Unterwurmbach

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Unterwurmbach
City of Gunzenhausen
"Divided by gold and green; above a four-footed, winged red dragon with a spiked tail, below a silver cross brook."
Coordinates: 49 ° 6 ′ 22 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 37 ″  E
Height : 420 m
Area : 8.6 km²
Residents : 939  (Jun 30, 2009)
Population density : 109 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1971
Postal code : 91710
Area code : 09831

Unterwurmbach (also called Worma) is the second largest district of Gunzenhausen in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . The place has 939 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2009) and is at an altitude of 428 m above sea level. The hamlet of Oberwurmbach is part of Unterwurmbach. After deducting the main towns and after the Gunzenhausen district of Frickenfelden and the Treuchtlinger district of Wettelsheim, the place is the third largest district of a municipality in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district and has more inhabitants than entire municipalities such as Gnotzheim or Meinheim .

geography

location

Unterwurmbach is located on the lower reaches of the Wurmbach , a tributary of the Altmühl , which flows east of the place. The river is fed by the Hambach to the northwest of the village . The neighboring towns are in clockwise direction Oberwurmbach, Edersfeld , Aha , Gunzenhausen, Scheupeleinsmühle , Schweina and Unterhambach . Gunzenhausen is around two kilometers to the east, the Oberwurmbach district one kilometer to the west. One kilometer to the north is the south bank of the Altmühlsee with the Shepherd's Island . To the southwest of Unterwurmbach is the 475 meter high Wurmbacher Berg .

surface

The total area of ​​the Unterwurmbach district is 856.8153 hectares (= 8.6 km²). This area is divided as follows:

  • Buildings and open space: 47.2891 hectares
  • Operating area: 1.5595 hectares
  • Agricultural land: 453.8441 hectares
  • Recreational areas: 3.1851 hectares
  • Traffic areas: 80.4129 hectares
  • Forest areas: 198.0452 hectares
  • Water surface: 60.2480 hectares
  • other areas: 12.2314 hectares

history

Place name

The name Unterwurmbach comes from its location on the lower reaches of the Wurmbach ("winding watercourse"). "Wrenmach" was first mentioned in a document in 1238, although it is unclear whether it was Oberwurmbach or Unterwurmbach. At some point a second village called Wurmbach came into being, which is why one settlement was called "Oberwurmbach" and the other "Niederwurmbach". Today's Unterwurmbach developed from Niederwurmbach.

Local history

Unterwurmbach was probably founded by the Franks in the 8th century . At that time the village was on an important trade and pilgrimage route, which is why the village church of St. Jodokus , consecrated in 1520, was named after the patron saint of travelers. In 1238 the Auhausen monastery acquired a farm, which is why Unterwurmbach was first mentioned in a document. Most wealthy in Unterwurmbach at that time were the noble family of Truhendinger , who had a castle built in the village around 1200. The Teutonic Order , the Wörnitz Monastery , the Counts of Oettingen and the von Absberg family also owned goods at that time . From 1572 onwards, exiles , expellees from Austria , settled in Unterwurmbach. The Reformation was introduced in 1580. In the same year the parish of Gunzenhausen separated and became independent. During the Thirty Years War and the War of the Spanish Succession , the village was repeatedly plundered and destroyed. In 1771, after an epidemic and a slight earthquake, a fire broke out that destroyed several houses. In 1806 the village became Bavarian. Many people died in the First and Second World Wars , including two fatalities when the Americans marched in. In 1959 the settlement area in the Gleisdreieck was designated with 148 building plots. As a result of the municipal reform in Bavaria , the previously independent municipality was incorporated into the city of Gunzenhausen on April 1, 1971. After the land consolidation was completed in 1989, the church square was redesigned.

Population development

Unterwurmbach community

  • 1910: 545
  • 1933: 513
  • 1939: 503
  • 1961: 633
  • 1970: 947

Unterwurmbach district

  • 1987: 853
  • 1995: 986
  • 2000: 969
  • 2003: 949
  • 2009: 939

With a population of 939 people, Unterwurmbach is the second largest district of the city of Gunzenhausen (after Frickenfelden). Due to the flow of refugees after the end of the Second World War , a strong population growth set in.

Worth seeing

Soil monuments

A settlement from the Bronze Age and the discovery of a Neolithic stone ax are marked as a ground monument . The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes ran north of Unterwurmbach with guard posts 13/49, 13/50, 13/51 and 13/52.

St. Jodokus Church

St. Jodokus Church from the north

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Jodokus is a Gothic church belonging to the Aha-Unterwurmbach-Pflaumfeld parish community in the dean's office in Gunzenhausen, which has been in existence since 2003 and has around 460 seats.

