Erpfting

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Erpfting
Municipality Landsberg am Lech
Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ′ 20 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 32 ″  E
Height : 617 m above sea level NHN
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 86899
Area code : 08191
Main street with St. Michael church
Main street with St. Michael church

Erpfting is a district of Landsberg am Lech in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech with about 1500 inhabitants and is located west of the city at an altitude of 617  m above sea level. NN .

history

Until the municipal reform in 1978, the place was an independent municipality together with Ellighofen . Erpfting has its own volunteer fire brigade , a kindergarten , a primary school and a branch of the VR-Bank Landsberg-Ammersee .

The European Holocaust Memorial is located in the Erpfting district . In 1985, the Landsberg Citizens' Association was able to acquire part of the area of ​​the former concentration camp in the 20th century and, in the following decade, began expanding it into a European Holocaust memorial in order to enable the Holocaust to be remembered permanently and in dignity. Anton Posset was able to convince Alexander Moksel to provide the financial means for the purchase with the suggestion of Franz Josef Strauss . The bunkers were neglected at the time and were used as a clubhouse by a rocker group, the Devil Knights. From the beginning, the citizens' association looked after the property to ensure its preservation and preservation. The memorial was handed over to the European Holocaust Memorial Foundation in 2009 by the Landsberg Citizens' Association in the 20th century.

The old Roman state road Via Claudia Augusta runs through Erpfting .

coat of arms

coat of arms

Official description : “A growing red griffin lion on a shield base divided by red and silver, holding a red key with both paws.” (Ministerial approval by resolution of March 23, 1955, file number IB 1 - 3000 - 29 E / 2)

Architectural monuments

See also: List of architectural monuments in Erpfting

Soil monuments

See: List of soil monuments in Landsberg am Lech

literature

  • Joachim Dellinger : Igling, Schloß and Hofmark in the royal district court Landsberg, with the Stoffersberg and Erpfting . In: Upper Bavarian Archive for Fatherland History (Historischen Verein von Oberbayern, Hrsg.), Volume 12, Munich 1852, pp. 3–60, especially Section V: Das Pfarrdorf Erpfting , pp. 53–60 ( online )
  • Citizens' Association Landsberg in the 20th Century (Ed.): Death March and Liberation - Landsberg in April 1945: The End of the Holocaust in Bavaria (= Landsberg in the 20th Century. Issue 2). 2nd edition, self-published, Landsberg am Lech 1993. ISBN 3-9803775-1-2 .
  • Bürgerervereinigung Landsberg in the 20th century (ed.): The concentration camp command Kaufering 1944/45: The annihilation of the Jews in the armaments project "Ringeltaube" (= Landsberg in the 20th century. Issue 4). Self-published, Landsberg am Lech 1993. ISBN 3-9803775-3-9 .

Web links

Commons : Erpfting  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.buergervereinigung-landsberg.de/umganggeschichte/stadtlandsberg/Posset/BriefStrauss.pdf
  2. ^ Josef Klemens Stadler: New coats of arms and flags of Upper Bavarian communities. In: Upper Bavarian Archive for Patriotic History. Vol. 80, 1955, p. 121 f. [Note: The coat of arms shown on this Wikipedia page is shown in the wrong color.]