The place name, meaning "near the houses of the Wends," indicates a Slavic settlement under Frankish landowners.[3] The Wends cleared the forest on the plateau and presumably founded the village in the 10th century. The first documented mention of "Winhusen" was in 1303 as a fief of the Bishopric of Würzburg, with Karl and Theine von Lichtenstein and Albert von Schweinshaupten as fiefholders. Source and further information: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winhausen
The place name, meaning "near the houses of the Wends," indicates a Slavic settlement under Frankish landowners.[3] The Wends cleared the forest on the plateau and presumably founded the village in the 10th century. The first documented mention of the village as "Winhusen" was in 1303, as a fief of the Diocese of Würzburg, with Karl and Theine von Lichtenstein and Albert von Schweinshaupten as the fiefholders.
The place name, which means "near the houses of the Wends", indicates a Slavic settlement under Frankish landlords.[2] The Wends cleared the forest on the plateau and probably founded the village in the 10th century. The first documentary mention as "Winhusen" was in 1303 as a fief of the diocese of Würzburg with Karl and Theine von Lichtenstein and Albert von Schweinshaupten as feudal bearers.[3]
In 1514, Wilhelm Fuchs von Burgbreitbach sold the village and all its properties to Bernhard von Hutten, lord of the Birkenfeld manor. In the 17th century, among other things, a further reduction in the productivity of the less fertile arable land and water shortages led to the residents moving away. Parts of the village fell into desolation. After the Thirty Years' War, the settlement consisted of an estate and four households.[3]
In 1804 Winhausen came to the district court of Hofheim and in 1806 to the patrimonial court of Birkenfeld.[2] In 1841, Franz Carl Rudolf von Ortenburg became the owner of the farm. In the 19th century, the respective administrators mainly kept livestock but also ran a sheep farm. In the 20th century there was horse breeding.[3]
In 1862 Winhausen, which was part of Birkenfeld, was incorporated into the newly created Bavarian district office of Königshofen. In 1871 the estate had eight residents and five buildings. He belonged to the parish of the Evangelical Lutheran parish in Birkenfeld, 1.0 km away, where the Evangelical school was located.[4] In 1900, the rural community of Birkenfeld was assigned to the newly founded district office of Hofheim. At that time the wasteland had seven inhabitants and one residential building.[5] 25 years later, these numbers were unchanged.[6] In 1950, the homestead still had five residents and one residential building.[7] Eleven years later, one residential building and three residents were counted.[8] No residents were recorded in 1970 and 1987.[9][1]
On July 1, 1972, the district of Hofheim in Lower Franconia was dissolved and Winhausen came with Birkenfeld to the Hassberg district. On July 1, 1973, it was incorporated into Ermershausen and on July 1, 1975, it was reclassified as a part of the municipality in Maroldsweisach.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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