Helmstadt

Geschichte

Helmstadt is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg in Bavaria in Germany.GeographyMunicipal structureHelmstadt consists of two districts: Helmstadt HolzkirchhausenNeighboring municipalities Holzkirchen Uettingen Waldbüttelbrunn Irtenberger Wald Altertheim Neubrunn WertheimNameEtymologyThe name Helmstadt consists of the first name Adalhalm and the Old High German word stat. It thus means dwelling of Adalhalm.Historical spellings 770 Adalhalmestat 816 Halabingestat 1246 Helbingestat 1305 Heblingestat 1335 Helmstat 1559 Helmstadt 1800 Markthelmstadt 1831 HelmstadtHistoryEarly historyA first settling of the region took place at the time of the Linear Pottery culture between 6000 and 4000 BC, as evidenced by archeological findings at the Altersberg, Ameisenberg and in the Hochstatt. For the time after that, no findings are known. Another settlement at the Roth was established at the time of the Urnfield culture between 1200 and 750 BC. During the development of the Roth between 1999 and 2000 AD, excavations were conducted in the area, and numerous shard and pole pit findings were recorded. The existing settlement then grew in size between 750 and 450 BC, at the time of the Hallstatt culture. After that, however, any signs of a settlement disappeared.