Enkingen
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Enkingen
community Möttingen
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| Height : | 417 m |
| Residents : | 232 (2008) |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 86753 |
| Area code : | 09083 |
Enkingen is a district of the Bavarian community Möttingen in the Donau-Ries district .
geography
The church village of Enkingen is about two kilometers north of Möttingen.
history
The place is probably an Alemannic foundation. Enkingen was first mentioned in a document in 1251. In the Middle Ages who had counts of Oettingen , managed by Oberamt Alerheim , the basic rule in place.
On January 1, 1975, the previously independent municipality of Enkingen was incorporated into the municipality of Möttingen.
church
The nave was built at the beginning of the 17th century, the choir with tracery windows dates from the end of the 14th century. The St. Evangelical Lutheran Church, consecrated to Jodoku , was a subsidiary of Möttingen until 1939 . It is entered in the list of monuments.
coat of arms
The former municipality of Enkingen had a coat of arms with the following description : “Shield divided; above divided by silver and red, below in silver a continuous black cross. "
literature
- The art monuments of Bavaria , VII, Swabia, 1 - District Office Nördlingen . Edited by Karl Gröber and Adam Horn. Munich 1938, p. 153. (Reprint: Oldenbourg Verlag Munich / Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-486-50514-9 )
Web links
- Enkingen in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the history of Enkingen
- ^ 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. 792 .
- ↑ Coats of arms on the community homepage , accessed on June 16, 2020