Waldsachsen (Schonungen)

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Waldsachsen
Community Schonungen
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 19 ″  N , 10 ° 22 ′ 20 ″  E
Height : 332 m
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 97453
Primaries : 09721, 09727, 09526

Waldsachsen is a district of Schonungen in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt . The village is located in the Schweinfurter Rhön , on a historic mountain trail , which is 3 km further east at over 400  m above sea level. NN increases.

Geographical location

Waldsachsen is located in the southeast of the Schonungen municipality on the Steinach tributary Grundwiesenbach . The district of Abersfeld , with which Waldsachsen is connected via the federal road 303 , begins to the north-northeast . In the east, separated by this main road, the district of Haßberge begins with the Theresian district of Buch . In the south lies the Bayerhof belonging to Waldsachsen . To the south-west is Forst , the west is occupied by Schonungen. Marktsteinach is located in the northwest.

history

The village is much younger than the surrounding areas. The late clearing probably goes back to the 11th century, when so-called hoof settlements were established in the large forest areas. The place name refers to the so-called rear people who were planned to be settled there. The reference to Saxon settlers who were evacuated there at the time of the Saxon Wars of Charlemagne is less likely.

Waldsachsen was first mentioned in a document in 1103. At that time, the Würzburg bishop Emehard handed over some goods to the canons of his church. Later a knight Gozwin owned properties there. In the Middle Ages, the Würzburg Cathedral Chapter and the German rulers were wealthy. With the purchase of Mainberg by the Lords of Henneberg , this noble family also gained influence after 1305. In addition, several knight families in Waldsachsen had rights, including the Wenkheim, the Wechmar, the Schaumberg and the Fuchs von Bimbach .

It was not until the beginning of the early modern period that the village was united under one landlord. In 1542 the Würzburg monastery acquired the Mainberg office and thus became the lord of the village over Waldsachsen. Shortly before, in 1525, the population of the village took part in the German Peasants' War and stormed the mansions in the area. During the Thirty Years' War , Waldsachsen was affected by frequent drafts, so that at the end of the war it could almost be described as a desert. Only one yard was still occupied.

For a long time, Waldsachsen was ecclesiastically dependent on larger parishes. In 1539 a large part of the population had converted to Protestantism. The Counter-Reformation under the Würzburg prince-bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn led the villagers back to Catholicism. Waldsachsen has been an independent parish since 1848. With the secularization, the village came to Bavaria in 1803 . Waldsachsen has been incorporated into Schonungen since 1978.

Attractions

The center of the village is the Catholic parish church of St. Laurentius. The basement dates from the 13th century, changes were made to the church in the 16th and 18th centuries. The furnishings of the baroque period, which were created by Thomas Wagner from Obertheres, predominate. The center of the left side altar is a carved figure of St. Mary from around 1480. A Pietà in the church interior dates from the early 16th century.

As an independent municipality, Waldsachen also had its own town hall in the center of the village, which was probably built in the first half of the 18th century. It has a magnificent half-timbered upper floor. Several gate gates, mostly from the 19th century, have been preserved. In the Franconian village with a Catholic past, there are wayside shrines as private foundations all over the area .

literature

  • Karl-Heinz Hennig: District of Schweinfurt. Northwestern part: art, culture and history. From the Haßberge to the Franconian wine country . Schweinfurt 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hennig, Karl-Heinz: District of Schweinfurt . P. 146.
  2. ^ Hennig, Karl-Heinz: District of Schweinfurt . P. 147.
  3. ^ Hennig, Karl-Heinz: District of Schweinfurt . P. 150.