Aicha (Wellheim)

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Aicha
Wellheim Market
Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '47 "  N , 11 ° 5' 13"  E
Height : 398–408 m above sea level NN
Postal code : 91809
Area code : 08427
Aicha
Aicha

Aicha ( dialect Moacha ) is part of the municipality of Wellheim in the Wellheimer Trockenental in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt and in the Altmühltal Nature Park .

Geographical location

Aicha is located in the Altmühltal nature park in the Wellheimer dry valley. It is located 2 km east-northeast of the Wellheim district of Konstein and 2 km northeast of the Wellheim core town in a loop of the Urdonau valley that runs around the nearby Galgenberg . Through its located between Aicha and the Gallows valley flows - already above the offering delightful Schutter source  - the Schutter -Oberlauf Johannis ditch.

history

There is evidence of a Stone Age settlement on the western edge of the village .

Wall remains on the summit of the castle rock
Wall remains of the old castle with window opening

To the south-east of the village, on a ledge that slopes steeply on all sides, remains of the wall of Adlerstein Castle , also known as "Alten Bürg", also known as "Altenstein" and "Adlerstein", whose origins and history are still unclear. The name suggests that the predecessor castle of Wellheim Castle stood here. In 1398 a Stephan Groß about the old castle is mentioned. There is also a legend about a knight named Groß.

From time immemorial, Aicha belonged administratively to the nearby Konstein, which had been in the territory of Pfalz-Neuburg since the early 16th century . In 1809 Konstein, Aicha and Wielandshöfe were formed into the Konstein tax district and left as a political municipality in 1811 and 1818. Initially belonging to the Monheim district court , the community came to the Eichstätt district court in 1857, and since the regional reform in 1972 to the Eichstätt district.

The local Catholic chapel with a niche-like choir and a ridge turret with a helmet roof, a branch church of the parish of Wellheim, dates from the first half of the 19th century. In 1983 the village consisted of six full-time farms and an inn. The population has fluctuated around 60 since the 19th century; the maximum number was 73 in 1950.

The jackdaw rock near Konstein

Climbing and hiking area

  • The Dohlenfelsen dolomite ridge near Konstein is a well-known climbing rock. As the panels at the foot of the rock attest, the rock has already cost the lives of several climbers.
  • The Oberlandstieg-blau via ferrata is located near the Dohlenfelsen and is classified as medium difficulty with B / C.
  • In 1921 the Naturfreunde tourist association , local group Ingolstadt, built the Naturfreundehaus near Aicha as an accommodation facility. In 1969 a new ward block was built.
  • The Aicha climbing home of the Ansbach section of the German Alpine Club is located in Aicha .
  • Loop 11 of the Altmühltal panorama (hiking) trail with a total length of 17 km leads from Dollnstein on the slope of the Wellheimer Trockental through Konstein to Wellheim and via Aicha back to Dollnstein. The Urdonautal-Geoweg built in 2009 with 13 stations for the hiking route and 15 stations for the bike route leads through Konstein and Aicha, among others. The Altmühltal pilgrimage route from Wemding via the ruined church Spindeltal to Breitenbrunn touches Aicha. There is also a forest nature trail with 23 stations in Aicha.
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Panorama from Dohlenfelsen: Aicha on the left, Wellheim in the middle and Konstein on the right

literature

  • Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Bavaria. Middle Franconia. II. Eichstätt District Office . Munich 1928. Reprint 1981, p. 25.
  • The Seehof and the "Old Castle" near Aicha . In: Heinz Mittel: Hikes in the Wellheim Valley . Ingolstadt 1981, pp. 25-30.
  • Bert Braun: Chronicle of the market town of Wellheim. With the districts of Konstein, Biesenhard, Gammersfeld and Hard . Spardorf 1981, especially pp. 124-128, 182f., 556, 587-592.
  • The Eichstätter area past and present . 2nd Edition. Sparkasse Eichstätt, Eichstätt 1984, p. 150.
  • Helmut Wundlechner: Climbing Guide Konstein . 4th edition. Wundlechner, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-026987-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oberlandstieg-blau , on klettersteig.de
  2. ↑ Aicha climbing home, 420 m - Altmühltal. on: dav-huettensuche.de
  3. ↑ Aicha climbing home (420 m). on: sektion.dav-ansbach.de

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