Großsorheim

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Großsorheim
Großsorheim coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 30 ″  N , 10 ° 38 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 450 m
Incorporation : January 1, 1976
Postal code : 86655
Area code : 09080
Image from Großsorheim
Großsorheim from the south

Großsorheim is a church village and district of the city Harburg (Schwaben) in the district of Donau-Ries in the administrative region of Swabia in Bavaria . The municipality also includes the village of Möggingen and the wasteland of Egermühle .

Großsorheim is already located west of Harburg in the Nördlinger Ries . The district of Möggingen is just north of the west-east running crater rim. The Eger , which comes from the west and where the Egermühle is located, flows into the Wörnitz shortly afterwards , which then flows further in a south-easterly direction. Both rivers are north of Großsorheim.

Großsorheim with its districts was an independent municipality in the district of Nördlingen and was added to the district of Nördlingen-Donauwörth, which has been called the district of Donau-Ries since May 1, 1973 , as part of the regional reform in Bavaria on July 1, 1972 . On January 1, 1976, it was incorporated into the city of Harburg (Swabia).

The Protestant parish Sankt Gallus in Großsorheim belongs to the deanery Donauwörth in the parish of Augsburg . Möggingen and Egermühle also belong to the parish.
The Catholics of Großsorheim belong to the parish of Motherhood of Mary in Hoppingen .

In the east of Großsorheim, next to the playground of a new housing estate, there is the exposed and accessible area of ​​a bathhouse, belonging to a villa rustica from the Roman Empire, signposted with "Römerbad".

North-east of Großsorheim and Möggingen and south of the Egermühle, the north-west-south-east running federal highway 25 from Nördlingen to Donauwörth , which at this point belongs to the route of the Romantic Road . Coming from Rohrbach , the DON 16 district road leads via Großsorheim and joins the B 25.

In the district of Großsorheim there is one of the landscape protection areas that are designated with protection of landscape parts in the area of ​​the city of Harburg and the district of Großsorheim .

The footballer Robert Strauss comes from Großsorheim .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 792 .

Web links

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