Batzenhofen

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Batzenhofen
City of Gersthofen
Batzenhofen coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 48 ″  N , 10 ° 48 ′ 58 ″  E
Height : 455 m above sea level NN
Residents : 877  (Nov 15, 2019)
Incorporation : January 1, 1978
Postal code : 86368
Area code : 08230
Batzenhofen seen from the east
Konrad Westermayr : Batzenhofen in winter , 1917

Batzenhofen is a parish village and district of the city of Gersthofen in the Swabian district of Augsburg in Bavaria ( Germany ).

location

Batzenhofen is located northwest of Gersthofen on the left bank of the Schmutter on both sides of the Böglegraben, which opens here.

The district road A 15 leads from Gablingen via Batzenhofen and Hirblingen to Täfertingen , where it joins the state road St 2032 .

history

The current district was mentioned in a document as early as the 8th century. Even St. Martin heard the mother church of Hirblinger Urmark - mainly because of the name - perhaps in this very early time. The old age of Batzenhofen results from its location in the old settlement area on the Schmutter as well as from the fact that it has the Frankish imperial saint St. Martin as the church patron. In the Middle Ages, Batzenhofen was a royal palace . Friedrich Barbarossa stopped in Batzenhofen in 1154 on the way from Göggingen to Goslar . The cornerstone of the documentary tradition is the Ulrich certificate from 969. At that time, the newly founded St. Stephan women's monastery in Augsburg received goods in Batzenhofen as a gift as initial equipment. The place rose to one of the three Stephanian offices and became the headquarters of the rural possessions of the monastery. In 1750, Batzenhofen Castle was built as a summer residence for the canonesses.

Batzenhofen often changed its place name, so the place is referred to in the Ulrichsurkunde 969 as Pazenhoua . Later in the 11th century it was called Pacenhoven , in the 12th century Battzenhouen, Pacinhouen and Pazzenhouen. Around 1195 the place was called Bazzenhouen, 1257 Bazinhovin. From 1440 the place received its name, which is still valid today, Batzenhofen, which means for the courtyards of Bazzo .

Batzenhofen was an independent municipality and was incorporated into the city of Gersthofen on January 1, 1978 as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

Churches

The Catholic parish of St. Martin in Batzenhofen belongs to the deanery Augsburg-Land in the diocese of Augsburg . The parish also includes the St. Wolfgang branch church in Rettenbergen and the villages of Edenbergen and Gailenbach . In 1766 the St. Sebastian chapel was built.

Web links

Commons : Batzenhofen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Data and figures from the city of Gersthofen , accessed on March 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ Walter Pötzl: Church history and popular piety in "Der Landkreis Augsburg, Volume 5/1994", Ed .: Prof. Walter Pötzl, Augsburg 1994
  3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 767 .