Old town (Mühlheim an der Donau)
The old town (also known as Altmühlheim ) is the oldest settlement north of the Danube in Mühlheim an der Donau , a town in the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
The hamlet on Wulfbach is first mentioned in 843. The two karst springs of the brook provided enough water all year round for the mills and the adjacent settlement. The importance of the mills is also expressed in the name Mühlheim .
The further development of Altmühlheim was favored by the trade route which , coming from Lake Constance , crossed the Danube at Mühlheim by means of a ford and then continued over the Swabian Alb to Rottweil . A church dedicated to St. Gallus was built above the ford in the 8th century . The subsequent Romanesque building has been preserved to this day.
The settlement known as the Upper Town was built around the castle, which was built shortly after 1200 on a mountain spur south of the Danube. It was laid out as a fortified city with four gates.
See also
- Chapel of St. Vitus
- Friedhofskirche, former parish church, St. Gallus
literature
- Elmar Blessing: Mühlheim on the Danube. History and stories of a city. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1985, ISBN 3-7995-4078-4 , pp. 16-18.
Web links
Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '8.9 " N , 8 ° 53' 30.2" E