Building history

A first church was first mentioned in 1520. Since sub Wurmsbach was at an important traffic route, was a patron saint of the Holy Jodok the patron saint of pilgrims, travelers and sailors chosen. The church was destroyed in the Thirty Years War, which is why a new building was built in 1678. This church was demolished and rebuilt in 1848. In 1862 the roof rider was replaced by the slate- covered church tower with a pointed helmet. The rose window was installed in 1892 . The church roof was renewed in 1959. Extensive renovation measures were carried out in 1964 and 1980.

Building description

The choir is two-bay and polygonal and has a ribbed vault with head consoles and three-quarter columns . The nave is 13.40 meters long, 10.44 meters wide and 6.44 meters high, has four axes, is flat and neo-Gothic in design. In the sacristy there are the names of the worm Bacher pastor since 1815 and their photos since 1901. The choir Spitz is half hexagonal. The twelve pointed windows are glazed in ornamentation . The electronic church tower clock has four dials.

Furnishing

The Gothic main altar is based on the main altar of the Gunzenhausen town church and was made in 1904 by the sculptor Jean Stöttner from Nuremberg . In the church, next to a stone baptismal font, there is a wooden baptismal font with the inscription “Revered Johann Sophenias Friß Schul Meister zu Stetten nach Wirmbach 1735”, which was replaced in 1904 and reinstalled in 1980. The pulpit shows four Gospel symbols and a dove . The first organ was built by the Steinmeyer company in 1797 and the second in 1873 . The third and current organ was manufactured by Steinmeyer in 1968 as a slider chest organ. Two of the three church bells with their inscriptions were cast in Karlsruhe in 1953. The listed third bell is from 1778.

Viaducts

The Wurmbach Viaduct is located south of Unterwurmbach at route kilometers 36.3 and is part of the former Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn and the current Nördlingen – Gunzenhausen railway . On the bridge the railway line crosses the Wurmbach and the federal highway 466 . The viaduct is six-arched and was built around 1845. The middle four yokes are single-track and modernly rebuilt in concrete construction (demolition in the last war). The arches over the edge fields are wider and covered with stone in their original state. The length is 65, the width 5 to 8 meters.

Directly in the village, at route km 37.4, a round arched viaduct built around 1845 spans the former Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn. To the east of Unterwurmbach is the Altmühl Viaduct with a 2.5 km long embankment . It was built with its nine arches around 1845, with five arches being modernized (this railway bridge has four stone and five reinforced concrete arches), the length is around 150 meters.

War memorial

On the main street opposite the church there is a war memorial that was erected in 1922 by Hans Pyllip . The missing soldiers of the two world wars are remembered every year on the day of national mourning. The names of the 72 missing or fallen soldiers are carved in stone on the memorial.

Further architectural monuments

The two small houses on the ground floor, Lindermer 10a and Lindermer 6, were built in the early 19th century and, like the village church, the war memorial and the viaducts, are architectural monuments . The farmhouse of a three-sided courtyard , the house at Schlossgasse 3, is a two-storey saddle roof building with a sandstone masonry base from 1899. The one-storey stable house Eleonore-von-Lentersheim-Strasse 19 with a saddle roof was built together with the adjoining barn in the 18th or 19th century.

A listed commemorative plaque from the 19th century is set in the former castle. There is a medieval stone cross near the main street . The old lime tree in front of the village church is in an old tree, and as Naturenkmaldenkmal.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: “Divided by gold and green; above a four-footed, winged red dragon with a spiked tail, below a silver cross brook. ”The dragon was also featured in the coat of arms of the Lords of Wurm. The two symbols "Wurm" and "Bach" symbolize the place name.

Culture and infrastructure

economy

The inhabitants of the formerly agricultural town now mostly work in industry and services in the nearby town of Gunzenhausen. The nearby Altmühlsee also made tourism an important industry. There are a few smaller shops, a nursery and an office of the Raiffeisenbank Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in the village .

