Wohnau

Wohnau municipality Knetzgau Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 48 ″  N , 10 ° 27 ′ 25 ″  E
Height :	291 m
Residents :	85  (1987)
Incorporation :	1st January 1973
Postal code :	97478
Area code :	09527, 09529, 09528

Wohnau is a district of the municipality of Knetzgau in the Lower Franconian district of Haßberge .

Geographical location

Wohnau is located in the extreme southwest of the Knetzgau municipality. The municipality of Wonfurt begins further north, with the Reinhardswinden district closest to Wohnau. In the northeast is the Knetzgau district of Oberschwappach , while Eschenau can be found in the east . To the south rises the Hundelshausen Forest , a community-free area in the Schweinfurt district . To the west begins the district of Falkenstein , a district of Donnersdorfer in the district of Schweinfurt.

history

The village of Wohnau first appeared in the sources in 1340. At that time it was called "Wunnawe", which can be interpreted as Wiesenau. In the Middle Ages, the village was assigned to the Gerolzhofen office in the Würzburg monastery for a long time . Later the Cistercian monastery Ebrach had some properties here. The connection to Gerolzhofen remained in place in the 20th century as Wohnau became part of the Gerolzhofen district . Today the village is part of the municipality of Knetzgau in the Haßberge district.

Culture and sights

Architectural monuments

The center of the village is the Catholic branch church . It is consecrated to St. Wendelin and was built in 1753. Instead of a tower, an eight-sided roof turret with a dome was placed on the choir side of the church. The altar was created around 1700, the altar sheet showing Saint Wendelin did not come into the church until the 19th century. In addition to a small war memorial site, a rococo group of figures depicting Anna herself has been preserved.

Other architectural monuments are the many courtyard gates that have been preserved in Wohnau. They originated in the 18th and 19th centuries and were mostly created in the Baroque style. All yard gates are made of sandstone. In the so-called Saarwiesen on the outskirts there is also a large crucifix from 1890.

legend

A resident man once worshiped a woman from neighboring Oberschwappach. When he was about to rush to his beloved one again, he met an old man who warned him. The woman is a witch and therefore not to be trusted. The lover went to her anyway, but now wanted to convince her of his girlfriend's innocence himself. He snuck under the straw sack shortly before she went to sleep and waited.

A short time later the girl came and actually lay down to sleep. But when the tower clock struck midnight , she suddenly woke up, rummaged in a chest for a wreath of herbs, laid it on the floor and said a few unintelligible words. Then she hopped into the herb circle and turned into a cat . The man was startled in his hiding place and wanted to call out the woman's name, but then failed to do so.

Later, the woman turned back again. The next day the man confronted the girl. She refused to admit that she was a witch and denied the nocturnal transformation . It was only when the boy described that he almost called the cat by its name that the girl confessed everything. He had saved her from the fate of having to remain a cat forever.

literature

• Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach ⁴ 1987.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 267.
2. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 267.
3. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 267.
4. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 269.