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 Neustadt an der Aisch
Fishpond Economy |
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The history of the fishpond economy in the so-called "Aischgrund” already starts in the times of the Franconian royal courts in the 8th and 9th century. Also the royal court of Riedfeld – today called Neustadt an der Aisch – belonged to the outstanding estates of the diocese of Wuerzburg which was founded in 741/742. Together with the royal courts which existed in Herzogenaurach, Fuerth, Buechenbach and Forchheim at that time Riedfeld formed the basis of the Franconian fishpond economy.
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In the year 816 ponds and fisheries are proved by documents in the River Aisch and River Ehe area. These were conferred on Megingaudeshausen monastery on the banks of River Laimbach. In 912 King Konrad I lends several ponds of Laimbach, (Muench)Steinach and Diebach. Certainly the heyday of the fishpond economy in the "Aischgrund” was in the years before Thirty Years’ War. An estate or a stately home without pond property was not imaginable at that time.
Today in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch/Bad Windsheim more than 1,500 fishponds exist. |
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Local History of
Neustadt an der Aisch |
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The Zollern established Neustadt city as the economic, political and cultural centre of River Aisch valley.
Margrave and Elector Albrecht Achilles (1414–1486) ordered to enlarge and extend the city. The long-time heyday of Neustadt was terminated finally with the destructions during Margraves’ War (1553) and during Thirty Years’ War (1631/1632) definitely.
Today Neustadt an der Aisch is a modern and prosperous district town in the region between Nuernberg, Wuerzburg, Bamberg and Ansbach. |
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