Alkofen
Alkofen is a district of Vilshofen an der Donau in the Passau district in Bavaria with around 3900 inhabitants.
geography
Already visible from the Vilstal and the Gäuboden , it is 414 m above sea level. NHN the parish village of Alkofen. The highest elevation of the place is the Horiberg, which is 430 m above sea level. NN and offers a view of the surrounding valleys and the Bavarian forest. It is approx. Four kilometers to Vilshofen an der Donau and approx . 30 km to the city of Passau .
Neighboring towns are Vilshofen an der Donau , Waizenbach, Aunkirchen , Schönerting , Forsthart and Pleinting . The monastery Schweiklberg located a few kilometers from Alkofen removed.
history
Alkofen emerged from the efforts of the Bavarian Elector to “peupel” his lands, that is, to create settler positions on public land, small farms that were supposed to support a family. Before 1800 there were only the hamlets of Alkofen, Daxlarn, Dorf, some solitary farms and the large Schweiklgut. Between these rural settlements four colonies were established after 1800 : Hennermais, Thannet, Schullering west of Alkofen, Pleckental east of it. For the Pleckenthal colony, 48 days of work , the Electoral Wood Ground in Plaickenthal, were planned, which were to be parceled out and sold to those willing to settle. At the auction, however, a Vilshofen brewer and the owner of the Schweiklhof struck and each bought half. They paid between 20 and 60 guilders per hectare and in the following years sold the land in small plots, most of them only half a hectare in size, taking up to 200 guilders for the hectare. In 1829 59 families lived on 40 hectares of farmland on as many properties. Thus Pleckental had a much higher population density than the city of Vilshofen. A report by the government of the Lower Danube District from 1816 shows how difficult the social conditions were shortly after the colonies were founded: “Everything is teeming with people. Half begs, a quarter steals! ”This is where the negative consequences of the abolition of manorial rule became visible. In 1873 Pleckental was given its own gendarmerie station , which was quite unusual for a rural gendarmerie . A school was built in Alkofen in 1835 for the purpose of elevating morality. Even if Pleckental tried to trigger a socialist revolution in Vilshofen in 1918 , the situation improved after the last war. The problems have largely disappeared. On May 1, 1978, Alkofen was incorporated into the town of Vilshofen on the Danube .
Religion and buildings
Parish Church of St. Joseph
In 1887 Alkofen received its own branch . On June 11, 1891, the first stone of the parish church, built in the neo-Gothic style , was laid . The architect was Johann Baptist Schott from Munich . On November 2, 1893, the Alkofen Expositur was elevated to a parish and in December the Alkofen population used their own parish church for the first time. Finally, on April 15, 1902, the parish church was consecrated by Bishop Anton von Henle from Passau. From afar you can already see the brick parish church. Right next to the parish church is the rectory and the parish center, which is used for a number of events. In 2006 the parishes of Alkofen and Pleinting were merged into one parish association.
Maria Bründl Chapel
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The name of the Maria Bründl chapel, built in 1843, comes from the spring that is taken behind the church and directed to the fountain in front of the church. The spring, which was known long before the chapel was built, has been said to have healing powers since ancient times. The medicinal water soothes and heals eye problems. An entry from the parish chronicle tells of an incident that is probably part of the realm of legends: around 1900, a school boy is said to have cut off all the fingers of the carved Madonna in the Bundlkapelle, a woman is said to have called the Madonna "inhandl" for this reason and therefore later gave birth to a child with just one hand.
Culture
music
The large church choir in Alkofen has existed since 1980 with almost 30 singers of all ages. The church choir has been performing its own concerts for several years, most of which take place in autumn. The children's and youth choir will provide other musical performances.
theatre
There is an active theater group in Alkofen.
Parks
The village park is located in the center of Hans-Würdinger-Platz. In the park there is the village fountain, which is dedicated to the 14 helpers in need.
Sports
Alkofen has a sports field (FC Alkofen eV), six tennis courts (TC Alkofen), a shooting range (SV Buch) and two bowling alleys.
Tradition and Customs
The Heimat- und Volkstrachtenverein d'Horibergler Alkofen e. V. resident.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Alkofen is connected to Vilshofen on the Danube by the PA 83 and PA 86 district roads. The road network of the district of Passau provides a quick connection to the B 8 and A 3 . The nearest train station is in Vilshofen an der Donau, from which there is local transport to Munich and Regensburg as well as to Passau .
education
The village has a kindergarten and a primary school, which since August 1, 2008 has been combined with the primary school in Pleinting to form the primary school Alkofen-Pleinting with a joint parents' council and school management. In the 2016/2017 school year, 136 students were taught by eleven teachers.
Individual evidence
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 620 .
- ^ Website of the theater group Alkofen
- ↑ Local and folk costume association d'Horibergler Alkofen
- ↑ http://www.gs-alkofen-pleinting.de/index.php/leitbild
- ^ Primary school Alkofen-Pleinting in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on September 13, 2017.
Web links
- Alkofen in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ' N , 13 ° 8' E