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Market Maßbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 4 ″ N , 10 ° 17 ′ 19 ″ E
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| Height : | 304 m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 6.96 km² | |
| Residents : | 430 | |
| Population density : | 62 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 | |
| Postal code : | 97711 | |
| Area code : | 09735 | |
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Weichten is a district of the Maßbach market in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria .
Geographical location
Weichten lies north of Maßbach on the Weichtunger Ransbach , which rises near Theinfeld and flows into the Lauer near Poppenlauer . The church village is at an altitude of 304 m above sea level. NN and has about 510 inhabitants.
KG 2 , which runs through divisions, leads north to Wermerichshausen , a district of Münnerstadt , and south to Maßbach. The place is connected to the west with Poppenlauer and south-east with Thundorf in Lower Franconia .
The A 7 and the St 2281 run to the west of the village in a north-south direction and the St 2280 to the east of the town, also in a north-south direction .
history
On September 25, 825 gave and gave a Orintil from Good Uithtungun in Grabfeldgau for his salvation and his wife Franc winds the monastery of Fulda , a land with adjacent two Huben , pastures and everything that goes with it. The name , which is written in other documents “Wichtunge, Withungen, Wythunen” could be interpreted as follows: Settlers who avoided the danger spot or shrank from it. The suffix -ings is typical of the time of the conquest of the Franks , who, through their migration from present-day France from the Thuringians, contested the area (see article on suffix ).
The local St. Joseph's Church was built at the beginning of the 18th century . On January 1, 1972, Weichten was incorporated into Maßbach.
Personalities
- Dr. Lucius (Konrad) Roth (born February 19, 1890 in Weuchten; † October 3, 1950 in Pyongyang Prison , North Korea ), Mission Benedictine , martyr of Tokwon
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 472 .
- ↑ The Martyrs of Tokwon, Father Dr. Lucius (Konrad) Roth ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - ( Missionary Benedictines )
