Markt Triefenstein () is a market community in the
Main-Spessart district in the ''
Regierungsbezirk
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'' of
Lower Franconia
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History
After the founding of the Kingdom of Bavaria the state was totally r ...
(''Unterfranken'') in
Bavaria
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,
Germany
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. It was created in 1978 out of the villages Homburg am Main, Lengfurt, Rettersheim and Trennfeld.
Geography
Location
Markt Triefenstein is part of the Main-Spessart district of Bavaria. It is located on the river
Main
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Geography
* Main River (disambiguation)
**Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany
* Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province
*"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries
...
between
Marktheidenfeld
Marktheidenfeld () is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and the seat (but not a member) of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Markthe ...
and
Wertheim am Main
Wertheim (East Franconian: ''Wärde'') is a town in southwestern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of around 23,400. It is located on the confluence of the rivers Tauber and Main. Wertheim is best known for its land ...
. To the south it borders on
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
.
The community has the following ''Gemarkungen'' (traditional rural cadastral areas): Homburg am Main, Lengfurt, Rettersheim and Trennfeld. The former two are located on the left bank of the Main, the latter two on the right bank.
Geology
The hills in the east of the community's territory are made up of ''
Muschelkalk
The Muschelkalk (German for "shell-bearing limestone"; french: calcaire coquillier) is a sequence of sedimentary rock strata (a lithostratigraphic unit) in the geology of central and western Europe. It has a Middle Triassic (240 to 230 million ye ...
'' on top of the normal ''Buntsandstein'' or red
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
of the
Spessart
Spessart is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres above sea level.
Etymo ...
hills. This
terroir
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makes the area around Homburg well-suited for growing wine. In addition, the vineyards profit from the protective bowl-shape of the hill (''Kallmuth'', 278 metres above sea level) and the heat-store of the river Main. Since 1981, the vineyards on ''Kallmuth'' have been a protected monument. The ''Bocksberg'', west of the Main, is the westernmost muschelkalk occurrence in Bavaria.
Homburg castle sits on a rock made up of
tufa
Tufa is a variety of limestone formed when carbonate minerals precipitate out of water in unheated rivers or lakes. Geothermally heated hot springs sometimes produce similar (but less porous) carbonate deposits, which are known as travertine. ...
.
History
Prehistory and Middle-Ages
![Homburg, Schlossanlage-003](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Homburg%2C_Schlossanlage-003.jpg)
A burial site near Trennfeld is attributed to the
urnfield culture
The Urnfield culture ( 1300 BC – 750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and p ...
(1200 to 750 BC) and nearby there is a group of 15 burial mounds from the
Iron Age
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(700 to 450 BC).
Archeological evidence points to Iron Age fortifications on a rocky outcropping on the right bank of the Main, north of where the monastery stands today. Later this was the site of early medieval fortifications and then of the ''Neuenburg'' castle (12th or 13th century), associated with the and which was likely destroyed in a fire. The site was strategically important, controlling the ''
Via Publica
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'', dating back to Roman times, and its Main crossing at Lengfurt.
According to tradition,
Saint Burchard, Bishop of Würzburg (741-754) lived as a hermit (or, alternatively, concealed himself from enemies whilst travelling) in a natural cave at the foot of the hill on which Homburg castle is now located. He allegedly died and was buried there.
In the first half of the 8th century, a fortification known as ''Hohenburg'' was built by the Frankish kings at Homburg. In the late 10th century, it fell to the
Bishop of Würzburg
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
who gave it as a
fief
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to the Counts of Wertheim.
A list of territories gained by
Fulda Abbey
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between 755 and 885 (''Fuldaer Tradition'') names "Lengesfurt" given by a "Count Egino". This is considered too vague to be the first written mention of the Triefenstein area, however, which is instead thought to be the ''Codex Eberhardi'', issued by
Louis the Pious
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in 839. It mentions the ''
Via Publica
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'', which crossed the Main at Lengfurt, and a gorge (''Klingenbachschlucht'').
The first written mention of Lengfurt itself occurred at the foundation of ''Kloster Triefenstein'' (Triefenstein Monastery). It was founded by the
Augustinians
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in 1102 and gifted vineyards on the ''Kallmuth'' hill by ''
Kloster Neustadt''.
