Joshofen
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Joshofen
Large district town of Neuburg on the Danube
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 42 ″ N , 11 ° 13 ′ 7 ″ E
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| Height : | 380 m |
| Area : | 3.71 km² |
| Residents : | 321 (Dec 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 87 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1976 |
| Postal code : | 86633 |
| Area code : | 08431 |
Joshofen is a district of the large district town of Neuburg an der Donau in Upper Bavaria. The place is five kilometers away from Neuburg. On January 1, 1976 Joshofen was incorporated into the city of Neuburg an der Donau as part of the regional reform in Bavaria . Before that the place was an independent municipality. As of December 31, 2019, 321 citizens were registered.
history
Joshofen lies on the left bank of the Danube , overlooked to the north by a Jura foothills with the Kirchberg, laterally framed by the alluvial forest . The district extends to the right bank of the Danube. The place was first mentioned in writing in 1197 in a deed of donation. Fishing was a source of income for the residents, and fishing law was mentioned in a document as early as 1007.
There was once a castle and a farm near the church, the ownership of which changed frequently. In 1197 a Sibodo von Jageshouen was the owner, in 1214 a Baltwin von Jageßhouin was the tenant of the Pappenheimers . In 1303 the Lords of Straß owned the farm on the hill next to the church. In the same year, the street people sold this property to the provost von Spalt with all rights and obligations. Only the economy, i.e. the herding of the animals, was not passed on. The provost gave this property to the cathedral vicar prebend in Eichstätt. The Judmanns were the successors at Joshofen Castle; in 1366 they sold two more farms to the Cathedral Vicarie. In 1489, Conrad Plank was named a court judge of his own. 1514 was the end of the Hofmark, the Joshofen seat came to the Count Palatine in Neuburg and the property was no longer given to the nobles.
In 1504 the village was plundered by G. Wolf von Chamb and his gang. When Duke Albert besieged Neuburg on August 15, 1504, imperial soldiers revolted on the mountain at Joshofen because of the lack of pay.
On February 6, 1568, Princess Renata of Lorraine came to the city of Neuburg, accompanied by her cousin Nikolaus, Duke of Wademont, with his wife and daughter and a large entourage. Renata, the bride of Duke Wilhelm V in Bavaria, was accompanied by Duke Wolfgang to Joshofen, where she was received by Duke Ferdinand.
A mill was operated with the water of the Danube near Joshofen, which was badly damaged by floods in 1713. The mill was probably stopped around 1860.
During the campaigns of 1806, Napoleon's troops also looked for Joshofen home in 1809 to get food in the village. The troops pitched their conveniently located camp on the Kirchberg; Forays into the surrounding villages were started from there. The "Napoleon trees", as they are popularly called, are still reminiscent of the occupiers: Napoleonic soldiers are said to have planted the trees.
The Holy Cross Church
The church with the neighboring cemetery stands free on a hilltop. The parish church of the Holy Cross, named after a cross relic kept there , was once a place of pilgrimage and is assigned to the diocese of Eichstätt . Originally the church was a chapel, the date of construction is unknown. On August 22, 1365 an altar consecration took place "In honor of the Holy Cross and all dear saints". The church tower and eastern part of the building are likely to date from this period. A memorial stone to a pastor reveals that Joshofen was already a parish in 1092 . According to a parish visit protocol, there was still a tombstone about a pastor Thomas Kraus from 1428.
In 1480 the patronage was with the Benedictine nuns in Neuburg. In 1542 the sovereign, Duke Ottheinrich , converted to the Protestant faith, the community was also appointed Protestant and a Protestant pastor. After 75 years, Duke Wolfgang Wilhelm converted to the Catholic faith and in 1617 the duchy was recatholicized. On October 13, 1617, the old relics , a cross particle and relics of St. Pancras and a tooth of St. Willibald were rediscovered. On May 21, 1618, the relics were transferred back to the church in a solemn procession and consecrated by the Bishop of Eichstätt. Every year on the day the cross was found, May 3rd, there was a procession from Neuburg to Joshofen until the beginning of the 18th century.
