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| Hall on the Saale | ||
| federal state | Bavaria | |
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| Residents | 1.472 (2019) | |
| height | 254 m | |
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Hall on the Saale is a market town in the valley of the Franconian Saale in the Grave field in Lower Franconia. The hall is interesting for visitors because of the pilgrimage church of the Visitation of Mary on the nearby Findelberg in the Saaleauen and that of Balthasar Neumann remodeled Waltershausen Castle in the district of the same name.
background
Districts from Saal an der Saale are the village of Waltershausen (since 1978) and the Mühlenweiler Buchmühle, Papiermühle, Steinmühle and Weidachsmühle. The municipality of Saal a.d. Saale (official name) is a member of the Grabfeld Alliance, an association of different burial ground communities for the development of the region.
To Administrative community Hall a. d. Saale also includes the neighboring communities of Großeibstadt and Wülfershausen.
The date of the first written mention of the village room is the 20th August 789, the relevant document is a deed of donation from the Fulda monastery, in the high Middle Ages the patch belonged to the Counts of Wildberg in Sulzfeld, in 1303 to the Counts of Henneberg and towards the end of the 16th century to the Bishopric of Würzburg. Saal has had market rights since 1699.
The first documentary mention for the village Waltershausen is the year 867, also in a document of the Fulda monastery and as "Hohireod". The current name Waltershausen is possibly interpreted as a foundation of the "Whale Council". In the Middle Ages, the patch initially belonged to the Würzburg monastery. From 1456 Waltershausen came into the possession of the knight dynasty of the Marschalke von Ostheim and becomes Protestant in 1523. During the 30 Years War the village was temporarily uninhabited desert, in 1782 the Marschalke from Ostheim died out and Waltershausen came to Bavaria in 1814 with all of Lower Franconia. Waltershausen has been part of Saal an der Saale since 1978.
getting there
| Distances (road km) | |
| Bad Koenigshofen | 9 km |
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| Bad Neustadt | 14 km |
| Bad Kissingen | 36 km |
| Schweinfurt | 36 km |
| Bamberg | 66 km |
| Wurzburg | 92 km |
| Frankfurt am Main | 164 km |
| Munich | 291 km |
By plane
The nearest international airports are the Major airport in Frankfurt, 165 kilometers away and can be reached in around two hours by car, as well as the Airport in Nuremberg 110 km away and reachable in about one and a half hours by car. The airport in can also be reached quickly Erfurt approx. 119 km away and also reachable in approx. one and a half hours by car.
In the street
Saal is on the B279 federal road and on the section between Bad Neustadt and Bad Königshofen. The federal road runs right through the town and is the main road.
Easiest large-scale approach via the A 71 motorway Schweinfurt - Erfurt (Thuringian Forest Autobahn): Exit Bad Neustadt / North, and junction of the B 279. Further 6 km to Saal.
Branch from the federal road B279 to Waltershausen east of Saal and another 4 km on the state road to Waltershausen.
By train
The nearest train station is Bad Neustadt on the railway line Schweinfurt - Erfurt, continue by bus or taxi to Saal.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
room
The townscape of Saal is the one street village along the main street. In Saal there are still numerous farmsteads in the style typical of the Grabfeld as courtyards with a courtyard entrance as an approach from the street side.
- town hall, built in 1592 as a half-timbered house with a covered double flight of stairs under the mayor Johann Wilk.
Findelberg
The striking and romantic hill in the Saaleauen was probably a place of worship and sacrifice already in pre-Christian times. A Christian place of prayer is for the 8./9. Century by a deed of donation from Fulda Monastery occupied.
The first pilgrimage to a vicariate on the Findelberg is documented for the year 1445. The legend tells that a swineherd once found a picture of Mary while herding pigs on the Findelberg, which was put up in the parish church of Saal, but kept returning to the Findelberg, whereupon a wayside shrine was built and then a small chapel.
The high point of the pilgrimage to the Findelberg is the 17th and 18th centuries. During this period she is behind in the Diocese of Würzburg Kreuzberg and Dettelbach the third largest. Today the pilgrimage to the Marian holidays (patronage of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary on July 2nd) has a regional significance.
The center of the extensive Findelberg complex with numerous chapels, grottos and wayside shrines is the Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary: The current building, it is the fifth on the Findelberg, was built between 1781 and 1786 under master builder Johann Michael Schauer and made of Wermerichshausen sandstone in Empire style. The old high altar with the miraculous image was destroyed in a fire in 1891. The current baroque high altar dates from 1733 and from the St. Nikolaikirche in Market wide. The miraculous image with the Mother of God in a halo was carved anew in 1966 by Gerhard Kessler based on a belt cutter template.
The main painting on the nave ceiling with scenes from the life of Mary comes from the grave field painter Johann Peter Herrlein, who is buried in the cemetery in front of the church.
