Weyer (Gochsheim)
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Weyer
community Gochsheim
Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′ 23 " N , 10 ° 18 ′ 45" E
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| Height : | 246 m |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1971 |
| Incorporated into: | Gochsheim |
| Postal code : | 97469 |
| Area code : | 09721 |
Weyer is a district of the community of Gochsheim in the Lower Franconian district of Schweinfurt .
Geographical location
Weyer is located in the east of the Gochsheimer municipality. Coming from the east, the federal highway 70 runs past the village in the north. The Schonungen junction is in the Weyer district. The Main flows further east between the districts of Gädheim in the Haßberge district and Grettstadt - Untereuerheim . The built-up area is bordered to the south by State Road 2277, the undeveloped district borders on that of Grettstadt to the south. The west is taken by Gochsheim itself.
The Dettelbach flows through the district towards the Main. The Pfitschengraben rises near the village. The deserted area Bergheide with the Burgstall of the same name is located in the district.
history
The village was first mentioned in 1174. At that time it was called "Wiware". The name changed over the centuries, so the village reappeared as "Wiere", "Wiger" and "Wyer". It is derived from the word Weiher or Weier , which describes stagnant water. The name probably referred to the geographical features around the settlement, where there were several water points in the past.
During the Middle Ages, several lords ruled Weyer, especially the Counts of Henneberg . Perhaps the gentlemen of Bergheide were also wealthy there, whose headquarters were near the village. Up until the 14th century, however, the Cistercian monks from Ebrach Weyer Monastery managed to integrate all rights into their domain. As the place continues to fürstbischöflich-Wurzburg centering belonged Karlberg, they brought criminals to the border of the district.
Weyer was again upgraded in the 18th century. The place became the seat of a monastery office and thus an administrative center. After the abbey was dissolved in the course of secularization at the beginning of the 19th century, Weyer fell to the Schweinfurt district court as a municipality in the Electoral Palatinate . From 1818 it was affiliated to the lordship of the Lords of Thurn and Taxis in Sulzheim before it came back to Schweinfurt in 1851. In 1971 Weyer lost his independence when it was incorporated into Gochsheim.
Attractions
The center of the village is the Catholic parish church of St. Bonifatius. It was built in the Middle Ages and received its present-day appearance over the centuries: the tower was raised around 1500, and the baroque nave was built between 1730 and 1731 under the Ebrach abbot Wilhelm I. Sölner . The church was last expanded in 1965. Inside, the furnishings from the 18th century predominate. The side altars are from the 1730s, the high altar from 1785 has a classicistic effect. A Pietà came into the church in 1470.
The former office building, now inhabited by the local pastor, was built under the Ebrach Abbot Paulus II Baumann in the years around 1710. In addition, an outbuilding of the office courtyard has been preserved. As a Catholic parish village in Franconia, Weyer is also characterized by the many wayside shrines and small memorials that have been erected throughout the district. The oldest of these monuments was built in 1623. A roofed village well in the center of the village was built in its current form in 1840.
literature
- Longin Mößlein: District of Schweinfurt. An art and culture guide between the Main and Steigerwald. South of the Main . Schweinfurt 2006.
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