Sheepshill
Sheepshill
Altmannstein market
Coordinates: 48 ° 55 ′ 29 ″ N , 11 ° 37 ′ 42 ″ E
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Height : | 464 m above sea level NN | |
Residents : | 105 (2011) | |
Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 | |
Postal code : | 93336 | |
Area code : | 09446 | |
Location of Schafshill in Bavaria |
The village of Schafshill is a district of the Altmannstein market in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt .
location
The place is located in the hilly hills of the southern Jura in a side valley of the Schambach valley .
The next, larger town is Riedenburg an der Altmühl, a good 6 km as the crow flies; Regensburg is approx. 70 km to the east, Ingolstadt 35 km to the south-west. Munich is about 110 km south of the town.
history
In 955/80 the place was first mentioned as "Scafeshuli" in a document from the St. Emmeram monastery in Regensburg. The place was one of the 17 Landschrannen (court seat) of the district court Hirschberg . In 1136/37, when an Augustinian canon monastery was established in Schamhaupten , the parish of Schamhaupten was re-established with all its accessories, including Schafshill.
In the course of the regional reform , the place was incorporated into the market Altmannstein on January 1, 1972.
The suffix hill is derived from a shell , that is, from a small body of water without a natural inflow. The small village pond that gave it its name is still there today.
church
The branch church St. Peter and Paul is a side church of Schamhaupten , Diocese of Regensburg. It was built in the 14th century and is slightly elevated on the northern edge of the village in the midst of adjacent rural properties. It is an early Gothic building with a cross vault in the choir with two simple profile and two figurative consoles . The tower with an octagon over a square and an onion dome stands in the west of the church and was built in 1811. The two altars were built around 1720; In the shrine of the side altar (right) there is a figure of St. James . There is a Gothic tabernacle in the sacristy . In the tower there are three bells from Hahn Landshut / Vienna .
structure
The town, with around 100 inhabitants, is characterized by agriculture and forestry. In 1983 there were five full-time agricultural businesses and one part-time business.
societies
Volunteer fire brigade and rifle club "St. Sebastian"
literature
- The Eichstätter area past and present. Eichstätt 1984: Sparkasse, p. 278
- Friedrich Hermann Hofmann and Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Upper Palatinate & Regensburg. XIII District Office Beilngries. II. District Court Riedenburg. Munich 1908 (reprint 1982): R. Oldenbourg Verlag, p. 136f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 557 .