Hafenhofen
Hafenhofen is a church village and part of the municipality of Haldenwang in the Swabian district of Günzburg ( Bavaria ).
geography
Hafenhofen lies at an altitude of 496 meters between the Glött and Mindeltal valleys .
The village , about two kilometers northeast of Haldenwang, can be reached via the GZ 10 road.
history
The place is first mentioned as "Havinhovin" at the end of the 12th century, when Adalbert von Bopfingen donated an estate to the monastery when he entered the Neresheim Abbey .
In the late 13th century Hafenhofen was the seat of a noble family named after the place, of whom only Ulrich von Hafenhofen, who was in the service of the margrave of Burgau , is known. In the late Middle Ages, the property in the place was very fragmented. The lords of Westernach , the lords of Steinheim and the lords of Hasberg had shares .
In 1560, Hafenhofen came to Anton Fugger . Hafenhofen became an accessory of the Fugger rule Glött .
In 1972 the municipality of Eichenhofen was incorporated into the municipality of Hafenhofen. On January 1, 1976, the municipality of Hafenhofen was dissolved and completely incorporated into Haldenwang.
Attractions
See also: List of architectural monuments in Hafenhofen
- Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul
- Rectory , built in 1736
Sons of the place
- Albert Kaifer (1893–1962), politician ( BVP , CSU )
literature
- Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Landkreis Günzburg (= Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation [Hrsg.]: Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VII.91 / 1 ). Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-87490-589-6 , p. 148-150 .
Web links
- Hafenhofen in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library
- Haldenwang municipality
Coordinates: 48 ° 27 ' N , 10 ° 27' E