Eichenberg (Haundorf)

Eichenberg Haundorf municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 49 ″  E
Height :	472  (457-489)  m
Residents :	200  (Dec 2010)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	91729
Area code :	09837
Location of Eichenberg in Bavaria
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Eichenberg is a district of Haundorf in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

Geographical location

The mountain village is located in the Franconian Lake District between Haundorf and Graefensteinberg , on the western slope of the almost 500 meter high Oak Mountain. To the west is the Haundorfer Weiher , to the south the Eichenberger Weiher , among others . The city of Gunzenhausen is about 6 km away. The Altort is a street village laid out in a south-west-north-east direction , with a settlement area in the south-east .

history

Eichenberg was first mentioned in a document in 914. At that time, an ethic and his son Helmbert transferred their property to Bishop Tuto of Regensburg to "Echineberg" or "Aychenberg". In 1612 there were 16 farms in the village. During the Thirty Years' War , in the middle of summer 1634, Eichenburg was sacked by a troop of Swedish cavalry. In 1732 there were 20 houses, in 1846 198 inhabitants in 39 families. The volunteer fire brigade was founded in 1899 and a fire station was built in 1996.

From 1837 Eichenberg was an independent municipality, in 1972 it was incorporated into Haundorf as part of the municipal reform in Bavaria . In the same year the place was connected to the central water supply of the Reckenberg group .

Population development

• 1846: 198 inhabitants
• 1864: 226 inhabitants
• 1910: 175 inhabitants
• 1933: 185 inhabitants
• 1939: 169 inhabitants
• 1961: 187 inhabitants
• 1970: 183 inhabitants
• 1987: 192 inhabitants
• December 2010: 200 inhabitants

Facilities / infrastructure

In the past, the village lived exclusively from agriculture , in 2014 there was only one full-time farmer. Due to the proximity to the newly created lakes Altmühlsee and Brombachsee , there was a turn to tourism from the 1980s.

societies

• Fruit and horticultural association, founded in 1927
• Motorsport Club Eichenberg e. V., founded in 1973

traffic

Municipal roads lead to the WUG 1 district road near Geislohe , the WUG 22 district road 500 m to the west to Seitersdorf or Haundorf and to the federal highway 466, which runs approximately 1.5 kilometers to the east .

Web links

• Eichenberg on the website of the municipality of Haundorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the contour image in BayernViewer ( memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. interpolated 
2. ↑ Description of the place
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Weissenburg weekly newspaper of June 4, 2014, p. 14: Article on the 1100 year celebration
4. ↑ [1]
5. ↑ [2]
6. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 715 .
7. ↑ [3]
8. ↑ Haundorf population statistics