Waldhäuser (Neuschönau)
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Forest houses
community Neuschönau
Coordinates: 48 ° 55 ′ 40 ″ N , 13 ° 27 ′ 53 ″ E
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| Height : | 955 (840-1050) m |
| Postal code : | 94556 |
| Area code : | 08553 |
 Waldhäuser, branch church St. Maria im Wald
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Waldhäuser is a part of the municipality of Neuschönau in the Freyung-Grafenau district .
location
The extensive scattered settlement is located on the north-western slope of the Waldhäuserriegel in the middle of the Bavarian Forest National Park .
history
In 1611 the city of Grafenau built a rest and overnight house for the mule traders , the house at the forest, to promote the salt trade on Gulden Stras . In 1614 the city received the letter of inheritance law for this house, and in 1617 civil jurisdiction. It only consisted of a single room of about 30 square meters.
A few years later, the city of Grafenau built the lower house in the forest . In 1637 there were already seven lower forest houses. The grazing rights of the residents of Waldhäuser comprised 1,800 daily labor. The cattle of the Grafenau citizens grazed around the upper forest house during the summer months. The residents of the forest houses made their living mainly from the production of wooden plates, shovels, rakes, spoons and other Holzbitzler goods, which they sold to the farmers in lower-lying places. Grain cultivation was not possible because of the climate.
In 1774 the electoral wood forester Muckenschnabel built the multi-storey Ameishof from rubble stones . The building, which is currently used as a youth hostel, has a hipped roof that has been pulled down, and got its name from the fact that the residents of the forest houses dried so-called "ant eggs" (actually ant pupae in their cocoon ) in the large attic and then sold them as fish and bird food.
After the end of the 18th century, the landlord in Waldhäuser had the right to sell salt as a remnant of the former salt trade. His Bohemian guests smuggled 15 to 20 pieces of Munich Mäßerei across the border every year. In 1838 the city of Grafenau sold the upper forest house with the associated grazing rights for 5238 guilders and 41 cruisers to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In 1846 there were a total of 19 houses in the upper and lower forest houses.
From 1908 until his death in 1951 the painter Reinhold Koeppel lived in Waldhäuser and from 1938 until his death in 1991 the sculptor Heinz Theuerjahr lived in Waldhäuser . Theuerjahr's former home is now a museum dedicated to the artist. The sculpture park “Arche Heinz Theuerjahr” is located around the house. The two established the town's reputation as an artists' village, which is continued by Hajo Blach , who has had a studio in Waldhäuser since 1972.
The branch church St. Maria im Wald of the parish Sankt Oswald was built in 1928 by the architect K. Kiefer, Passau. Waldhäuser is an important starting point for hikes, especially to the summit of the nearby Lusen .
traffic
Waldhäuser is connected to public transport via bus lines to Neuschönau and Grafenau.
societies
- Waldhäuser volunteer fire brigade, founded in 1962
- Waldhäuser Ski Club
- Interest group Waldhäuser
- Waldhäuser Hunting Association
literature
- The Freyung-Grafenau district . Verlag Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau, Freyung 1982, ISBN 3-87553-192-2 .
