Hegnenbach (Altenmünster)

Hegnenbach Community Altenmuenster
Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ 29 ″  N , 10 ° 37 ′ 19 ″  E
Height :	445 m
Residents :	346  (1987)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	86450
Area code :	08296

Hegnenbach is a parish village and part of the Altenmünster community in the Swabian district of Augsburg in Bavaria ( Germany ).

history

Until the regional reform in Bavaria on July 1, 1972, the independent municipality of Hegnenbach with its districts Lüftenberg and Rischgau with Wiesmühle belonged to the Wertingen district office , which was called the Wertingen district from 1939 . In the course of the regional reform in Bavaria, Hegnenbach was added to the Augsburg district on July 1, 1972 (initially called the Augsburg-West district ). On May 1, 1978 it was incorporated into the Altenmünster community. Rischgau and Wiesmühle came to Villenbach .

The Catholic parish Sankt Georg in Hegnenbach belongs to the parish community Altenmünster / Violau in the deanery Augsburg-Land in the diocese of Augsburg . Lüftenberg and the Hausenmühle also belong to the parish .

Architectural monuments

• catholic parish church St. Georg
• Rectory , built around 1750
• Small farmhouse at Talstrasse 6, built at the beginning of the 19th century

Personalities

• Franz Wolf (* 1855 in Hegnenbach; † 1935 in Dinkelscherben), teacher and organist in Gersthofen, honorary citizen there

Web links

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

• Further information on the district at www.altenmuenster.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes for 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. 767 .