In 1855 the church building was extended by five meters. In 1929 the interior was renovated and was given a new painting. Two newly framed statues, St. Francis Xavier and St. John Nepomuk , were placed at the altar. The restoration was in the hands of the Günzburg painter Kronenwitter.
Works of art were stolen from the church several times, such as a small monstrance with the Holy Cross particle in 1925, and candlesticks and figures of saints after the Second World War. Since then the items have disappeared.
Architecture and interior design
The church is a simple, brightly plastered hall with a gable roof and an undivided bell tower, also covered with a gable roof. Inside the room has a baroque mirror ceiling and a ceiling painting with a representation of the Holy Spirit . In the round apse there are still remains of a Gothic ribbed vault. The room is equipped with a magnificent baroque main altar, the cross altar, which is designed in the shape of a Serliana . The crucifix in the middle is flanked by colored sculptures of the Madonna and St. John. In the area below with the gilded tabernacle are the figures of Saints Nepomuk and Willibald. Two further baroque altars with large altarpieces and a baroque pulpit with a sound cover complete the interior.
The bells
During the First World War, one of the two bells was melted down. A few years after the end of the war, three new bells were added to the ringing. In 1942 two bells had to be handed in as a war tribute. In 1951 the bell was completed again with the help of donations from the community. In 1993 the prelate and military area dean a. D. Michael Seitz a 200 kg bell, a work from the Metz foundry in Karlsruhe. The bell is dedicated to the Archangel Michael .
The ferry accident
After the end of the war there was a ferry connection across the Danube at Joshofen until the ferry accident in 1945 . Carpenter Johann Kornreiter from Unterstall and the ferryman Johann Ettle built a ferry from four Wehrmacht pontoons and a wooden platform. The ferry was led across the river by a line on a rope connection. The ferry was also used by members of the American occupation forces. In an accident on August 17, 1945, the boat sank with the ferryman, his three sons, three other people and an ox cart. Five people were able to save themselves, the oxen, both of which were still chained to the drawbar, were able to reach the bank, but drowned while trying to climb the steep slope. A torture reminds of the misfortune.
Personalities in Joshofen
Kaspar Sterr, pastor, writer and meteorologist
- born January 2, 1744 in Neuburg, died February 23, 1814 in Joshofen
Kaspar Sterr completed high school and university studies in Neuburg and Ingolstadt. He wanted to dedicate his life to the order and became a Jesuit in Ingolstadt in 1775. On September 25, 1775, he was ordained a priest in Augsburg. In the same year the order was dissolved. Sterr was now laicized as a secular priest .
He found a new home in the Neuburg University of Applied Sciences. From 1776 to 1798 he was there as a professor of "Fine Sciences", as it was then called. Now he switched jobs and took over the parish of Joshofen at the age of 54. The local newspaper portrayed the clergyman as a man who was zealous about his pastoral duties.
Sterr was not satisfied with the church duties, he continued the weather observations and records he had begun in 1788 until the end of his life. His work was also published as a book in 1805 and is still available today in the State Library in Neuburg. He also wrote the book "Ludwig der Baier, Kaiser der Deutschen und Römer", which was published in 1812 by a Munich publisher and is still available today.
On the outer wall of the parish church of Joshofen is a memorial plaque made of Solnhofner stone. Important data of Pastor Sterr are chiseled on it and recorded: “This is where the earthly remains of the Most Revered Highly Born, Highly Scholar Mr. Kaspar Sterr, Jesuit and Professor of Mathematics in Neuburg, then pastor in Joshofen for 21 years rest. He was born on January 2, 1744 and left the mortal shell on February 23, 1814. The body only returns to earth, the spirit floats to heaven. That he may be completed in the course of his struggle ”.
Pastor Konrad Böhringer
- born March 29, 1873 in Unteraltenbernheim (Diocese of Bamberg), died December 31, 1944 in Unterstall
Böhringer embarked on the career of a pastor and was ordained a priest on March 20, 1898 in Eichstätt . Now a wandering life began for him. On April 8, 1898 he was chaplain in Monheim and July 19, 1899 by Wemding. On March 18, 1901, the chaplaincy in Abenberg was transferred to him. Finally he was appointed pastor of Obererlbach on April 28, 1904 . On June 17, 1907, he took over the Joshofen parish and looked after it until mid-1938. On December 31, 1944, he died at the age of 71 and was buried in Unterstall.
