Wohnsig

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Wohnsig
City of Weismain
Coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 42 "  N , 11 ° 14 ′ 34"  E
Height : 455 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 62  (Jan. 1, 2013)
Postal code : 96260
Area code : 09575
Wohnsig (Bavaria)
Wohnsig

Location of Wohnsig in Bavaria

Wohnsig is a village with 62 inhabitants and belongs to the town of Weismain in the Upper Franconian district of Lichtenfels in the north of the Free State of Bavaria .

Geographical location

Wohnsig is located at 455  m above sea level. NN on a plateau, about 500 meters west of the Bärental . The plateau belongs to the northern foothills of the Franconian Jura , in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park . The city center of Weismain is about 2.6 kilometers north of it. The next villages are Krassach , Krassacher Mühle , Neudorf , Wunkendorf , Wallersberg and Schammendorf .

history

Wohnsig town plan from 1851

The immediate vicinity of Wohnsig was inhabited by the 13th century at the latest. This is indicated by the discovery of a coin hoard of 123 silver pennies, each weighing 0.3 to 0.5 grams, and four other coins from the late 13th century.

The first mention was 1306 with "Konrad de Wansaze", citizen in Weismain.

In the 19th century, the exclusively Catholic village population built a chapel. In 1977 it was replaced by a new one with the patronage of James the Elder due to its dilapidation . The chapel in the center of the village is decorated with a depiction of the Coronation of Mary from the 18th century.

On January 1, 1976, Wohnsig was incorporated into the city of Weismain as a former district of Modschiedel .

Population development

The table shows the population development of Wohnsig based on individual data from the most recent times.

year Residents source
1987 78
2012 64
2013 62
2015 58

societies

literature

  • Gerd Stumpf: The coin find from Wohnsig, City of Weismain . In: Bavarian Numismatic Society: Yearbook for Numismatics and Monetary History , JNG 44, self-published. the Bavarian. Numismati Ges., Munich 1994, pp. 139-146

Web links

Commons : Wohnsig  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Topographic map from Wohnsig , geodaten.bayern.de, accessed on December 30, 2012
  2. ^ ArchäologieMuseum Oberfranken - Branch Museum of the State Archaeological Collection; City and district of Forchheim, Upper Franconia , Landschaftsmuseum.de, accessed on December 30, 2012
  3. ^ Dieter George: Lichtenfels; The old circle . Historical book of place names of Bavaria. Upper Franconia. Volume 6: Lichtenfels. Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7696-6862-9 , p. 177.
  4. ↑ a b c Wohnsig , stadt-weismain.de, accessed on December 30, 2012
  5. ↑ Wohnsig's Genealogical Location Directory , gov.genealogy.net, accessed on February 13, 2014
  6. ↑ Population distribution of the city of Weismain on January 1, 2012 ( Memento from January 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Population distribution in the city of Weismain on January 1, 2013 ( Memento from May 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Population distribution of the city of Weismain on January 1, 2015 ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive )