Hechenberg (Dietramszell)

View of the church tower of St. Valentin behind the church farm

Hechenberg Castle and Church on an engraving by Michael Wening (1645–1718)

Hechenberg is a district of Dietramszell in the Upper Bavarian district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen .

The settlement of Hechenberg has existed since the Middle Ages, the traces of the tower hill ( tower hill Hechenberg ) and the former moated castle of the Lords of Hechenberg can still be recognized as a ground monument. The castle was first mentioned in 1033 and 1045 but was demolished in the 19th century.

When the municipality of Kirchbichl , to which Hechenberg belonged, lost its independence in the course of the regional reform on May 1, 1978, Hechenberg came to Dietramszell.

Architectural monuments

Parish Church “St. Valentin ”, late Gothic, choir and tower date from the first half of the 15th century, modernized in 1732. Also: picturesque cemetery wall made of tuff stone , 17th / 18th centuries century
Former Hechenberg Castle , 1594, reworked in the Baroque era
Rectory with a flat hip roof, 1832
Former farmhouse ("Kirchbauer") with a log building upper floor, 1760–80

Individual evidence

^ 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. 569 .

Web links

Commons : Hechenberg - collection of images, videos and audio files

47.822837 11.548691Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '22.21 " N , 11 ° 32' 55.29" O

[1] 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. 569 .