Amerbach (Wemding)

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Amerbach
City of Wemding
Amerbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 20 "  N , 10 ° 41 ′ 50"  E
Height : 441 m
Residents : 700
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 86650
Area code : 09092
Amerbach, aerial photo (2016)
Amerbach photographed from Hessenbichel

Amerbach is a district of Wemding in the Bavarian-Swabian district of Donau-Ries .

location

The church village is located on the eastern edge of the Nördlinger Ries , two kilometers from Wemding on the state road 2214 between Wemding and Oettingen at an altitude of 430 m above sea level. NN . Together with the Amerbacherkreut district , it has about 700 inhabitants.

history

Finds in the Amerbach district suggest that there was a Roman manor, a villa rustica , south of the village . To the north there were finds from the Stone Age (arrowheads).

Amerbach was first mentioned in a document in 1306, when Wemding ("except for Amerbach") was sold to the Count of Oettingen as a fief . Before that, Amerbach was under the feudal rule of the county of Lechsgemünd-Graisbach (near Eichstätt ).

In 1467, Amerbach became Bavarian because it was together with Wemding for Duke Ludwig IX. was assigned to the rich .

The name Amerbach probably originated from a stream that flowed through or past a grain field. At that time, emmer was grown as a grain . In 1655 the brook was marked on a map as "Amezbach".

1818 came to Amerbach until then to the municipality Wechingen belonging Weiler added Amerbacherkreut. On July 1, 1972, Amerbach was incorporated into Wemding.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows two red heraldic lilies at the top. They remind of the long affiliation of the village to the county of Oettingen as well as to the Bavarian nursing court Wemding and the parish of Wemding. The imperial orb on a blue background in the lower half makes it clear that Amerbach has belonged to the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut since 1467, to the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich since 1503 and to the Electorate of Bavaria from 1623 to 1805. In 1544, according to the imperial privilege, the imperial orb was placed in the coat of arms of the Wittelsbach family as a sign of the office of the arch clerk . In 1959, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior of the then Amerbach municipality approved the submitted coat of arms.

religion

Amerbach and Wemding were always Catholic despite the Reformation. The Church of St. Alban was built in the 14th century and changed to Baroque style in 1709. In 1929 the nave was torn down and enlarged in the Art Nouveau style. The lower part of the tower dates back to the 14th century. The branch church is looked after by the parish of Wemding.

Economy and Infrastructure

Until the land consolidation in 1965, all residents worked full-time in agriculture. Despite the continuous structural change, the village is still characterized by agriculture, but at the beginning of 2016 (together with Kreut) there were only six full-time businesses. The proximity to the city of Wemding also gave rise to settlement areas.

The events that are spread over the year are mainly organized by the five associations in the village ( volunteer fire brigade , warrior, soldier and comradeship association, sports club, choral society and Catholic rural youth). On the last weekend before the summer holidays, the clubs organize the Amerbach village festival every year.

In 2006, all villagers celebrated the 700th anniversary of the first documentary mention of the place with a historical village festival.

The land consolidation in Amerbach also created the basis for today's Wemdinger Ried, an important bird sanctuary, to emerge in the southeast of the Amerbach district.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 450 .

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