Rettersheim was first mentioned in 1284.
In the 14th century, , Bishop of Würzburg, sold Homburg castle to Johann I, Count of Wertheim.
Homburg was granted
town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium. The city law customary in Central Europe probably dates back to Italian models, which in turn were oriented towards the tradition ...
in 1332 by
Emperor Louis IV
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Louis' election as king of Germany in ...
.
Rudolf von Scherenberg
Rudolf II von Scherenberg (c. 1401 – 1495) was Bishop of Würzburg from 1466 until his death. His longevity (about 94) and long reign were significant.
Rudolf von Scherenberg was the son of Erhard von Scherenberg and Anna von Massbach. On ...
, Bishop of Würzburg, bought back Homburg castle in the late 15th century. It then became the seat of the local ''
Amt
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'' (local representative) of the Bishop.
A part of Lengfurt (Uffhofen) belonged to the Counts of Wertheim from 1357, whilst the remainder (Niederhofen) was part of the monastery lands after 1305. The two holdings were divided by today's Kaisergasse.
In 1525, Triefenstein Monastery was
plundered by local peasants.
17th to 19th centuries
After the (Protestant) Counts of Wertheim died out, the Bishop of Würzburg gradually confiscated most of their holdings including, in 1612, Lengfurt.
During the
Thirty Years War
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, the monks fled the monastery before the advancing Swedish troops. It stood empty until 1634. From 1632 to 1634 the area was again administered by the Protestant Count of Wertheim, who had received the authority from the Swedish occupation force.
In 1803, with the ''
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
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'' and the dissolution of the ecclesial states, ''Kloster Triefenstein'' passed to the
Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim, who at times used it as a residence.
Rettersheim and Trennfeld also passed with the 1803 ''Reichsdeputationshauptschluss'' to the Counts of Löwenstein-Wertheim, passing again in 1806 to the
Principality of Aschaffenburg
The Principality of Aschaffenburg (german: Fürstentum Aschaffenburg) was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire created in 1803 and, following the dissolution of the Empire in 1806, of the Confederation of the Rhine, which existed from 1806 to ...
. The ''Amt'' of Homburg in the Prince-Bishopric (''
Hochstift
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'') of Würzburg passed for a sum of money to the
Kingdom of Bavaria
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, and then in 1805 to the
Grand Duchy of Würzburg
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.
The seat of the local court was moved from Homburg, first to Lengfurt and Roßbrunn (now part of
Waldbüttelbrunn
Waldbüttelbrunn is a municipality in the district of Würzburg in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is located about west of Würzburg. The population is 5055 (December 2008).
Business
There is a business park in the north of Waldbüttelbru ...
), then in 1806 to Marktheidenfeld.
According to local tradition,
Napoleon
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spent a night in a building on the market square of Lengfurt
on his way to Russia in 1812. It is an established fact that the French army crossed the Main river here in May 1812 on a specially constructed wooden bridge.
This is shown in a fresco painted on one of the buildings on the market square in 1914.
Between 1814 and 1816, all current parts of the community Triefenstein passed to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, the communities of Rettersheim, Homburg am Main, Lengfurt and Trennfeld came into being with the ''Gemeindeedikt'' ("Municipal Edict") of 1818.
In 1845,
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...
crossed the Main at Lengfurt when she visited what was then ''Schloss Triefenstein'' (the former monastery) owned by the Löwenstein family.
20th century
At least since the early 19th century,
Jewish
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families had been living in the centre of Homburg, forming a Jewish community and building a
synagogue
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in 1873. On Christmas Day 1938,
SA men burned the house of worship down. The location where the synagogue once stood is now marked by a memorial plaque.
The constituent parts of today's ''Markt Triefenstein'' were amalgamated with each other in the course of municipal reform in Bavaria in 1978.
Demographics
Within the town limits, 3,502 inhabitants were counted in 1970, 3,530 in 1987, 4,201 in 2000 and in 2005 4,720.
Economy
![Kallmuth bei Homburg am Main 220912](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Kallmuth_bei_Homburg_am_Main_220912.jpg)
Lengfurt and Homburg have long been wine-growing communities, especially the
appellation
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s ''Kallmuth'' and ''Edelfrau'' are well-known.
