Wallersberg (Weismain)

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Wallersberg
City of Weismain
Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 38 ″  N , 11 ° 13 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 451 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 49  (Jan. 1, 2013)
Incorporation : January 1, 1976
Postal code : 96260
Area code : 09575
Catholic pilgrimage chapel of St. Catherine
Catholic pilgrimage chapel of St. Catherine

Wallersberg is a village with 49 inhabitants. It belongs as a separate district to the city of Weismain in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels , in the north of the Free State of Bavaria .

Geographical location

Wallersberg is located at 451  m above sea level. NN on a plateau on the eastern edge of the Kleinziegenfelder valley . The plateau belongs to the northern foothills of the Franconian Jura in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park . Southwest of the village is the nature reserve Juniper Slopes near Wallersberg. The city center of Weismain is around five kilometers to the north.

history

etymology

In 1326 Wallersberg appeared for the first time in a deed of gift under the name "Beltreichesperge". In the confirmation of this document, the place "Weltersperghe" is written. From the year 1338 the spelling "Weltrichsberge" and from 1360 "Waldersperg" is handed down. The village was first referred to as "Wallersberg" in 1481/1482. In terms of linguistic history, all names can be interpreted as referring to the mountain of Waltrich . Unlike many other place names, the name should not be that of the founder, but that of the mountain on which Wallersberg is located. The name probably dates back to before 900 and comes from the mythological area. The name could come from the forest giant Welderich from Germanic mythology , whose name means ruler of the forest and is equated with the motif of the wild man.

Prehistory and early history

The plateau on which Wallersberg is located was already settled in pre-Christian times. Clearly visible evidence of this is provided by numerous still-preserved barrows between Mosenberg and Wallersberg, some of which have also been archaeologically examined and how the burial mound near Wallersberg could be dated to the Late Bronze Age or the Late Hallstatt Age.

During the last construction work on the Wallersberg Chapel, it was discovered that it stands on the foundation walls of an older building. During archaeological excavations on the foundation walls, old vessels were found that were filled with bones and fire earth. However, due to ignorance, an urn grave containing at least four vessels from the 1st millennium BC was destroyed during the excavations or the actual renovation work on the chapel .

Late Middle Ages to Early Modern Times

In 1325 the counts of Truhendingen donated the somewhat remote, northwestern pilgrimage chapel of St. Katharina . At that time, the village of Wallersberg should already have existed, since in 1326 Albert von Giech gave all rights over the goods in the village to the Langheim monastery . Four years later, this donation was confirmed by the Abbot of Langheim and stated that the tithe donations in kind and animals were intended for the parish church of St. John the Baptist in Isling . Around 1481/1842 Wallersberg belonged to the prince-bishop's office of Arnstein and had to pay Turkish tax to the archdeaconate of Kronach .

In the second half of the 17th and the first half of the 18th century, the individual farms of Wallersberg were subordinate to several feudal lords. In 1644, for example, a farm was subordinate to the Arnstein pastor, to whom a large amount of natural produce had to be delivered every year and forced labor had to be performed two days a year . Two other courts were subject to the secularization in 1803 the Klosterlangheim . Four of the other farms were owed to the Barons Giech zu Thurnau and one to the Lords of Künsberg . The subjects of the secular rulers at this time were Protestant , the other three families were Catholic .

19th century until today

The volunteer fire brigade in Wallersberg was founded in 1884. From 1924 to 1926, the Bergstrasse from Weihersmühle to Wallersberg was developed by the Wallersberg population on their own, making the place easier to reach for the increasing tourist flows in the Kleinziegenfelder Tal from the 1920s onwards. The road was also defused, in some cases large dry stone walls were built to protect the hairpin bends .

The community of Wallersberg was incorporated into Weismain on January 1st, 1976 together with the localities Frankenberg , Mosenberg , Schammendorf , Waßmannsmühle and Weihersmühle .

Population development

The table shows the population development of Wallersberg.

year Residents source
1833 82
1930 81
1987 62
2013 49
2013 40

societies

Honorary citizen

  • 1958: Fritz Endres, community shepherd. In the first half of the 20th century, Endres grazed the otherwise unusable slopes around Wallersberg. Due to his contribution to the preservation of the dry grass juniper slopes south of Wallersberg and his open and warm nature, he was awarded honorary citizenship as one of the few citizens in the history of the municipality.

literature

  • Joachim Andraschke: The desert on the mountains . In: Heimatgeschichtliche Zeitschrift für die Landkreis Lichtenfels , Volume 11 - 2002, Verlag Vom Main zum Jura, Eggolsheim 2002, pp. 32–33.
  • Wilko Bauriedl: Amalgamation of Wallersberg , Directorate for Rural Development, Bamberg 1996, scope: 36 pages
  • Markus Hatzold: Festschrift of the Wallersberg-Mosenberg Volunteer Fire Brigade , Weismain 2009, length: 118 pages
  • Karlheinz Hetz: Stations at the end of the war in 1945 in Wallersberg, Arnstein and the Weihersmühle . In: Heimatgeschichtliche Zeitschrift für der Landkreis Lichtenfels , Volume 19/20 - 2010/11, Verlag Vom Main zum Jura, Eggolsheim 2011, pp. 52–63
  • Josef Urban: Lightning strike at the Wallersberger Kapelle , In: Heimatgeschichtliche Zeitschrift für die Landkreis Lichtenfels , Volume 14, Verlag Vom Main zum Jura, Eggolsheim 2005, pp. 26-29
  • Josef Urban: Festschrift on the occasion of the centenary , Wallersberg-Mosenberg 1984, length: 112 pages

Web links

Commons : Wallersberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map of Bavaria - Wallersberg - Weismain , geoportal.bayern.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Andraschke (2002), pp. 32–33.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Josef Urban: Leafed through the history books: Stations in the history of Wallersberg, Mosenberg and Weihersmühle . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Wallersberg-Mosenberg , Weismain 2009, pp. 43–45
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h Josef Urban: Leafed through the history books: Stations in the history of Wallersberg, Mosenberg and Weihersmühle . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Wallersberg-Mosenberg , Weismain 2009, pp. 37–39
  5. ↑ a b Wallersberg ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  6. ↑ a b c d Josef Urban: Leafed through the history books: Stations in the history of Wallersberg, Mosenberg and Weihersmühle . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Wallersberg-Mosenberg , Weismain 2009, pp. 57–59
  7. ↑ Josef Urban: From the beginnings of our weir . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Wallersberg-Mosenberg , Weismain 2009, pp. 87–97
  8. ^ Joseph Anton Eisenmann: Geographical description of the Archdiocese of Bamberg: together with a short overview of the suffragan dioceses: Würzburg, Eichstätt and Speyer . Bamberg 1833, p. 511 ( full text in Google Book Search). , P. 485
  9. ^ Wallersberg Genealogical Directory of Places , gov.genealogy.net, accessed on December 26, 2014
  10. ↑ Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2013 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 26, 2014
  11. ↑ Distribution of residents in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2015 ( memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), stadt-weismain.de, accessed on October 10, 2015
  12. ↑ a b Josef Urban: Leafed through the history books: Stations in the history of Wallersberg, Mosenberg and Weihersmühle . In: Markus Hatzold: Festschrift of the Wallersberg-Mosenberg Voluntary Fire Brigade , Weismain 2009, p. 79