Hagenbuch (Weißenburg)

Hagenbuch Large district town of Weißenburg in Bavaria Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 35 ″  N , 10 ° 59 ′ 0 ″  E
Height :	420 m above sea level NN
Residents :	340  (Jul 1, 2009)
Postal code :	91781
Area code :	09141
Location of Hagenbuch in Bavaria
Hagenbuch seen from the Wülzburg fortress

Hagenbuch is a district of Weißenburg in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

geography

The place has 340 inhabitants and is located at an altitude of 420 m above sea level on the Bösbach between Weißenburg and Höttingen . Hagenbuch is only separated from Weißenburg by Bundesstraße 2 , with an underpass connecting the towns. The main street of the village is the district street WUG 18 .

history

Hagenbuch was first mentioned in 1248; the place name means fenced clearing settlement . The core of the settlement at that time was located at two farms in the northeast of the village. The Bösbachsiedlung residential area was built in the 1960s . Until the municipal area reform , Hagenbuch was a district of Weiboldshausen , but on May 1, 1978 it was reorganized to Weißenburg. Ecclesiastically, the place still belongs to Weiboldshausen.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ About Hagenbuch at www.Weißenburg.de
2. ^ 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 / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 731 .