Kemnat (Burtenbach)

Kemnat community Burtenbach
	Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 13 ″ N , 10 ° 24 ′ 47 ″ E
Height :	510 (476-540) m
Residents :	614 (Jan. 2, 2019)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	89349
Area code :	08285
Location of Kemnat in Bavaria

Kemnat is a district in the municipality of Burtenbach in the Swabian district of Günzburg .

location

The village is located on an eastern slope in the Mindeltal , above which the Catholic St. George's Church rises. It is crossed by the district roads GZ 1 and GZ 25.

history

The place was documented as "Cheminata" in 1184 for the first time. The name refers to Kemenate , a heated living room. The field name "Burgberg" on the northern edge of Kemnat gives reason to assume that there was once a castle there.

In the 12th century, the nobles of Haunsperg ruled over Kemnat. The manorial power then passed to the nearby Ursberg monastery . Kemnat sold this monastery in 1471 to Franz Ridler, an Augsburg merchant, for 2123 guilders . He sold it a year later to the Wettenhausen monastery for 3,350 guilders . Around 1720 the place had 83 properties.

After the Second World War , Kemnat was occupied by French troops. They shot a miller and burned down the brickworks and five properties.

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent municipality was incorporated into Burtenbach as part of the municipal reform .