Open field system

The terms Won ( South German and garment), respectively Won (s) corridor, (probably from Old High German turn ) designate a corridor shape that was mainly due to the zelgengebundenen Dreifelderwirtschaft and inheritance.

With the introduction of the three-field system, the Feldflur a settlement in narrow strip- shaped tub was divided, which were managed in the hallway coercion, that is, the work on all arable pieces of Gewanns were always carried out simultaneously. Is typical bath that their length is at least ten times the width. This elongated shape is due to the difficulty of turning plow with sidecars. Stretched narrow plots to very few contact necessary.

Won hallways are typical of the southwest of Germany and Central Germany, they find themselves about the Upper Rhine Valley, the Neckar and Rhineland, Rhineland -Palatinate, Hesse, Lower and Middle Franconia, in the Hellweg, Hildesheim and Magdeburg Börden as well as in the highlands. In all these parts Realerbteilung was practiced. The Realerbteilung was to land always in the longitudinal direction.

With the introduction of crop rotation and lifting of the hall forced the division into bathtub was unnecessary. In some areas, such as West Germany Won the names have been preserved, however, and are registered in the cadastral map. They serve as position references the lighter localization of parcels, unlike the corridor number but they are not a necessary part of the unique designation of a parcel.

Won corridors are characterized mostly by fertile and well to be treated soils. Agroecological special locations and the problems associated with them marginal land are in contrast to Esch-, block - and hooves hallway rarely found. Accordingly, here also an extensive land use is rare.

Won names

The Won names can still draw conclusions about the former use, location or condition of the territory referred to (examples: At the Gallows Hill, Nice view, in the wet hole, Deer Meadow, Pfaff Kinzig ). They are an essential part of the research field names, which in addition also with names about of forest land or certain small-scale geographical units concerned, which are not addressed in the narrower sense Won ( cf., for example ). In southern Germany there are numerous places in writings in which records the corridor or Won names and explain their meaning. So a league of its own has established itself in Bavaria, who cares about this branch of science.

Won names often find use in the name of development plans and many streets are named in the new housing areas by the adjacent baths.

Others

In cemeteries, the area is sometimes also divided into bathtub. For example, the plan of Frankfurt's main cemetery is divided into bathtub.