In medieval and early modern times, the monastery had been a significant producer of wine. When plundered by Swedish forces in 1631, the wine cellars of Kloster Triefenstein contained over 100,000 litres of wine.
In 2012, Homburg had 55 hectares of vineyards under cultivation, compared to just 2 in 1990 and 8 in 1963. Back in 1694, vineyards had covered 118 hectares.
Some of the hill area formerly covered by vineyards has disappeared today: Between Lengfurt and Homburg there is a large
HeidelbergCement
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cement works and quarry, first established in the late 1890s.
Lengfurt used to be a fishing and shipping town, but these industries have now disappeared.
Today, tourism plays a role in the local economy. There are several hotels, inns and other accommodations. A large camping site is located north of Lengfurt.
According to official statistics, there were 6 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls working in
agriculture
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and
forestry
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in 1998. In producing businesses this was 673, and in trade and
transport
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95. In other areas, 93 workers on the social welfare contribution rolls were employed, and 1,503 such workers worked from home. There were 2 processing businesses. Six businesses were in construction, and furthermore, in 1999, there were 56 agricultural operations with a working area of 1 100 ha, of which 956 ha was cropland and 105 ha was meadowland.
Municipal taxes in 1999 amounted to €2,017,000 (converted), of which net business taxes amounted to €323,000.
Attractions
Lengfurt
![Lengfurt Napoleonhaus](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Lengfurt_Napoleonhaus.JPG)
* ''Dreifaltigkeitssäule'' - an obelisk dedicated to the
Holy Trinity
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, inspired by a
similar column in Vienna, erected in 1728 by Ritter Johann Joseph von Neuff (1676-1734) and designed by Jakob van der Auwera. It is unique in Franconia and was renovated in 2012.
* The parish church ''Sankt Jakobus'' (1613/14) features an altar with a figure group of the baptism of Jesus by Würzburg court-sculptor Peter Wagner (1799), originally at the
Juliusspital at
Würzburg
Würzburg (; Main-Franconian: ) is a city in the region of Franconia in the north of the German state of Bavaria. Würzburg is the administrative seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Lower Franconia. It spans the banks of the Main River.
Würzburg is ...
, and an ivory altar cross (circa 1730, probably made in Vienna).
Trennfeld
![2011 Maintal 052 Kloster Triefenstein](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/2011_Maintal_052_Kloster_Triefenstein.jpg)
* ''Kloster Triefenstein'' - founded in 1102 by Gerung, dean of in Würzburg. The monastery was named after a nearby spring (''Triefender Stein''). In 1160, the church and monastery burned down. A new,
Romanesque, church was consecrated in 1164. From 1617 to 1620 significant alterations were made to this church. Then from 1687 to 1715 church and monastery were completely rebuilt, likely by Würzburg architect Valentin Pezani (d. 1719). The current church (''Klosterkirche St. Peter und Paul'') has one nave with a choir flanked by two slender towers (dating to 1687). The interior decoration dates to 1783 to 1803 and is considered a high point of Franconian
Neoclassicism
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.
The Löwenstein family sold the monastery in 1986 to the Protestant .
The ''Kloster'' is not generally open to the public, but access is possible at certain times.
* ''Sankt Georg'', Catholic church - built in 1590 by
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn (18 March 1545 – 9 September 1617) was Prince-Bishop of Würzburg from 1573. He was born in Mespelbrunn Castle, Spessart (Lower Franconia) and died in Würzburg.
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He was educated in Mainz, Leuven, D ...
and consecrated in 1593. I features the tomb of the family and the notable tomb of Heinrich von Reinstein (of the von Ravensburg family, d.1349).
* ''Klingenbach Schlucht'' (or ''Klingelsbachgraben'') - a gorge on the right bank of the Main.
The gorge has been a protected natural monument since 1992.
Homburg
![Papiermühle Homburg am Main](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Papierm%C3%BChle_Homburg_am_Main.JPG)
* ''Burkardusgrotte'' (or ''Burkaduskapelle'') - a natural cave containing an altar dedicated to Saint Burchard, consecrated in 1721. The altar was brought here from
Würzburg Cathedral
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. The cave is the destination of an annual
pilgrimage
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procession.
