Gebrazhofen

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Gebrazhofen
Large district town of Leutkirch in the Allgäu
Former municipality coat of arms of Gebrazhofen
Coordinates: 47 ° 47 ′ 15 ″  N , 9 ° 57 ′ 14 ″  E
Height : 679 m
Area : 21.78 km²
Residents : 1752  (Nov. 30, 2011)
Population density : 80 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : June 1, 1972
Postal code : 88299
Area code : 07563
Gebrazhofen from the north
Engerazhofen from the south
Merazhofen from the west

Gebrazhofen is a district of the large district town of Leutkirch in the Allgäu .

Community structure

The three districts of Merazhofen, Engerazhofen and Gebrazhofen belong to Gebrazhofen.

history

Gebrazhofen is first mentioned in a papal document in 1249 as Egenbrechtshofen. 1353 Gebrazhofen is mentioned as a parish in Liber Taxationis et marxaum constantiente . The place formed an office of the Landvogtei Swabia and thus of front Austria . It comprised an area that King Rudolf had acquired in 1291 together with the County of Zeil and the city of Leutkirch. In 1415 it was incorporated into the Swabian bailiff and was under the Altdorf Oberamt . From 1802 it was disputed between Austria and Bavaria until it came to Bavaria in 1806. In 1810 it was divided into Württemberg and the mayor offices Gebrazhofen, Herlazhofen, Niederhofen, Tautenhofen and Wuchzenhofen, all of which belonged to the Oberamt Leutkirch . In 1819 Tautenhofen was incorporated into Herlazhofen and Niederhofen after Wuchzenhofen, so that only three communities existed. These came to the district of Wangen in 1938 .

On June 1, 1972, Gebrazhofen was incorporated into the city of Leutkirch.

politics

The mayor is Siegfried Edelmann.

Regular events

  • Annual garden festival of the Musikverein Gebrazhofen
  • May festival of the Merazhofen Music Association every two years
  • Engerazhofen Passion Play
  • AAARGH Festival in Uttenhofen

Personalities

  • Dominikus von Brentano (1740–1797), publicist, enlightenment theologian and Bible translator, pastor in Gebrazhofen
  • Peter Paul Munding (* 1802 in Gebrazhofen), member of the Munding clan (minstrels, music teachers, trumpeters, "satchel violinist", shopkeepers and entertainers)
  • Joseph Gabriel Mayer (1808–1883), born in Gebrazhofen, founder of the Mayer'schen Hofkunstanstalt
  • Peter Paul Metz (1830–1912), born in Gebrazhofen, sculptor and painter (teacher: Joseph Gabriel Mayer)
  • Benedikt von König (1842–1906), born in Merazhofen, German sculptor
  • Augustinus Hieber (1886–1968), pastor in Merazhofen, who had a reputation for healing and miracle work

  • Town center

  • Mouth fountain

  • Parish Church of the Assumption

  • In the winter

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Municipality of Gebratzhofen in the description of the Leutkirch Oberamt from 1843
  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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 536 .

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