Häusling is a village in the city of

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

(

Middle Franconia Middle Franconia (german: Mittelfranken, ) is one of the three administrative regions of Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in the west of Bavaria and borders the state of Baden-Württemberg. The administrative seat is Ansbach; however, ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

). Its resident population was 203 in 2020.

Geography

The village lies next to the stream ''Bimbach'', which feeds a chain of ponds, e.g. the ''Doktorsweiher'', and flows into the

Regnitz The Regnitz is a river in Franconia, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is in length. The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which meet in the city of Fürth. From there the Regnitz runs northward ...

in the Erlangen district of ''Neumühle'' as a left tributary. The place is surrounded by fields and grassland. The field in the south is called ''Trutenäcker'', the one in the north ''Am Schleifweg''. The

Kreisstraße A Kreisstraße (literally: "district road" or "county road") is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a '' Kreis'' or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the ''Kreisstraße ...

ER 1/ERH 25 runs to Haundorf (1 km to the west) or to

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(1.5 km to the north-east). A

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runs to

Kosbach Kosbach is a village on the outskirts of Erlangen, Germany. The village is known locally for its own Kirchweih Kirchweih is literally the dedication of a church in German. More generally it also names the celebration of the anniversary of a dedica ...

(1.3 km north) and to Steudach (1.4 km south).

History

The locality was first mentioned in 1400 as "Heuslans". The place name is based on the

Middle High German Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...

word hūselin (little house). The

overlord An overlord in the English feudal system was a lord of a manor who had subinfeudated a particular manor, estate or fee, to a tenant. The tenant thenceforth owed to the overlord one of a variety of services, usually military service or serje ...

was the

Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg The Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg (german: Hochstift Bamberg) was an ecclesiastical State of the Holy Roman Empire. It goes back to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bamberg established at the 1007 synod in Frankfurt, at the behest of King Henry II ...

. The Nuremberg patrician ''Leupold Schürstab'' received the

bailiwick A bailiwick () is usually the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff, and once also applied to territories in which a privately appointed bailiff exercised the sheriff's functions under a royal or imperial writ. The bailiwick is probably modelled on th ...

over four farms. In an interest booklet of the Schürstabs from 1407, five goods in "Hewsleins" were listed that were subject to tax. The ''Dompropsteiamt Büchenbach'', the seat of the Dompropst in the adjacent district, was listed as the owner. In 1468 the village consisted of 5 properties with a total of 3 1⁄2 ''Huben fields''. In 1580 the Schürstabs continued to be the lords of the 5 estates. However, at least temporarily, the income from two farms went to the

Nuremberg Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...

State Alms Office, as a document from 1540 shows. As a result of the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

, the town was destroyed in 1632. It was not until 1670 that buyers were found for the five farms. The lordship of the property now belonged to the ''Dompropsteiamt Büchenbach''. Towards the end of the 18th century there were 8 estates in Häusling. The high court fulfilled the duties of the ''

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main. The town dates back to the 9th century, when its name was derived from the nearby ' castle. C ...

'' ''Dompropsteiamt Büchenbach'' to a limited extent. In 1810, Häusling came into the hands of the

Kingdom of Bavaria The Kingdom of Bavaria (german: Königreich Bayern; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1805 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German E ...

. As part of the community edict by Maximilian I Joseph, it was assigned to the tax district of Büchenbach, formed in 1811, and to the rural community of Kosbach, formed in 1818. On January 1, 1967, Häusling was incorporated into Erlangen as part of the municipality of Kosbach. Until the 1970s, the place was entirely determined by agriculture. In the period that followed, a new settlement was built next to the old town. In 2000 only three farmers remained in the village.

Local landmarks

* Haundorfer Str. 34: Iron fence and wayside cross * Haundorfer Straße: ''Säulenbildstock'' (Historic columned religious art piece)

Religion

The village was purely Catholic until the middle of the 20th century and is still parochial to ''St. Xystus'' (Büchenbach). The Protestants were originally parishioners of the ''Dreifaltigkeitskirche'' (Erlangen), but are now parishioners of the ''Martin-Luther-Kirche'' (Büchenbach).

References

{{reflist Populated places in Bavaria Erlangen