Billenhausen

Billenhausen City of Krumbach (Swabia) Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 28 " N , 10 ° 21 ′ 47" E
Height :	501 m above sea level NN
Residents :	503 (Oct 30, 2015)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	86381
Area code :	08282
	View of Billenhausen from the north-west

Billenhausen is a district of Krumbach (Schwaben) (administrative district of Swabia , Bavaria ) with 502 inhabitants. The village is about 3 km north of Krumbach in the Kammeltal on the state road St 2024 leading from Krumbach through the Kammeltal to Offingen . In addition, Bill Hausen on the northwestern outskirts a breakpoint at from Mindelheim to Gunzburg leading Mittelschwaben track that holds approximately hourly Bill Hausen.

history

The name of the place Billenhausen is derived from the personal name Billo.
Billenhausen was founded at the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century. At that time, the place was mentioned in the records of the Ursberg monastery , located about six kilometers southeast of Billenhausen , because the monastery had possessions in Billenhausen. In the 13th and 14th centuries there were apparently also nobles from Billenhausen who are mentioned in a document in connection with the Lords of Ellerbach . For many years the lower jurisdiction belonged to the Ursberg monastery, the higher jurisdiction, however, was carried out by the margraviate of Burgau . In 1805 Billenhausen, as well as the margravate Burgau and all other lords between Iller and Lech, came to Bavaria . On July 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Billenhausen, together with the hamlet of Hirschfelden, became part of the city of Krumbach through the regional reform .

Attractions

Dossenberger-vicarage , which now houses the office of the Allgäu-Swabian music Federal housed
Catholic parish church St. Leonhard

Legend of the "Billenhauser Oak"

Legend has it that a very long time ago there was a huge oak tree in the middle of the village of Billenhausen. Its trunk was so thick that it could not be spanned by a hundred men. The treetop was correspondingly high and expansive. The branches reached up to the heights of Deisenhausen , Oberegg , Neuburg an der Kammel , Edelstetten, Attenhausen and up to Hürben and Krumbach . From the Schlossberg in Neuburg it was easy to sit down on the branches and twigs reaching far down and effortlessly pick the acorns, which were so big that an acorn shell could have held a bushel of grain.
The legend of this giant oak is not only known in the vicinity of Billenhausen, but also beyond Central Swabia . There are even phrases that go back to this legend, for example when a woman is quite tall and strong: "She is like the Billenhauser Eich", or when a child grows rather broadly: "You will be like the Billenhauser Eich".

Individual evidence

↑ Newspaper article: "Krumbach's population remains relatively constant" . from: Mittelschwäbische Nachrichten (one of the local editions of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung ), January 30, 2011; Accessed January 31, 2011.

^ Page about the Billenhausen district on www.krumbach.de

↑ ^a ^b legend: The Billenhauser Eiche ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

Web links

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

[1] Newspaper article: "Krumbach's population remains relatively constant" . from: Mittelschwäbische Nachrichten (one of the local editions of the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung ), January 30, 2011; Accessed January 31, 2011.

[krumbach.de-2] Page about the Billenhausen district on www.krumbach.de