Klingenhof (Offenhausen)

Klingenhof Community Offenhausen Coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 23 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	552 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	22 (1987)
Postal code :	91238
Area code :	09158
	The Offenhausen district of Klingenhof

Klingenhof is one of 14 officially named districts of the community of Offenhausen in Middle Franconia .

geography

The village lies on the high plateau of the Franconian Alb and is at an altitude of 425 m above sea level. NHN . The village is located about three kilometers southwest of the center of Offenhausen.

history

By the early 19th century in the Kingdom of Bavaria carried out administrative reforms was Klingenhof with the second Gemeindeedikt become part of independent rural community Püscheldorf , which also includes the village Ittelshofen belonged. In the course of the communal territorial reform carried out in Bavaria in the 1970s , Klingenhof was incorporated into the Offenhausen community on May 1, 1978 together with the entire community of Püscheldorf. In 1987 Klingenhof had 22 residents.

Worth seeing in nature

Klingenhofer Anger

Adjacent to Klingenhof is the Klingenhofer Anger , a hutanger and now a biotope network system, which has been a protected part of the landscape since 1986 . It is the location of centuries-old oaks, beeches, spruces and pines. The special value of the Angers lies in its predominant existence of poor grasslands and semi-arid grasslands for the fauna and flora, especially for the butterfly fauna.

The St. Ottmar and St. Ottilien chapel ruins can be found about 1.8 kilometers east of Klingenhof .

The Wolfsgrube near Ittelshofen is located near Ittelshofen .

leisure

Klingenhof is the starting point for hikes in the surrounding area; in addition to the well-known long-distance hiking trails Frankenweg and Main-Donau-Weg , the Frankische Dünenweg , which was laid out in 2012, also passes near the village .