Wustuben (Oberkotzau)

Wustuben Oberkotzau market Coordinates: 50 ° 16 ′ 6 ″  N , 11 ° 53 ′ 50 ″  E
Postal code :	95145
Area code :	09286
Place view

Wustuben is a district of the Oberkotzau market in the Hof district in Upper Franconia .

The place Wustuben was called Gottwaldsreuth in the Middle Ages and belonged to the sphere of influence of the von Kotzau family .

At the entrance to the village there is a late medieval stone cross with heavily weathered side arms and incised pincers . It is a designated architectural monument . Legends tell of the killing of a farmer or shepherd at the site of the cross, whose original location was probably further to the west.

Wustuben is connected to the connecting road between the main town of Oberkotzau and the Hof district of Eppenreuth via a spur road . The Untreusee is in the immediate vicinity . The lake path leads past Wustuben.

Soil monuments

See: List of soil monuments in Oberkotzau

literature

• Hans Bucka , Oskar Heland : Landmarks - corridor and small monuments in the district of Hof . Hoermann, Hof 1991, ISBN 3-88267-040-1 , p. 129.
• August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . The Art Monuments of Bavaria , Brief Inventories , Volume VII . German art publisher . Munich 1960. p. 66.
• Dietmar Herrmann, Helmut Süssmann: Fichtel Mountains, Bavarian Vogtland, Steinwald, Bayreuther Land. Lexicon . Ackermannverlag, Hof (Saale) 2000, ISBN 3-929364-18-2 , p. 791 .
• Werner Risser: It was like that! - Fragments of a chronicle of the Oberkotzau market (so-called Lörner chronicle ). P. 24.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Bucka, Oskar Heland: The stone crosses and cross stones in the district of Hof and in the city of Hof . Hof 1986. ISBN 3921615674 . P. 50.