Overview of the history of the municipality Jossgrund
In the context of the hessian administrative reform 31.12.1971 united the
formerly independent municipalities upper village, Burgjoss and Pfaff living
on freiwilliger basis to the municipality Jossatal to. At 01.07.1974 still
the municipality was assigned to this municipality thing the Lettgenbrunn,
so that thereby the today's municipality Jossgrund developed.
The Jossgrund is historicalpregnant area, why one considered this name probably
also for the new municipality. The former court Burgjoss consisted of the
middle Jossgrund with the places Burgjoss, Mernes, upper village and Pfaff
living. It is quite possible that it already developed in Frankish time and
came as donation at the faith messenger Willibrord, in for 7. Century in
east Franconias worked, because in the year 907 Pfaff living of the monastery
genuine after, whic had created Willibrord 698, to the monastery Fulda is
already exchanged. Since in addition the principal place appears Burgjoss
as "Jazaha" 850 in a Fuldaer goods listing, and which whole northern Spessart
of the line aura Pfaffenhausen Beilstein Orb before Pippin and Karl to the
abbey Fulda had been already given to the large one, also the former Ober(n)dorf
of Burgjoss a Martinskirche possessed, then also the court might have been
present already Burgjoss to the Karolingerzeit and come in Fuldaer possession.
Upper village receives documentary mention for the first time as "Pfarrsitz
with church" in the year 1444.
The castle to the Jossa, one the oldest in the Spessart, was as seat of the
court Burgjoss the political center of the middle Jossgrundes for many centuries.
In the year 1176 Fulda the family of Jossa with castle and court belehnte.
As itself the Mr. von Jossa in 13. sold they settled century at the mountain
route gradually their possessions, so that in the following centuries castle
and court changed several times owners and/or Lehensmaenner. The Weistum
to Burgjoss of 1451 calls the counts von Hanau highest masters of the court
and says, "other the half teyl" belongs to the other court gentlemen, i.e.
the Mr. von Thuengen and from Hutten. Seem later from Hutten the whole court
in their hand to have combined, because in the year 1450 they sold it with
other possessions at Mainz, which combined it with the office for district
living. With this it came 1814 at Bavaria and the office for district Orb
was slammed shut. Into the year 1866 it changed with the other Bavarian parts
of a territory at Prussia.
The small locality Lettgenbrunn was mentioned for the first time documentary
in the year 1313 as "Letthechenburne". In the year 1435 the place appears
as "Lettichenborn", 1453 as "Letchenborn" and 1571 as "Letgeborn".
Lettgenbrunn and Villbach formed a small court, which was in the possession
of the Buedinger inheriting Hohenlohe Brauneck and was sold by these to ore
pin the Mainz in earlier time. The first inhabitants might have been Glasblaeser
of an nearby glasswork of the Mainzer rule.
Ore pin the Mainz belehnte the domestic aristocracy with the Vogtei, so that
Fritz forest master became 1343 castle man on hatchet stone. It followed
1435 the noble farmhand hen Wymar of Orb, which passed the Lehen on 1483
at its sons Caspar, Valentin and hen.
The 30jaehrige war played small marks badly also, according to a fire estimation
remained only two houses and the old pc. Jakob chapel. Despite all adverse
circumstances the reconstruction took place.
To 01.04.1952 Lettgenbrunn independent municipality, which came up to 01.07.1974
with Villbach in the municipality Jossgrund, became.
One of the main sources of income of the inhabitants of the today's municipality
Jossgrund formed always the agriculture. Also around the historical former
water castle scharten itself the individual farmsteads. Considering the forest
wealth also the today nearly forgotten occupation of the charcoal burner
was exercised here. For the evacuation of the charcoal won in laborious work
the "Gaeulsbauern" provided from the village.
In the last years Jossgrund stepped more and more the tourism into the foreground
for the municipality, for which she is almost suited due to their landschaftlich
beautiful situation in the nature park Spessart. Here the recovery-looking
for regains the contact to nature. The large city human being will be surprised
by the forest and game wealth of the community again and again. In the nationally
recognized erholungsorten of the Jossgrundes Kneipp and leisure facilities
offer good possibilities for the recovery of the health. The municipality
Jossgrund can arrange the gentle, real vacation in the silence and originalness
of a great landscape for the recovery-looking for.
This is how many Desch families that were in Mernes in 1999!
