Ermetzhofen

Ermetzhofen community Ergersheim Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 11 ″ N , 10 ° 16 ′ 38 ″ E
Height :	368 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	300
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Postal code :	91465
Area code :	09847

Ermetzhofen is a district of the municipality Ergersheim in the district of Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim in Middle Franconia in Bavaria .

location

The parish village is located on the Sauerbrunnenquelle and the Weidenbrunnenquelle. Here is the origin of the Rannach, which flows through the village in the valley. In the east lies Ergersheim and in the west Custenlohr, in the north Neuherberg and in the south Mörlbach.

history

Ermetzhofen was mentioned for the first time in 1288, it was founded from Ergersheim. In Ermetzhofen there is the Markgrafenkirche located in the former cemetery, rebuilt in 1752.

On January 1, 1974, the municipality of Ermetzhofen was incorporated into the neighboring municipality of Ergersheim.

traffic

The district road NEA 31 leads north to a junction of the federal road 13 near Neuherberg and south to Mörlbach . A community road also leads east to the B 13 near Obermühle , another leads south-east to Bergtshofen .

For station Steinach (in Rothenburg ob der Tauber) is about 10 km, the train station in Uffenheim about 8 km.

Ermetzhofen can only be reached very sparingly with the VGN buses . There is no regular service, the bus service is based on the school buses.

Sons and daughters of the village

Henriette Feuerbach , b. Heydenreich, on August 13, 1812 in Ermetzhofen as the daughter of the pastor Johann Alexander Heydenreich and his wife Christina Friederika geb. Freudel born, died on August 5, 1892 in Ansbach, was the stepmother, agent and sponsor of the painter Anselm Feuerbach , one of the most important German painters of the second half of the 19th century.

Others

There is a Jewish cemetery on the southern exit of the village.
In July, the Knauf Brillant fireworks “Lake in Flames” takes place at the lake festival of the fire brigade association Ermetzhofen e. V. instead.

literature

Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Ermezhofen . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB 790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 79-80 ( digitized version ).

Reinhold Hoeppner (ed.): District of Uffenheim . Verl. F. Authorities and Economy Hoeppner, Aßling-Pörsdorf / Obb. 1972, DNB 730115267 , p. 54-55 .

Hans Karlmann Ramisch: Uffenheim district (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 22 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1966, DNB 457879262 , p. 82-83 .

Gottfried Stieber: Ermezhofen . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 346-347 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Ermetzhofen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Ermetzhofen on the Ergersheim website
Ermetzhofen in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on September 21, 2019.
Ermetzhofen in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 21, 2019.
Ermetzhofen in the historical directory of the Verein für Computergenealogie , accessed on September 21, 2019

Individual evidence

^ 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. 722 .

[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. 722 .