Eisenburg (Memmingen)

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Iron castle
Independent city of Memmingen
Coat of arms of Eisenburg
Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 648  (594-678)  m
Residents : 1488  (Dec. 31, 2009)
Incorporation : July 1, 1976
Postal code : 87700
Area code : 08331
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Districts of Memmingen
The Eisenburg Castle

Eisenburg is a village and district of the independent city of Memmingen in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia .

location

The district is about three kilometers from the city center. The district Amendingen lies in between. Two streets via Trunkelsberg and Amendingen connect the district with Memmingen .

Surname

Since the mountain on which the iron castle stands contains iron and the springs also emit iron-containing water, it is reasonable to assume that this mountain was already called Eisenberg (Isenperch) in the early days . The castle was then probably called Isenbergburg. According to Julius Miedel , this three-stem word was shortened according to a familiar pattern. The light î instead of the current egg changed into the diphthong in Upper Swabia around the beginning of the 15th century .

history

The verifiable history of Eisenburg begins in 1208 with the first documented mention of the village. However, Alemannic graves were also found in the hallways of the village. One of them is exhibited at the Waldfriedhof Memmingen. These and other prehistoric finds point to a settlement in pre-Roman times.

Eisenburg was the main village of the rule of the same name, to which Amendingen , Dickenreishausen , Trunkelsberg , Schwaighausen and the hamlets of Grünenfurt , Oberhart and Unterhart belonged. Until the family died out in 1455, it was the sole landlord of the village. After that it came into many hands, but mostly patrician families from Memmingen ruled . The core of the village was built around the castle hill in the 12th century, consisting of manor, administration, court and school buildings, an inn and two courtyards, both of which belonged to the castle. Until 1803 the village was fragmented, as farms and houses belonged to many different landlords.

The palace complex , which towers above the village, dates back to 1567 and was built within an old fortress . The castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years War and rebuilt in 1653. On New Year's Eve 1926/27 the castle burned down and was rebuilt in its current simple form. Fortification trenches and roundabouts are still clearly visible.

Today Eisenburg is a popular settlement with large new building areas. The slopes south of the castle are now completely built on. After the end of the Second World War, the number of inhabitants rose from 361 to 633 between 1950 and 1969. There are now 1,427 inhabitants (as of 2007). The municipality was incorporated into Memmingen on July 1, 1976 as part of the municipal reform.

coat of arms

Description : In blue a silver castle with an open gate, a golden horseshoe floating between the two tin towers.

church

Ecclesiastically the village belongs to the neighboring district Amendingen . Services are held in the small St. Nepomuk Chapel every second Sunday and Wednesday. The chapel was built in 1747 instead of a ruinous baroque chapel. Special features include a picture of Maria Maior by the painter Huber from Weißenhorn based on the model of Maria Schnee , a picture of the baby Jesus brought back from their home in Český Krumlov by expelled glassblowers and a statue of Our Lady from 1420.

societies

Eisenburg's club life is brisk. There are among other things the volunteer fire brigade , a cycling and sports club, a shooting club (air pistol and rifle) and other, mostly smaller, clubs.

Volunteer firefighter

The village of Eisenburg has had its own volunteer fire brigade since August 14, 1887, which has been part of the fire brigades of the city of Memmingen since it was incorporated. The team consists of 35 active firefighters, 16 of whom are trained respiratory equipment wearers. The fire station, including the clubhouse, is located on Trunkelbergerstrasse next to the Eisenburger Kapelle and houses the emergency vehicle, a fire fighting group vehicle LF 10/6 with the radio call name Florian Eisenburg 47/1. The team is divided into three groups. The Eisenburg fire brigade also provides respiratory protection and machinist instructors for training in the main station of the Memmingen fire brigade. There has also been a youth fire brigade since 2001 , which regularly takes part in exercises, competitions and community events with ten young people.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Ludwig Mayr - The history of the rule Eisenburg, page 7
  2. The district of Memmingen, page 143
  3. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 764 .