Königshofen an der Heide

Königshofen an der Heide Bechhofen market Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 50 ″  N , 10 ° 32 ′ 29 ″  E
Height :	433–445 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	872  (Dec. 31, 2017)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1971
Postal code :	91572
Area code :	09822
Königshofen an der Heide, view of the village with the Evangelical Lutheran parish church

Königshofen an der Heide (colloquially: Kinshoff ) is a district of the market Bechhofen in the district of Ansbach ( Bavaria ).

geography

The parish village is located on Ochsengraben , a left tributary of the Mühlgraben , which flows into the Wieseth from the right . The state road 2220 leading to Burk (4,5 km south-west) and after Bechhofen (km north 1.5). The district road AN 54 leads to Rohrbach (1.2 km north) or past the Weihermühle to Birkach (1.8 km east).

history

Before the Heilsbronn Monastery settled there, there were six manors : the Herrieden Monastery , the Counts of Truhendingen, the Lords of Dietenhofen and von Holzingen, the Margraves and the Lords of Seckendorff . The goods of the first four came to Heilsbronn through purchase and exchange. The three remaining gentlemen were in constant dispute over the respective claims.

The Marienmuenster Königshofen was a former pilgrimage church and was consecrated in 1396th In 1422 a monastery was founded by Katharina Knoll , also consecrated to Maria, and the Marienmünster became the monastery church. With the arrival of the Reformation , the monastery church became an Evangelical Lutheran parish church in 1565, which it still is today. According to an inscription in the church, the church was cremated by Croats on August 10, 1632 during the Thirty Years War . The fire also spread to residential buildings, killing 114 residents. It was only in 1658 began with the reconstruction, the first in 1723 at the expense of the then Eichstättischen Bishop Johann Anton I. could be completed.

Königshofen was in the Fraisch district of the Ansbach Oberamt Wassertrüdingen . The village and community rulership was exercised annually by the Eichstätt caste and city bailiff Ornbau and the Ansbach administration office Waizendorf . At the end of the 18th century there were 49 properties in Königshofen. Were landlords

• Ansbach authorities (26 properties; Waizendorf administration office : 1 tavern and brewery, 1 courtyard, 21 goods, 1 little estate, 1 little house; Wassertrüdingen caste office : 1 estate)
• the Hochstift Eichstätt (23 properties; box office Ornbau : 1 pub with brewery, 1 blacksmith, 1 bath room, 1 bakery, 8 small farms, 2 half farms, 1 house, 6 small houses, 2 half houses)

There was also a church, a parsonage, a schoolhouse, and a community pastor's house.

From 1797 to 1808 the place was subordinate to the Justice and Chamber Office Wassertrüdingen .

In 1806 Königshofen came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . As a result of the municipal edict, the tax district and the rural community Königshofen were formed in 1809 , to which the places Birkach , Burgstallmühle , Fröschau , Heinersdorf , Oberkönigshofen , Röttenbach , Rottnersdorf and Weihermühle belonged. With the second community edict (1818), two rural communities emerged:

• Birkach with Burgstallmühle, Fröschau, Heinersdorf, Röttenbach and Rottnersdorf
• Königshofen with Oberkönigshofen and Weihermühle.

The municipality Königshofen shelter in administration and jurisdiction of the district court Wassertrüdingen and in financial management the Rentamt Wassertrüdingen (in 1919 the tax office Wassertrüdingen renamed, 1932-1973 Tax Office Gunzenhausen , since 1973 the tax office Ansbach ). The jurisdiction remained with the district court Wassertrüdingen until 1879, from 1879 to 1956 the district court Wassertrüdingen was responsible, from 1956 to 1970 the district court Gunzenhausen and from 1970 to 1973 the district court Dinkelsbühl , which has been a branch of the district court Ansbach since 1973 . The administration was taken over by the newly created Dinkelsbühl district office in 1862 (renamed the Dinkelsbühl district in 1938 ). With the dissolution of the Dinkelsbühl district in 1972, Königshofen came to the Ansbach district. The municipality had an area of ​​5.203 km².

