Bollstadt

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Bollstadt
community Amerdingen
Coat of arms of Bollstadt
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 16 ″  N , 10 ° 30 ′ 14 ″  E
Height : 561 m
Residents : 308  (1987)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 86735
Area code : 09089
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Bollstadt is a district of the Bavarian municipality of Amerdingen in the Donau-Ries district .

geography

The parish village is located in a forest clearing, 3 km northeast of Amerdingen. To the north-east rises the Ursprungsbach, later called Bautenbach, a tributary of the Eger . The district road DON 7 runs through the village .

geology

There is a former quarry near Bollstadt where suevite was mined. The striking rock was formed during the Ries event .

history

Bollstadt is first mentioned in the 9th century when the country estates in the town were handed over to the Fulda monastery . In the 13th and 14th centuries, the place was the seat of the knight dynasty von Bollstadt, to which the scientist and theologian Albertus Magnus belonged.

A castle is first mentioned in 1459 and was demolished in 1854.

In 1978 the previously independent community was incorporated into Amerdingen.

Individual evidence

  1. Johannes Baier: "Suevite - the" Schwabenstein "from the Nördlinger Ries". Fossils, 35 (3), Wiebelsheim 2018.
  2. History of Bollstadt ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gemeinde-amerdingen.de
  3. ^ Entry in the wiki of genealogy.net

Web links

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