Eberswang

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Eberswang
Dollnstein market
Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 37 ″  N , 11 ° 5 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 531 m
Area : 3.6 km²
Residents : 139  (2013)
Population density : 39 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 91795
Area code : 08422

Eberswang is a part of the municipality of Dollnstein in the western part of the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt and in the Altmühltal Nature Park . The name is made up of the word boar , meaning a male pig and the Old High German word Wang for “field, meadow, pasture”.

location

The village is located about three kilometers north of Dollnstein on the Jura plateau on State Road 2047, built in 1921, between Dollnstein and Schernfeld or Schönau . The Altmühl flows one kilometer east in its valley.

Church of St. Sola with Sola fountain

history

Eberswang is considered to be a clearing site from the Carolingian era , but is only mentioned in a document in the middle of the 13th century. During this time, the Benedictine monastery Wülzburg near Weißenburg had possessions there, also in 1540. The "Pillar Fountain" (Solabrunnen) of Eberswang was first mentioned in 1377. With him, where a "figure" (Solas?) Stood, a chapel was built in 1716 in honor of the saint , which was demolished in 1920. In 1949/50 the source of the Sola fountain, which, according to legend, was dedicated to St. Sola let spring, collected and covered.

Eberswang has retained its rural and rural character to this day. There are still some Jura house buildings in the village . From 1818 until the regional reform in 1972, Eberswang was an independent municipality together with Hagenacker , and since January 1, 1972 it has been a district of Dollnstein. From 1969 to 1978 a land consolidation procedure and then a village renewal was carried out in the 360 ​​hectare town hall . In 1987 the approximately 120 inhabitants lived in 35 properties. A cycle path leads from Dollnstein via Eberswang to Schernfeld and on to Titting in the Anlautertal .

church

The Catholic branch church (von Dollnstein) with roof turrets over the west gable was still dedicated to St. Alban consecrated, today is St. Sola the church patron . It was built in 1720, consecrated on June 2, 1726. Walls of a previous church, the inventory of which is known from 1672, may have been reused. The roof turret probably dates from the 19th century. Inside there is a baroque altar from 1720 with wooden figures ( Vespers , St. Alban and Sola). A Marien wood sculpture from the early 16th century comes from the Marienstein monastery . The painter of the Way of the Cross in the late Rococo style (around 1770) is likely Chrysostom Wink ; on the 10th station you can see his self-portrait. Rococo works are also two oil paintings depicting St. Showing Barbara and Leonhard in half-length figures. One crucifix comes from the late 15th century, another from the late 17th century, probably by Christian Handschuher . The baroque organ, one of the oldest organs in southern Germany, is a " Corpus Christi organ "; it was carried in Eichstätt during the Corpus Christi procession. It is attributed to the organ builders Johann Martin Baumeister and Caspar König , who had their workshops in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt , respectively.

The Catholics of Eberswang are now looked after by the Pastor of Dollnstein, the Protestant Christians belong to the Evangelical-Lutheran parish of Eichstätt.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 456 .
  2. ↑ In original beauty. In: Eichstätter Kurier from May 31 to June 1, 2014, p. 29.

literature

  • Eberswang . In: Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Bavaria. Middle Franconia. II. Eichstätt District Office , Munich 1928 (reprint 1982), p. 93
  • The Eberswang church and the Solabrunnen . In: Heimgarten 20 (1949), No. 5
  • Bernhard Eder: Dollnstein Mörnsheim walk - look - experience , Kipfenberg: Hercynia 1983, p. 74f
  • The Eichstätter space in past and present , Eichstätt: 2nd edition 1984, p. 184
  • Dollnstein 600 years market , Kipfenberg: Hercynia 1987, p. 81f

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