As part of the regional reform in Bavaria , Königshofen was incorporated into Bechhofen on July 1, 1971.

Architectural monuments

• Lindenstraße 2: residential stable house, single-storey eaves gable roof construction, with dwarf house and half-timbered gable, re. 1850.
• Münsterstrasse 18: Evangelical-Lutheran rectory, two-storey gable-independent saddle roof building, risalit-shaped bay window with stepped gable, with natural stone structures and neo-Gothic elements, late 19th century
• Münsterstrasse 20: Evangelical Lutheran parish church, formerly the pilgrimage church of Beatae Mariae Virginis, three-aisled basilica, south vestibule in the second half of the 14th century, extension in the middle of the 15th century, after a fire in 1632 the staggered hall was redesigned to a basilica, tower in the southern choir corner (north in the 19th century removed); with equipment
• Münsterstraße 21: former school building, today the parish hall, two-story hipped roof building in a corner, partly plastered half-timbered houses, end of the 18th century
• Steingasse 2: stable house, massive single-storey building with pitched roof, 1848; adjoining outbuilding, single-storey saddle roof building, with half-timbered gable, mid-19th century; Stable and barn building, single-storey massive gable roof construction, probably second half of the 19th century

See also : List of architectural monuments in Bechhofen (Middle Franconia) # Königshofen an der Heide

Population development

Königshofen community

year	1818	1840	1852	1855	1861	1867	1871	1875	1880	1885	1890	1895	1900	1905	1910	1919	1925	1933	1939	1946	1950	1952	1961	1970
Residents	358	370	376	356	348	361	354	349	370	385	360	338	363	354	378	376	358	389	390	543	534	494	448	454
Houses	64	65					80			81			80				83				91		96
source

Königshofen district

year	001818	001840	001861	001871	001885	001900	001925	001950	001961	001970	001987	002001	002011	002017
Residents	312	331	318	326	359	335	328	498	416	421	485	991	836	872
Houses	57	61			75	74	78	86	91		140
source

religion

There is the Marienmünster in the village , which has been Protestant since the Reformation. The inhabitants of the Roman Catholic denomination are parish according to the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Bechhofen) .

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Königshofen . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 3 : I-Ne . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753092 , Sp. 185-187 ( digitized version ).
• August Gebeßler : City and district of Dinkelsbühl (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 15 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1962, DNB  451450930 , p. 159-163 .
• Friedrich Krauss: The historical framework of the influx of the exiles in the parish of Königshofen an der Heide. Nuremberg 2006 (special volumes of the GFF, 3).
• Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery from prehistoric times to modern times . tape 2 . For Kunstreprod. Schmidt, Neustadt an der Aisch 1993, ISBN 3-923006-90-X , p. 509-512 (first edition: Beck, Nördlingen 1879).
• Teresa Neumeyer: Dinkelsbühl: the former district (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria, part of Franconia . I, 40). Michael Laßleben, Kallmünz 2018, ISBN 978-3-7696-6562-8 , p. 434 and 568 .
• Gottfried Stieber: Königshofen . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 528-531 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : Königshofen (lower) . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 767 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Königshofen an der Heide  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Königshofen , in: Georg Muck: History of Heilsbronn Monastery , Volume 2  - Sources and full texts

• Königshofen an der Heide in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
• Königshofen adHeide in the Topographia Franconiae of the University of Würzburg , accessed on September 16, 2019.
• Königshofen an der Heide in the historical directory of the association for computer genealogy

