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THE WENKENHOF HISTORY

THE WENKENHOF SETTLEMENT IS MUCH OLDER THAN THE RIEHEN FAMILY WENK. ALREADY AROUND THE YEAR 600 BEGAN THE ALEMANNS TO CREATE SETTLEMENTS IN OUR AREA. IN THAT EARLY PERIOD OF SETTLEMENTS WAS THE SETTLEMENT RIEHEN AS THE "HOF" (FARM, SETTLEMENT) OF RIOCHO ESTABLISHED. SIMILARLY WAS BETTINGEN SETTLED AS THE "HOF' OF BETTO AND INZLINGEN AS THE 'HOF" OF ENZILIO.

FROM THE YEARS 751 AND 800 ARE DOCUMENTS FROM VAHCINCHOVA, RESPECTIVELY, UUAHCINCOUA, THAT POINT TO THE WENKENHOF OR THE "HOF" OF WACHO. WACHO ESTABLISHED HIS SETTLEMENT INCLUDING HIS OWN COMMUNITY TERRITORY OF THE WENKENHOF. LATER THE WENKENHOF TERRITORY BECAME PART OF RIEHEN.

THE NAMES OF STREETS, ROADS, WOODS, FIELDS AND MEADOWS IN THIS TERRITORY THAT HAVE THE NAME WENK IN IT, ORIGINATE WITH THE LINK TO THE WENKENHOF, NOT WITH THE WENK FAMILY OF RIEHEN . THE WENK FAMILY NAME HAD IT'S BEGINNING AROUND THE 14TH CENTURY WHEN FAMILY NAMES WERE INTRODUCED .

THE WENKENHOF AND THE FAMILY WENK ARE THEREFORE TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. BOTH ORIGINATE FROM PERSONS CARRYING THE NAME WACHO. THE EARLY WACHO ESTABLISHED THE WENKENHOF AND SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS LATER ANOTHER WACHO CREATED THE FAMILY NAME WENK.*

*FROM MICHAEL RAITH'S CHAPTER IN THE RIEHEN JAHRBUCH 1983