Lindach (Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia)

Location Lindachs in the Heiligenstadt market in Upper Franconia

barn

Torture

Sheep farm

Lindach (Franconian: Lindi ) is a district of the Heiligenstadt market in Upper Franconia in the Bamberg district . Until the regional reform it was the smallest municipality in Bavaria . The village has 61 inhabitants.

Geographical location

Lindach is located in Franconian Switzerland on the eastern flank of the Geisberg at an altitude of 540  m above sea level. NN . Before the climb to Lindach you can see an old well room with a single linden tree , which is protected as a natural monument.

Surname

Lindach owes its name to the linden trees.

Regular events

The annual village and oven festival traditionally takes place.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1307. In Biedermann's topographical description from 1752, Lindach is described as follows:

"Lindach, a small village with a sheep farm on the heights, 3 hours from the residence under the Hallstadt office, parish of the Catholic Church in Tiefenbelz."

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent community was incorporated into the Heiligenstadt market in Upper Franconia.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dieter Zöberlein: Community chronicle market Heiligenstadt i. OFr.
2. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 672 .

literature

• Dieter Zöberlein: Community chronicle Markt Heiligenstadt i. OFr. - Published on the occasion of the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the granting of market rights to Heiligenstadt i. OFr. - Heiligenstadt: 1995.

Web links

Commons : Lindach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 11 ° 5'  E