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} half-year statistics 31.12.2017.pdf on the markt-bechhofen.de website
2. ↑ Königshofen an der Heide in the Bavaria Atlas
3. ↑ G. Muck, Vol. 2, p. 509 ff.
4. ^ T. Neumeyer, p. 434.
5. ^ Johann Bernhard Fischer : Königshofen . In: Statistical and topographical description of the Burggraftum Nürnberg, below the mountain, or the Principality of Brandenburg-Anspach. Second part. Containing the economic, statistical and moral condition of these countries according to the fifteen upper offices . Benedict Friedrich Haueisen, Ansbach 1790, p. 382 ( digitized version ). (= JK Bundschuh, vol. 3, col. 185 ff.). According to this, there were 51 subject families, of which 30 were Ansbachian.
6. ↑ ^{a b} T. Neumeyer, p. 568.
7. ↑ T. Neumeyer, pp. 534 and 540.
8. ^ Address and statistical manual for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 71 ( digitized version ).
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official city directory for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from the 1961 census . Issue 260 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1964, DNB  453660959 , Section II, Sp. 763 ( digitized version ).
10. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 461 .
11. ↑ ^{a b} Only inhabited houses are given. In 1818 these were referred to as hearths , in 1840 as houses , and from 1871 to 1987 as residential buildings.
12. ↑ ^{a b} Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkreise according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 95 ( digitized version ). For the community of Unterkönigshofen plus the residents and buildings of Oberkönigshofen (p. 66) and Weihermühle (p. 101).
13. ^ ^{A b} Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 255 ( digitized version ). According to the historical municipality register , the municipality had 372 inhabitants.
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Historical municipality directory: The population of the municipalities of Bavaria from 1840 to 1952 (=  contributions to Statistics Bavaria . Issue 192). Munich 1954, DNB  451478568 , p. 168 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00066439-3 ( digitized ).
15. ↑ ^{a b} Joseph Heyberger, Chr. Schmitt, v. Wachter: Topographical-statistical manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria with an alphabetical local dictionary . In: K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Bavaria. Regional and folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . tape 5 . Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1867, Sp. 1004–1005 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10374496-4 ( digital copy ).
16. ↑ Kgl. Statistisches Bureau (Ed.): Directory of the municipalities of the Kingdom of Bavaria according to the status of the population in December 1867 . XXI. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Ackermann, Munich 1869, p. 157 ( digitized version ).
17. ↑ ^{a b} Kgl. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Complete list of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to districts, administrative districts, court districts and municipalities, including parish, school and post office affiliation ... with an alphabetical general register containing the population according to the results of the census of December 1, 1875 . Adolf Ackermann, Munich 1877, 2nd section (population figures from 1871, cattle figures from 1873), Sp. 1171 , urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb00052489-4 ( digitized ).
18. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Manufactured due to the new organization of government districts, district offices and judicial districts. Addendum to issue 36 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1879, p. 61 ( digitized version ).
19. ↑ K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (ed.): Community directory for the Kingdom of Bavaria. Results of the census of December 1, 1880. Issue 35 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1882, p. 176 ( digitized version ).
20. ↑ ^{a b} K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Localities directory of the Kingdom of Bavaria. According to government districts, administrative districts, ... then with an alphabetical register of locations, including the property and the responsible administrative district for each location. LIV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1888, Section III, Sp. 1103 ( digitized version ).
21. ↑ ^{a b} K. Bayer. Statistical Bureau (Ed.): Directory of localities of the Kingdom of Bavaria, with alphabetical register of places . LXV. Issue of the contributions to the statistics of the Kingdom of Bavaria. Munich 1904, Section II, Sp. 1168 ( digitized version ).
22. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Localities directory for the Free State of Bavaria according to the census of June 16, 1925 and the territorial status of January 1, 1928 . Issue 109 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1928, Section II, Sp. 1206 ( digitized version ).
23. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Official place directory for Bavaria - edited on the basis of the census of September 13, 1950 . Issue 169 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1952, DNB  453660975 , Section II, Sp. 1037 ( digitized version ).
24. ↑ ^{a b} Bavarian State Statistical Office (Hrsg.): Official local directory for Bavaria . Issue 335 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich 1973, DNB  740801384 , p. 168 ( digitized version ).
25. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 324 ( digitized version ).
26. ^ Working group book of the market Bechhofen (ed.): Bechhofen. 650 years of market law . Bechhofen 2001, p. 192 .