Flochberg
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Flochberg
City of Bopfingen
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| Residents : | 729 (June 30, 2016) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 |
| Postal code : | 73441 |
| Area code : | 07362 |
Flochberg is a district of the Baden-Württemberg city of Bopfingen . The place is in the valley of the Eger , on the edge of the Nördlinger Ries , below the castle ruins of Flochberg . In addition to the village of Flochberg, the hamlets of Dorfen and Härtsfeldhausen and the Heidmühle house belong to the former municipality of Flochberg .
history
Flochberg was first mentioned as Vlochperch between 1138 and 1152. The place Flochberg came to Bavaria in 1806. In 1810 it was incorporated into Württemberg. Flochberg has been a district of Bopfingen since January 1, 1970.
Attractions
The pilgrimage church of the Visitation ( Our Lady of Rye Field ) in Flochberg was built from 1741 to 1746 in the Baroque style instead of a chapel. The builder was Johann Ulrich Trientl from Vienna. The multiple appearances of the Mother of God Maria and the miraculous healing of the boy Wilhelm Winzerer are said to have founded the pilgrimage in 1582.
The ruins of Castle Flochberg itself are today in the Bopfingen suburb of Schloßberg .
Personalities who have worked on site
- Johann Baptist Neher (born August 17, 1828, † August 13, 1873 in Flochberg), priest
literature
- Bodo Cichy: God's ballrooms - problem children of monument preservation. Securing, repairing and renewing baroque church buildings in the districts of Ostalb and Heidenheim. In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg , 3rd year 1974, issue 4, pp. 2–25 ( PDF ) [not evaluated]
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Bopfingen in figures , website of the city of Bopfingen, accessed on August 28, 2018
- ↑ IPF and Jagst-Zeitung / Swabian Newspaper: Flochberg honors its patron saint. September 12, 2010, accessed February 16, 2014.
- ↑ https://www.zak.de/artikel/details/5401