The tufa rock surrounding the grotto was also quarried in the past -
Balthasar Neumann
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probably used it for the ceilings of the
Würzburg Residence
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.
* ''Schloss Homburg'' (castle) - The lower floors of the Romanesque
donjon
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date to the 12th to 13th centuries, whilst the octagonal top was only added in the 18th century. The three-wing
half-timbered
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building (circa 1568) of the family, who served as ''Amtsmänner'' for Würzburg is the only remaining
palas
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in the castle.
In 1602, Bishop Julius Echter bought the castle. With the removal of official functions from Homburg, the castle fell into disuse in the 1830s. Since 1869 the castle has been owned by the town. It served as a school, as a
rectory
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Function
A clergy house is typically ow ...
and as the seat of the municipal administration. However, in the 1970s these uses ceased - after 1978 the newly created ''Markt Triefenstein'' was administered from Lengfurt.
* ''Sankt Burkhard'', parish church featuring an altar with a marble relief "Christ praying at the Mount of Olives" (1613), brought to Homburg in 1721 from the crypt of Würzburg Cathedral. It was later removed from the Burkhardus grotto and moved into the church.
* ''Zehntscheuer'' - the former
tithe barn
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, built by Julius Echter from 1605 to 1614.
From 1934 to 1977, it housed the wine presses for the local winemakers' cooperative.
* ''
Paper mill
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'' - established in 1807, this historic water-powered paper mill was in use until 1975. It was renovated in 1994 to 1997, and again produces high-quality paper. It also features a museum.
Government
Seat of the municipal administration is Lengfurt. The mayor is Norbert Endres (
CSU
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* Christian Social Un ...
).
Coat of arms
The community's
arms
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Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
might be described thus: A fess wavy argent, in chief azure a trident erect Or between two roses of the first barbed and seeded of the third, in base gules two keys in saltire, that bendwise of the third surmounting the other of the first.
The two crossed keys come from the arms once borne by the Triefenstein Monastery and recall that the monastery church was consecrated to
Saint Peter
Saint Peter; he, שמעון בר יונה, Šimʿōn bar Yōnāh; ar, سِمعَان بُطرُس, translit=Simʿa̅n Buṭrus; grc-gre, Πέτρος, Petros; cop, Ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ, Petros; lat, Petrus; ar, شمعون الصفـا, Sham'un ...
. Trennfeld's now disused arms were also
chargeed with these keys, and likewise with the trident, which is confirmed by a village seal from 1777. As a guild's hallmark, it refers to the important Main fishery. The two silver roses come from Lengfurt's likewise disused arms. As heraldic emblems of the Counts of Wertheim, they recall the Counts' lordship over the village until they died out in 1556. The wavy fess (horizontal stripe) symbolizes the community's geographical location on the river Main. The
tinctures
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argent and gules (silver and red) are those once borne by the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg, which maintained an ''Amt'' in Homburg.
The arms have been borne since 1981.
Description and explanation of Triefenstein’s arms
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Infrastructure
Transportation
Since 1904, a bridge across the Main at Lengfurt has connected the two parts of the community. Previously, traffic crossed the river by fording it or on ferries.
The major Bundesautobahn 3
is an autobahn in Germany running from the Germany-Netherlands border near Wesel in the northwest to the Germany-Austria border near Passau.
Major cities along its total length of 778 km (483 mi) include Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsse ...
passes through Triefenstein between Rettersheim and the Triefenstein Monastery. Bundesstraße 8
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touches the borders of the community but passes to the north. At Lengfurt there is the '' Staustufe Lengfurt'' on the river Main, built in 1936.
A railway track that followed the right bank of the Main, , and that served a station at Trennfeld until 1975/76 has been demolished.
Education
In 1999, the following institutions existed in Triefenstein:
* Kindergarten
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s: 200 places with 178 children
* Primary school
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s: 1 with 14 teachers and 275 pupils
References
External links
*
Triefenstein Monastery
History of Triefenstein Monastery at the ''Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte''
''Ortsteil'' of Homburg
Papiermühle Homburg
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Holocaust locations in Germany