Mühlbach (Dietfurt an der Altmühl)

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Mühlbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 1 ′ 21 ″  N , 11 ° 36 ′ 59 ″  E
Height : 364  (-371)  m
Residents : 265  (May 25 1987)
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 92345
Area code : 08464
Mühlbach, seen from the head rock
Mühlbach, seen from the head rock

Mühlbach is a district of the city of Dietfurt an der Altmühl in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate , Upper Palatinate administrative region .

location

The place is located in the southern Franconian Alb in the Altmühltal on the state road 2230 southeast of the municipality seat Dietfurt an der Altmühl.

history

During the Roman era in southern Bavaria (15 BC to the 5th century AD), Mühlbach was outside the Roman province of Raetia in the run-up to the Limes border. Hardly any archaeological finds are known from this period. However, a Roman coin was found during excavations. The area also belongs to the early Germanic settlement area .

In the Middle Ages there was a castle belonging to the Counts of Grögling-Hirschberg. In it, on September 8, 1304, the last Count Gebhard VII signed his famous will (... Mühlbach iuxta oppidum nostrum Dietfurt ..., German : ... Mühlbach near our city Dietfurt ... ), which included the territorial Set boundaries in this area for many centuries. Mühlbach came with Dietfurt to the Duchy of Bavaria .

The Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal , built from 1835 to 1846, passed Mühlbach. At Mühlbach there was a loading point (annex) for cargo handling . In 1950, the Ludwig Canal was closed again and, in the 1990s, most of it was reshaped when the Main-Danube Canal was built . A small section and the lock 12 have been preserved.

On January 1, 1972, Mühlbach was incorporated into the city of Dietfurt an der Altmühl.

Education, culture and sights

Catholic Church of the Visitation of Mary

Catholic Church of the Visitation of Mary

Mühlbach is an ancient parish that belonged to the Altmühlmünster monastery in the Middle Ages . The parish church was built in its current form in 1722. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Behind the high altar is a Gothic chapel with numerous well-preserved frescoes from the period, the choir of the former Gothic church. The beautiful high altar with its four columns dates from the time the church was rebuilt in the 18th century.

Mühlbachquellhöhle

The Mühlbachquellhöhle is one of the first river caves to be discovered in the Franconian Alb. One of the largest karst springs in northern Bavaria, the Mühlbach spring, has its source . This water-active and spacious cave system with a measured length of over 10 km is being scientifically researched by the cave researchers of the Karst Group Mühlbach (KGM).

Jura House Ensemble Obermühle

Obermühle in Mühlbach

The listed mill ensemble consists of a total of four buildings: residential and mill wing, stone barn, former sawmill barn and former bathhouse. The buildings are - as is typical for Jura houses - all covered with stone. Other structures include the pond of the Mühlbach spring with its weir systems, the iron water wheel and a wooden bridge over the weir covered with pinch pockets . In the Steinstadel and on the ground floor of the Sägemühlstadel, the exhibition "Stein.Wasser.Höhle" can be visited all year round, which provides information about the history and renovation of the Obermühle, the type of Jura houses and the exploration of the Mühlbachquellhöhle .

Public bookcase and bookcrossing zone

Since April 2013 there is a public bookcase in the wooden house on the church square.

Education and training center Mühlbach

Chimney sweeping school in Mühlbach

The training and further education center of the chimney sweeping guild of Lower Franconia , Upper Franconia and Upper Palatinate is one of the most modern training facilities in the chimney sweep trade. The head of the education center is Peter Wilhelm. In 1971 the chimney sweeping guild acquired the former elementary school in Mühlbach with approx. 5000 m². From this point in time, the school was equipped with classrooms, an auditorium, test rooms and training workshops and further expanded.

societies

  • Mühlbach / Schweinkofen volunteer fire department
  • Horticultural Association
  • Catholic rural youth in Mühlbach / Schweinkofen
  • Women's circle Mühlbach / Schweinkofen
  • Mühlbach musicians

literature

  • Friedrich Hermann Hofmann and Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Upper Palatinate & Regensburg. XII District Office Beilngries. I. District Court of Beilngries. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag 1908 (reprint 1982), pp. 151-153
  • Felix Mader: History of the castle and Oberamt Hirschberg. Eichstätt: Brönner & Daentler 1940, pp. 229-234
  • Historical Atlas of Bavaria. (In particular) Franken series I issue 6: Eichstätt . In the digital library of the Bavarian State Library
  • Calendar for Catholic Christians 1909, page 67. "The former Johanniter (Maltese) parish Mühlbach ad Altmühl (Upper Palatinate); Dr. theol. Georg Neckermann, pastor of Mühlbach

Web links

Commons : Mühlbach (Dietfurt an der Altmühl)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavarian State Office for Statistics and Data Processing (Ed.): Official local directory for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987 . Issue 450 of the articles on Bavaria's statistics. Munich November 1991, DNB  94240937X , p. 258 ( digitized version ).
  2. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 557 .