Doepshofen

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Doepshofen
community Gessertshausen
Coat of arms of Döpshofen
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 38 "  N , 10 ° 42 ′ 11"  E
Height : 522 m
Residents : 400  (2020)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 86459
Area code : 08238

Döpshofen is a parish village and district of the community Gessertshausen in the Swabian district of Augsburg in Bavaria ( Germany ), which is surrounded by the western forests.
The district also includes the village of Weiherhof and the hamlet of Engelshof .

Döpshofen is in the shrubs . The district road A 3 leads from Gessertshausen via Oberschönenfeld , Weiherhof , Döpshofen, Kreuzanger , Waldberg , Eggerhof and Klimmach and joins the district road A 16 .

history

Döpshofen with its districts was an independent municipality and was incorporated into the municipality of Gessertshausen on May 1, 1978 as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

The catholic parish Sankt Martin in Döpshofen belongs to the parish community Dietkirch in the deanery Augsburg-Land in the diocese of Augsburg . The parish also includes the Sankt Georg in Margertshausen Curate and Weiherhof .

Attractions

  • Catholic parish church of St. Martin
  • Loreto Chapel , built in 1601
  • Former rectory , built in 1696
  • The glass shoemaker from Döpshofen is the last remaining perennial house in the old style with a thatched roof. In 1976 it was dismantled and rebuilt in Oberschönenfeld at the Swabian Folklore Museum (since 2018: Museum Oberschönenfeld ), where it can still be viewed today.
  • On various hiking trails (for hiking, jogging or cycling) that are located around Döpshofen, you can go to destinations such. As the monastery Oberschönenfeld reach

Web links

Commons : Döpshofen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 768 .
  2. ↑ Perennial House | Museum Oberschönenfeld. Retrieved January 23, 2020 .