Bruck (Neuburg on the Danube)

Bruck Large district town of Neuburg on the Danube Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ′ 59 ″  N , 11 ° 15 ′ 32 ″  E
Height :	377 m
Area :	6.19 km²
Residents :	614  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	99 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	January 1, 1976
Postal code :	86633
Area code :	08431

Bruck is a district of the large district town of Neuburg an der Donau in the Upper Bavarian district of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen . As of December 31, 2008, there were 507 inhabitants.

The district of Bruck includes the four districts of Bruck, Maxweiler , Rothheim and Rohrenfeld .

history

View of Bruck from the west

In 1274 the place was first mentioned in the hall book of Duke Ludwig the Strict as "large moss near Bruck". In 1626 the castle was under the administration of Rohrenfeld and was leased to a Joseph Ostermeier von Bruck. In a register of the district court of Neuburg it is written that there was a torn old house on the castle hill in Bruck and that a poor man lived in it. In 1633 the castle and the entire village were burned down by the Swedes . The stones of the castle were used to build the stud in Rohrenfeld.

The first names recorded were Siegfried or Seyfried Prugger and his wife Irmengard in 1299 and 1345. A number of Pruggers are also listed by name, for example a Jörg Brucker von Bruck in 1363. On January 1, 1976, it was incorporated into the city of Neuburg. Smaller parts of the area with around 20 inhabitants were reclassified to the municipality of Karlshuld .

On December 31, 2008, Bruck had 507 inhabitants. Bruck belongs to the parish of Zell. There is a tombstone in the parish church from 1453, which was dedicated to a Heydrich Prugger.

Bruck Chapel

Bruck Chapel

The altar

In the tower of the chapel is one of the oldest bells in the district

The town of Bruck has never had its own parish , nor did it have its own cemetery. A chapel has been the landmark of the former community since 1913.

The Neuburg fountain maker Johann Fahrmeier († November 6, 1905), who was born in Bruck, was jointly responsible for the creation of the small sacred building . It was his wish to build a chapel in the immediate vicinity of the village. The heir Josef-Georg Fahrmeier was bound by will to pay 3,000 marks for the construction of a chapel, as well as 300 marks for two bells and 150 marks for an iron railing. This was announced by the executor of the will to the municipality of Bruck on November 16, 1905. Two days later, the municipality exchanged the 3,450 marks for fixed-income securities and added another 300 marks.

More than a year and a half passed before the first construction plans were drawn up, but had to be changed at the will of the building authority. By December 16, 1907, the authorities had approved the construction plan. The responsible pastor Peter Karg was informed about the building project. He wrote on January 22, 1908 that he had no objection to the building, but insisted on the restriction that masses should not be read in the chapel in order to relieve the pastor. The parish council decided in accordance with the pastor's request for a simple building.

On January 28, 1909, the band's assets had grown to 6,000 marks. The previous plan to build the chapel was discarded and the Association for Folk Art in Munich was commissioned to make a new one.

Pastor Karg rejected this on May 21, 1909 in a letter to the Ordinariate (authority) Ordinariate in Augsburg . The Royal District Office informed the people of Bruck on June 6, 1909 that there was no approval for the building because the funds for the interior were insufficient. Despite another donation from the Raiffeisenkasse Zell in the amount of 1200 Marks, no approval was granted.

On July 26, 1910, the Royal Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior for Church and School Affairs intervened and wrote to the Royal Government in Neuburg: “In the name of His Majesty the King, His Royal Highness Prince Luitpold, the Kingdom of Bavaria's administrator, has submitted the plans for the building of a Catholic chapel in Bruck, Königl. District office Neuburg, in aesthetic terms the very highest approval is most graciously deigned. According to this, the further is to be ordered ”.

The chapel was built in a two-year construction period from 1911 to 1913. On June 21, 1912, the chapel was completed except for the interior. Since all the money had been used up, the community took out a loan of 3500 marks from the Raiffeisenbank Zell for further financing.

After the construction project was completed, the incumbent local pastor Willibald Reisch refused to accept the building of the church. On December 8th, 1913, on the Immaculate Conception patronage , the chapel was consecrated and given its intended purpose.

In 1971 the outside facade of the chapel was renewed and in 1975 the interior was renovated by the church painter Georg Löhnert. The chapel was owned by the municipality of Bruck until 1975. As a result of incorporation into the city of Neuburg, the chapel was also transferred there on January 1, 1976.

chapel

From the outside, the chapel is a simple structure. Inside is the altar and painting. The sacred building is dedicated to Mary Immaculate Conception , which is illustrated by the ceiling painting.

The high altar shows Mary with the baby Jesus. The patron saints are on the four sides: Sankt Wendelin as the cattle patron, in the background the parish church of St. Luzia von Zell; Saint Isidore kneels in front of the cross as the patron saint of the farmers, Saint Sebastian as the patron saint against the plague and Saint Leonhard as the patron saint of horses.

