Peterswahl (Hörgertshausen)

Peter's election community Hörgertshausen Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 41 ″  N , 11 ° 53 ′ 21 ″  E
Height :	486 m
Residents :	55  (1987)
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	85413
Area code :	08764
Location of Peterswahl in Bavaria
Church of St. Peter and Paul in Peterswahl

Peterswahl is a church village in the municipality of Hörgertshausen in the Freising district ( Upper Bavaria ).

history

Peterswahl is first mentioned in a document in the year 779/80 in the traditions of the Hochstift Freising . The location is attributed to the presence of remnants of the local Gallo-Roman population ( Welsche ). The place was part of the Obmannschaft Enghausen in the regional court Moosburg and Rentamt Landshut . Since the community edict in 1818, Peterswahl was part of the political community of Enghausen . On May 1, 1978, the municipality of Enghausen was dissolved in the course of the regional reform; the area around Peterswahl became part of the Hörgertshausen community .

Population development

The population of Peterswahl has developed as follows since 1877:

year Residents 1877 74 1928 87 1952 109 1978 60 1987 55

Culture and sights

• Filialkirche St. Peter and Paul : The Catholic Filialkirche St. Peter and Paul is a baroque hall building with a choir tower and attached sacristy from 1725, which was a replacement for an older church building. The tower dates from the first half of the 15th century. The church has always been a branch church of the parish of St. Margareth in Margarethenried .

See also → List of architectural monuments in Hörgertshausen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alfons Wörner: Heimatbuch Hörgertshausen . Ed .: Municipality of Hörgertshausen. Hörgertshausen 1982.
2. ↑ Bavarikon - Peterswahl, accessed on October 6, 2016
3. ^ Wilhelm Neu, Volker Liedke: Upper Bavaria . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume I.2 ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52392-9 .