Dunsdorf

Dunsdorf Kipfenberg market Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ′ 5 "  N , 11 ° 25 ′ 47"  E
Height :	504  (494-512)  m
Residents :	221  (March 7, 2016)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	85110
Area code :	08466

Dunsdorf

Dunsdorf, church and village community center

Dunsdorf, a wood-burning oven that is typical of the region and is still in use

Dunsdorf is a district of the Kipfenberg market in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt .

location

The place lies south of the Altmühltal and southwest of the municipality seat Kipfenberg on the plateau of the southern Franconian Alb in the nature park Altmühltal . Neighboring towns are Krut and Biberg .

history

From Dunsdorf to the north there are 16 prehistoric burial mounds, some of which were excavated by Franz Anton Mayer in the 19th century .

The place is for the first time in 1055 as "Tungersdorf" in a document from Emperor Heinrich III. mentioned, who wealthy the Bishop of Eichstätt here. 1179 the place is called "Tugesdorf", as Pope Alexander III. confirmed his possession to the Eichstätter cathedral chapter. After the counts of Grögling-Hirschberg died out , the place was assigned to the Eichstätter Hochstift in 1305. In 1417 the Bavarian Duke Ludwig the Bearded had property in the village. The Eichstätter Spital was wealthy here with a Seldengut . In 1706 22 families lived in the village, in 1808 there were 92 inhabitants and in 1912 127 inhabitants.

Until the secularization , Dunsdorf belonged to the lower bishopric of Eichstätt and within it to the Kipfenberg care and caste office.

During the secularization, the lower bishopric and with it Dunsdorf came to Grand Duke Archduke Ferdinand III in 1802 . from Tuscany and 1806 to the Kingdom of Bavaria .

1808 formed Dunsdorf and Denkendorf the tax district Denkendorf. In 1818 both places became independent again. In 1830 Dunsdorf had 96 inhabitants in 21 properties, in 1950 154 in 23 properties. In 1964/70 a land consolidation was carried out.

To the district office, later belonging to the Middle Franconian district of Eichstätt, Dunsdorf joined the market Kipfenberg during the Bavarian regional reform on January 1, 1972. Six months later, the move from Middle Franconia to Upper Bavaria took place. In 1983 there were 148 people living in the village who, among other things, worked in two full-time and eleven part-time farms. The population has risen to over 200 today.

The white-gray glass sand in the large sand pit between Dunsdorf and Krut was mined for the glassworks in Grösdorf .

religion

The church consecrated to St. Martin was built in 1551. Dunsdorf has been a branch of Schelldorf since 1930 , before that from 1541 it was part of the parish of Kipfenberg. In 2007 there were 159 Catholics in Dunsdorf.

societies

• Dunsdorf Volunteer Fire Brigade
• Steinberg Sports Club (founded in 1956)
• Dorfgemeinschaft Dunsdorf eV (founded in 1980)

Personalities

• Martinus de Ehingen, Capellanus in Dunsdorf, owner of a manuscript from 1435 of the sermons of the mystic Johannes Tauler

literature

• Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Middle Franconia. II Eichstätt District Office. Oldenbourg, Munich 1928. Reprint 1982, ISBN 3-486-50505-X , p. 92f.
• Felix Mader: Medieval self-third figures in the Hochstifte Eichstätt . In: Collection sheet of the Historical Association Eichstätt. 25/26, 1910/1911. Eichstätt 1912, p. 14.
• Dunsdorf. In: Collection sheet of the Historical Association Eichstätt. 59, 1961/1962. Eichstätt 1963, p. 58.
• The Eichstätter area past and present. 2nd Edition. Sparkasse Eichstätt, Eichstätt 1984, p. 183f. (with bibliography)
• Dunsdorf. In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Franconia series I, issue 6: Eichstätt. In: Digital Library of the Bavarian State Library , pp. 78, 80, 98, 205, 210, 244.
• "Weak bones" which "testified of the female sex". In: Eichstätter Kurier. , September 9, 1999.
• Alfred Schickel : A thousand years of Dunsdorf. Its local and church history. 2001.
• Alfred Schickel: 450 years of St. Martin's Church in Dunsdorf. Church administration, Dunsdorf 2004.
• Festive program 950 years of Dunsdorf - 25 years of the village community of Dunsdorf eV Anniversary celebration from June 17 to 19, 2005. Dunsdorf 2005.

Web links

Commons : Dunsdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 456 .