Windheim (Wartmannsroth)
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Windheim
Community Wartmannsroth
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| Height : | 216 m above sea level NN | |
| Area : | 4.6 km² | |
| Residents : | 278 (Nov. 1, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 60 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | May 1, 1978 | |
| Postal code : | 97797 | |
| Area code : | 09732 | |
Location of Windheim in Bavaria |
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Windheim is a district of the Lower Franconian municipality of Wartmannsroth in the Bavarian district of Bad Kissingen .
Geographical location
Windheim is located southeast of Wartmannsroth.
The thoroughfare from Windheim joins the St 2293 westwards and southwards to Diebach , a district of Hammelburg .
history
The first known mention of the place comes from the time around 800 under the name "Winden"; Windheim was then a Slav settlement from the Carolingian era . In the time around 1329 the "Winden" as well as probably a moated castle , the Windheimer Schloss , was owned by the Lords of Thüngen . On April 14, 1447, the "Winden" castle came into the sole possession of Dietz von Thüngen. In 1660 the place came into the possession of the Würzburg Juliusspital .
After the place was influenced by Protestants for a long time , Abbot Johann Bernhard canceled the "Prüdikant zu Windheim" on August 28, 1628, whereupon Windheim returned to its original Catholic parish in Diebach . The previous Protestant church in the area, which was the only Protestant church in the area to be visited by believers from the Rhön , was replaced by a new Catholic building. In 1811 Windheim became an independent parish, to which Heckmühle , Morlesau and Völkersleier belonged.
From the first school in the village, which was located near the church and was demolished in 1858, only the foundation walls remain; From October 1, 1888, classes took place in a new school building.
Towards the end of the Second World War , Windheim was shot at by nine fighter bombers and artillery from the direction of Graefendorf on April 9 . 31 people and over 60 head of cattle lost their lives; 13 houses and 21 barns were also destroyed.
As part of the municipal reform , Windheim became a district of Wartmannsroth on May 1, 1978.
Buildings and plants
Windheim Castle
Windheim Castle, designed as a moated castle , was probably built by the Lords of Thüngen in the 13th century. after a fire in 1615 it was rebuilt after the Thirty Years War . From 1811 to 1881 the local school was located in the castle. In 1882, the property had to be demolished because of dilapidation; a forester's house was built in its place.
Village chapel
According to a Latin inscription on the village chapel , this was built after a bailiff of the Windheim Castle sought shelter under a pear tree during a thunderstorm and survived a lightning strike in the tree unharmed. The plaque with the inscription bears the year 1758. The village chapel , which houses the fourteen helpers and a radiant Madonna, survived the bombing shortly before the end of the Second World War unscathed.
church
The first church in Windheim was built by Philipp von Thüngen in 1546 as the only Protestant church in the region. After the Counter-Reformation , the Protestant church was replaced by the St. Agidius Church built by the Würzburg Juliusspital in 1765/66 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 738 .
