Dachsbach is a market town and

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in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, in the

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in northern

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Geography

Dachsbach is located in the valley of the

Aisch The Aisch () is an 83 km long tributary of the Regnitz in Middle Franconia, Middle- and Upper Franconia, in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It passes through Bad Windsheim, Neustadt an der Aisch and Höchstadt, and flows into the Re ...

. The borough Rauschenberg is on the southern hills of the

Steigerwald The Steigerwald () is a hill region up to in the Bavarian-Franconian part of the South German Scarplands between Würzburg and Nuremberg. It is part of the Keuper Uplands, and within it, it is continued to the north-northeast and right of the ...

. The neighbouring municipalities are (from the north in clockwise direction):

Uehlfeld Uehlfeld is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in the Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Middle Franconia in northern Bavaria in Germany. Geography Uehlfeld is located in the valley ...

, Weisendorf, Gerhardshofen and Gutenstetten. The municipality has five boroughs: Arnshöchstädt, Traishöchstädt, Göttelbrunn, Oberhöchstädt and Rauschenberg with Ziegelhütte.

History

The first documented notice of Dachsbach is from 1129 - a ''Knight Heinrich von Dachsbach'' sold one of his properties to the monastery St. Michael in

Bamberg Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Bambärch'') is a town in Upper Franconia district in Bavaria, Germany, on the river Regnitz close to its confluence with the river Main (river), Main. Bamberg had 79,000 inhabitants in ...

. In 1132 there was a witness with name ''Knight Albrecht von Dachsbach'' for the foundation of the monastery Heilsbronn. From 1298 until 1347 there was a ''Knight Konrad von Dachsbach'' reeve of the monastery of Münchsteinach. On April 14, 1280 the castle was pledged to the burgraves of

Nuremberg Nuremberg (, ; ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the Franconia#Towns and cities, largest city in Franconia, the List of cities in Bavaria by population, second-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Bav ...

, who made an official residence of it and built up Dachsbach as a bastion against the Cathedral Foundation Bamberg. Until 1797 the official residence remained in Dachsbach. At this time Neustadt an der Aisch became the central residence in the valley of the Aisch. Until this time the blood court for up to 41 surrounding areas was localized in the bailiff's office. The gallows at Galgenberg (i.e. Gallows Hill) were broken down in 1814. Several wars have left their marks in Dachsbach. In the First Margrave War (1449–1450) and the Second Margrave War (1552–1555) troops from Nuremberg, in the Peasants' War the rebellious peasants occupied and raided Dachsbach. On November 12, 1553 Albrecht Alcibiades burned down his own castle to "learn the Nuremberg moneybags the bourning". In the Thirty Years' War (August 10, 1634) troops from

Forchheim Forchheim () is a Town#Germany, town in Upper Franconia () in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative Forchheim (district), district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Fr ...

destroyed Dachsbach nearly complete. They only left the church, the tithe barn and six houses. At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War the mint of the margrave in Dachsbach manufactured "Bad Thaler" (worth 120 Kreutzer), which had the size of full-fledged Thaler, but were made of low-grade silver with a high copper fraction. The end of the ''bailiff-time'' in Dachsbach was 1797. At this time the bailiff Herrgott (i.e. God) resided in Dachsbach. To him the proverb "living like God in Dachsbach" and the naming "God's heads" for the citizens of Dachsbach are traced back. In August 1798 he interrogated a custodian and initiated the smashing of the " Big Franconian Thieves and Robber Gang". But his end was not very "God-like": He got into custody in Bamberg in 1806 for breach of duty. Since then Dachsbach passed a contemplative existence and can document its partly outstanding regional importance only with its cultural monuments.

Mayor

The current mayor is Peter Kaltenhäuser, elected in March 2020. He replaced Hans-Jürgen Regus, mayor since 2011 and re-elected in 2014. Regus was the successor of Walter Neudecker.

Cultural monuments

* Tower House of the Water Castle * Old Bailiff Office * Round Bastion * Church of Our Lady * Old and New Castle Rauschenberg * Old Tavern Oberhöchstädt

Ecclesiastic

* Protestant Church Community - Church Choir Dachsbach * Protestant Rural Youth Association Dachsbach * Protestant Church Community Oberhöchstädt * Protestant Rural Youth Association Oberhöchstädt

Theatre

* Dachsbacher Burgtheater e.V.

Culinary specialties

Carps of the valley of the Aisch in the local gastronomy. Pretzels from the Erbel bakery.

Economy and infrastructure

Federal highway B 470 is directed from north-east to south-west through the community area. From 12 July 1904, until 30 May 1976, there was a railway from Neustadt (Aisch) to Demantsfürth-Uehlfeld called ''Aischtalbahn'' which led to the railway Nuremberg Würzburg. It was broken down and since then only busses connect Dachsbach with the surrounding areas. The lines belong to the pay scale area of VGN.

Personalities

* Jörg Graff (1480-1542), was a German

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-poet and

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-singer

Literature

* In

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„Götz von Berlichingen" in the first act Götz calls „Geh auf den Weg nach Dachsbach!“ (i.e. „Move on the way to Dachsbach!“), which is roughly on the way from Jagsthausen to Bamberg.

References

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