On the right back wall a plaque commemorates Haidrich Prugger , the former lord of the town. The architect Franz Baumann and the painter Karl Troll from Munich immortalized themselves with a lettering.

Bells

The first two bells from 1913 had to be delivered for war purposes. Six years later, the tower received a steel bell that was in use until 1933. The parish of Zell then donated a valuable bronze bell from 1506 to the chapel; the inscription ANNA DOMINI 1506 LAVCVS MARCVS MATHEVS YOHANNES. SEBASTIAN HAIS HANS. , names the four evangelists, Hans Zotmann, Augsburg, is assumed to be the foundryman.

In the Second World War this had to be delivered for war purposes. Since it was stored in a Hamburg bell cemetery at the end of the war , it could be located again and was returned to the owner in 1946.

Rothheim

The wasteland

The hamlet of Rothheim am Brucker Forst

Philipp Roth from Dilsberg, a native of the Rhineland Palatinate, was given permission to settle in the Donaumoos on March 20, 1806 . The regional directorate in Neuburg assigned him almost eight days of work in the vicinity of Bruck. Roth was ambitious, built a house, bought cattle, and he had to cultivate the grounds first. The wasteland was named Rothheim after the settler.

The settler was only granted a short life; he died in 1809, leaving behind his wife with six unserved children. The widow married her servant Michael Brox and continued to live on small farms. Today the wasteland has two properties. Rothheim came with the municipality of Bruck during the regional reform on January 1, 1976 to the district town of Neuburg.

Chapel in Rothheim

Chapel of the hamlet of Rothheim

The Maria-Hilf chapel there is much older than the hamlet of Rothheim . Its construction is said to date back to 1535. The Wittelsbach general management has designated the wife Susanne of Elector Ottheinrich of the Palatinate as the founder . With that a vow was fulfilled. According to legend, the countess is said to have got lost in the forest and came out again at this point. Susanne was born on April 2, 1502 in Munich and died on April 23, 1543 in Neuburg an der Donau.

After almost 460 years, the gem was more than dilapidated. With the support of the residents of Rothheim and a bricklayer, the chapel was saved and given a new face. On October 9, 1994, the handover was ceremoniously followed by a church blessing. Today there are devotions on the 13th of the month of Fatima .

Bruck's sons and daughters

Ferdinand Raba (1959)

• Father Ferdinand Raba (born May 25, 1923 in Bruck; † August 28, 2000 in Kufstein) was the first clergyman to emerge from Bruck. On 12 June 1959 he received the Salzburg Cathedral by Archbishop Andreas Rohracher the priesthood .
• The popular actor, presenter and author Winfried Frey also comes from Bruck.

Honorary citizen of the municipality of Bruck

Richard Keßler (left) congratulates Josef Mandlmeier on his 85th birthday

Josef Mandlmeier

The former mayor was born in Bruck on June 3, 1899 and died there on October 17, 1987. The community of Bruck was grateful to the well-deserved local politicians. Josef Mandlmeier hit a record of mayor years. From May 1, 1933 to April 30, 1945 and from May 1, 1956 to December 31, 1975, i.e. until the incorporation in Neuburg and thus 31 years, he directed the fate of the municipality. No one else had so many mayor years in his community. There was a lot to deal with during this period, especially in the post-war years. Mandlmeier also gained a great reputation as a board member of the volunteer fire brigade and the warrior and soldier association. In 1972, the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior recognized the services and presented the Bavarian State Medal in bronze. In 1976 the local politician received the Federal Cross of Merit . The municipality of Bruck made him an honorary citizen in 1972 .

Paul Eder

The former local council was born in Bruck in 1901 and died there in 1985. The local politician was active on the local council from 1946 to 1972 and then left voluntarily. He served as the second mayor from 1946 to 1966. Eder was also the commander of the volunteer fire brigade for 19 years and chairman of the rifle club for 37 years. He was, so to speak, the community's cultural advisor. In 1972 he was awarded the honorary citizenship certificate for his services.

literature

• Ludwig Wagner: Chronicle of Zell Bruck - with Marienheim, Rödenhof, Rohrenfeld and Maxweiler - on the trail of village history. Neuburg an der Donau, 1998.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Population figures in the city of Neuburg an der Donau
2. ^ Districts of the city of Neuburg an der Donau
3. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 601 .
4. ^ Adam Horn and Werner Meyer: The art monuments of the city and district of Neuburg an der Donau , pages 429-430, ISBN 3-486-50516-5
5. ↑ Nekrolog ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2015 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. of the CPPS (English; PDF, approx. 340 kB; accessed on April 17, 2010)