Kerschhofen

Kerschhofen City of Parsberg Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 8 "  N , 11 ° 40 ′ 47"  E
Postal code :	92331
Area code :	09492
Location of Kerschhofen in Bavaria
Catholic branch church St. Georg (2014)

Kerschhofen is part of the municipality of Parsberg in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate .

geography

The church village of Kerschhofen has 48 inhabitants and is located at an altitude of approx. 470  m above sea level. NN . From a geological point of view, it is part of the Upper Palatinate Jura . Neighboring towns are Darshofen , Eglwang and Krappenhofen .

The Kerschbach rises in several sources in the village, which in turn flows into the Schwarze Laber after a kilometer in Darshofen .

Rocks on the outskirts towards Krappenhofen

The image of the place is shaped by its three rocks. At the entrance to the village, coming from Darshofen , in the center and at the exit towards Krappenhofen. A rich spring gushes under the latter, which together with others make up the Kerschbach, which rises there.

Below the rock in the middle of the village is a large cave-like depression, which was probably never used extensively because it was inaccessible by vehicles on the steep mountain. But directly below at street level there was a small depression in the mountain, which was apparently earlier carved out of the rock layers. It served until around 1952 as a storage facility for smaller handcarts, as they used to be common in part-time farming with cows as draft animals. Up until that time, to the right of it was the so-called Hüthäusl , the small residential house of the shepherd and keeper . At that time, all farmers in the village still had sheep that were grazed by the shepherd for the village on the slopes (dry pastures). The shepherd not only had to tend the sheep, but also the cattle in summer. He also ran a small farm and lived on the farmer's deputies for his services. In addition to the pasture services, he usually also performed the funeral services, even if the grave in the cemetery in the neighboring village of Darshofen was usually dug by the sexton there .

The mountain slopes near Kerschhofen were typical dry slopes with juniper plants. Since there is no longer any regular grazing there, the typical images have been lost because the perennial vegetation on the slopes increases. Still but one finds the Pasque - there also called daffodils - and other typical vegetation. Especially on the dry slope to the right above the first rock, which is entered in the Bavarian biotope list, you can still find old plants and flowers that are peculiar to this type of biotope.

St. George Church

The Catholic Church of St. Georg was built as a side church by Daßwang in 1732.

Thanks to several extensive renovation measures, the building is quite well preserved. The church stands on damp ground and therefore needs increased maintenance. In the church, not only do the village devotions take place (e.g. May devotions), but masses are also celebrated from time to time. B. to St. Georg ( church fair ). Weddings also take place in the church.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Kerschhofen is in the immediate vicinity of the federal highway 3 ( Frankfurt am Main - Passau ) and the federal highway 8 ( Nuremberg - Regensburg ). It is also on the edge of the Nuremberg – Regensburg railway between the Parsberg and Seubersdorf stations .

Walking and cycling

The painter's path also runs through Kerschhofen.

Attractions

In the list of architectural monuments in Parsberg , two architectural monuments are listed for Kerschhofen .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Hermann Hofmann: The art monuments of Bavaria / 2.4 The art monuments of Upper Palatinate and Regensburg; District Office Parsberg. Munich: Oldenbourg-Verlag 1906, p. 139