Bertoldsheim

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Bertoldsheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 45 ″  N , 11 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 394 m
Area : 12.73 km²
Residents : 712  (Jul 31, 2020)
Population density : 56 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1978
Postal code : 86643
Area code : 08434

Bertoldsheim is a district of the Rennertshofen market in the district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen in the administrative district of Upper Bavaria .

Bertoldsheim from the northwest
Old rectory

Bertoldsheim, located on the Danube , was independent until 1977 and became part of the Rennertshofen market as part of the municipal reform on January 1, 1978.

The parish village lies at an altitude of 406 m above sea ​​level. on the state road from Rennertshofen to Marxheim on the southern foothills of the Swabian - Franconian Jura and about 4 km downstream from the confluence of the Lech and the Danube.

Attractions

Sights are the Bertoldsheim Castle , which the Du Moulin-Eckart family sold in 2008, and the Danube embankment, which was built in the 1960s to supply electricity to the Federal Railway. The castle is in need of renovation and is not open to the public. Medieval wall paintings can be seen in the church. These were partially overbuilt by renovation work in the baroque period. When the parish church was built is unknown. The oldest year mentioned in connection with the church is 1247. The church consists of different parts. The ceiling patterns show different vaults. The chancel is slightly higher than the nave. The Bertoldsheimer parish was Lutheran from 1542 to 1617. During this time nine priests worked. The rectory was rebuilt in 1697 because the old one was dilapidated. The new parsonage has its own chaplain's house and was built closer to the church.

Bertoldsheim Palace and Park, seen from the north
Parish Church of St. Michael
Small avenue in the park in front of the castle

history

The Danube, which flows past the place, had a different course thousands of years ago. At that time it flowed into the Schutter and Altmühl valleys . Huge amounts of water dammed up in front of Stepperg far beyond Marxheim. This water flowed through the Altmühltal and through a valley that leads via Leidling and Sinning into the Donaumoos . These valleys dried up over time and the Danube dug its way through the rock. This breakthrough has become deeper and deeper and since then the Danube has flowed in its present form.

On the rocky hill projecting, now is at the Bertold Heimer castle stood until the end of the 16th century, a thick, square, probably built by the Romans Kropf square tower . A knight's castle was added to this tower, which served as a watchtower, in the Middle Ages. These and other castles served to protect the possessions of the Counts of Graisbach .

In their documents a Bertold I in 950 and a Bertold II in 1065 is listed. It can be assumed that one of these Bertolds gave the community its name. The name Bertoldsheim also appears differently in the documents: Pertoldsheim, Pertolfesheim, Bertolschdesheim. Bertoldsheim is popularly known as "Bernza".

The first ruling family to rule here died out with Siegfried von Bertoldsheim in 1260. It is not known where these Bertoldsheimers are buried.

From 1260, the Waller ruled Bertoldsheim. Their rule ended in 1499 with the death of Georg II von Lamberg zu Orteneck. The widow of George II lived until 1504. The Ellrichshausen came to power through the marriage of the last Waller in 1504. This rule began with the death of the last catfish. It lasted until 1638.

The rule of the Berling , an old noble family, began partly through marriage, partly through purchase in 1638. This rule ended in 1700.

The Ysselbach bought Bertoldsheim in the first years of the 18th century. The buyer, Franz Fortunat von Ysselbach , General Palatinate , Imperial General Feldzeugmeister , Governor of Mannheim, etc., had his fortune transported on donkeys from Spain. He made the plan to demolish the old castle and build a whole new magnificent building. The Jesuit priest Johann Knör had drafted the plan. Construction began in 1714 and was completed in its present form in 1728. Christian Wilhelm von Ysselbach came to power in 1762 as the successor to Franz Fortunant . This died childless and so the fief of the Pfalz-Neuburg fell .

On March 6, 1790 Bertoldsheim was appointed to a man and knight fief. In 1790, the barons of Hornstein bought the Bertoldsheim estate from the Ysselbach heirs. The baron Bernhard von Hornstein beautified the interior of the castle. He also created parks and planted an avenue of linden trees and various bushes around the fields. He died in 1800.

The court factor of the Bavarian King Max I. Josef, Count Eckart, now bought the Hofmark . He died in 1828. The Hofmark was given to his son-in-law, Count General Charles Du Moulin-Eckart . His widow died on August 11, 1856 and the entire property, namely the goods Bertoldsheim and Winklarn , passed to her son Count Karl Eduard Du Moulin Eckart . This count died in 1891 at the age of 84. One of his grandchildren was Richard Count Du Moulin-Eckart (1864-1938), who in turn was the father of Karl Leon Du Moulin-Eckart (1900-1991), who headed the SA's intelligence service from 1930 to 1932 .

In 1926, the Winklarn and Bertoldsheim estates covered approx.

Karl Leon Du Moulin-Eckart's family owned the castle until 2008. Eva Countess Du Moulin-Eckart (née Kusche), as the owner of the palace, sold movable art treasures such as baroque chests of drawers , oil paintings, books, busts, engravings and desk secretaries through the Sotheby’s action house .

A couple of doctors and art collectors acquired the baroque building with its surrounding park and outbuildings in 2008 and would like to house their private ethnographic museum there. The outdoor facilities are currently being renovated.

At the beginning of the 1960s, it was planned to build Germany's first large nuclear power plant in Bertoldsheim. After the city of Nuremberg protested against the initially planned site in Bertoldsheim because of its drinking water protection areas in the mouth of the Lech , the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant about 50 kilometers up the Danube in Gundremmingen was applied for on July 13, 1962, approved on December 14, 1962 and put into operation in December 1966 taken.

In 1967 the run -of-river power plant " Kraftwerk Bertoldsheim " operated by E.ON was built.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures in Rennertshofen
  2. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 601 .
  3. ↑ http://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/neuburg/ein-schoenes-Barockschloss-fur-einen-Euro;art1763,1797339
  4. ↑ http://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/neuburg/wochennl372008-Neue-Besitzer-fuer-das-Schloss;art1763,1937891
  5. ↑ Joachim Radkau / Lothar Hahn : Rise and Fall of the German Nuclear Industry, Munich 2013, p. 129.

Web links

Commons : Bertoldsheim  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files