Modelshausen

Modelshausen Laugna parish Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 18 ″ N , 10 ° 40 ′ 44 ″ E
Height :	440 m
Residents :	46 (May 2019)
Postal code :	86502
Area code :	08272

Modelshausen is a district of the municipality of Laugna in the Swabian district of Dillingen on the Danube .

location

The parish village is three kilometers southwest of Laugna on the left bank of the Laugna Canal, a left branch of the Laugna . It borders directly on the neighboring Bocksberg .

Several municipal roads connect the town with the eastbound State Road 2036 .

history

Modelshausen was first handed down in 1129 as “Muotolteshusen”, which means “to the houses of Muothold”, an Alemannic farmer. Presumably it is an extension of Laugna. After Mutholtes-, Mutels- and Mutoltzhoffen, the name "Modelzhausen" appears in 1391. The place belonged closed to the rule Bocksberg . For a long time it remained a purely rural settlement with no landlord, shopkeeper or craftsman.

As a district of Bocksberg , Modelshausen was incorporated into the municipality of Laugna on May 1, 1978.

Religions

Modelshausen has been a separate parish together with Hinterbuch from time immemorial . In 1391 the parish seat was moved from Hinterbuch to Modelshausen and from 1448 Hinterbuch was a subsidiary of Modleshausen. Today's Catholic parish church of St. Peter was built around 1713, the nave and the tower structure date from 1921/22.

Sons of the place

Renatus Sachs (1899–1964), lawyer and poet

literature

Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In the district of Dillingen ad Donau, past and present . Ed. from the district of Dillingen an der Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 325–326.

Web links

Modelshausen in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library
Modelshausen on the Laugna community website

Individual evidence

↑ Population figures on the municipality website
^ History of Modelshausen on the parish website
^ 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. 770 .

[1] Population figures on the municipality website

[2] History of Modelshausen on the parish website

[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. 770 .