Heiligenstadt (Neustadt)

The village of Heiligenstadt is a district of the town of Neustadt an der Donau in the Kelheim district in Lower Bavaria .

location

St. John Baptist and Evangelist

The place lies in a wide plain, in which the Abens and Danube valleys unite. Heiligenstadt is almost spatially integrated with the health resort Bad Gögging to the north . Regensburg is about 45 km to the east and Ingolstadt 30 km to the west. Munich is about 90 km south of the town.

history

Heiligenstadt is first mentioned in written sources in the 12th century. In a traditional note from 1172, witnesses are named “de sancto loco”, from the holy place or holy place. The view that the original Neustadt, which was still called Seligenstadt at the time of the town elevation, should be sought in Heiligenstadt should not be correct. The lords of Heiligenstadt can be traced back to the 15th century in documents.

During the formation of the political communities in 1818 , the village was incorporated into the town of Gögging and with this on July 1, 1972, as part of a regional reform, it was incorporated into the town of Neustadt an der Donau.

church

The Church of St. John the Baptist and Evangelist is of Romanesque origin and dates from the 12th century. It has a side altar dedicated to St. Stephen. St. Stephen is also the patron of the church.

Economy and Infrastructure

Heiligenstadt has about 120 inhabitants and is characterized by agriculture. To the west of the village is the “Heiligenstädter Moos” nature reserve . The Regensburg – Ingolstadt railway passes by.

Web links

Commons : Heiligenstadt (Neustadt)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Heiligenstadt district on the website of the city of Neustadt
• Eduard Albrecht, Heimatpflege der Stadt Neustadt an der Donau: Die Heiligenstätter , accessed on June 9, 2020.
• Anton Metzger, church leader of the city of Neustadt an der Donau: St Johannes Baptist und Evangelist in Heiligenstadt , accessed on June 9, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georg Köglmeier, Neustadt an der Donau. A Bavarian country town and its inhabitants through the centuries. Volume I: From the beginnings to around 1800, Neustadt an der Donau 1994, p. 15.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Georg Rieger, Kelheimer Heimatbuch for the city and the district of Kelheim, page 389, ed. 1953
3. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 493 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 49 '  N , 11 ° 48'  E