Oberhaunstadt

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Parish Church of St. Willibald - Oberhaunstadt

Oberhaunstadt is a district and district of the Upper Bavarian city of Ingolstadt .

location

The district in the northeast of the city covers an area of ​​553.1 hectares and has 5,084 inhabitants (December 31, 2013). The previously independent municipality of Oberhaunstadt (with the municipal parts of Oberhaunstadt and Unterhaunstadt ) was incorporated into Ingolstadt on July 1, 1972 .

A "natural" border in the south is the Augraben, a small stream that separates Oberhaunstadt from the northeast district. In the east there is a larger Gunvor refinery, which is separated from the rest of the town by the federal highway 9 . Of local importance is the ball game hall, built in 2003, in which the local club TSV Ober- und Unterhaunstadt trains.

history

The area around Oberhaunstadt was already inhabited by farmers in antiquity, as shown by a villa Rustica from the 3rd century AD, located in a field nearby .

A noble family was named after Haunstadt, to which the Eichstätter Bishop Friedrich I. von Haunstadt belonged.

Oberhaunstadt had a railway connection with the station of the same name on the Ingolstadt – Riedenburg railway line . Passenger traffic existed between May 1, 1903 and the final cessation of operations on May 28, 1972.

religion

As all of Ingolstadt belongs to the diocese of Eichstätt , the local Catholic parish unit St. Willibald / St. Peter is responsible for around 2,950 Catholics on site.

economy

The largest employer is the Nordbräu Ingolstadt brewery .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Statistical yearbook City of Ingolstadt 2014: [1]
  2. ↑ http://www.peter-willibald.de/Pfarrei/Pfarrgebiet/index.htm

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 '  N , 11 ° 26'  E