His life did not come at a comfortable time. He took his work very seriously, did not shy away from the unpleasant and also knew how to bring people closer to faith. During his tenure in the twenties, seven women decided to take up the religious profession. But it is also thanks to him that some clergymen have emerged.
Böhringer was not a pleasant friend when the Third Reich was about National Socialism . He quickly saw through the plan of the "Nazis". That is why he was a red rag for this regime. The clergyman felt this too. At the end of June 1933 he was taken into protective custody for a week without any judgment .
In order not to be always exposed to the opponents, he was transferred to the nearby stables on August 1, 1934 as an early measurement beneficiary . From then on he lived there in the benefit house.
Abbot Willibald Margraf OSB
Born August 23, 1901 in Joshofen, Neuburg-Donau district, baptized Georg, died April 18, 1979 in Mallersdorf Abbey.
Margraf attended elementary school in Joshofen from 1907 to 1914, from 1914 to 1919 he was a student at the Schweiklberg monastery and from 1919 to 1922 at the state humanistic grammar school in Passau . In 1922 he began the novitiate in Schweiklberg, on May 10, 1923 the novice took his first monastery vows . In 1923 he attended the summer semester of philosophy in St. Ottilien, until 1927 he attended the Passau Philosophical-Theological College.
On May 13, 1926 he was made profession for the monastery, he changed his name from Georg to Willibald. On July 17, 1927, he was ordained a priest by the Passau bishop Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf in Schweiklberg.
From 1927 until Easter 1933 he was prefect at the seminary in Schweiklberg. After that, Father Willibald was appointed rector , but the NSDAP removed him from this position in 1935. It was still raining until 1937 and thus until the seminar was closed . From May 1937 to Easter 1940 he moved as superior in the Bergfried study home near Passau ; at the same time he also acted as cellarer of the home and became subprior from July 1940 .
On March 28, 1941, Willibald was elected third abbot of Schweiklberg. A few days later the monks were expelled from the monastery. He was accepted in Münsterschwarzach and ordained abbot there on April 27, 1941. The monastery was also closed, Abbot Willibald first went to Munich, where a total bombing drove him out in July 1944. He stayed in Eichstätt until the end of the war.
In May 1945 Margraf returned to Schweiklberg. The grammar school was reopened in the spring of 1946. Abbot Willibald promoted the external expansion of Schweiklberg.
After a busy life, Abbot Willibald's father gave up on February 13, 1967, and the symptoms of old age were noticeably noticeable. He went to the mother house in Mallersdorf and worked there as confessor for the sisters. On April 21, 1979, former abbot Willibald was buried in the abbey church Schweiklberg in the crypt of the monastery cemetery.
Prelate Michael Seitz
- born March 20, 1918 in Joshofen, died April 23, 2002
Michael Seitz attended elementary school in Joshofen and went to the former Neuburg high school. Finally he switched to the seminary in Eichstätt. He had to interrupt his studies because he had been called up for the armed forces. He had to do seven months of national labor service and six years of military service. After the war he continued his studies and was ordained a priest on August 15, 1947 in Eichstätt Cathedral. Then the home primacy in Joshofen was an important ecclesiastical event. Abbot Willibald Margraf, also a native of Joshofner, was the preacher.
Seitz was chaplain in the parish of St. Johannes in Neumarkt and St. Josef in Ingolstadt, from 1953 curate in Stein near Nuremberg, on November 15, 1956 he was appointed as a military chaplain to Fürstenfeldbruck and appointed dean and prelate . From 1964 to 1981, as Defense Area Dean VI, he was the highest-ranking military chaplain in Bavaria. After his retirement he returned to Joshofen and did pastoral work there. From 1983 to 1989 he worked as the parish administrator of Joshofen and from 1984 to 1989 at the same time as a part-time state secretary of the clergy association . He was already monsignor when he was made papal honorary prelate in 1976. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon by the Federal Republic of Germany and in 1985 the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class.
