Leubas (Kempten)

Leubas City of Kempten (Allgäu) Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 20 ′ 14 ″  E
Height :	682 m above sea level NN
Residents :	357  (May 25 1987)
Postal code :	87437
Area code :	0831
Location of Leubas in Kempten (Allgäu)
Church of the Visitation of Mary in Leubas

Leubas is a church village and district in the north of the independent city of Kempten (Allgäu) . The place borders on the Oberallgäu district , the Leubas brook forms a natural border here . The next place in the neighboring district is Stielings , a district of Lauben . The place was the scene of the Battle of Leubas in 1525 , also known as the Battle of the Leubas .

history

Around 1180 the place was mentioned as "Liubans", 1394 as "Liubas", in the 15th century as "Lubaß" and in 1593 as "Leübaß". Around 1170 Leubas was a fiefdom of the Ottobeuren monastery . In the Middle Ages, Leubas owned a bone mill in which the farmers could process slaughterhouse waste.

On November 15, 1491, farmers gathered on the Malstatt near Leubas because of a complaint against the Princely Monastery of Kempten . The sent farmer Heinrich, known as Schmid von Leubas, disappeared on the way to the emperor.

In January 1526 the Memmingen Treaty was signed by some Leubas residents. This gave the peasants certain rights vis-à-vis the prince abbot. In the summer of the same year, the Protestant peasant preacher Hans Häberlin was hanged near the Malstatt.

In 1601 a contract was signed between the imperial city and the Kempten monastery, which was supposed to regulate the road and bridge maintenance obligations in the Leubas area. The quarrying of stone for lime burning was also regulated in the contract. The village survived the Thirty Years' War without damage.

Leubas was a main team of the monastery, including the places Binzenried , Felben , Hafenthal , Hub , Leupratsried , Riederau , Segger, Spatzenhäusle, Steig, Ursulasried and Weidachsmühle . In 1798 Leubas and Leupratsried were deserted.

According to the house statistics around 1800, the then 13 properties of Leubas (excluding the other places of the former Hauptmannschaft), including the "Wirts-Gut", six farms and five Sölden , had a combined area of ​​413.28 days' work or 140.82 hectares .

In 1819, one year after the formation of the rural community Sankt Mang , Leubas consisted of 13 houses with 70 inhabitants. In 1900 there were 17 houses with 84 inhabitants. In 1907 a school was built. 1954 lived in Leubas 204 people.

In 1972 Leubas was incorporated into Kempten as part of the Sankt Mang community, even if the Leubas wanted to be connected to the neighboring Lauben (Oberallgäu district) , one of the reasons being that the Leubas stream ran to Lauben.

Battle of Leubas

In January 1525, farmers gathered again in January and decided to turn to the Swabian Federation to resolve the complaints. In the following month, farmers from 27 Allgäu parishes gathered on the Malstatt, a protective and defensive association with a compulsory character was formed. On July 14th and 15th, 1525, the battle of the Leubas broke out, which the peasants lost to the Swabian Confederation's squad, which was expanded by mercenaries. The village of Leubas was completely burned down. As the chief captain of the rebellious peasants, a "Jorg Schmid Knopf zu Leubaß" is recorded in a register of the prince monastery.

Attractions

Chapel of St. Magnus in Leubas

In 1996 the foundation stone for the Filial Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary was laid in Leubas. The church, built according to the plans of Adolf Zach , with 165 seats, cost 2.7 million German marks. It was consecrated in October 1997.

The Magnus Chapel on the edge of Leubaser Straße was built around 1735. The gable roof has a small ridge turret .

On the edge of a steep slope of the Leubastal above Stielings (Lauben), on the right side of the path to Grund, stood a Roman watchtower ( Burgus ), which monitored a Roman road. In 1913, 23 Roman copper coins were found during an excavation.

Not far from the Burgus, traces of the medieval Leubas Castle can be seen. It was a fiefdom of Ottobeuren . In 1170 a "Lantfrid von Leubas" was mentioned as a knightly servant of Ottobeuren. In 1289 a Conrad von Leubas moved with the Kempter Abbot Conrad von Gundelfingen against Sankt Gallen. In 1313 the feudal relationship was reorganized. Various mills belonged to the castle. A castle gate to Heising and Lauben was mentioned in 1451. The castle was probably destroyed in the peasant wars.

The last or Schanze at Leubas is a wall with a length of 60 to 80 meters. The north-facing wall with a moat served as a road block. This hill was mentioned in 1523; The last ones were built at the time of the Appenzell Wars. Raids by Appenzell in the Allgäu were an annual threat. The last at Leubas is an indication of a further use of the Roman road. Remains of a last were also discovered above the mouth of the Leubas in the Iller . It was used to monitor the crossing over Leubas and Iller against enemy attacks from the north.

To the west of Leubas, on the outskirts, is the Malstatt, a former court of the Kempter Princely Monastery. Another place of justice was in front of the Kempter monastery.

literature

• Heinrich Uhlig: Sankt Mang. History of an Allgäu community. Verlag des Heimatpflegers von Schwaben, Kempten (Allgäu) 1955, pp. 423-430.

Web links

Commons : Leubas (Kempten)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Peter Blickle: Historical Atlas of Bavaria: Kempten. Munich 1968 , p. 282.
2. ↑ Christine Tröger: "Schwierige Situation" In: Kreisbote Kempten, July 4th 2012, p. 3
3. ^ Franz-Rasso Böck , Ralf Lienert , Joachim Weigel (eds.): Century views of Kempten 1900–2000 . Verlag Tobias Dannheimer - Allgäuer Zeitungsverlag, Kempten (Allgäu) 1999, ISBN 3-88881-035-3 , p. 239 .