Osterdorf (Pappenheim)

Easter village City of Pappenheim Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 16 "  N , 10 ° 57 ′ 34"  E
Height :	537 m above sea level NN
Residents :	256
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	91788
Area code :	09143
Location of Osterdorf in Bavaria

Osterdorf is a district of the town of Pappenheim in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

The street perch village is located on the Jura plateau , about 2.5 kilometers northwest of Pappenheim. An axis extending through the town municipal road leading to the south-western county road WUG 11 . To the northwest is the Osterdorfer Loch sinkhole field .

The place was probably created in the middle of the 13th century on a Roman elevated road together with the three other so-called count villages by Marshal Heinrich V von Pappenheim as a clearing village. Originally it had 25 original loans . Its structure is still largely preserved.

With the community edict at the beginning of the 19th century, Osterdorf became a politically independent community. It was incorporated into the city of Pappenheim on May 1, 1978 as part of the municipal reform.

In the village green are the church with the walled cemetery, the former school, the former ox herding house and small community buildings as well as the village linden. See also the list of architectural monuments in Osterdorf

Web links

• Osterdorf on the homepage of the city of Pappenheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ BayernViewer
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 GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 731 .