Peterswörth
Peterswörth is a district of Gundelfingen an der Donau in the district of Dillingen an der Donau ( Bavaria ). The formerly independent community of Peterswörth was incorporated into Gundelfingen on May 1, 1978.
The parish village , three kilometers south of Gundelfingen, is 433 meters above sea level. Peterswörth is located in the transition area between the eastern foothills of the Kleiner Donaumoos and the western edge of the floodplain of the Danube floodplain on the left.
history
Peterswörth is first mentioned as Werde in 1225 . Wörth means shore land, peninsula or island. The place Peterswörth arose on a large number of islands that had been carved out by branches of the Danube.
Around 1270 the name Werde sancti Petri was first handed down. The place was probably created in the High Middle Ages as a development from Gundelfingen. The original settlers were probably fishermen, the church patronage also indicates this. Around 1122 Peterswörth was donated to the Echenbrunn monastery. Together with the Höchstädt regional court , Peterswörth came from the Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut to the newly formed Principality of Pfalz-Neuburg in 1505 . Until its dissolution in 1803, the place was subordinate to the Gundelfingen Care Office .
Attractions
- Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul , built in 1738/39
literature
- Georg Wörishofer, Alfred Sigg, Reinhard H. Seitz: Cities, Markets and Communities . In: The district of Dillingen ad Donau in the past and present . Ed. from the district of Dillingen an der Donau, 3rd revised edition, Dillingen an der Donau 2005, pp. 277–279.
Web links
- Peterswörth in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ' N , 10 ° 22' E