The industrial area B 13 / West lies between Unterwurmbach and Gunzenhausen, directly on the B 13 and has a total area of ​​63,000 m².

traffic

West of Unterwurmbach, the federal highway 466 (B 466) ( Schwabach - Göppingen ), which ran through Unterwurmbach until 1989, is a bypass road. Half a kilometer away, federal highway 13 ( Würzburg - Ingolstadt ) to the east leads to federal highway 2 ( Nuremberg - Augsburg ) around 20 kilometers away . State road 2219 joins the B 466 to the west and State road 2222 to the northwest . The A 6 ( Heilbronn –Nürnberg) runs around 22 kilometers north. The Würzburg-Treuchtlingen railway line is located near Unterwurmbach . The Nördlingen – Gunzenhausen railway was opened in 1849 (Oettingen – Gunzenhausen section on August 20, 1849) and is part of the Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn , it divides the Unterwurmbach town center from the new development area to the south. On September 27, 1985, regular passenger traffic was stopped by DB . Traffic takes place on the museum railway operated by the Bavarian Railway Museum with diesel or steam traction on a few weekends a year. The next train station is in Gunzenhausen (3 km); the next commercial airport in Nuremberg (50 km). There is a bus stop for the transport association for the greater Nuremberg area in the village .

Wormer side lights

Every quarter the households in Ober and Unterwurmbach receive an edition of the Wormer Streiflichter with an event calendar and reports on local associations and companies.

education

The first school building was built in 1857. The Unterwurmbach elementary school had to close in 2007, despite the collection of 200 signatures, as the number of pupils fell below 60. Before it closed, the school had two first classes. Since then, the first graders have attended the Gunzenhausen primary school. The next secondary school and a grammar school are also located in Gunzenhausen.

The Protestant kindergarten "Spatzennest" looks after 40 children in two groups with 6 teachers.

Events

Start of the Altmühlsee Half Marathon 2005

The “Wormer Kirchweih” takes place annually on the weekend before Michaelmas Day. It is usually opened with a move. In addition to the village fair, the village festival organized by the associations is the largest event in Unterwurmbach.

The Altmühlsee run is a marathon with everyone's run and half marathon , which has been organized by SV Unterwurmbach since 1986. It takes place annually on the third Saturday in July. The start and finish of the marathon is the sports field. The route leads around the Altmühlsee.

Ortneckname

The local name of the Unterwurmbacher is Schafsfuß .

societies

The following clubs exist in Unterwurmbach:

society Establishment date Number of members Others
FCN fan club Unterwurmbach 1980 115
Cultural association "Worma" e. V. February 13, 2000 123
Rifle Club Unterwurmbach July 22, 1922 178 During the Second World War, the association was dissolved and re-established in 1954. Four shooting festivals have taken place since the re-establishment.
Garden friends Unterwurmbach March 11, 1955 ? The fruit growing association used to be called Unterwurmbach.
Wormer musicians 1987 15th The repertoire of the musicians consists of Franconian and Bohemian / Moravian brass music.
Trombone Choir Unterwurmbach 1913 approx. 30 The association had to be dissolved in World War II. In 1946 it was re-established.
Sports club Unterwurmbach e. V. 1949 ? The branches of the association are football , baseball , tennis , senior sports (back exercises, Nordic walking ), running , table tennis , fitness and gymnastics. In the meantime there was still the ski and dog sledding divisions . In 1952 the club had to be dissolved and it was re-established in 1964. In 1985 today's sports center was moved into, and in 1990 the new tennis courts were opened. SV Unterwurmbach has been organizing the Altmühlsee run since 1986.
Soldier and Reservist fellowship Unterwurmbach March 14, 1919 75 The former name of the association was Kriegerverein Unterwurmbach. The association was dissolved in World War II and re-established on June 19, 1954.
Voluntary fire brigade Ober- Unterwurmbach January 22, 1879 104 In the course of the incorporation of Unterwurmbach into Gunzenhausen in 1971, the fire brigade became an independent local group of the Gunzenhausen volunteer fire brigade. In 1997 the fire brigade became independent. The fire station , which was renovated in 1985 and 1999 , was built in 1920.

Personalities

literature

Web links

Commons : Unterwurmbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Description of sub Wurmsbach on gunzenhausen.de
  4. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 477 .
  5. ^ History of Unterwurmbach
  6. ↑ Municipal directory of the Gunzenhausen district
  7. ↑ Gunzenhausen's administrative history
  8. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 714 .
  9. ↑ gov.genealogy.net
  10. ↑ Description of the church on pointoo
  11. ^ Building history of the church
  12. ↑ [1]
  13. ↑ [2]
  14. ↑ Description on BayernViewer-denkmal
  15. ↑ Description of the coat of arms
  16. ↑ from rb-wug.de
  17. ↑ Information sheet from the city of Gunzenhausen (PDF; 1.4 MB)
  18. ↑ Text about Wormer Streiflichter
  19. ^ Description of the kindergarten
  20. ↑ Minutes of the local advisory board (PDF; 38 kB)
  21. ↑ List of clubs in Unterwurmbach
  22. ↑ Information about the shooting club (PDF; 67 kB)
  23. ↑ SV Unterwurmbach website
  24. ^ History of the association