Gunzenheim

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Gunzenheim
Kaisheim market
Gunzenheim coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 482 m above sea level NN
Residents : 255  (Jan. 9, 2020)
Incorporation : July 1, 1971
Postal code : 86687
Area code : 09099
Filial church of St. Thomas
Filial church of St. Thomas

Gunzenheim is a church village and part of the market in Kaisheim in the district of Donau-Ries in the administrative region of Swabia ( Bavaria ).

history

The oldest evidence of Gunzenheim is dated on a deed of donation to the Lorsch Monastery from the year 805 (April 2nd, 805). In 868 it was exchanged for the Duchy of Bavaria . In the 12th century, Gunzenheim came into possession of the newly built Heiligkreuz monastery . In 1671 the villagers built a chapel in honor of the apostle Thomas. The small carved miraculous image of Our Lady was the destination of many pilgrimages, especially in the 17th century. After secularization , the Gunzenheim pilgrimage site became quieter, especially since other more important and larger pilgrimage sites emerged.

Gunzenheim was an independent municipality in the district of Donauwörth and was incorporated into the Kaisheim market on July 1, 1971 as part of the regional reform in Bavaria and, together with Kaisheim, was added to the Donau-Ries district on July 1, 1972.

The Catholic branch church of St. Thomas belongs to the parish of St. John in Mündling ; Gunzenheim is in the diocese of Eichstätt .

The forest cemetery is located north of the village. This is a foundation by Maximilian Straßer . His body was transferred to Gunzenheim from New York, where he made considerable fortunes. Straßer also donated the Villa Barbara , where the former bishop of Eichstätt and Augsburg, Walter Mixa , lives today.

In addition to its attractive location in the middle of gentle, wooded hills, the small village has a significant geological feature, the Gump in Gunzenheim , a small swimming pond, which, like so many other features around the Nördlinger Ries , has its origin in the Ries impact .

  • "Villa Barbara"

  • Forest cemetery

  • Strasser family grave

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Population figures for Markt Kaisheim
  2. ↑ Annual report of the historical association in the Rezat district, Volume 6, p. 6
  3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 450 .
  4. ^ Diocese of Eichstätt: Current reports - details .
  5. ↑ Harry Luck: Gunzenheim: Bishop Mixa becomes a villa dweller. In: Focus Online . September 23, 2010, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: Mixa moves into Villa Barbara .

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