Martinszell in the Allgäu
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Martinszell
Municipality Waltenhofen
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| Height : | 720 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 14.23 km² |
| Residents : | 1477 (May 25 1987) |
| Population density : | 104 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 1976 |
| Postal code : | 87448 |
| Area code : | 08379 |
 Martinszell in the Allgäu
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Martinszell im Allgäu (officially Martinszell i.Allgäu ) is a parish village and a district in the municipality of Waltenhofen in the Bavarian district of Oberallgäu in Germany .
geography
The district with an area of 14.23 km², an independent municipality until March 31, 1976, includes three other villages in addition to the village of the same name (Oberdorf bei Immenstadt, Kurzberg and Häuser), twelve hamlets and ten wastelands . Furthermore, the Niedersonthofener See belongs to the district and forms its north-western boundary. The exception is the part of the Oberinselsee in the far east, which already belongs to the Memhölz district.
Parish
The boundaries of the parish of St. Martin in Martinszell extend in the south beyond the former parish boundary of Martinszell and today's parish boundary from Waltenhofen to Immenstadt im Allgäu and include some districts in the east of the former municipality of Eckarts (from north to south Thanners, Lachen, Zellers) as well as in the northeast of the former municipality of Stein im Allgäu (soaping and pouring).
Former districts
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history
In 1275 a parish "Cella Sancti Martini" is mentioned. Due to its location on the Iller, Martinszell has developed into a historically important traffic junction. Crossing the river by horse and cart was only possible with the help of a bridge. In 1485 Martinszell was granted market rights and jurisdiction.
In the Martinszell rectory in 1525, at the end of the Peasant War, the “Martinszell Treaty” was signed between the Kempten prince abbot and his subjects. An important Martinszell person at this time is Matthias Waibel , who worked as a reformer and later became a martyr. To commemorate this, a black morning star weapon, crossed by a black pen, was included in the white field in the municipal coat of arms awarded in 1958, while the front field of the split shield contains the typical pen colors (red over blue).
Martinszell belonged to Langenegg, Oberdorf, Hhäusern, Greifenberg, Heuberg, Höflins am See, Ried bei Memhölz and Birkach to the small Langenegg estate, which was a fiefdom owned by the Kemptischen ministerials of Langenegg.
The Catholic Church of St. Martin was built in the 18th century in the Baroque neo-Gothic style by Prince Abbot Honorius Roth von Schreckenstein .
As a result of the regional reform , the municipality of Martinszell with its 1,464 inhabitants at that time was incorporated into Waltenhofen on April 1, 1976, after the municipalities of Memhölz and Niedersonthofen , which had already been incorporated .
Cultural
In 2014 the IG OMa eV (interest group for the promotion of village development in Oberdorf / Martinszell) was founded. The IG runs a café in the former train station in Oberdorf, offers cultural events and organizes village festivals. It also organizes a small weekly market at the station building.
The Martinszell Youth Theater is a nationally known theater group. The association, founded in 1981, has over 150 members. It consists of various children's and youth groups as well as a group of jugglers and a troupe for black theater .
Individual evidence
- ↑ GenWiki: Waltenhofen (Allgäu)
- ↑ Peter Blickle: Historical Atlas of Bavaria, Part Swabia, Issue 6, Kempten. The Lords of Langenegg, Rauns and Bergen (p. 142)
- ^ 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. 795 .