Echlishausen

Echlishausen community Bibertal Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 36 ″ N , 10 ° 11 ′ 28 ″ E
Height :	483 m above sea level NN
Residents :	614 (2015)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	89346
Area code :	08226

Echlishausen is a district of the municipality of Bibertal in the Swabian district of Günzburg ( Bavaria ).

location

The church village is located in the north of the municipality, ten kilometers from Günzburg . In the south is the old town, in the west and north there were settlements and an industrial area.

The place is crossed by the district roads GZ 23 and GZ 26 , which connect it with the federal highway 10 running to the north .

history

St. Leonhard Church

The place name is derived from the local founder Achlin or Echlin. 1137 Echlishausen is called Achilinishusen and 1750 Echleshausen .

In the district of Echlishausen there are traces of the Celts , the Romans and a convent (nuns castle). An exact settlement date cannot therefore be determined. In an undated engraving, which describes his scale as follows: "MaasStab of 200 steps of 2 1/2 shoes", Echlishausen is described as follows:

"Echleshausen A hamlet of 23 fireplaces, including 7 the parish of St. Martin in Günzburg, 2 the women's monastery allda, 4 Kaiyßersheim, 4 bar from Osterberg, which Wettenhausen bought, 1 the rule of Krumbach, 3 the Patricius Scharl in Ulm, 1 the saint of Echleshausen, and 1 owned by Marggrl. Burgau, and 21 are collectable after Ehingen among the newly ridden places. The place has a good field cultivation, meadow growth, fish farming, stone and pome fruit, also flax cultivation that is made here high justice is Kaiserl./Königl. Burgaus, the lower one and the gallows court alternate under the Oberamt in Günzburg, which it exercieret 2 years, Wettenhaußen, instead of Osterberg 2 the nuns of Günzburg, 1 Kaisheim, 1 Scharl in Ulm 1 and Krumbach 1 year exercieret "

On the occasion of the Bavarian territorial reform , the formerly independent municipality of Echlishausen was merged with the district of Opferstetten together with other municipalities to form the unitary municipality of Bibertal on May 1, 1978 .

Attractions

Catholic parish church St. Leonhard , built from 1865 to 1869

The Lourdes grotto is not included in the list of architectural monuments. It is located in a forest on the southwestern outskirts of Echlishausen above the beavers. The grotto is made of tuff from the Swabian Alb near Rammingen . It was built by Joseph Hintermayer from Bühl . According to documents, the construction of a Lourdes grotto on the place "Im Rosenberge Nr. 629" started on July 7th, 1898. The place was a donation from the brickworks owner Zacharias Hoch to the church foundation Echlishausen, which was then also responsible for the maintenance of the grotto. At that time, the construction cost 950 marks and was financed through donations, the offering box and a foundation. The inauguration took place on August 28, 1898. 48.4258 10.18884

literature

Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Landkreis Günzburg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.91 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-589-6 , p. 28-29 .

Web links

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

Echlishausen in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
The districts on the website of the community Bibertal