Leipferdingen
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Leipferdingen
City of Geisingen
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| Height : | 704 m |
| Area : | 13.39 km² |
| Residents : | 811 (May 31, 2019) |
| Population density : | 61 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1974 |
| Postal code : | 78187 |
| Area code : | 07708 |
Leipferdingen is a district of the city of Geisingen in the southwest of the Tuttlingen district in Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Geographical location
Leipferdingen lies on the edge of the Baar towards Hegau in a side valley of the Aitrach .
Expansion of the area
The total area of the district Leipferdingen is 1,339 hectares (as of July 31, 2011).
history
Leipferdingen was first mentioned as a villa, que vocatur Liutfridingas in a deed of gift from the St. Gallen monastery on May 3, 778. In the place goods of the Reichenau monastery and other lords are attested. The place belonged for a long time to the Teutonic Order Mainau . In 1805 Leipferdingen became part of Württemberg but shortly afterwards it became part of Baden . On January 1, 1974 Leipferdingen became a district of Geisingen, one year earlier Leipferdingen moved from the district of Donaueschingen, which was dissolved by the district reform , to the district of Tuttlingen.
Population development
If the place still had 710 inhabitants on June 6, 1961, there are currently 811 (as of April 30, 2019).
politics
Mayor
The mayor of Leipferdingen is Jürgen Keller.
coat of arms
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Blazon : “In silver on a green shield foot a rider dressed in red on a striding black horse with a silver bridle and a golden saddle; in the left upper corner the Baden coat of arms (in gold, a red sloping bar). " |
Culture and sights
Buildings
The traditional pilgrimage church of St. Michael is the attraction of Leipferdingen. The oldest documentary evidence of the pilgrimage to “ Our Lady in Leipferdingen” dates from 1471.
Pilgrimage
Since 2007, at the suggestion of the Freiburg historian Thomas HT Wieners, there has been a regular foot pilgrimage from Pfohren to Leipferdingen every third Sunday in May .
Personalities who have worked on site
- 1856: Stephan Schuhmacher built the organ for the Catholic parish church of St. Michael together with Eduard Hieber .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Worth knowing ; Retrieved December 1, 2011
- ^ Edition of the document by Hermann Wartmann (edit.): Document book of the Sanct Gallen Abbey. Part 1: Years 700-840. Zurich 1863, p. 79 f. No. 83 with note 1. ( online )
- ^ 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. 518 .
- ^ Reinhold Kalka: Parish and pilgrimage church St. Michael Leipferdingen. A little catechesis on the occasion of the 900th anniversary. 1111–2011 , Krumbach 2011
- ↑ Thomas HT Wieners: Pfohren strengthens Leipferdinger pilgrimage , in: Otto Riedmüller, Agnes Stihl u. Franz Urban Stihl: The Leipferdinger Michaelspfarrei with the patrons St. Georg and St. Michael through the centuries. Anniversary edition for the 900th anniversary 1111–2011 , Stockach 2012, pp. 147f., Here 147.
- ^ Pilgrimage from Pfohren to Leipferdingen , in: Südkurier, May 20, 2009
- ↑ Deacon Herbert Bintert go in: Black Bote of 20 May 2012 Design.
literature
- Paul Willimski: Leipferdingen on the Aitrach. Blumberg 1978.
