Little Orheim

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Little Orheim
community Möttingen
Coat of arms of Kleinsorheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 21 ″  N , 10 ° 36 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 424 m
Residents : 280  (2008)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 86753
Area code : 09083

Kleinsorheim is a district of Möttingen in the Donau-Ries district .

geography

The parish village of Kleinsorheim is about three kilometers south of Möttingen.

history

The Protestant parish village was first mentioned in 1520. In 1760 the 60 properties belonged to seven different domains, namely Oettingen , Brandenburg-Ansbach , the Teutonic Order , Nördlingen and the monasteries of Heilig Kreuz , Kaisheim and Mönchsdeggingen .

St. Andrew's Church

On January 1, 1975, the previously independent community of Kleinsorheim was incorporated into the community of Möttingen.

coat of arms

The former community of Kleinsorheim had a coat of arms with the following description : Divided; Above in blue a continuous silver St. Andrew's cross, below in two rows of red and gold iron hats.

Attractions

The Protestant parish church of St. Andrew was built in 1702 and expanded in 1764. Like a wrought iron bracket (Am Kirchberg 1) and the Evangelical Lutheran rectory, it is entered in the list of monuments.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 792 .
  2. On the history of Kleinsorheim , accessed on June 16, 2020
  3. Coats of arms on the community homepage

Web links

Commons : Kleinsorheim  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files