Kronburg

This article describes the municipality of Kronburg in Bavaria. For more meanings, see Kronburg (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 54 '  N , 10 ° 9'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Unterallgäu
Management Community :	Illerwinkel
Height :	744 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.26 km 2
Residents:	1770 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	87 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87758
Area code :	08394
License plate :	MN
Community key :	09 7 78 161
Community structure:	17 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Museumstrasse 1 87758 Kronburg-Illerbeuren
Website :	www.kronburg.de
Mayor :	Hermann Gromer (Free Electoral Community Kronburg)
Location of the municipality of Kronburg in the Unterallgäu district

Kronburg from the north

District Kardorf with Illerstausee from the north

Incorporation certificate

Kronburg is an Upper Swabian community in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu and a member of the Illerwinkel administrative community . It is best known for the castle , which is visible from afar , which sits enthroned on a hill above the village.

geography

location

Kronburg lies on the eastern lateral moraine of the Illertal 693 m above sea level. NN (parish church) or 744 meters above sea level. NN (Schloss Kronburg), ten kilometers south of Memmingen in the Donau-Iller region in Upper Swabia . The municipality is between 595 meters above sea level. NN on the Iller and 759 meters above sea level. NN on the Hohenrain ridge southeast of Kronburg.

Expansion of the municipal area

The municipality consists of the districts Kronburg and Kardorf.

The municipality has 17 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Aubauer ( wasteland ) Foxhole (wasteland) Fugger (wasteland) Greuth ( village ) Hackenbach (village) Hot spot (wasteland)

Whirring (wasteland) Illerbeuren ( parish village ) Kardorf ( Kirchdorf ) Kronburg (Kirchdorf) Hole punch (wasteland) Oberbinnwang (village)

Oßlang (wasteland) Rothmoos (wasteland) Unterbinnwang (village) Wagsberg (village) Westerau (wasteland)

history

Until the church is planted

The name Kronburg or Grünburg probably comes from a clan of the Greens, it is repeated in the place names Grönenbach and Grünenfurt . The history of Kronburg is closely linked to Kronburg Castle . During a castle renovation, Roman coins were found and well-preserved walls made of humpback ashlar were exposed. The previously held opinion that a Roman fort once stood on the site of Kronburg was thus confirmed. The next watchtowers and the Roman road leading via Kimratshofen , Legau and Lautrach could easily be viewed and monitored from the location of the fortification . As far as is known, Kronburg was the property of the nobles of Kronburg. In old documents a "Ruof von Kronburg" is mentioned, who died in 727 in a battle near Feilenforst against the Franks . In a document from the St. Gallen monastery from the year 833, there is talk of a "Freson from Kronburg". The Kronburg was also the seat of the rule of the same name. During the Thirty Years War there were heavy losses in the place. In 1632 the Swedes invaded. Kronburg, Catholic and surrounded by reformed parishes, almost went under. In 1636 only four people lived in the place.

In 1802 the village had 35 houses with 275 residents. With the Rhine Confederation Act 1806, the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality of Kronburg was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

History of the Kronburg

Kronburg Castle around 1730

The uppermost Kronburg stood on the northwest side of the Hohen Rains, i.e. south of the current facility. It was probably built shortly after 1200. In 1268 the castle came to the Habsburgs , who from then on granted it as pawns . The last of the lords of Kronburg was Eitel von Kronburg, who died in 1360. From 1366 to 1454 the castle passed into the possession of the Lords of Uttenried through the Lords of Ratzenried. In 1460 the castle went to Hans von Werdenstein and 18 years later to the Lords of Rechberg . From 1490 to 1536 they also built today's fort-shaped castle on the site of the crumbled Roman fortifications. In 1604 Ernst von Rechberg died without a male heir. His successors fell out with the overlord, the Duke of Austria, and were declared forfeit after fifteen years of inheritance disputes. Thus the castle fell to Johann Eustach von Westernach , who later became the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order . In 1635 the Swedes tried to take the castle, but they were repelled. During the War of the Spanish Succession , the French first took the castle and fortified it strongly. A year later, after the Second Battle of Höchstädt , the castle was taken by the fleeing Bavarians. All four round towers were demolished halfway up. Only after the intervention of the Augsburg Bishop Eustachius Egolph Freiherr von Westernach were the towers, thick and full of bullet holes, rebuilt. They were also provided with the characteristic onion hoods . Maria-Theresia, the daughter of Johann Ignaz von Westernach, gave the entire property to her husband, Baron Maximilian von Vequel on Hohenkammern . The descendants still bear the name Freiherren von Vequel-Westernach today. In 1986 the castle was opened for overnight stays, concerts, banquets, markets and guided tours. The last renovation took place from 1993 to 1998.

