstzella. This name was given to the place because a hermit - monk of the monastery of wooden churches in this desolate area his monastery cell ( hermitage had). The settlement of the place is assumed for the 8th century AD at the latest, in documents of the Fulda monastery the village is listed as obligated to the monastery Holzkirchen to labor. In 1359 the place with a customs post belonged to the former owners, the Counts of Wertheim , on the road from Würzburg to Wertheim to Cent Remlingen.

On May 1, 1978, Wüstenzell was incorporated into the community of Holzkirchen.

Soil monuments

literature

  • Michael Mott : Wüstenzeller veteran. In Franconia's oldest vineyard, Fulda monks once ruled. In Fuldaer Zeitung , Reisemagazin, October 14, 2006, p. M6.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987, Munich, 1991
  2. ↑ Local history , website of the community section on the Holzkirchen website, accessed on July 23, 2017
  3. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 756 .