Wenighösbach

Wenighösbach Market Hösbach Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 43 ″  N , 9 ° 11 ′ 27 ″  E
Height :	192 m above sea level NN
Residents :	982  (December 31, 2011)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	63768
Area code :	06021
The Church of St. Barbara

Wenighösbach is a district of the market Hösbach in the district of Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia , Bavaria .

geography

Wenighösbach is located north of the core town on the Hösbach flowing through the town and has 982 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011) . The topographically highest point of the village mark is to the northwest of the place at 307  m above sea level. NN , the lowest is on the Hösbach at 159  m above sea level. NN . State road 2307 runs northeast of Wenighösbach .

history

The place was first mentioned in the last third of the 13th century as "minori Hostebach" in the Mainz lift roll . During the Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815), Russian troops passing through were quartered in Wenighösbach in 1814, for which the community had to pay for their meals worth 1,600 guilders. The remaining debt from this claim could only be paid off in 1872.

On July 1, 1862, the district office of Aschaffenburg was formed, on whose administrative area Wenighösbach was located. In 1939, as everywhere in the German Reich, the designation district was introduced. Wenighösbach was now one of the 33 communities in the old district of Aschaffenburg . On July 1, 1972, this merged with the Alzenau district in Lower Franconia to form the new Aschaffenburg district.

The parish church of St. Barbara was consecrated on September 28, 1930. On January 1, 1972 Wenighösbach was incorporated into Hösbach and thus gave up its political independence.

Others

Großstoa in Wenighösbach

Bird cherry in Wenighösbach

In 1958, Pastor Karl Seitz (1911–1967) and Kuratus Sigmund Simon (1935–2017) were honored as honorary citizens of Wenighösbach .

In the Kahlgrundstraße there is a listed rock called the "Großstoa". A 50 to 100 year old bird cherry has been identified as a remarkable natural monument in the municipality . It is one of the regionally important trees in Lower Franconia .

Münchhof

The Münchhof is on the district of Wenighösbach southeast of the town. From 1308 to 1803 it belonged to Schmerlenbach Monastery . After that, the property fell to the Principality of Aschaffenburg under Karl Theodor von Dalberg , who gave it to the Aschaffenburg pastoral seminary he founded on January 20, 1807. On October 31, 1887, the farm with a total area of ​​64.5 hectares became the property of a cooperative of 50 landowners from the Wenighösbach community for a price of 70,000 marks .

Web links

Commons : Wenighösbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bavaria Atlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )
2. ↑ Wenighösbacher Chronik , accessed on June 1, 2012
3. ↑ Honorary Citizen of Wenighösbach , accessed on June 1, 2012