Essing

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Essing
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Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '  N , 11 ° 47'  E

Basic data
State : Bavaria
Administrative region : Lower Bavaria
County : Kelheim
Management Community : Ihrlerstein
Height : 351 m above sea level NHN
Area : 17.34 km 2
Residents: 1091 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 63 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 93343
Area code : 09447
License plate : KEH, MAY , PAR , RID, ROL
Community key : 09 2 73 121
Association administration address: Main street 15
93346 Ihrlerstein
Website : www.marktessing.de
Mayor : Jörg Nowy ( Free Christian Voters )
Location of the Essing market in the Kelheim district
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Essing is a market in the Altmühltal in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim in Bavaria .

geography

The community is located in the Altmühltal Nature Park and in the Regensburg planning region .

It consists of 15 districts:

  • Altessing
  • Eisensdorf
  • Essing
  • Felsenhäusl
  • Heidenstein
  • Hiersdorf
  • Oberau
  • Easter woods
  • Randeck
  • Riedhof
  • Schellneck
  • Lock No. 4
  • Schulerloch
  • Unterau
  • Weihermühle

There are the districts Altessing, Neuessing, Randeck

history

Market gate with Altmühlbrücke

Early history

Essing was first mentioned in a document in 976. Randeck Castle above the Essing market was built around the year 1000 and is one of the oldest castles in Bavaria. The town, which was raised to the market in 1336, later belonged to the Munich Rent Office and the Abensberg Regional Court of the Electorate of Bavaria . Essing (= Neuessing) had a market court with its own magistrate rights.

General view with Randeck Castle, copperplate engraving by Merian (1644)

20th century

In 1924 the previously independent municipality of Randeck was incorporated into Altessing. In 1938 Altessing and Neuessing were merged to form the new municipality of Essing.

Population development

In the period from 1988 to 2018, the population increased from 965 to 1,025 by 60 inhabitants or 6.2%.

  • 1970: 0996 inhabitants
  • 1987: 0970 inhabitants
  • 1991: 1002 inhabitants
  • 1995: 1012 inhabitants
  • 2000: 1032 inhabitants
  • 2005: 1018 inhabitants
  • 2010: 1004 inhabitants
  • 2015: 1032 inhabitants

politics

The community is a member of the Ihrlerstein administrative community . Jörg Nowy (Free Christian Voting Association) has been the mayor since March 1988.

coat of arms

Essing coat of arms
 Blazon : "A red armored blue heron with a blue fish in its beak standing in silver on a green three-mountain."


Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998 there were no employees in the field of agriculture and forestry, 98 in the manufacturing sector and no employees in the field of trade and transport at the place of work. There were 344 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were none in manufacturing and two in construction. In addition, in 1999 there were 16 agricultural holdings with an agricultural area of ​​232 ha. 161 ha of this was arable land.

education

In 1999 the following institutions existed:

  • Kindergartens: 25 kindergarten places with 24 children

Attractions

Old wooden bridge over the branch of the Altmühl and Randeck Castle
  • An older, only 48 m long wooden bridge leads over an old branch of the Altmühl into the town center. It is guarded by the Bruck Gate , an originally Gothic gate tower that has been rebuilt several times and is now privately owned. Joseph Michael Neustifter placed a bronze memorial on this old wooden bridge to Josef Deifl (1790–1864), a Bavarian infantryman born in Essing .
  • The Essinger Kunstweg runs through the Altmühlauen along rocks and rivers , a sculpture path with works by Werner Engelmann , Willi Hengge and other, sometimes changing, artists who temporarily exhibit their works here.
  • There is a medieval well on the market square, which was converted into a pump well in 1818. In 1974 the old well basket was brought back.
  • The former collegiate monastery Neuessing is located on the southern edge of the village.

The Jura Landscape Adventure Trail (part of the Jurasteig ) and the hiking trails branching off from it open up the following attractions outside of the town center:

  • Essing and Randeck castle ruins

  • Randeck castle ruins

  • Essing with Kunstweg in autumn 2005

  • Blautopf from Essing

  • Essing with Altmühlbrücke

  • Essing with Holy Spirit Church

  • Essing, Holy Spirit Church and collegial monastery

  • Randeck castle ruins

  • Bridge gate

  • Essing an der Altmühl

  • Wooden bridge in Essing

Personalities

  • Gozbert († 1001), abbot of the Tegernsee monastery
  • Josef Deifl (1790–1864), as a soldier in the Bavarian Army, described his war experiences from 1805 to 1815 in an unusually detailed diary.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ The Essingen Market Council. Essing municipality, accessed on June 27, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Bavarian State Library Online
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 493 .
  5. ^ Entry on Essing's coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
  6. ↑ Josef Deifel