Dorfmerkingen

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Dorfmerkingen
City of Neresheim
Coat of arms of Dorfmerkingen
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 43 "  N , 10 ° 18 ′ 39"  E
Height : 577 m
Area : 23.45 km²
Residents : 1022  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 44 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : March 1, 1972
Postal code : 73450
Area code : 07326
Dorfmerkingen (Baden-Württemberg)
Dorfmerkingen

Location of Dorfmerkingen in Baden-Württemberg

Dorfmerkingen with the hamlets of Dossingen , Hohenlohe and Weilermerkingen is located in the Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the city of Neresheim .

Geographical location

Nature reserve Dossinger Tal near Dorfmerkingen

Dorfmerkingen is located on the Härtsfeld in a side valley of the Dossinger Valley north of the main town of Neresheim. Further neighborhoods exist in the west to Elchingen , the Bopfingen district of Unterriffingen in the north and the hamlet of Hohenlohe in the north-west. To the east of Dorfmerkingen are the hamlets of Dehlingen and Weilermerkingen, to the southeast of Ohmenheim , to the south of the hamlet of Dossingen and to the southwest of Stetten .

Population development

year 1813 1821 1834 1846 1852 1858 1867 1880 1900 1910 1925 1939 1950 1961 1970
Residents 1,178 1,213 907 907 941 1,001 1.003 847 780 741 778 721 1,028 930 1,040

history

In the south-eastern part, the Roman road leading from Lauingen to Bopfingen led across the municipal area. The place name, first mentioned in 1144 as Merckingen , is traced back to the Alemannic conquest and the personal name Marko . On the district area, the oldest settlement layer became a row graveyard from the 4th / 5th. Discovered in the 19th century.

In 1212 the place was mentioned as Merchingen , in 1298 as Merchingen maiore . The Lords of shopping Ingen had on today as Burghaldenstrasse known Won a now abgegange castle . The local nobility moved early to Nördlinger Ries , where they came to important property through their Oettingian liege lords .

In the 15th century, the Schenkenstein taverns were the most important owners in Dorfmerkingen, and from 1461 it was the low-nobility Ahelfinger . After the Ahelfinger family died out, their property passed to a line of Woellwarth . In 1644, the Woellwarth fiefdom was largely confiscated from the Ellwangen monastery . Other landlords were the Kaisheim Monastery , the Nördlinger Spital , the Lorch Monastery and, from 1471, the Teutonic Order Kapfenburg , and Württemberg via the rule of Heidenheim .

Oettingen exercised state rule and high court, which led to numerous disputes and military executions with Ellwangen, which only ended in 1795/96 with the sale of the Ellwangian property to Oettingen-Wallerstein.

In 1570, 1624 and 1681 Dorfmerkingen was affected by fires.

In 1806 Dorfmerkingen came to Bavaria , in 1810 to the Kingdom of Württemberg ; it belonged administratively to the Oberamt Neresheim until 1938 , then to the district of Aalen . Dorfmerkingen has been part of the city of Neresheim since March 1, 1972.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms read: "In a golden red-bordered shield a broken, originally four-spoke, red wheel on the right side ."

Like all coats of arms and flags of the formerly independent municipalities, the Dorfmerkinger coat of arms as an official symbol ceased to exist with the incorporation.

Culture and sights

The Catholic parish church of St. Mauritius and St. Georg , built in 1747 with a distinctive onion dome in plait style, contains several ceiling frescos by Johann Michael Zink . The main picture shows Maria Immaculata , scenes from the life of the church patrons Mauritius and George are shown in the spandrels . The baroque main altar shows an image of Saint Mauritius before the Roman emperor; the choir was redesigned in 2000 by Michaela A. Fischer .

At the western exit of the village in the direction of Elchingen, by a striking limestone rock, is the St. Leonhard chapel , built in Rococo style with a baroque panel painting.

Cultural monuments

  • Catholic Parish Church of St. Mauritius, St. George and Maria Immaculata
  • Leonhard Chapel
  • Catholic rectory
  • Running fountain
  • Furnace stone
  • Gasthaus Hirsch

societies

The Sportfreunde Dorfmerkingen was founded in 1922; they played from 2000 to 2003 in the football league Baden-Württemberg . In the first round of the DFB Cup in 1998 , the club met the Stuttgarter Kickers at the local Felsenstrasse sports facility . In the 2017 WFV Cup final they won 3-1 against the Stuttgarter Kickers.

Folk music has a long tradition in Dorfmerkingen. The Original Härtsfeld Musikanten , founded in 1751, are one of the oldest bands in southern Germany. The history of folk music in Dorfmerkingen can be fully traced back to 1738.

Personalities

  • Alois Beerhalter (1798–1858), clarinetist and violin virtuoso, born in Dorfmerkingen.
  • Otto Gauß (1877–1970), organist and composer, born in Dorfmerkingen.

Web links

Commons : Dorfmerkingen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Dorfmerkingen in the description of the Oberamt Neresheim from 1872  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Annual report 2019 of the city of Neresheim
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 445 .
  3. ^ Konrad A. Theiss: Neresheim-Dorfmerkingen. In: Art and cultural monuments in the Ostalb district. Konrad A. Theiss, Aalen 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1542-1 , p. 241.
  4. ↑ Catholic Church of St. Mauritius and St. Georg Dorfmerkingen on cargocollective.com; Retrieved April 1, 2015
  5. ↑ Musikverein Original Härtsfelder Musikanten on blasmusik.de, accessed on April 1, 2015.