Brendlorenzen
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Brendlorenzen | |
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 Church of Saint John the Baptist | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Brendlorenzen | |
  Brendlorenzen  Brendlorenzen | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′56″N 10°11′39″E / 50.33222°N 10.19417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Bavaria |
| Admin. region | Lower Franconia |
| District | Rhön-Grabfeld |
| Town | Bad Neustadt an der Saale |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,277 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 97616 |
| Vehicle registration | NES |
Brendlorenzen is a district of the town of Bad Neustadt an der Saale in the Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) region of Bavaria, Germany. It lies northwest of the historic town centre on the opposite bank of the Brend stream and was incorporated into Bad Neustadt in 1978. As of the latest municipal figures, Brendlorenzen has a population of 4,277.[1]
The existence of the community on the Brend was first documented in 742 AD, with the church of Saint Martin coming under the jurisdiction of the newly founded diocese of Würzburg. Original texts identify the parish church in Brendlorenzen and the round church in the Marienberg Fortress in Würzburg as the oldest of the diocese. The parish church was probably consecrated by Saint Willibrord in 706 AD.
The building of the church is certainly connected to the construction of the royal estates of Charlemagne in the neighboring village of Salz, at the foot of the Rhön Mountains. Its use at the time of the construction as a baptistry was probably furthermore reason for reassigning patronage from the original Saint Martin to John the Baptist, with whom the church is now associated.
Brendlorenzen hosted a settled area, however, long before this first documented mention. While laying the foundations for new construction in 2001, traces of a settlement from the La Tène culture from the Iron Age were uncovered, including cellar-like dug-outs, garbage dumps and the remnants of six pottery kilns.
On the first of January, 1972, the formerly independent community of Lebenhan was annexed by Brendlorenzen. Then on the first of January, 1978, both were incorporated into the City of Bad Neustadt an der Saale.
Education
For preschool education there are two Catholic kindergartens, St. Joseph and St. Martin, as well as a municipal nursery school. The village has its own elementary educational facility, which is also attended by children from the nearby village Lebenhan.
