Eysölden

Eysölden Thalmässing market
Coordinates: 49 ° 7 ′ 54 ″  N , 11 ° 12 ′ 44 ″  E
Height :	403-424 m
Residents :	820  (Jan. 2, 2018)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91177
Area code :	09173

Eysölden is a district of the Markt Thalmässing in the Central Franconian district of Roth in Bavaria .

Geographical location

The village is the largest district of the municipality after the main town Thalmässing and is located around seven kilometers north of it, on the northern edge of the Altmühltal nature park . The Mittelsteig construction area is to the west of the core town, and an industrial area to the east. The Roth , a tributary of the Rednitz , flows through the place.

history

In the 11th century Eysölden belonged to a sister of the Bishop of Mainz . In 1068 the place was first mentioned in a document as "Isselde". The basic word is “selida” ( ahd. For house), defining word for the personal name “Isi”, who can be seen as the founder of the place.

After the Second World War , many expellees settled in Eysölden.

The districts Neumühle and Ziegelhütte belonged to the formerly independent market . In 1972, as part of the municipal reform , the municipalities of Offenbau and Pyras were first incorporated, before Eysölden itself and all of its districts came to Thalmässing on May 1, 1978.

Population development

year	1852	1961	1970	1987	2014
Residents	0562	0749	0747	0682	0826

traffic

The district road RH 24 leads through Eysölden in the direction of the A 9 motorway, which runs 4 km to the west (exit AS 56 Hilpoltstein). From this the district roads RH 25 and RH 40 branch off .

Attractions

Parish Church of St Thomas and Aegidius

As the successor to a church that probably already existed around 900, the church of St. Thomas and Egidius was built in the Middle Ages and redesigned in the margrave style in 1749 . The Catholic Holy Cross Church was consecrated in 1965. Also worth mentioning is the 11th century castle.

→ List of architectural monuments in Eysölden

Others

Parish fair is celebrated on the weekend between October 7th and 13th . The annual Christmas market takes place on the market square.

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Eysölden . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 2 : El-H . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1800, DNB  790364298 , OCLC 833753081 , Sp. 110-111 ( digitized version ).
• Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 69 .
• Gottfried Stieber: Eysölden . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 351-352 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Eysölden . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 719 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Eysölden on the Thalmässing website
• Eysölden in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 24, 2019.
• Eysölden in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 24, 2019.
• Eysölden in the historical directory of the Verein für Computergenealogie , accessed on September 24, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thalmässing
2. ↑ W.-A. v. Reitzenstein, p. 69.
3. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 349 ( digitized version ).