Maria Steinbach

Maria Steinbach Legau market
	Coordinates: 47 ° 53 ′ 19 ″ N , 10 ° 8 ′ 15 ″ E
Height :	649 m above sea level NN
Incorporation :	January 1, 1978
Postal code :	87764
Area code :	08394
Location of Maria Steinbach in Bavaria
	Marian column and parish church

Maria Steinbach is a district of the Legau market in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu and is part of the Illerwinkel administrative community .

geography

Maria Steinbach is about 3 km from Legau and is located on the west side of the Iller about 17 km south of Memmingen and 27 km north of Kempten in the Donau-Iller region in Central Swabia on the approximately 36 square kilometers large Legau plateau .

history

The place was officially named Maria Steinbach on December 28, 1954.

Maria Steinbach developed - along with Altötting , Ettal , Maria Einsiedeln and the Wieskirche - into one of the most important pilgrimage sites in the German-speaking south. The pilgrims came from an area between the Rhine and Lech, the Swabian Alb and Lake Constance ; pilgrims are even mentioned from Tyrol and Graubünden.

The place belonged since the high Middle Ages to the imperial abbey Rot an der Rot and became with this 1804 in the course of the secularization as "Amt Steinbach" part of the newly established "imperial county Wartenberg-Roth" under the count Ludwig Kolb von Wartenberg , who from then on Named Count von Wartenberg-Roth; his former possessions on the left bank of the Rhine fell to France. As early as 1806 Steinbach was mediatized in the Kingdom of Bavaria , but until the end of the monarchy it was considered part of this county, which is mainly located in the Kingdom of Württemberg . The Counts of Erbach-Erbach inherited Ludwig Kolb von Wartenberg-Roth in 1818, then called themselves Counts of Erbach-Erbach and von Wartenberg-Roth and added the title of Herr zu Steinbach to their titles.

The connection to the railway to Memmingen was inaugurated on June 23, 1904. The Legauer Bahnhof formed the end of the line as a dead end. This was shut down on May 28, 1972 and almost completely dismantled by 1975.

As part of a municipal reform , the previously independent municipality of Maria Steinbach was incorporated into Legau on January 1, 1978. The place is known for its important Marian pilgrimage from the 18th century.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior on March 27, 1958.

Blazon : “Split by blue and silver; in front a vertical silver fish with a gold ring with a silver stone in its mouth, behind the standing red-clad St. Mary with a golden crown and blue cloak, whose breast is pierced by a sword with a golden hilt. "

The centuries-long affiliation of Maria Steinbach to the Premonstratensian Monastery of Rot ad Rot suggested that the heraldic symbol of the monastery should be included in Maria Steinbach's coat of arms. The monastery coat of arms shows the attribute of St. Verena , a (heraldically) curved fish with a ring in its mouth, the stone of which is pointing downwards. This symbol for the historical past of the place was a representation of St. Maria added, which symbolizes the pilgrimage of Maria Steinbach, which has been important since the 18th century. The field colors blue and silver indicate that the place belongs to the state of Bavaria.

The coat of arms was designed by Georg Schedele from Memmingen.

Attractions

Nativity scene Maria Steinbach (2012)

Legau is on the Upper Swabian Baroque Road .

Pilgrimage Church of Maria Steinbach
Path chapel to Our Lady of Sorrows (Maria Steinbach)
Pilgrimage Museum Maria Steinbach
Nativity scene in the pilgrimage church Maria Steinbach

Web links

Commons : Maria Steinbach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Official website of the Legau market
Entry on the coat of arms of Maria Steinbach in the database of the House of Bavarian History

Official statistics (PDF file; 1 MB)

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 521 .
^ Memmingen – Legau railway line. Accessed May 2009 .
^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 782 .

[1] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 521 .

[2] Memmingen – Legau railway line. Accessed May 2009 .

[3] 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 782 .