Archologists are now getting to the bottom of the mystery of the lost, legendary village of Mutterhausen. With modern methods like the magnetometer. What is it about the saga? Some of that can already be said on the basis of the earlier individual finds and the new geophysical investigations. When measuring magnetic layers, geological structures can be localized fairly reliably and questions about early settlement can be answered relatively clearly. The Kulturverein Schloss Homburg has now launched an archological project aimed at creating clarity.
The first answers to the Mutterhausen legend can also be found on historical maps in the state archives in Wertheim and Wrzburg. These indicate that in the forest south-west of Homburg in the area of a spring in the “Mutterhauser Wald” there was presumably a farm from the late Middle Ages or the early modern period. The actual settlement of Mutterhausen is assumed to be on a “flood-free lower terrace of the Main” and is also mapped. In this area, Dr. Ralf Obst from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, 41 pieces of pottery and pottery were found on a three-hectare area between Staatsstrasse and the Main just before the boundary between Homburg and Bettingen.
Kulturverein Schloss Homburg wants to know exactly now
The cartographic explorations of the two local researchers Lothar Huller (Homburg) and historian Dr. Leonhard Scherg (Marktheidenfeld) suggest that Mutterhausen really existed. And the results suggest early colonization. They were the occasion for an extensive geophysical exploration for the Kulturverein Schloss Homburg, chaired by folklorist Stefanie Arz and her deputy Matthias Ostheimer. Their total costs amount to 7289 euros. The project was funded by Markt Triefenstein (EUR 1000), the Bavarian State Office for Monument Foundation (EUR 2850) and the Lower Franconian District Cultural Foundation (EUR 1129). The cultural association’s own resources, including voluntary services, amount to 2,310 euros.
The two specialists Harald Scherzer (graduate geologist) and Arno Patzelt (graduate geophysicist) from the company “Terrana Geophysik” from Mssingen (Tbingen district) examined areas around the spring in the Mutterhausen forest and the approximately three hectare area in the Main valley . The experts from Swabia went to work with highly sensitive measuring devices. It will be interesting to see what they have found underground and which concrete finds in the forest and field will fit the history of Mutterhausen. The results of the data evaluations are expected in a few weeks.
Making history tangible for the population
The geologists received support from members of the cultural association, who had set up “homemade catering” especially for the two-day assignment. Not only the chairman of the cultural association Stefanie Arz and her deputy Matthias Ostheimer and other board members found out about the geophysical investigations on site, the research also aroused interest from Mayor Kerstin ceilingbrock, Bettingen’s mayor Ralf Tschp and Triefenstein’s third mayor Torsten Gersitz, who was also involved a drone marked the investigation area. Some landowners, who had given their consent to the investigations in advance, also found out about the project.
“We want to make the history of Mutterhausen tangible for the population,” says Stefanie Arz, chairwoman of the cultural association, summarizing the most recent measures. She therefore says a special thank you to the eleven landowners.
The legend of Mutterhausen (short form)
Those interested can find out something about Mutterhausen on a legend hike offered by the Homburg Carneval Club HCV, as well as in Part 1 of the Homburg local chronicle, in which the former Homburg teacher Georg Iff also goes into this legend of the winegrowing village.
About two kilometers south-west of Homburg you reach the community forest, which is known as the “indoor forest”. There, near a spring that is still active today, the Mutterhausen farm is said to have been located, the residents of which were notorious for their malous greed.
On a beautiful June day, it was said to have been quite loud at a party there. The noise could be heard on the nearby road from Bettingen to Homburg, where a hungry beggar was walking. He turned into the courtyard and begged for a piece of bread. But he was turned away and thrown into a dark hole in the ground. As if out of nowhere, however, he happily sat at the banquet table again. Suddenly a storm came up, the yard began to shake and sway. Before anyone could flee, motherhouse, residents and guests, sank into the depths.
Quelle: arth
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