Werdigeshausen

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View over the former location of Werdigeshausen with the chapel

The deserted Werdigeshausen (also Werdigshausen) is located in the district of the rural town of Dingelstädt in the Eichsfeld district in Thuringia .

location

The desert is about two kilometers west of Kefferhausen on a historic road to Heuthen . The place is located in a depression, the Werdigshauser Grund, on the eastern roof of the Eichsfelder Höhe (approx. 460  m ) surrounded by fields and meadows. At the end of this depression lies the headwaters of the Unstrut .

History of the settlement

Werdigeshausen was first mentioned in a document as Wedeshus in 1262 , but settlement seems to have existed earlier. The location extended not only to the area of ​​today's chapel, but was distributed over several settlement areas to the southeast. Many changing ownership structures were mentioned, such as the Anrode monastery, the von Bodungen, von Wintzingerode, von Tastungen, von Bültzingsleben, von Knorr and von Linsingen families. In 1356, under Archbishop Gerlach, the patronage rights of the parish churches in Werdigeshausen (Wydecheshusen) and Bickenriede (Bickinride) were exchanged, along with some farmland, and the patronage rights in Werdigeshausen were given to the St. Martin monastery in Heiligenstadt. In the former area of ​​Werdigeshausen there was a Landwehr running from north to south towards Kefferhausen, as can be seen from a few field names.

Werdigeshausen was probably abandoned in the 15th century. In 1606 the district of Werdigeshausen was bought by the residents of Dingelstädts.

Current condition

The Werdigeshäuser Church (pilgrimage church)

Today there is the pilgrimage chapel St. Cyriakus , which was built at the end of the 18th century by the master builder Johann Christoph Heinemann on behalf of the Dingelstadt pastor Cyriakus Frankenberg. There is a resting place for hikers and pilgrims under some old linden trees. The place can be reached via the Unstrut-Leine-Radweg and various hiking trails, including a protected whitebeam avenue and the Loccum-Volkenroda pilgrimage route . There is a farm not far to the west.

literature

  • Franz Huhnstock: Werdigshausen and his pilgrimage. In: Eichsfelder Heimatzeitschrift. 56th year (2012), issue 6, pages 272-274
  • Levin von Wintzingeroda-Knorr : The desert areas of the Eichsfeld: Directory of the desert areas, prehistoric ramparts, mines, courts of justice and waiting areas within the districts of Duderstadt, Heiligenstadt, Mühlhausen and Worbis. Göttingen (O. Hendel) 1903, pages 1007-1016

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1] RIplus Regg. EB Mainz 2,1 n.540, in: Regesta Imperii Online (accessed on August 1, 2018)
  2. ^ Paul Grimm and Wolfgang Timpel: The prehistoric and early historical fortifications of the Worbis district. In: Eichsfelder Heimathefte special edition, Worbis 1966, p. 56
  3. ↑ Joseph Keppler: The Cyrikus-pilgrimage Werdigeshausen in portrait. Thuringian regional newspaper from August 3, 2011
  4. ^ Johann Wolf: Memories of the market town Dingelstädt in the Harz department, District Heiligenstadt. Göttingen 1812, § 13 page 51

Web links

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

Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 11.4 "  N , 10 ° 15 ′ 0.7"  E