Megesheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '  N , 10 ° 39'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Danube Ries
Management Community :	Oettingen in Bavaria
Height :	422 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.54 km 2
Residents:	808 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86750
Area code :	09082
License plate :	DON, Lower Austria
Community key :	09 7 79 180
Community structure:	3 parts of the community
Address of the municipal administration:	Bugstrasse 11 86750 Megesheim
Website :	www.megesheim.de
Mayor :	Karl Kolb
Location of the municipality of Megesheim in the Donau-Ries district

Megesheim is a municipality in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries and a member of the Oettingen administrative community in Bavaria .

geography

Megesheim is located in the Augsburg planning region on the northern edge of the Ries , about four kilometers southeast of Oettingen in Bavaria . The Gänsbach flows past to the north and flows 2.5 km further west into the Wörnitz . The Bächlesgraben rises to the south and flows into the Gänsbach just before its mouth. The state road St 2214 crosses the village and connects it with the federal road 466 and Öttingen.

The municipality has three officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):

• Lerchenbühl ( hamlet )
• Megesheim ( parish village )
• Unterappenberg (hamlet)

There is only the district Megesheim.

history

Until the church is planted

Megesheim was first mentioned in a document in 893. In 1422 the place came to the County of Oettingen . Other landlords were the Teutonic Order with the Coming Oettingen, the cathedral chapter of Eichstätt and the margraves of Ansbach (since 1792 Prussia ). While the Oettinger part belonged to the Swabian Imperial Circle , the other institutions were part of the Franconian Imperial Circle . In 1803 Prussia took over Megesheim completely. With the Rheinbund act 1806 the place came to Bavaria . In the course of the administrative reforms in the Kingdom of Bavaria , today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 767 to 817 by 50 inhabitants or 6.5%.

• 1961: 685 inhabitants
• 1970: 768 inhabitants
• 1987: 753 inhabitants
• 1991: 825 inhabitants
• 1995: 862 inhabitants
• 2000: 871 inhabitants
• 2005: 883 inhabitants
• 2010: 858 inhabitants
• 2015: 848 inhabitants

politics

Karl Kolb (CSU / Free Voters' Association) has been mayor since September 20, 2004; he was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020.

In the 2020–2026 term of office ( election on March 15, 2020 ), the municipal council consists of the first mayor and eight councilors, all of whom were candidates for the list of “CSU / Free Voters' Association”.

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Megesheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 45 employees subject to social insurance contributions in the municipality in 2017. Of the resident population, 378 people had an employment relationship subject to compulsory insurance. The number of out-commuters was 333 higher than that of in-commuters. Four residents were unemployed. In 2016 there were 29 farms. 842 hectares of the municipal area were used for agriculture, 669 hectares of which were arable land and 173 hectares were permanent green space.

education

In 2018 there were the following institutions:

• A day care center with 40 kindergarten places and 39 children
• An elementary school with seven teachers, five classes and 98 students

Web links

Commons : Megesheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the coat of arms of Megesheim  in the database of the House of Bavarian History

• Megesheim: Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ Community Megesheim in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on September 2, 2019.