Schambach (Straßkirchen)

Schambach Community of Straßkirchen Coordinates: 48 ° 51 ′ 9 ″  N , 12 ° 41 ′ 18 ″  E
Height :	324 m
Area :	10.68 km²
Residents :	462  (2004)
Population density :	43 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	94342
Area code :	09424
The village square of Schambach

Schambach is a parish village and part of the community of Straßkirchen in the Lower Bavarian district of Straubing-Bogen .

geography

The historical part of the place is east of the eponymous Schambach and extends as a street village along the street running parallel to the water at a distance of about 50 meters in north-south orientation. The Schambach Castle lies on the western, the left bank of Schambach's. In the west there are younger settlement areas.

District Schambach

The main town and Ackerhof belong to the district of Schambach .

history

Schambach was first mentioned in a document around 826/830 as "Scambach". The first mention of Schambach Castle (seat of Hofmark Schambach ) followed in 1251. It was rebuilt several times and in its current form dates from the 16th century.

The village renewal initiated in 1998 with the construction of a new village square brought traffic calming to the village center. In 1999 the new building area on the northern edge of the village was opened up. Dreiseithöfe still shape the townscape today .

Former municipality of Schambach

On May 1, 1978, the community was dissolved in the course of the regional reform and Schambach was incorporated into the community of Straßkirchen. The community Schambach consisted of the main town and the wasteland Ackerhof .

Archaeological finds

An archaeological investigation of the new development area "An der Ackerhofstraße" in 1997 revealed settlement findings mainly from the late Hallstatt and early La Tène periods , as well as grave finds from the late Bronze and Urnfield Ages , including very high-quality and decorated grave ceramics. In addition, the investigation also provided finds and findings from the middle Roman Empire . Special geological conditions have preserved finds and archaeological findings of astonishing quality.

Attractions

• The village square with the Vitus fountain and maypole built in 2002 is Schambach's attraction.
• The Schambach Castle , built in the 12th and 13th centuries by the Lords of Schambach Schambach to and expanded in the second half of the 16th century. Former owners of the stately two-wing complex, which is equipped with a moat, are the Counts of Ortenburg . The complex has corner towers and arcades on the courtyard side.
• The parish church of St. Nicholas is a late Gothic building from the 14th century. It was redesigned in baroque style and received its tower with the pointed helmet after a fire in the 18th century.
• The St. Vitus cemetery chapel is a baroque building with an altar by Mathias Obermayr from 1757.
• The war memorial erected in 1961 was restored as part of the village renewal in 2003.

See also the list of architectural monuments in Straßkirchen # Schambach

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  The Vitus fountain on the village square

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  Schambach Castle

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  The parish church of St. Nicholas

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  The St. Vitus Catholic cemetery chapel

Sports

Schambach has an outdoor pool, a beach volleyball, a street hockey and a soccer field.

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 632 .

literature

• Karl Böhm, Gerhard Meixner: Schambach: “A contribution to the pre-Roman settlement history of the Lower Bavarian Gäuboden” . In: Karl Schmotz (Hrsg.): Lectures of the 17th Lower Bavarian Archaeological Day . 1999, ISBN 3-89646-228-8 , pp. 87-128.
• Dieter Vogel (Ed.): The Gäuboden . Lapwing Book, Vilsbiburg 1996, ISBN 3-9804048-2-X .