Immenhofen (Stuttgart)
Immenhofen is the name of a former settlement in the southern center of the city of Stuttgart. It probably existed from around the 7th century until the high Middle Ages.
Location and name
The name Immenhofen is traced back to an Alemannic founder named "Immo", the place name on -hofen indicates an origin in the 7th century. The place, which is only sparsely documented, was probably located at today's Wilhelmsplatz or a little south of it on Heusteigstraße (until 1872 “Immenhofer Weg”), i.e. on the southern slope of the Stuttgart valley towards the Bopser . The garment name "Immenhofen" is mentioned for the first time in 1334, by which time the settlement had apparently already disappeared. Immenhofer Straße, which was laid out in 1870 and begins at Österreichischer Platz, about 300 meters south of Wilhelmsplatz, was named after this hallway.
The hamlet of Immenhofen did not have its own church. The cause and time of the sinking are unknown. The area was then used as grassland and orchards and only gradually rebuilt around the middle of the 19th century.
Research history
In the middle of the 19th century, Roman building remains, ceramics (partly from terra sigillata ) and a Roman bronze coin with the image of Emperor Nero were found in the area of Immenhofen . Later, a little to the west of it, at the junction of Heusteigstrasse and Bopserstrasse, foundations of a Roman manor ( villa rustica ) were found. It is the second known facility of its kind in the area of downtown Stuttgart next to the villa rustica, the foundations of which were cut around 1914 when the Stuttgart main station was built.
Up until the year 2000, the hamlet of Immenhofen was considered older than the city of Stuttgart, whose beginnings were dated to the 10th century. Through excavations in the past few years in the collegiate church and in the old castle, it is now known that the city of Stuttgart itself (without the older Bad Cannstatt ) goes back to at least the 8th century.
Comparison with the desert areas of Tunzhofen and Frankenbach
Immenhofen is only one of three medieval devastations in the area of today's downtown Stuttgart. Another, Tunzhofen , was a little east of the town center, also on a hillside. Tunzhofen also did not have its own church, was probably mainly inhabited by winemakers and went under in the 14th century. Very little is known about the third lost location, Frankenbach (Stuttgart) .