Dottighofen

Location of Dottighofen in Baden-Württemberg

Dottighofen is a hamlet in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the district of Biengen , an independent municipality until 1972 and today's district of the city of Bad Krozingen .

geography

The hamlet of Dottighofen is located in the Breisgau , about 16 kilometers southwest of Freiburg and 2.5 kilometers northwest of the city center of Bad Krozingen. The Neumagen river , which rises on the Schauinsland, separates Dottighofen from Biengen. After entering the Upper Rhine Plain, the straightened river has only a slight gradient here. The hamlet consists of a farm, a few houses and a chapel with a cemetery. Immediately to the north-west is the SV Biengen soccer field, which was inaugurated in 1975.

history

The place probably existed since the 8th century. From the castle Dottighofen nothing is preserved. In the year 853 Dottighofen was mentioned in a document in the Lorsch Codex on the occasion of a donation to the Lorsch Abbey.

chapel

The St. Jergen Chapel in Dottighofen has existed in its current form since the beginning of the 17th century. The Ross blessing was still given here on St. George's Day (April 23) in the middle of the 19th century . Today the church serves as a cemetery chapel in the village of Biengen.

St. Jergen, west side

St. Jergen, east side

supporting documents

^ Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz : The castles in medieval mash gau. Half volume 1. A - K. Northern part (= archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany . Issue 14). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7364-X , pp. 19-22.
↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2697, February 13, 853 - Reg. 3373. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 208 , accessed on May 2, 2018 .
↑ Sign at the entrance to the chapel.

Web links

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

47.932439348056 7.6846575736111Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '56.8 " N , 7 ° 41' 4.8" E

[1] Alfons Zettler , Thomas Zotz : The castles in medieval mash gau. Half volume 1. A - K. Northern part (= archeology and history. Freiburg research on the first millennium in southwest Germany . Issue 14). Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-7364-X , pp. 19-22.

[2] Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2697, February 13, 853 - Reg. 3373. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 208 , accessed on May 2, 2018 .

[3] Sign at the entrance to the chapel.