Gerolfing

Gerolfing City of Ingolstadt
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 21 ″  N , 11 ° 20 ′ 56 ″  E
Height :	374 m above sea level NN
Area :	16.3 km²
Residents :	4762  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density :	292 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	85049
Area code :	0841

Gerolfing is a district of the Upper Bavarian city ​​of Ingolstadt with 4762 (as of 2015) inhabitants.

geography

Natural location

Gerolfinger oak forest in spring

The parish village lies at an altitude of 374  m above sea level. NN . In the south of the village is the oak forest with the Gerolfinger Weiher (Schafirrsee) . The Danube flows in an easterly direction about 2 kilometers from the southern outskirts .

Neighboring places and communities

Mulhouse	Dünzlau	Friedrichshofen
Irgertsheim		Ingolstadt center
Soft ring	Hagau (Ingolstadt)	Ingolstadt southwest

Traffic situation

From Ingolstadt you can reach Gerolfing via IN 2 (in the urban area of ​​Ingolstadt “Gerolfinger Straße”, in Gerolfing itself “Wilhelm-Busch-Straße”), coming from the north via IN 3 (connection to the B 13 ). The place is also connected to the motorway network via the A 9 in Ingolstadt. Public transport connection from INVG during the day through lines 60 (ZOB) and S4 (Audi), at night the line N1 (ZOB).

history

founding

Gerolfing was first documented in 1055 in a letter from Emperor Heinrich III. mentioned to Bishop Gebhard . In it he wrote: “I, Emperor Heinrich III. By God's grace, donate three goods to Bishop Gebhard in Gerolfing that the rebellious Poto had owned. "

Archaeological finds, however, show that the beginnings are much earlier.

The previously independent municipality of Gerolfing was incorporated into Ingolstadt on July 1, 1972 as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

Naming

There are two different interpretations of the name:

The name Gerolfing was made up of the syllables Ger (= Germanic spear) and Wolf (Ritter Gerolf = "wolf fighters"). The suffix -ing suggests that Gerolfing was a Bavarian settlement.

Ortneckname

The local name of the Gerolfinger is Moiakäfa , Moiakäfer or Mojakäfa (dialect for cockchafer ). According to the local historian Stefan Winkelmeyr, the name goes back to the story of a craftsperson who stayed at the Gerolfing landlord and had no money for the colliery, but gave the landlord a box of valuable clocks from which a ticking could be heard. It was only after a week and the lad's disappearance that the landlord looked into the box and discovered that he had been deceived: instead of watches, there were only cockchafer in the box.

Culture and sights

archeology

The mighty barrows in the Gerolfinger oak forest are under monument protection . In 1329 the Gerolfing local nobility built the Gerolfing castle in medieval style. Of this only the artificially raised hill and the street name "Am Burggraben" remain today.

Buildings and time features

St. Rupert Church

In the center of the village is the renovated church . The Gasthaus Meierbeck is one of the few remaining typical buildings from earlier times.

The Dreiländerstein stands between Gerolfing and Irgertsheim . There the borders of the Duchy of Bavaria , the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and the Hochstift Eichstätt met .

In the west of the village are the remains of the intermediate works 1 Gerolfing of the former state fortress of Ingolstadt, built between 1890 and 1892 and blown up in 1945 .

Sports

FC Gerolfing, founded in 1930, offers a wide range of exercises and sports on its extensive sports facility. There is a choice of three soccer fields, a basketball hard court and a tennis facility. The construction of a grandstand based on donations has been completed since 2007.

In 2001, the first football team was promoted to the regional league Upper Bavaria North and in the 2008/2009 season promoted to the regional upper league Upper Bavaria, which was only played for one year. Because in 2009/2010 the team, led by player-coach Manfred Kroll, marched into the Landesliga Süd after winning the relegation game against SC Bubesheim (2nd place BOL Schwaben). The playoff remained goalless until the 120th minute. FC Gerolfing won 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out.

societies

There are around 40 clubs in Gerolfing . These include next to the volunteer fire department Ingolstadt-Gerolfing e. V. and the sports club FC Gerolfing e. V. , also the motorcycle friends Gerolfing MC , as well as the United Faschingsgesellschaft Gerolfing e. V.

The Ingolstadt-Gerolfing volunteer fire brigade e. V. was founded on May 1st, 1878. 40 firefighters, divided into order, control and syringe teams, found themselves to ensure more safety in Gerolfing. Today around 50 active people are on duty in around 35 missions a year. Facilities include two fire engines , a crew transport vehicle and two shallow water push boats for flood relief. In 2017, the Gerolfing fire brigade received one of a total of ten LF10s, which the city ​​of Ingolstadt procured for around 3 million euros as part of the 2016 vehicle concept .

During the carnival season , the United Faschings Gesellschaft Gerolfing e. V. the say - together with the Gerolfinger Guard rule the prince couple. The VFG was founded on April 3, 1973. On Shrove Tuesday, there is a parade through Gerolfing, before the carnival kick-off, a cabaret evening, during which one or the other is also “ derblecke ”.

Natural monuments

The wood nut , a pedunculate oak with a chest height of 6.75 m (2015), stands in the Gerolfinger Eichenwald nature reserve .

religion

The majority of the population is Catholic. The Catholic parish church of St. Rupert is located in the center of the village .

Personalities

• The CSU politician Horst Seehofer has his residence in Gerolfing.

literature

• Stefan Winkelmeyr: village history - village stories: Gerolfing (Vol. 1–4). Ingolstadt 1993–2012.
• Hans Fegert: Ingolstadt districts - the story of Gerolfing . Kösching 2005.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 601 .
2. ^ Stefan Winkelmeyr: village history - village stories. Volume 1: Image documents Gerolfinger houses over the course of a century. Creative, Ingolstadt 1993, ISBN 3-9803414-1-0 , p. 92.
3. ^ Barrows in the oak forest , pioneers of archeology
4. ↑ Castle of Gerolfing , excavations
5. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017