In 1977 Seitz took over the patronage of the 100th anniversary celebration of the volunteer fire brigade. It is also thanks to him that on August 2, 1987, on his 40th anniversary as a priest, a new organ was able to sound its voice. On his 75th birthday in 1993, he donated the Michael Bell to the parish.
Pastor Eduard Speth
Born on November 24, 1936 in Joshofen, died May 21, 2006 in a nursing home in Wülfrath near Wuppertal.
Eduard Speth was born as the seventh child of the host family Michael Speth. At the age of ten he went to Eichstätt to the humanistic grammar school, which he graduated with the high school diploma in 1956. He then studied at the philosophical-theological college in Eichstätt. In June 29, 1962, he was ordained a priest in Eichstätt Cathedral . This was the fourth primacy in 35 years . The whole parish was happy about it and the village shone in its festive dress. On the same day the Primiziant was picked up by a motorcade at the border of the district, from Ried three riders and three boys with decorated bicycles came. At the entrance to the town at the Marienkapelle the new priest was received by the villagers and numerous guests of honor.
On Sunday, July 1, 1962, Speth celebrated the home prime on an altar that was erected on the mountain between the high linden trees. The preacher was a native of Joshofner, the then military pastor Michael Seitz. Among the guests of honor were Abbot Willibald Margraf from Schweiklberg Monastery and Pastor Johann Guppenberger, both born in Joshofner. Several thousand believers attended this religious celebration.
First the new priest was deployed on the Habsberg, then in Haunstetten, Plöckendorf and Spalt as a temporary worker. In 1963 he became a cooperator in Aurach, in 1965 his life path took him to Treuchtlingen and in 1966 to St. Pius in Ingolstadt. 1967 as the next station curator in Markt Berolzheim. In September 1976 he took over the parish of Zandt, in 1980 the parish of Dörndorf was added. In 1990 he moved to the parish of Morsbach. For health reasons he retired in 1991 to the old people's home in Wülfrath near Wuppertal. There he died on May 21, 2006 and was also laid to rest here.
Hans Baschang, painter, draftsman and sculptor
Hans Baschang lived and worked in the old school house he renovated in Joshofen.
literature
- Historic Heimatverein Neuburg (Ed.): Neuburger Kollektaneenblatt. 020 1854, pp. 102-112.
- Markus Nadler: Neuburg an der Donau: the district court Neuburg and the nursing courts Burgheim and Reichertshofen. In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria. Part Swabia: Row 1; H. 16 Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7696-6852-9 , pp. 209-210.
- A. Horn, W. Meyer: The art monuments of the city and district of Neuburg on the Danube. Commission publisher R. Oldenbourg, Munich 1958, pp. 521-524.
- Horst Schwark: Danube stories between Neuburg and Ingolstadt or where memories find a home. Pp. 142-144.
- Franz Lunzner: Chronicle Joshofen. 2007.
- Josef Heckl: Under stall, stories and memories. 2010.
- Memorial plaque on the church in Joshofen
- Neuburger advertising paper. January 4, 1913.
- Neuburger Rundschau. August 3, 1968 and March 12, 1993.
- Neuburger Rundschau. August 1, 1987.
- Neuburger Rundschau. March 16, 1993.
- Neuburger Rundschau. April 27, 2002.
- Neuburger Rundschau. July 5, 1962 and May 23, 2006.
- Official obituary of the Schweiklberg monastery
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Population figures in the city of Neuburg an der Donau
- ^ 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. 601 .
- ↑ Population statistics of the city of Neuburg an der Donau as of December 31, 2017. Registration office of the city of Neuburg an der Donau, January 25, 2018, accessed on February 24, 2018 .
- ↑ His drawings are full of the future , obituary dated July 1, 2017
Mountains | Bittenbrunn with Auschlösschen, Eulahof, Laisacker and Ziegelau | Bruck with Maxweiler and Rothheim | Feldkirchen with Altmannstetten , Gnadenfeld (Kahlhof) , Hardt and Sehensand | Forsthof | Heinrichsheim with citizens' mother | Herrenwörth | Joshofen | Neuburg an der Donau | Ried with Gietlhausen and Hessellohe | Zell with the hunting lodge Grünau , Rödenhof, Rohrenfeld and Marienheim