Kesselostheim

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Kesselostheim is a district of the market Bissingen in the Swabian district of Dillingen on the Danube . The place was incorporated on July 1, 1971 in the market Bissingen. It is located southeast of Bissingen at the confluence of the Kessel and the Rohrbach coming from the north. The highest altitude is 420 m.

Surname

The place was initially only called Ostheim and from 1356 Ostheim an der Kessel to distinguish it from Wörnitzostheim, 14 kilometers to the north . The name Kesselostheim became popular in the late 16th century .

history

The place was a settlement that was founded by Bissingen, i.e. a home east of Bissingen. The foundation is likely to have taken place in the 7th century, as row grave finds on the Kappelberg testify. 1375 a church on the Kappelberg is mentioned. Kesselostheim was the seat of a rulership , in 1270 an Ulrich von Ostheim is handed down who cannot be clearly assigned to the place. In the late Middle Ages , the Vetter family from Donauwörth came into possession of the place, which they sold to Mönchsdeggingen monastery in 1459 . A Sölde belongs to the Hohenburg-Bissingen rulership . Through secularization , Kesselostheim came to the Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein in 1803 and through mediatization in 1806 to Bavaria .

Religions

Kesselostheim always belonged to the parish of Bissingen. The chapel on the Kappelberg, called Benediktuskapelle, went down after 1716.

Population development

  • 1840: 103 inhabitants
  • 1939: 108 inhabitants
  • 1950: 153 inhabitants
  • 1961: 153 inhabitants
  • 1970: 143 inhabitants
  • 1980: 138 inhabitants
  • 2000: 179 inhabitants

Architectural monuments

literature

  • Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Ed. from the district of Dillingen an der Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 165–166.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 446 .
  2. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 769 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '  N , 10 ° 39'  E