Giessen (Kressbronn)

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Coordinates: 47 ° 37 ′ 38 ″  N , 9 ° 36 ′ 1 ″  E
Height : 422–427 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 31  (Jan 31, 2011)
Postal code : 88079
Area code : 0 75 43
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Location of the hamlet of Gießen in the Kressbronn municipality

Casting is a hamlet of the municipality Kressbronn am Bodensee in Baden-Württemberg Bodenseekreis in Germany .

location

The hamlet casting is about three and a half kilometers north of the Kressbronner town center, between the other districts Betznau , Heiligenhof and casting bridge and the to Tettnang belonging Apflau .

traffic

Gießen is connected to Heiligenhof and Betznau via the 7707 district road and to Gießenbrücke and Apflau via the K 7709.

Hiking trails

Several signposted hiking trails run through Gießen, including the eastern branch of the Upper Swabian Jakobweg , which leads from Brochenzell via Tettnang and ends at the St. Jakobus Chapel in the Bavarian Nonnenhorn .

Attractions

Giessen Castle

Giessen Castle

Gießen Castle , built as a tower hill castle, was a well-fortified moated castle in the Middle Ages , whose moat was constantly supplied with water from the Argen through a canal from Laimnau . The well-preserved castle complex is privately owned and can therefore not be visited. It was given its present form in 1482. The gate tower , today's entrance to the courtyard, dates from the late 16th century. He has five tower rooms and a tower terrace.

Natural monument

On the road to Heiligenhof, a row of fruit trees with nine pear trees and one walnut tree has been designated as a natural monument (individual structure, No. END 84350290007 ) since 1992 .

Personalities

Innozenz Nachbaur was born on March 25, 1830 as the son of the farmer Fidel Nachbaur and his wife Genoveva, nee. Götz was born at Gießen Castle. He only adopted the name Franz later. Nachbaur was a well-known tenor - all Wagner - opera he has lent his voice.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of the natural monument at LUBW