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Freihalden coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 9 ″  N , 10 ° 29 ′ 37 ″  E
Height : 496  (458-502)  m
Area : 5.23 km²
Residents : 820  (March 2019)
Population density : 157 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 89343
Area code : 08225
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Location of Freihalden in Jettingen-Scheppach

Freihalden is a district and a district of the Jettingen-Scheppach market in the Swabian district of Günzburg .

geography

The village is about 4.5 km east of Jettingen, in the Augsburg - Western Forests nature park , surrounded by forests. The district covers 522 hectares. The only flowing body of water near the village is the Erlenbach , a right tributary of the Mindel, which rises in the southeast of the village and then flows around it in the north.

history

Freihalden emerged as a clearing settlement in the first half of the 14th century; the first documentary mention was in 1352. It was created around the same time as the neighboring villages of Gabelbachergreut (1327) and Grünenbaindt (1324). The knight Hilpolt von Knöringen was probably the author and initiator of the clearing . Originally laid out as an anger village, ten farms were laid out on the lower side and eleven on the upper side, separated by the anger . This village complex is still clearly recognizable today, even if a number of properties have been divided over the years.

Freihalden belonged to the margraviate of Burgau , which belonged to the House of Habsburg between 1301 and 1805 . Thus Freihalden was in front of Austria , which was part of the Archduchy of Austria . The village was repeatedly badly affected in times of war, because it was on the old military and trade route from Augsburg to Ulm. In March 1634, during the Thirty Years War , it was pillaged and looted by the Swedes . The villagers had to flee, many died of starvation or the plague . The village was uninhabited and devastated until around 1650, before hesitant settlement began again. These new settlers were often exiles from Tyrol, Salzburg or Carinthia. As a result of the Third Coalition War under Napoleon , Freihalden came to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 .

Freihalden was incorporated into the Jettingen-Scheppach market on May 1, 1978 . On November 24, 2013, on Christ the King's Feast, the parish celebrated its double anniversary, 650 years of ordinary pastoral care and 550 years of its own pastor. The auxiliary bishop of Augsburg, Anton Losinger, celebrated the service. On November 16, 2014 the parish church was consecrated again by the diocesan bishop Konrad Zdarsa after renovation work. At the same time the ostensorium with relics of St. Pastor of Ars handed over. Furthermore, the three new church bells were baptized and blessed. On November 17, 2014, the bells that had been cast with poor post-war material and had become unusable were replaced.

Community partnerships

  • FranceFrance France : The friendly relations that arose as a result of the long pilgrimage visits culminated in 1976 in the partnership with Ars-sur-Formans , the place of activity of the Holy Pastor of Ars , the patron saint of pastors.

village life

Village life in Freihalden is enriched by a number of clubs. Special mention should be made of the sports club SV Freihalden, which maintains the three departments football , tennis and gymnastics , as well as the Freihalden volunteer fire brigade and the Hirschsprung Freihalden shooting club. In addition, there is a carnival club, the Faschingsfreunde Freihalden eV, a warrior and soldier club, a local VdK association, a music band and a beekeeping club. Every year on the first of May, all associations in the village organize a joint village festival, which is held at Pfarrer-von-Ars-Platz and is very popular with the locals.

Attractions

Catholic Parish Church of Saint Mary of the Annunciation

See also: List of architectural monuments in Freihalden

traffic

There are two main entrances to Freihalden for car and truck traffic. On the one hand there is the district road GZ 17 coming from Jettingen and Ried, on the other hand there is also a connection to Gabelbachergreut in the neighboring district of Augsburg via the district road A 4. There is also a parking lot on this route. Freihalden also has a double-track stop on the Augsburg – Ulm railway line , where the regional express line Fugger-Express runs from Ulm to Munich every hour .

literature

  • Karl Weichenmeier: Freihalden - Heimatbuch. 1978
  • Heimatbuch Jettingen-Scheppach, 1986
  • Historical pictures from Jettingen, Scheppach, Freihalden, Ried, Schönenberg and Eberstall, 1998

Web links

Commons : Freihalden  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipality website - population figures
  2. ↑ size, community website - use of space etc.
  3. ↑ yumpu.com
  4. ^ A b Karl Weichenmeier: Freihalden - Heimatbuch, 1978.
  5. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 774 .
  6. ↑ sv-freihalden.de
  7. ↑ fw-freihalden.de
  8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schuetzenverein-hirschsprung-freihalden.de
  9. ↑ http://www.jettingen-scheppach.de/content/vereinsverzeichnis/index.shtml?script=/content/vereinsverzeichnis/wScripts/index.ws&startLimit=0  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.jettingen-scheppach.de  
  10. ↑ freihalden.de