Reichmannshausen

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Reichmannshausen
Village of Schonungen
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Reichmannshausen
Coordinates: 50°07′N10°23′E / 50.117°N 10.383°E / 50.117; 10.383 Coordinates: 50°07′N10°23′E / 50.117°N 10.383°E / 50.117; 10.383
Country Germany
State Bavaria
Admin. region Lower Franconia
District Schweinfurt
Municipality Schonungen
Elevation
341 m (1,119 ft)
Population
[1]
 • Total485
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration SW

Reichmannshausen in Unterfranken is a little village in the municipality of Schonungen, in Schweinfurt district, Bavaria. It has about 491 inhabitants.

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Location

Reichmannshausen is located 341 meters above sea level on the Schlettach plateau. It is completely surrounded by forest, most of which is state owned.

The Frankish style homesteads are in a widespread arrangement with exposed timber-framed construction. The pointed steeple of the St. George church towers above the village. Two small streams, one of which is dammed north at the village pond, merge southwest of the church to form the Ried stream on which a mill is located. Further east there is a new residential development located on the Ottersee (Otter lake) which was formerly a vacation cottage area. [2]

History

Reichmannshausen was developed from a clearing in the land of the neighboring Wettringen royal manor, to which it belonged until 1804.

The earliest known reference to the village notes a "Richalmeshusen" (houses of Richalm) and comes from a 1290 deed, which mentions that it was the seat of the Mariaburghausen cloister.

By 1522, there were already 34 houses around the original Richalm farmstead. The village passed hands several more times: the House of Henneberg owned Reichmannshausen until the family became extinct in 1583. The village then passed to the Bishopric of Würzburg followed by a short rule by the Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1803 to 1804, and then became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1814.

In 1631, during the Thirty Years' War, the Protestant army of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden came to the aid of German Lutherans in the region. Liborius Wagner was a Catholic priest in the parish of Sulzdorf. He fled from the invading forces five kilometers away to Reichmannshausen where he hid in the local schoolhouse. Protestant soldiers tracked him down and he was taken to the nearby Mainberg castle. The soldiers tried to force him to renounce his Catholic faith. Wagner refused; when asked if he was still Catholic, he replied, "I live, I suffer, and I die a papal Catholic." After five days of torture, he died on 9 December 1631. His body was thrown into the nearby Main River. He was beatified by the Catholic church on March 24, 1974. [3]

Between the World Wars, Reichmannshausen was known as a “forest air health resort” due to its remoteness, tranquility, and dense forest. The village had a regular motor coach service to Schweinfurt. [2]

Name

In its current form the English translation is "Rich Man's City"; however, the name has Frankish origins. An early settler named Richalm most likely gave name to the village "Richalmeshusen" or “houses of Richalm" as it appears in a 1290 deed. There was a lot of variation in the spelling of the village over the years. For example, a 1771 map shows the name "Reichenmanshausen" and a 1778 map shows the spelling "Reichinmannshausen".

Places of interest

Transport

Despite its remoteness, Reichmannshausen is well situated in the local transportation network. Country road SW 4 connects with state road 2266 at Löffelsterz and state highway 2281 at Wettringen and Country Road SW 5 connects with state road 2280 to the west at Thomashof and state road 2266 to the East in Humprechtshausen. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Leben im Schweinfurter Land: Reichmannshausen". www.leben-schweinfurt.de. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gemeindeteil Reichmannshausen - Schonungen.de". www.schonungen.de.
  3. ↑ "Diocese of Würzburg page on Saint Liborius Wagner".
  4. 1 2 Bavarian State Office of Historical Preservation List of Monuments in the Schonungen District
  5. ↑ Schweinfurt 360 Tourism site. Schonungen Community
  6. ↑ "Schullandheim Reichmannshausen".
  7. ↑ "Trauer um Dr. Robert Hofmann, Schonungens Träger der Bürgermedaille in Silber".
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