St. Kilian Church Kairlindach

The place name, which was apparently formed to differentiate between Ober- and Niederlindach, was probably derived from Kira = church. Kairlindach was certainly created in the course of the Würzburg settlement colonization: In 1317 the Reichsministeriale Herdegen von Gründlach owned it as a fief of the Diocese of Würzburg. The patron saint of the church, St. Kilian, also points out the influence of this bishopric. In 1379 the church was already a parish church, but its existence goes back to much older times. In the period that followed, however, the parish rights seem to have been lost again. In the 15th century, pastoral care was carried out from Büchenbach (Bambergisch). In 1387 the farmers from "Keyerlintach" deliver nine Simra grains to the diocese of Bamberg every year. In 1465 Erhard Truchseß von Wetzhausen married the daughter and heiress of that von Maienthal. In the 15th and beginning of the 16th century, those of Maienthal zu Neuenbürg are attested as lords of a larger Kairlindach court, which included a tavern. With Neuenbürg this property also came into the hands of the Truchsess von Wetzhausen (tombstone of Georg Truchseß von Wetzhausen from 1527 in the choir of the church) and after them fell to the barons of Holzschuher zu Neuenbürg. In the choir of the church there is still "a very seldom found death shield outside Nuremberg for Hans Holzschuher, who died in 1614".There is evidence that the two farmers from Kairlindach, Dürr and Schwab, also took part in the great peasants' war in 1525. In 1528 the village became Protestant, again a parish and, as such, was subordinated to the deanery Neustadt / Aisch in 1564, Baiersdorf in 1683, Ühlfeld in 1812 and Münchaurach in 1846. The Margraves of Bayreuth (Kairlindach belonged to the Dachsbach office) promoted the spread of the Reformation because, as sovereigns, they were able to demonstrate their independence to the emperor. During the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648) they set up a customs post here, which was mainly directed against the bishopric of Bamberg, but also challenged the protests of the imperial city of Nuremberg. This duty still existed in 1750.During the Thirty Years' War, the village and the church were devastated, and there were only five families left. It was not until 1643 that the parish was able to purchase a bell for the church. In 1688 there were again 26 inhabited houses, the number of which grew to 34 by 1725. In 1792, the place fell to Prussia, was only subordinated to Bavarian in 1810 and in 1812 to the district court of Herzogenaurach.In 1724 eight buildings and the church burned down; In 1887 the church, school and 18 buildings fell victim to the flames.