Donaualtheim
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Donaualtheim
Large district town of Dillingen on the Danube
Coordinates: 48 ° 35 ′ 39 ″ N , 10 ° 29 ′ 14 ″ E
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| Height : | 432 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 7.17 km² |
| Residents : | 934 (2000) |
| Population density : | 130 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | May 1, 1978 |
| Postal code : | 89407 |
 Catholic parish church of Saint Vitus
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Donaualtheim is a district of Dillingen an der Donau in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia , which connects to Dillingen in the north.
geography
Donaualtheim lies on the high terrace level on both sides of the Egau at an altitude of 432 meters. The district Donau Altheim participates in the 24-hectare conservation area of Egaulaufes between saddle accommodating and Donau Altheim.
Mills
- To the west of the village is the Donaualtheimer Mühle, which was first mentioned in a document in 1258. It was part of the donation from Bishop Hartmann von Dillingen , the last descendant of the Counts of Dillingen , to the bishopric of Augsburg . The mill location is much older, however. Archaeological finds indicate a date in the 8th century. The current buildings, house and mill, date from 1890.
- On the western edge of the village there was another mill on the Egau, which served as a grinding mill and was rebuilt in 1788, including the house. A gypsum mill is mentioned in 1845. A tinder mill was added later and was in operation until 1910. In 1921 a grinding mill was put into operation. The mill operation was stopped in 1954.
Desolation
- The hamlet of Hofen is mentioned several times in the 14th century. It was presumably a development developed from Donaualtheim and was most recently owned by the Augsburg bishopric .
- Haggenberg, which is documented between 1284 and 1316, lay northeast of Donaualtheim. It consisted of a castle with several farmsteads, after which a branch line of the Lords of Altheim was named.
history
The oldest archaeological finds go back to the Middle Stone Age and the Roman Age . The place, which was called Altheim until the 14th century , was first mentioned in writing in the middle of the 8th century in connection with a donation to the Fulda monastery . Donaualtheim is one of the earliest documented locations in the Dillingen district. The most important landlords in the High Middle Ages were, in addition to the Counts of Dillingen and the bishopric of Augsburg, as their successors, the Counts of Oettingen , who each gave their property there to the Lords of Altheim as a fief . The latter built a new castle northeast of the old castle, in the place of which is the parish church of St. Vitus , of which a stables have been preserved.
In the late Middle Ages, sovereignty and high jurisdiction lay with the Dukes of Bavaria and, from 1505, with the Principality of Pfalz-Neuburg . After the lords of Altheim had branched out into several lines, the place passed to the noble family of the Häl, who owned the rulership until 1627. The Häl sold Donaualtheim to the bishopric of Augsburg , which also replaced the portion of the ownership enfeoffed by the Counts of Oettingen. From 1627 Donaualtheim was under the Ammanamt Schretzheim and after 1789 the care office Wittislingen . In 1783, the Augsburg bishopric gained not only the lower jurisdiction but also the high jurisdiction in Donaualtheim. 1803 came the place with the secularized Hochstiftsgebiet to the Electorate of Bavaria .
The formerly independent municipality became a district of the large district town of Dillingen on the Danube through the municipal reform on May 1, 1978 .
Population development
Around 1560 Donaualtheim consisted of 14 farms, one Hube and 74 Sölden . Then there was the castle , an inn, a mill and a fish fief. In 1818 Donaualtheim consisted of 96 houses and in 1961 180 houses.
| year | Residents | Remarks |
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| 1840 | 590 | |
| 1910 | 646 | |
| 1939 | 671 | |
| 1950 | 951 | including 214 displaced persons |
| 1961 | 818 | including 105 displaced persons |
| 1970 | 911 | |
| 1980 | 900 | |
| 1990 | 965 | |
| 2000 | 934 |
Attractions
- Parish church of St. Vitus , built in the middle of the 18th century on Gothic foundation walls by Franz Xaver Kleinhans , with Rococo furnishings
traffic
Donaualtheim is located on State Road 2033 , the connection Dillingen - Wittislingen - Neresheim .
education
Evidence for an own country school in Donaualtheim goes back to the 17th century. At first, Jesuit fathers from Dillingen taught the catechism . In 1822/23 a school building for 80 students was built. In 1902/03 a new, two-storey schoolhouse with a hipped roof was built at Hackenbergstrasse 3 , where lessons were held until the end of the 1977/78 school year. In recent years it has been a branch of the Angelina Egger primary school.
Personalities
- Franz von Paula Mayr (1778–1845), painter, lived in Munich
- Johann Sailer (1851–1928), central politician , from 1912 to 1918 member of the constituency of Dillingen in the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
literature
- Reinhard H. Seitz: On the history of the places in the district of Dillingen ad Donau . In: District and city of Dillingen then and now . Ed. District Office Dillingen an der Donau, Dillingen an der Donau 1967, pp. 299–301.
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Edited by Landkreis Dillingen ad Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 222–226.
- Dr. Frank Single and Wolfgang Strakosch: The Donaualtheimer Mühle, History & Technology . Published by Bayerischer Müllerbund eV, Munich 2012.
Web links
- Donaualtheim Text from the city administration of Dillingen an der Donau
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 770 .
- ^ Community directory
