Petersthal
Petersthal is part of the municipality of Oy-Mittelberg in the Oberallgäu district and was an independent municipality until December 31, 1975.
location
Petersthal is 872 meters above sea level in the Rottach valley between the Rottachsee, which has been dammed up since 1992, on the north side and the ridges of the Elleghöhe and the Burgkranzegger Horn in the south. The place is located on Kreisstraße OA 10 and has two streams flowing through it, the Petersbach and the Paulsbach.
history
Almost all districts of the former municipality of Petersthal are mentioned in documents before 1500. The first settlement of the area can, however, be assumed as early as 1000 or earlier.
Petersthal belonged to the bishopric of Augsburg since 1351 . Dark times like the Peasants' War in 1525, the Thirty Years War 1618 to 1648 and the conquest of large parts of the Allgäu by Napoleonic troops in 1796 did not pass Petersthal by. In the course of secularization , the municipality came under the sovereignty of the Bavarian state in 1803 .
On January 1, 1976, Petersthal was incorporated into the municipality of Mittelberg as part of the municipal reform, which has been called Oy-Mittelberg since January 1, 1980. The hamlet of Binzeler was reclassified to Rettenberg , Büchelesstein to Sulzberg .
Districts
The hamlets of Binzen, Bisseroy, Burgkranzegg, Feld, Greifenmühle, Gschwend, Holz, Josereute, Köllen, Memersch, Mitbühl, Ried, Riedis, Schicken, Schwanden, Uttenbühl, belong to the former municipality of Petersthal, now to the municipality of Oy-Mittelberg, in addition to the village of Petersthal . Wengen and meadows. The hamlet of Binzeler and the desert of Büchelesstein were assigned to the neighboring communities of Rettenberg and Sulzberg, respectively.
Economy and culture
Petersthal is a strongly agricultural place. The has dairy farming and grassland management the most important. The current chairman of the Federal Association of German Dairy Farmers , Romuald Schaber, runs his business in Petersthal.
In 1953 a tourist association was founded. Since then, tourism has also played an increasingly important role. There are also some craft businesses.
There are numerous clubs in Petersthal.
Monuments and sights
Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul
Petersthal has a parish church that is worth seeing and is dedicated to the apostles Saint Peter and Paul . Some of them are among the most beautiful village churches in the Allgäu. First of all, it stands out for its stately onion dome, which was built in 1755 according to plans by the architect and builder Franz Karl Fischer from Füssen. At that time it was 43 meters high, today it is ten meters lower because it was no longer built at its original height after a fire in 1792.
The nave was also rebuilt around 1755 according to plans by Franz Karl Fischer, who once again demonstrated his sense of fine proportions here. Today the building is essentially Baroque , the furnishings with altars, frescoes and stucco are in a splendid Rococo style. The ceiling frescoes of the nave, which are dedicated to the patrons of the church, were created by Franz Anton Weiß , who came from a famous Rettenberg family of painters .
The mighty high altar with its white and gold framed figures and its altar leaf, which contains an allegorical representation of the church in the form of the Ecclesia, is remarkable at the Petersthaler church . Numerous other depictions of the Apolsteln, the life of Mary, saints and angels can be found. A Romanesque palm donkey from the beginning of the 14th century is one of the oldest representations of this kind and is evidence of old rural wood carving.
Plague cemetery
The plague cemetery, located a little off the former connection road to Moosbach, is a simple, four-walled area with a memorial in the middle that commemorates the victims of the last great plague deaths in Petersthal and Moosbach in the summer of 1635.
"Tobelweg" and the sparse remains of Kranzegg Castle
There are only very few remains of Kranzegg Castle, a memorial stone indicates this historical place. The castle stable and the moat have been preserved. Not too much is known about the builders of the castle, the Knights of Kranzegg. Mention is the castle in 1339. Many visitors find it attractive, over a path on the edge of Peter Brook to this medieval scene in a ravine penetrate the hamlet Burgkranzegg west.
Horn and Ellegghöhe
From the 1150 meter high Burgkranzegger Horn, which is also called Petersthaler Hörnle or Horn, and even better from the nearby Ellegghöhe, which is somewhat lower at 1136 meters but has fewer trees in the summit area, you have a comprehensive view of Petersthal and the valley of the Rottach.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Norbert Herrmann: Petersthal - History of an Allgäu community , Verlag für Heimatpflege, Kempten 1976
- ^ 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. 795 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 47 ° 38 ' N , 10 ° 23' E