Baroque Gardenhouse
Baroque garden house
The garden house, probably from the first third of the 18th century, is the best-preserved monument of its kind in Franconia.5, 6
It was probably built in the neighbourhood of a Jewish court factor (merchant and lender) of the Würzburg prince-bishops. The garden house was originally supported by arched wooden columns on free-standing stone pillars, like a pavilion. In 1994, the Monuments Office uncovered one of the columns inside. For structural the spaces in between were bricked up. 4, 7
The garden house represents the luxurious private pleasure of its wealthy owner and was the highest house in the village at the time, with a view over the village with its pilgrimage church and the surrounding countryside. Friends would meet here to drink coffee or play cards.
In the 19th century, Leopold Sonnemann’s grandfather Löw Kopp bought the estate with its garden and summer house.
The house, which was threatened with demolition in 1994, was saved because of its unusual roof shape, as it is a hipped roof with a purlin all round and is therefore a listed building.
Jewish cemetery
Not far away, steeply uphill to the south on Am Trieb, lies the Jewish cemetery. The walled complex with burial monuments from the 19th and early 20th centuries has been existing since 1821. Many Würzburg Jews were also buried there. The last burial was in 1939. It was restored in 1948. Around 300 gravestones are still preserved today. 8