Pubic heads

Pubic heads Altmannstein market Coordinates: 48 ° 54 ′ 54 ″  N , 11 ° 35 ′ 48 ″  E
Height :	404 m
Residents :	370
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	93336
Area code :	09446
Location of Schamhaupten in Bavaria

Schamhaupten is a district of the Altmannstein market in the district of Eichstätt with 370 inhabitants in the Schambach Valley .

The water wheel at the Schambach origin

The origin of shame

location

The village is located on the federal highway 299 , about 1 kilometer from Sandersdorf and Pondorf. Schamhaupten is 404  m above sea level. NN .

Naming

The place name "Schamhaupten" can be derived from the Old High German words for "origin" (houbet) and "short" (scam) .

history

The Altmannstein area is one of the oldest European settlement areas, as can be seen from numerous soil finds, the origins of which go back to the Stone Age (row graves near Sandersdorf , soil ore finds near Schafshill , remains of Celtic ore mines). Only a few 100 meters south of Schamhaupten ran the Rhaetian Limes , which formed the border between Germania and Roman-occupied territory. The place used to be conveniently located on the medieval trade route from Salzburg to Nuremberg (country and commercial route); Today the B 299 leads from Altmannstein to Beilngries directly through the center of Schamhaupten.

Scamahopum was first mentioned in a document from November 28, 882 under the government of Karl the Dicken : A church with buildings, land and people came to St. Emmeran in Regensburg . From the 11th century onwards, the noble lords of Schamhaupten can be traced, for example Maganus and Berthold de Scamhoupten in 1097. Their early medieval castle was on the Kästelberg, the steep mountain to the south; there is nothing to be seen of her except a high moat. In 1136 the “noble widow” Gertrud converted her Schamhapp estate into a regulated Augustinian canons monastery; To financially support the re-establishment, the Regensburg bishop left the parish of Schamhaupten to the monastery with all rights, income and tithe.

1183 which leaves cathedral chapter to Eichstatt , built on domkapitelschen land Church of the nearby village Pondorf the choir pen. In 1303 the monastery bought the Steinsdorf chapel . As a result of the Hirschberg inheritance in 1305, the Bavarian dukes received the Altmannstein office , to which the Schamhaupten monastery belongs. In 1364, the Bavarian Duke Stephan the Elder gave the monastery an estate in Sandersdorf .

Despite the previously good income, the monastery became impoverished over time. In order to improve the situation, in 1441 the Augustinian canons Rebdorf near Eichstätt appointed Georg Marschalk as provost to Schamhaupten. A little later, in 1446, the monastery was plundered by Hans von Haydeck. When the monastery was almost completely in decline towards the end of the 15th century, the Regensburg bishop handed the monastery over to the Canons of Rebdorf, reformed according to the Windsheim congregation , for resettlement. The parish churches subordinate to the monastery were to be led by world priests from this point on. The monastery school was now also run by a layperson.

In 1559 a visit to the monastery parishes took place, during which it was found that Luther's teaching had not yet penetrated. Towards the end of the 16th century, the monastery was again badly deteriorated - war, hunger and plague were partly responsible. In 1606 the end of the monastery came and it was abolished. From then on, the proceeds went to the high school in Ingolstadt . The pubic head monks found partial accommodation in the newly founded Augustinian monastery in Ingolstadt.

During the Thirty Years' War , the entire area around Riedenburg , including the Schambach valley , suffered a lot. The Swedes lived in the area three times , looting and pillaging. In 1654 the parish church, which had been totally ruined by friends and enemies, was given a new roof. In 1655 the University of Ingolstadt renovated the church; but only three of the eight altars were preserved at that time. In 1661 an elementary school was founded; the university provided the school teacher.

The cruciform church on Weiherfelsen was probably built in 1697/98 , where a pilgrimage to a miraculous image of Christ crucified continued to flourish well beyond the middle of the 18th century . In 1738 the parish church was renewed.

In 1781 the ruinous church of St. Aegidius , the oldest church in Schamhaupt, was abandoned and converted into a barn . The cruciform church, which was only abandoned later, served as a barrel hall for a long time. From 1784 on there was an earthenware factory in the village .

On August 21, 1830 there was a reception in Schamhaupten for King Ludwig and his wife who were passing through. In 1850/51 a new church tower was built, and in 1877 new altars were purchased. The interior of the church was renovated in 1981/82. A Christ on the cross made of red clay from the 12th (14th?) Century is considered her most venerable work of art.

On January 1, 1972, Schamhaupten was incorporated into the Altmannstein market.

Parish of pubic heads

The branch churches belong to the parish of Schamhaupten with the parish church of St. Georg (Schamhaupten) :

• St. Peter and Paul in Schafshill,
• St. Nikolaus in Thannhausen and
• Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception in Sandersdorf.

literature

• Zecherle / Murböck: Nature worth seeing , Eichstätt 1982
• Parish Council Schamhaupten (ed.): 1100 years of Schamhaupten. Chronicle for the anniversary year 1983 , Sandersdorf 1983
• Churches and monasteries in the Eichstätt district , Eichstätt 1983
• Paul Mai: Pubic heads . In: The same: The «Windesheimer» Augustinian canons in the diocese of Regensburg - then and now. In: Contributions to the history of Eichstätt. Brun Appel on his 65th birthday. (= Collective sheet 92/93. Vol.) Eichstätt 1999/2000, pp. 55-58

Others

• The German Limes Cycle Route runs through the village . This follows the Upper German-Raetian Limes over 818 km from Bad Hönningen on the Rhine to Regensburg on the Danube .
• Schamhaupten is repeatedly mentioned in the press because Horst Seehofer owns a holiday home there. His wife Karin Seehofer comes from there.

The Juravenator starki from pubic heads

• In 1998 the Juravenator starki was discovered near Schamhaupten . The predatory dinosaur lived in the region about 150 million years ago. In 2009 it was voted “Fossil of the Year” by the Paleontological Society .

Web links

Commons : Pubic Heads  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bells ringing and photos of the Church of St. George

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 557 .
2. ↑ https://www.merkur.de/politik/seehofer-alpha-tier-jahren-mm-382011.html
3. ↑ The woman at his side. In: sueddeutsche.de. May 17, 2010, accessed June 13, 2018 .