Emetzheim

Emetzheim Large district town of Weißenburg in Bavaria Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ 58 ″  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 6 ″  E
Height :	428 m above sea level NN
Residents :	480
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91781
Area code :	09141
Location of Emetzheim in Bavaria
Emetzheim, aerial photo (2020)

Emetzheim is a district of Weißenburg in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen with around 480 inhabitants.

location

The village is about three kilometers southwest of Weißenburg. The Hammerstadtgraben flows past in the north and flows into the Swabian Rezat about 600 meters west . The neighboring village of Holzingen is half a kilometer to the north-west . District road WUG 5 passes to the north. The Burgstall Emetzheim , a defunct tower hill castle, is located on the northern outskirts .

history

Rectory

Although it was first mentioned in a document as a marriage home in 1187 , Emetzheim is one of the oldest settlements in the Weißenburg area. The area was already in the Hallstatt period around 600 BC. Settled, which is proven by finds from the year 1770. The origin of the place itself goes back to Roman times, as evidenced by evidence and studies of the settlement history.

In a legend about the construction of the Karlsgraben , Charlemagne is said to have destroyed a pagan temple in Emetzheim. A memorial stone on the village church commemorates this event. Even if there is no historical evidence for this, the first church in Emetzheim was probably consecrated around 1000 AD, because the subordinate church in neighboring Dettenheim is documented for the first time between 1057 and 1075. The church was first mentioned in a document in 1363 in a letter of appeal from Conrad Haspel for a letter of indulgence .

The village noble family at that time were the Kropfe von Emetzheim , who were the ministerials of the bishops of Eichstätt . Remains of her castle can still be found northwest of the church. In the 14th century the village fell under the influence of the Marshals von Pappenheim .

After the Thirty Years War in 1633 the village was described as deserted . The first church was probably destroyed or badly damaged during this time. The subsequent building was so dilapidated in the 19th century that the foundation stone for a new church was laid on August 8, 1850. On August 15, 1852, St. John's Church was consecrated in the arched style with echoes of neo-Romanesque . See also Burgstall Emetzheim and Burg Flüglingen .

The municipality of Emetzheim was incorporated into Weißenburg on May 1, 1978.

Emetzheim today

Pfahler Teahouse

In 2007 Emetzheim consisted of approx. 144 residential buildings. The town center was formed as a ring village around the church. In the 1960s, two new settlement areas were opened up, the newest settlement area was created in 2001. There are nine associations in Emetzheim: the volunteer fire brigade, the Evangelical rural youth, the Emetzheim trombone choir, the rifle club, the warrior association, the "Himmel und Erde" choir, the Bavarian one Panini Bund (BPB), the Rockerfahrt and the "Ematza Drainage Club".

Around 1950 the majority of the inhabitants lived from agriculture, today there are still five families. The rest of the population usually finds work in the immediate vicinity (Weißenburg, Nuremberg ).

In terms of local companies and shops, Emetzheim has a carpentry, a butcher's, a carpenter's shop, a driving school, a gardening and landscaping company, a vintage car dealer, an inn, a car workshop, a specialist painting company, a plumber and a company for injection molding tools and plastics processing.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : "Emetzheim" in the article List of architectural monuments in Weißenburg in Bavaria / districts

Sons and daughters

• Karl-Georg Pfahler (1926–2002), painter

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Emetzheim . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 10–12 ( digitized version ).
• Reinhard Schwirzer: The Emetzheim parish church of St. John the Baptist . In villa nostra - Weißenburger Blätter 2/2003
• Gottfried Stieber: Emmezheim . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 341-344 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Emetzheim . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 708 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Description of the village on the website of the city of Weißenburg
2. ↑ Description of the church on pointoo.de
3. ↑ wugwiki.de
4. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 731 .