Gundelsheim an der Altmühl
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Gundelsheim an der Altmühl
Community Theilenhofen
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| Height : | 447 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 201 |
| Incorporation : | May 1, 1978 |
| Postal code : | 91741 |
| Area code : | 09834 |
 Gundelsheim from the southwest
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Gundelsheim an der Altmühl (officially Gundelsheim ad Altmühl ) is a district of Theilenhofen in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen with about 200 inhabitants.
Geographical location
The village is located in the Altmühltal Nature Park , near the Hahnenkamm and between Dittenheim and Stopfenheim directly on the Altmühl . The nearest town is Gunzenhausen, 8 km away . The Wachsteiner Bach , the Weidachgraben (over an floodplain) and opposite the Dittenheimer Mühlbach flow near the village . The main street of the village is the district road WUG 1 , which connects Gundelsheim with Weißenburg and over the federal road 13 with Gunzenhausen. Neighboring towns are Wachenhofen , Wachstein , Windsfeld , Dittenheim, Ehlheim and Alesheim . Theilenhofen is about three kilometers to the northeast as the crow flies. Particularly in the north, Gundelsheim is surrounded by several individual forests, such as the forest fields Brennschlag and Lohholz . The municipality border with Dittenheim is directly connected to the village to the west, the municipality border with Alesheim is around 750 meters away. In the district there is a place with the same name, the Treuchtlinger district Gundelsheim .
history
The area around Gundelsheim has been inhabited for thousands of years, as proven by several prehistoric settlements.
The noble family of Gundelsheim comes from Gundelsheim . They were part of the imperial-free Franconian knighthood in the knight cantons of Altmühl and Odenwald. In 1344 the Hohenstaufen castle of the noble family in Gundelsheim was destroyed. The last of Gundelsheim died in 1680. In 1971 Gundelsheim became the national winner in the competition Our village should become more beautiful . Until the municipal reform in Bavaria , which came into force on May 1, 1978, Gundelsheim was an independent municipality in the former district of Weißenburg in Bavaria .
Worth seeing
- The Protestant St. Bartholomew Church was built on the spot where the castle stood before its destruction. The church tower dates from the 14th century, while the neo-Romanesque nave was rebuilt in 1908. The altar is from 1700, the crucifix from 1888. A late-Gothic sacramental niche is attached to the north wall . The medieval cemetery wall is made of stones from the ruined castle. Several tombstones from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are set in the Romanesque ossuary .
- The two-storey rectory is a gable- roof structure built at the beginning of the 19th century .
- In the Gundelsheim area there were Neolithic and prehistoric settlements as well as body graves from the early Middle Ages. There was also a single find of a medieval wheel spur .
- In the rural local museum there are old agricultural tools and machines as well as old household appliances. A special feature of the museum is the small farmer's kitchen.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the community of Theilenhofen accessed on February 9, 2020
- ↑ Own measurement with BayernViewer
- ↑ Bavarian Monument Office
- ↑ Bavarian Monument Office
- ^ 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. 730 .
- ^ Description of the church
- ↑ Description on BayernViewer-denkmal
- ↑ Description of the museum