Religions

Most of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic parish church is located in Illerbeuren. Kronburg and Kardorf have branch churches that are looked after from Illerbeuren. The church administration of St. Agatha in the Memmingen district of Dickenreishausen is responsible for the evangelical minority, who came to the village primarily through immigration .

Incorporations

Kardorf above the Illerstausee bird sanctuary

On July 1, 1977, the previously independent municipality of Kardorf was incorporated.

Population development

• 1802: 0275 inhabitants
• 1961: 1348 inhabitants
• 1970: 1292 inhabitants
• 1987: 1398 inhabitants
• 1991: 1578 inhabitants
• 1995: 1592 inhabitants
• 2000: 1671 inhabitants
• 2005: 1714 inhabitants
• 2010: 1791 inhabitants
• 2015: 1755 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 1,457 to 1,752 by 295 inhabitants or by 20.3%.

politics

Bundestag election 2017

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42.3%

10.9%

12.1%

8.7%

10.8%

6.2%

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CSU

SPD

AfD

FDP

Green

left

FW

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2013

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-1.6  % p

-1.3  % p

CSU

SPD

AfD

FDP

Green

left

FW

Otherwise.

mayor

Hermann Gromer (Free Voting Association Kronburg) has been the mayor since 2014. He was confirmed in office for another six years on March 15, 2020 with 90.6% of the vote.

Municipal council

In the local elections on March 15, 2020 , the distribution of seats was as follows:

• FWG Kronburg: 9 seats (70.9%)
• CSU / Forum Future: 3 seats (29.1%)

In the 2014 to 2020 term of office, only the joint CSU / free electorate nomination, which held all twelve mandates, was submitted.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on March 23, 1976 by decision of the government of Swabia.

Blazon : "In silver a green sloping beam, above it a gold crowned black wolf, below, diagonally one above the other, two red gabled houses."

The lords of Westernach, who had lived on the Kronburg since 1619, had a dominant position as local lords, as indicated by the wolf taken from the family coat of arms. The two houses refer to the Illerbeuren part of the municipality; In its old form, the place name suggests a settlement “zu den häuser” as early as 948. The Iller as part of the name and as a scenic feature is represented by the wave bar as a river symbol.

The design of the coat of arms comes from Illerbeurer Hermann Zeller and the design was done by Karl Haas from Kronach.

flag

The flag was approved by the government of Swabia on July 15, 1976.

The flag is striped green, white and black with the municipal coat of arms applied.

Culture and sights

Catholic Church in Kronburg, interior view

The municipality of Kronburg is rich in sights. One of them is Kronburg Castle, a renaissance castle located on a hill of 752 meters above the Illerwinkel, as well as the Swabian Farm Museum in Illerbeuren. The Roman Catholic Churches Filialkirche Heiligste Dreifaltigkeit (Holy Trinity) in Kronburg, Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary in Illerbeuren and the Filial Church of St. Nicholas in Kardorf, all of which are baroque in design, can be seen as further sights of the town .

See also : List of architectural monuments in Kronburg

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998 there were 18 employees in agriculture and forestry, 64 in manufacturing and 31 in trade and transport at the place of work. In other economic areas, 59 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 581 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were three companies in the manufacturing sector and no companies in the main construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 63 farms with an agriculturally used area of ​​1265 ha, of which 80 ha were arable land and 1184 ha were permanent green space.

education

In 2008 there was a primary school with nine teachers and 125 students.

Personalities

• Marten von Barnekow (1900–1967), German show jumper
• Bernhard Heinzmann (born August 20, 1903 in Böhmenkirch, † 1942 in the Nazi killing center Hartheim ), Catholic priest and opponent of the Nazi regime, was parish vicar in Illerbeuren when he was arrested in 1941.

Web links

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

• Kronburg Castle
• Homepage of the association "Nature instead of landfill - preservation of nature, landscape and quality of life"
• Information about the castle (PDF file; 240 kB)
• Entry on the Kronburg coat of arms  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Kronburg: Official statistics of the LfStat (PDF file; 1 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ Municipality of Kronburg in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 16, 2019.
3. ↑ Julius Miedel
4. ↑ ^{a b c} 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 782 .
5. ↑ Second votes, according to the source www.wahlen.bayern.de, accessed on March 4, 2018
6. ↑ http://www.vg-illerwinkel.de