Leerstetten

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Leerstetten
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 ′ 32 ″  N , 11 ° 7 ′ 21 ″  E
Height : 350 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 3471
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 90596
Area code : 09170
View of Leerstetten from the east
View of Leerstetten from the east
Through the town of Altort towards the north; left: tavern, middle: historical schoolhouse, right church St. Peter and Paul (2018)

Leerstetten is a district of the Schwanstetten market in the Roth district in Central Franconia .

Geographical location

The parish village is about 15 kilometers south of Nuremberg and is largely surrounded by forest areas.

history

Leerstetten was first mentioned as Larenstetten in 1194.

The Bavarian original cadastre shows Leerstetten in the 1810s as a church village with 36 hearths and two divine cells .

Until its dissolution in 1972, Leerstetten belonged to the district of Schwabach and subsequently to the district of Roth. Before the municipal reform , Leerstetten was an independent municipality with the districts Furth , Hagershof , Harm , Holzgut and Mittelhembach . On May 1, 1978, Leerstetten and the neighboring community of Schwand were merged to form the Schwanstetten market.

See also

traffic

The district road RH 1 leads to Großschwarzenlohe (towards Nuremberg) and Schwand. The district road RH 2 branches off in the direction of Schwabach- Penzendorf .

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Leerstetten in the Bavaria Atlas
  2. 800 Years of Leerstetten - A Historical Review, Markt Schwanstetten, Schwanstetten 1994
  3. Leerstetten on BayernAtlas Klassik
  4. ^ 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. 733 .