Tannenberg (Burggen)

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Tannenberg
community Burggen
Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 56 "  N , 10 ° 47 ′ 2"  E
Height : 820  (799-841)  m above sea level NN
Residents : 149  (1987)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 86977
Area code : 08860
Chapel of St. Joseph
Chapel of St. Joseph

Tannenberg is a part of the municipality of Burggen in the Upper Bavarian district of Weilheim-Schongau .

location

The parish village of Tannenberg is about two and a half kilometers west of Burggen. It is crossed by the WM 12 district road.

history

The place was named after the former castle of the baronial von Tannenberg family, whose most important representative was Berthold von Tannenberg, mentioned in 1219 in the entourage of Emperor Friedrich II .

In 1346 the village passed to the bishopric of Augsburg . The former castle was burned down during the Peasants' War in 1525 and rebuilt by Bishop Otto Truchseß von Waldburg .

Before the municipal reform , Tannenberg was an independent municipality with seven districts:

On May 1, 1978, the community was dissolved. The main town of Tannenberg, Bernried and Hausenried were incorporated into Burggen, the remaining districts became part of the municipality of Bernbeuren .

Architectural monuments

  • Catholic parish church St. Oswald
  • Chapel of St. Joseph

Soil monuments

literature

Web links

Commons : Tannenberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Genealogy network
  2. ^ 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. 596 .