Hörbach (Althegnenberg)

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Hörbach
community Althegnenberg
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 14 "  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 17"  E
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 82278
Area code : 08202
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Parish Church of St. Andrew

Hörbach is a district of the Upper Bavarian community Althegnenberg in the Fürstenfeldbruck district .

The church village is one kilometer south of Althegnenberg.

history

Hörbach was first mentioned in 1127 as Huruuuinin , meaning “settlement on the swamp” (from the Middle High German word hurwin for “swampy”). Until the end of the 18th century the place was called Hürben . In the 14th century the place came to Hofmark Hofhegnenberg .

In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , the municipality of Hörbach was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Hörbach came to Althegnenberg on July 1, 1972 as part of the municipal reform.

Architectural monuments

Parish Church of St. Andrew

Hörbach, fragment of a Roman gravestone

Longhouse from the Romanesque (typical round arch frieze on the south side), the choir from the late Gothic and the western extension from 1909. Baroque interior with sculptures by the Landsberg baroque sculptor Lorenz Luidl. Outstanding life-size Renaissance crucifix from around 1500. A fragment of a Roman tombstone is walled into the entrance to the church, which was found in the foundation of the church when the church was expanded in 1909.

Anabaptist fountain Hörbach

Baptist fountain

The Anabaptist Fountain is located in a small square next to the church. It is supposed to commemorate the execution of four Hörbacher Anabaptists (also called Anabaptists) in 1527.

The village of Hörbach received a gold medal in the competition Our village should become more beautiful - our village has a future for Upper Bavaria in 2000 and a silver medal in the Bavarian competition the following year. The oldest cabaret in Upper Bavaria, the Hörbacher Monday Board, has existed in Hörbach since 1975 .

Soil monuments

See: List of soil monuments in Althegnenberg

See also

literature

  • Toni Drexler, Angelika Fox: Althegnenberg - Hörbach. Contributions to the history of the Althegnenberg community . St. Ottilien 1996.
  • Toni Drexler: Althegnenberg-Hörbach: Roman relief tombstone in the church and consecration stone . In: Toni Drexler, Walter Irlinger, Rolf Marquardt (eds.): Fürstenfeldbruck district - archeology between Ammersee and Dachauer Moos . Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2079-7 .

Web links

Commons : Hörbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 466 .