Forest window

Forest window Burkardroth market Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 40 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 26 ″  E
Height :	435 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	754  (Dec. 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	97705
Area code :	09734
Location of forest window in Bavaria

Waldfenster is part of the Lower Franconian market Burkardroth in the Bavarian district of Bad Kissingen . The place is directly on the B 286 . With the municipal reform in 1972, Waldfenster lost its independence.

Geographical location

Waldfenster lies west of Burkardroth.

The B 286 running through the village leads in a north-westerly direction to Platz , a district of Geroda , and in a south-easterly direction, crossing the St 2290 , via the Bad Kissingen district of Poppenroth to Bad Kissingen.

history

The meaning of the name cannot be precisely determined, but there are several possible explanations:

• The name comes from the word Venn, which means swamp, so originally Waldvenn
• “The village with its boundary is a circular clearing in the middle of endless forests. It deserves its name rightly "
• The name could also have its origin in the person Waltemann, as a knight Waltmann is buried in Frauenroth and the name Waldmannslohe can be found in later records. Since tan means forest, it should be interpreted as Waldmann's forest, because the forest window is surrounded by forest all around.

The oldest evidence of human cultural work is a boat ax from around 1800 BC. BC, but the exact time of foundation is unknown, but due to various sources in the vicinity, the place is probably one of the oldest settlements in the salt forest. The ownership of the place changed as often as its name over time. The historical evidence:

middle Ages

A record of the Aura Monastery from 1167 states:

“ In 1167 Abbot Conradus exchanged the Waldemannesroth estate with the forest and all three brothers belonging to them. A part of Warmund von Fuchsstadt, to which he gave 5 talents and 2 mice. He exchanged the other two parts of the property from his brothers, Dietherich von Heustreu and Hartung von Nüteligen, to whom he ceded the goods that the monastery at Nütelingen owned. "

Later records of the Aura monastery show that this exchange can be about forest windows.

Forest window at the beginning of modern times

In 1564 the following record was found in the Aura monastery: “The village of Waldfenster belongs to the possessions of the Aura monastery with interest, validity, merrymaking, including the forest and all justice”. According to a record dated July 15, 1564, half of this property belonged to those of von Hutten and those of Steinau called Steinrück and was handed over to them by the abbot several years earlier, with the obligation to protect the monastery in the possession of the other half . Kunz von Steinau assumed control of the village and allowed the monastery to cut as much wood as it needed, as half of the interest , validity and fiefdom .

Abbot Leonard sold this right for 120 guilders on the condition that if the amount was not paid by Kunz von Steinau or his heirs by Petri cathedra 1565 , the abbot may use the interest, validity, fiefdoms and forest until the entire amount has been paid .

Forest window after 1945

On January 1, 1972, Waldfenster was incorporated into the Burkardroth market. Original plans to incorporate Waldfensters into Bad Kissingen failed due to the spatial distance between the two places.

Buildings and plants

Parish Church of the Assumption

The parish church of the Assumption of Mary was built in 1804 and replaced a previous stone building at the same location. The Waldfensterer St. Pius Church was built in the 1960s.

St. Pius Church

The St. Pius Church was built in the 1960s as an extension to the parish church of the Assumption of Mary built in 1804 . The passage to the old parish church is to the left of the altar of the St. Pius Church. This was designed according to the specifications of the Second Vatican Council . Since the church is in need of renovation and the renovation would cause higher costs than building a new church, it was decided to build a new church and demolish the previous church building in 2010. In August 2018, the previous St. Pius Church was demolished; by 2020 it is to be attached to the Assumption Church.

Wendelinus Chapel

The Wendelinus Chapel was built in 1965 on the site of the old Kreuzweg chapel. Among other things, it also contains parts of the furnishings from the previous chapel. Around the Wendelinus Chapel there is a Way of the Cross and a representation of the five wounds of Christ .

Architectural monuments

See: List of architectural monuments in forest window

mayor

The mayor of Waldfenster

Surname	Official title	Term of office
Hans Fell	Mayor	1736-1762
Michael Schlereth		1762-1782
Michael Wehner		1782-1793
Lorenz Schlereth		1793-1801
Jörg Herold		1804-1818
Bastian Wehner	Local board	1818-1819
Kaspar Pfülb		1819-1827
Johann Schlereth	Chief	1827-1831
Michael Schlereth		1831-1839
Michael Straub		1839-1856
L. Albert		1856-1872
Johannes Pfülb	mayor	1872-1875
Müller		1875-1881
On the Rhine		1882-1893
Burkard Schlereth		1894-1916
Kleinhenz	Alderman	1916-1917
Theodor Kleinhenz	1st Mayor	1918-1924
Siegfried Schlereth		1925-1944
Markus Wehner		1945-1950
Siegfried Schlereth		1950-1956
Eugen Voll		1956-1966
Ehrenfried Schlereth		1966-1971
Ludwig Mortiz	1st mayor (after the regional reform )	1972-1988
Rudolf Rost		1978-1990
Emil Müller		1990-2008
Waldemar Bug		2008-2020
Daniel Wehner		since 2020

Personalities

• Martin von Dittelberger (1871–1945), officer
• Eugen Albert (born 1947), Mayor of Münnerstadt (1996–2008)

literature

(in chronological order)

• Josef Wabra: Guide through the Kissinger Rhön. (= Regional Studies Series of the Rhön / Saale Working Group. Issue 10). Bad Kissingen district, Bad Kissingen 1968, DNB 720289777 , pp. 277-285.
• Gisela Schmitt: village chronicle forest window. Self-published, Waldfenster 1992.
• Wolf-Dieter Raftopoulo: Rhön and Grabfeld culture guides. A complete documentation of the old cultural landscapes in terms of art and cultural history. RMd Verlag, Gerbrunn 2017, ISBN 978-3-9818603-7-5 , p. 82.

Web links

• Forest window . In: Website of the market Burkardroth
• Site of forest window
• Website of the Waldfenster tourist association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in Burkardroth. In: Burkardroth.de. December 31, 2018, accessed May 24, 2019 . 
2. ^ Version by District School Council Nicolai, Bad Kissingen
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 426 .
4. ↑ "Not every Kissinger has always wanted to be one - 40 years of the large district town: the 1972 regional reform celebrates its anniversary". In: Main-Post from January 27, 2012.
5. ↑ Kathrin Kupka-Hahn: Church "St. Pius" in the forest window. In: Burkardroth.de. Retrieved March 8, 2018 . 
6. ^ Sigismund von Dobschütz: Church renovation in forest window is delayed further. In: inFranken.de. July 29, 2015, accessed March 8, 2018 . 
7. ^ Sigismund von Dobschütz: Construction work: The church in the forest window has now been desecrated. In: inFranken.de. July 22, 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
8. ^ Gerhard Zeller: Market Burkardroth | Current. Retrieved May 11, 2020 .