Access is possible via a signposted road, a crossroad with sandstone stations (around 1740) leads from Saal to Findelberg on foot.
Waltershausen
- The well-preserved watch tower is located in the Wülfershausen an der Saale district, directly on the Waltershausen and Hollstadt district boundaries White Towerfrom the time of the Würzburg prince-bishops. Today there is a rest area with tables, benches and a fireplace.
Waltershausen Castle
The castle has its origins as a fortified castle with a moat, which later lost its importance as a defensive structure. From 1750, under the barons of the Marschalke von Ostheim (Marschalke is the outdated form of Marschall), the initially single-storey and now three-wing, three-storey and four-tower palace complex was built. In the 18th century the park was built in the English style and allegedly under Balthasar Neumann the other upper floors with the magnificent rococo hall in the entire central building of the 2nd floor.
Charlotte Sophie Juliane von Kalb, (born Freiin Marschalk von Ostheim), German writer and born in 1761 at Waltershausen Castle, was the owner of the castle from October 1783 and after marrying Heinrich von Kalb. The poet was with Schiller and Jean Paul befriended and also had contacts with Goethe, Wieland and Herder. At the behest of Charlotte, the poet spent Friedrich Holderlin, one year as an educator for her son at Waltershausen Castle. Today it is also assumed that when Hölderlin accepted the small and quiet village of Waltershausen with the nearby town Waltershausen confused in Thuringia, his former living room in the castle has been restored.
Because of her husband's lavish lifestyle, Charlotte von Kalbs Castle was foreclosed on auction in 1806, and Charlotte von Kalb died completely desolate in Berlin in 1843. The castle changed hands several times, another well-known name is Wolfgang Baron S. v. Waltershausen, Scholar and teacher of King Ludwig I of Bavaria. He was raised by the king to hereditary nobility so that he and his descendants could use the name Sartorius, barons or barons of Waltershausen.
The castle hit the headlines in 1932 through one Murder case: the lord of the castle Hauptmann a. D. Waldemar Werther was found dead on November 30th and his wife Wilhelmine was found shot, the crime is still partially unresolved.
The castle, which was renovated between 1966 and 1968, is privately owned and can only be viewed after consultation with the owners (who live in the castle). In the ballroom there is an exhibition on the life of Charlotte von Kalb, there are also plans to expand it as a Hölderlin center.
activities
- Waltershausen outdoor pool, Elfenweg Waltershausen.
shop
In room there is a bakery, butchers and a self-service market for groceries ("tegut").
kitchen
In the village hall:
- Düring (Inn, butcher's shop, room), Bahnhofstrasse 2, 97633 Hall a. d. Saale. Tel.: 49 (0)9762 374.
- Gasthaus Lamm, Main street 25, 97633 hall. Tel.: 49 (0)9762 6419.
- Englert Inn (Franconian court, Butcher shop, room), Hauptstrasse 16, 97633 Saal.
In the village of Waltershausen
- 1 Lang Brewery (Bräustüble in the brewery, only brewery in Grabfeld), Charlotte-von-Kalb-Strasse 13, 97633 Waltershausen. Tel.: 49 (0)9762 92 92. Pils, Hefeweizen, Lager, Bock and special beers such as the dark "Franconian copper beer" are brewed. Brewery tours by arrangement. Franconian cuisine is available in the Bräustüble.Open: Bräustüble: Wed. - Fri .: from 5 p.m.; Saturday: from 2 p.m.; Sun .: from 10 a.m.
nightlife
accommodation
health
- General practitioners are represented in the hall.
- Maple Pharmacy, Main street 45, 97633 Saal a.d. Saale. Tel.: 49 (0)9762 388.
The nearest hospitals for medical care are in Bad Neustadt.
Practical advice
| Brief information | |
| surface | 21.57 km² |
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| Phone code | 09762 |
| Post Code | 97633 |
| Mark | NES |
| Altlandkreis | CAN |
| Time zone | UTC 1 |
| Emergency call | 112 / 110 |
- Market hall a.d.Saale, Wiesenflecklein 4, 97633 Saal a.d.Saale. Tel.: 49 (0)9762 9100-0.
trips
literature
- : Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen, Gauss in memory. Leipzig, 2011, ISBN 978-3-937219-57-8 . 26,50 €Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen was a student of the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, later a research associate, close friend and his biographer. Wolfgang Sartorius was the son of the political scientist and political scientist Georg Sartorius von Waltershausen (1765-1828), lord of the castle of Waltershausen Castle .
Web links
- http://www.saal-saale.de - Official website of Saal an der Saale
- Municipal alliance Fränkischer Grabfeldgau ("Grabfeldallianz"): www.allianz-grabfeldgau.de (an amalgamation of ten municipalities in Grabfeld);
- non-commercial info page too Waltershausen;
