Kosingen

Kosingen City of Neresheim
	Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 24 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 31 ″ E
Area :	13.36 km²
Residents :	539 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	40 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1971
Postal code :	73450
Area code :	07326
Location of Kösingen in Baden-Württemberg

Kösingen (Swabian "Kesig") is a district of Neresheim in Baden-Württemberg Ostalbkreis . The once independent place was incorporated into Neresheim in 1971. The hamlet of Hohlenstein and the Fluertshäuserhof homestead belong to Kösingen.

Kösingen, aerial photo (2016)

Location and transport links

Kösingen is to the east of the city center of Neresheim, not far from the eastern border with Bavaria on the district roads K 3301 and K 3314. The B 466 runs north and west .

history

In 1721 Johann Michael Zink painted the parish church of Kösingen, which belongs to the abbey.

On January 1, 1971, Kösingen was incorporated into Neresheim.

Cultural monuments

Catholic parish church of St. Mary, St. Vitus and St. Sola
Forester's house
Fountain column
Path chapel with crucifixion
Former parish barn (now the parish hall)

coat of arms

Blazon : "In a split shield in front in silver a continuous red cross, behind in gold four rows of red feh (iron hats)."

societies

Rifle club Hubertus Kösingen
Faschingsfreunde Kösingen eV

Sons and daughters

Oscar Ferdinand Mayer (1859–1955), American entrepreneur (sausage manufacturer)

literature

Brigitte Lohrke-Farhatyar : Children and adolescents in the Merovingian period - Investigations into the burial custom of children and adolescents on the grave fields of Neresheim and Kösingen, Ostalbkreis. (1995; Master's thesis)

Wikisource: Formerly independent municipality Kösingen in the description of the Oberamt Neresheim from 1872 - sources and full texts

Web links

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

District Kösingen on the website of the city of Neresheim

Individual evidence

^ Annual report 2019 of the city of Neresheim
^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 445 .
↑ Website of the shooting club Hubertus Kösingen eV - sport and gun shooters
^ Website of the Faschingsfreunde Kösingen eV

[1] Annual report 2019 of the city of Neresheim

[2] 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 445 .

[3] Website of the shooting club Hubertus Kösingen eV - sport and gun shooters

[4] Website of the Faschingsfreunde Kösingen eV