Großschwindau

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Großschwindau
St. Wolfgang parish
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 48 ″  N , 12 ° 8 ′ 15 ″  E
Height : 493 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 127  (2011)
Postal code : 84427
Area code : 08085

Großschwindau is part of the municipality of St. Wolfgang in the district of Erding , which belongs to the district of St. Wolfgang.

It lies between the districts of St. Wolfgang, Lappach and Jeßling in the Goldachtal . To the northeast is the village of Kleinschwindau , a separate part of the municipality of Sankt Wolfgang.

The parish village Großschwindau was historically part of the county of Haag and later of the district of Wasserburg . As of December 31, 2011, Großschwindau had 127 inhabitants. In 1961 there were still 137 inhabitants. See also the development of the population of St. Wolfgang .

Origin of the name Schwindau

Schwindau was also known as Schwindach (= the fast, swift brook). Another explanation for the names beginning with Schwind (e.g. Schwindau, Schwindach, Schwindkirchen , Schwindegg ) is the word suinen , which means something like 'to work out of the mud or swamp' or 'to dry out'. Accordingly, Schwindau would be a drained area.

St. Michael Church

Filial church of St. Michael

The originally Romanesque church of St. Michael from around 1350 was given a Gothic reticulated vault in 1460. After a lightning strike in 1783, the pointed tower was replaced by a very characteristic tower with a gable roof.

During this renovation, the entire church was furnished in baroque style. The figures of St. Benno and St. Korbinian on the high altar were made by the Landshut sculptor Christian Jorhan the Elder .

Großschwindau gauge

In Großschwindau, in the Goldach at river kilometer 14.70 km, there is a gauge of the low water information service Bavaria operated by the Munich water management office . The level zero point is 491.57 m above sea level. NN. The catchment area is 21.07 km².

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kleinschwindau in the local database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on November 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 246 ( digitized version ).
  3. ↑ Andreas Stamml: Pilgrimage from Großschwindau (parish St. Wolfgang) to Maria Dorfen (PDF; 210 kB)
  4. ↑ Church history. In: st-wolfgang-ob.de. Retrieved January 17, 2019 .

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