Dechsendorf

Dechsendorf City of Erlangen Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 54 ″ N , 10 ° 56 ′ 11 ″ E
Height :	283 (282-293) m
Area :	6.1 km²
Residents :	3590 (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density :	589 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	91056
Area code :	09135
	The statistical districts 80 (Dechsendorf West) and 81 (Dechsendorf Ost) as well as the district Großdechsendorf in Erlangen
	Panoramic aerial view of Dechsendorf from the south (2020)

Dechsendorf is a district and a statistical district in the northwest district of the city of Erlangen in the Bavarian administrative district of Middle Franconia .

The place is about 6 kilometers northwest of the city center of Erlangen on the state roads 2240 and 2259 in the direction of Röttenbach and Hemhofen .

Dechsendorf is known for the Great Bischofsweiher (Dechsendorfer Weiher) as a recreation and leisure park in the region. Every year it is the venue for the open-air event Klassik am See . There is a campsite by the pond .

The Franconian Marienweg runs through Dechsendorf .

Maria Schnee chapel and tower of the Church of Our Lady, 2011

history

In 1718 the population of Dechsendorf received the approval of the cathedral capitular Franz Georg Faust von Stromberg to build a chapel . The foundation stone was laid on August 6, 1719 and the Maria Schnee chapel was consecrated on October 1, 1730 . A school was built next to the chapel in 1726. Since Holy Mass was only celebrated on Wednesday morning, at the patronage festival (August 5th) and at the parish festival until the 1950s , many generations of Dechsendorfers took part in the Sunday service in the parish church in neighboring Hannberg.

After it became clear that the capacity of the Marienkapelle was no longer sufficient due to the growing number of residents in the post-war years , a church building association was founded in 1959. A year later, the architect W. Schilling drafted the plans for a modern new building that integrated the Marienkapelle as an outbuilding. The Catholic Church of Our Lady , which was built in place of the demolished old schoolhouse, was consecrated on September 8, 1963 by Archbishop Josef Schneider .

On October 5, 2002, the Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church was consecrated northeast of the village center.

The community Großdechsendorf was incorporated into the city of Erlangen on July 1, 1972. Before that she belonged to the district of Höchstadt an der Aisch and thus to the administrative district of Upper Franconia.

There is a primary and partial secondary school , three soccer fields, two kindergartens , an archery club and several playgrounds in the village .

Unlike the rest of the city of Erlangen, Dechsendorf does not have the phone code 09131, but 09135 from Heßdorf .