Wollbach (Burkardroth)

Wollbach Burkardroth market Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 31 ″  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 8 ″  E
Height :	338 m
Residents :	702  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	97705
Area code :	09734
Location of Wollbach in Bavaria

Wollbach is a district of the Lower Franconian market Burkardroth in the Bad Kissingen district in Bavaria.

Geographical location

Wollbach borders the northern edge of the central town of Burkardroth.

To the north there is a connection to Premich .

history

The first settlements in the Wollbach area took place in the Neolithic . This assessment is supported by the discovery of a Middle Neolithic pickaxe in 1983, probably around 3500 BC. Was created. The discovery of a Roman coin, which was minted between 101 and 103 AD under Emperor Trajan , in 1949 suggests the existence of Germanic tribes in the Wollbach area who had contact with Roman legions.

From the year 1000, the Wollbach area belonged to the Würzburg monastery . The first known documentary mention of Wollbach itself comes from the year 1244, when Otto von Botenlauben donated his property in Wollbach to the Frauenroth monastery. The decade of Wollbach belonged to the brothers of Bastheim; in 1252 it also passed to the Frauenroth monastery. In 1255 Pope Alexander IV called Wollbach a monastery village. In 1524, Bishop Konrad II von Thüngen settled disputes between the monastery and the villages of Burkardroth , Stangenroth and Wollbach regarding grazing rights.

From the year 1582 presented Wollbach a juror for the neck Court of centering Aschach . In 1803 responsibility for Wollbach fell to the Kissingen district office.

On January 1, 1972, the municipality of Wollbach near Bad Kissingen was dissolved as part of the municipal reform. Since then, Wollbach has been part of the Burkardroth market. In October 1971, surveys and votes had taken place in the villages that were to be incorporated into Burkardroth. Of the 245 votes cast in Wollbach, 227 were in favor of incorporation. Wollbach's last mayor before the incorporation was Franz Grom.

Buildings and plants

Glöckle Chapel

The Glöckle Chapel is located in the middle of the village. It was built in 1952 and replaced a wooden and clay building from 1817. The bell located in the roof turret, which was rung in the event of fire and similar emergencies as well as when it was dark, comes from the previous building and is probably the origin for the name of the Glöckle- Chapel .

Seven Pain Chapel

The Seven Pain Chapel was founded in 1887 by Johann Michael May from Wollbach and built in 1889. Due to a deterioration in the structural condition of the chapel, the chapel had to be renovated in 1915.

On January 1, 1960, Mayor Franz Grom and eight other citizens of Wollbach took over responsibility for the chapel; In 1968 the chapel was renovated again. Since the municipal reform , the chapel has been owned by the Burkardroth market. After an incident of theft at the chapel in 1987, it was secured by heavy iron bars.

Architectural monuments

See: List of architectural monuments in Wollbach

literature

• Anton Reinhard: Burkardroth: Frauenroth, Stangenroth, Wollbach, Zahlbach. Contributions to history. Oeckler, Haßfurt 1975.
• Josef Wabra: Guide through the Kissinger Rhön. (= Landeskunde series of publications for northern Lower Franconia, issue 10). Published by the Bad Kissingen district and the district home nurse of Lower Franconia. Bad Kissingen 1968, pp. 286-289.

Web links

• Wollbach . In: Website of the market Burkardroth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Population figures in Burkardroth. In: Burkardroth.de. December 31, 2018, accessed May 24, 2019 . 
2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 426 .