Lengham (Bad Birnbach)
Lengham is a district of Bad Birnbach in the Rottal-Inn district and has almost 300 inhabitants (as of June 2009).
history
Originally Lengham was a small farming village that consisted of a few farms and handicraft businesses. The Arterhof was mentioned in church archives as early as the middle of the 18th century. For a long time Lengham was dominated by three larger four-sided farms and a few smaller farms. After the Second World War, Lengham enjoyed its first building boom and the village took on its elongated shape. Modern single and multi-family houses were built especially north of the main street. Young families from the lonely farms in the hinterland and refugees appreciated the proximity to Birnbach, the nearest larger town. While Birnbach expanded abruptly with the opening of the Rottal Therme in 1976, became a market in 1984 and a bathroom in 1987, it was many years before the building boom reached Lengham. But from around the 1990s a new building area was built above Wirtskellerstraße, which is the reason for the sudden increase in the number of residents. Occasionally, Lengham is confused with Lengsham , a town that was incorporated into the Triftern market in 1971 as part of the municipal reform, due to the similarity of its name .
geography
The village of Lengham, one kilometer east of Bad Birnbach, lies significantly lower in the gentle Rott valley than the main municipality . In the 1980s, the route led to the neighboring municipality of Bayerbach, a few kilometers away, and Passau, 42 kilometers away, through Lengham. But with the expansion of the B 388 , which bypasses Lengham in the south, things have become quieter. A tributary of the Rott , the Mühlbach , grazes the southern part of Lengham. From around the Wirtskellerstraße, steep dirt roads lead up to the edge of the forest.
church
On the site of the Ulrich's Chapel, built by knights in Lengham in 1120, the Gothic Church of St. Ulrich was built in the 14th century, although the nave is significantly older. The St. Ulrich church is one of the three side churches of the parish of Bad Birnbach.
Attractions
Wooden chapel and Hansl Huber fountain
A special gem of Lengham is the Arterhof wooden chapel , also known as "Klein-Altötting" (cf. Altötting ) or "Marienkapelle". The chapel on the forest property not far from the Arterhof was built at the beginning of the 18th century at the request of the then Arterhof farmer. One on a pilgrimage to Sammarei Undocked vows led to the decision of the farmer. The name wooden chapel does not go back to the material used for construction, but to the Lower Bavarian expression for forest (= wood). There are many wooden or forest chapels in the region, but none is as legendary as the Arterhof wooden chapel. In the middle of the 19th century, Holy Brother Konrad von Parzham prayed as often as he could in the chapel because he felt particularly close to Saint Mary there. Oral tradition has it that numerous answers to prayer took place in the chapel. The many old votive tablets testify to this. You can also see a wooden leg and the crutches of a former lame man from the 19th century, which he left in the chapel to commemorate his healing. After praying to St. Mary in the chapel, the sick person is said to have been released from his suffering and recovered. Once the chapel almost burned down, but miraculously the altar was not damaged. The "twisted" beech tree right next to the chapel also proves that this is a place of special energy and silence. Starting from Lengham, the wooden chapel can be reached in about 25-30 minutes. First it goes steeply uphill to the edge of the forest. In the forest the trail continues slightly uphill, about 200 meters before the wooden chapel there is another steep section. The way from Lengham to the wooden chapel is by far the shortest, but the chapel can also be reached from Bad Birnbach. The many paths leading to or from the chapel illustrate its popularity. If you follow the signs at the chapel, in a further 10 minutes you come downhill to another sight, the Hansl-Huber-Brunnen , a gurgling spring that runs right through the forest and is said to have healing powers for the eyes.
First tropical natural indoor pool
In 2004 the first tropical natural indoor pool was built in Lengham. The bath, heated to 30 degrees Celsius, was a world first. It is owned by the Kur-Gutshof Arterhof, but is also accessible to non-guests for a low entrance fee. There is no chlorine in the bath water. It is cleaned in a natural way by a special cleaning process by tropical plants, which are located in an adjacent separate pool.
Watercolor artist Bernhard Gerner
Lengham is also the place of residence and work of the painter Bernhard Gerner (* 1967). Cityscapes and landscapes are among his favorite subjects. He finds the ideas for this while traveling and in the regional environment. "The Rottal offers many beautiful motifs" , he enthuses about his home (press report Pfarrkirchen of April 13, 2006).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Vierlinger: Along the Rott . Verlag Rudolf Vierlinger, Simbach am Inn, 1983, ISBN 3-921707-18-8
- ↑ Ortisei ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Picture and description)
- ↑ Wilhelmine Sigl: Rottaler Küch: there Arterhof with its G'schicht and what there is Guads to eat . [2008], ISBN 978-3-941013-20-9 (Lower Bavarian cuisine and Lengham history)
- ↑ arterhof.de Photos and sketch of the 1st tropical natural indoor pool
- ↑ bernhard-gerner.de ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Artist Bernhard Gerner
Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ' N , 13 ° 7' E