Vilgertshofen (hamlet)

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Vilgertshofen
Vilgertshofen municipality
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 4 "  N , 10 ° 55 ′ 8"  E
Height : 712 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 121  (May 25 1987)
Postal code : 86946
Area code : 08194
Pilgrimage church to Our Lady of Sorrows
Pilgrimage church to Our Lady of Sorrows

Vilgertshofen is the eponymous district of the municipality of Vilgertshofen in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech .

geography

The hamlet of Vilgertshofen is about two kilometers south of Stadl .

history

Vilgertshofen is first mentioned in 1270 as Vilgvnchoven , the place name comes from the personal name Viligund.

The hamlet belonged to the Landsberg district court and the Wessobrunn monastery courtyard , and in 1752 four properties are mentioned.

Attractions

In Vilgertshofen there is the branch and pilgrimage church of Our Lady of Sorrows , consecrated in 1692 , an important building of the South German Baroque .

See also: List of architectural monuments in Vilgertshofen

District retirement home

Also in the hamlet is the district senior citizens' home of the Landsberg am Lech district.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pankraz Fried, Peter Fassl: From Swabia and Altbayern . Thorbecke, 1991, ISBN 978-3-7995-7073-2 , pp. 131 .
  2. Pankraz Fried: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . tape 22-23 . Komm. Für Bayerische Landesgeschichte, Munich 1971, p. 186 .
  3. ↑ A warm welcome to the Vilgertshofen district orphanage. Retrieved January 16, 2019 .