Wax stone

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Wax stone
Community Theilenhofen
Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 37 ″  N , 10 ° 49 ′ 52 ″  E
Height : 433  (433-459)  m
Residents : 189
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 91741
Area code : 09834
Wachstein (Bavaria)
Wax stone

Location of Wachstein in Bavaria
Aerial photo 2019
Aerial photo 2019

Wachstein is a district of Theilenhofen in the Middle Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . The place has 189 inhabitants.

Geographical location

Wachstein is located in the West Central Franconia region between Theilenhofen and Windsfeld , 1.6 km as the crow flies from Theilenhofen. The place is traversed by the Wachstein stream . Nearby are the Knollholz , Hintereichet and Vordereichet forests . The Weidachgraben flows to the south . Neighboring towns are Windsfeld, Theilenhofen, Dornhausen and Gundelsheim .

history

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent municipality of Wachstein was incorporated into the municipality of Theilenhofen as part of the municipal reform.

Worth seeing

church

Wachstein Church

The Protestant branch church St. Michael was built in 1907 after the previous church was demolished. The new nave is three-axis and has galleries and a flat plastered ceiling. The organ from 1899, the clock tower and the altar from the previous church were taken over in the new building. On the churchyard wall there is a funerary monument in the style of an obelisk from the 19th century.

The previous church was built in the 15th century by the Lords of Pappenheim . In 1415 Wachstein became an independent parish and in 1545 the Reformation prevailed. In 1733 the church got an organ, 1757–1758 the church tower was built with the letters "FFRMGZP" on the clock face of the tower clock. In 1867 the old tower clock was replaced by a new one. In 1907 the church had to be demolished because it was in disrepair. The parish currently has around 150 parishioners. Attendance at church services is 20–30%. The volume of gifts is around 100 euros per head.

Further architectural monuments

In addition to the village church, the only architectural monuments in Wachstein are the two-storey farmhouse Dorfstrasse 16 , a three-sided courtyard with a gable roof , from the mid-19th century, which was increased in 1899, and the single-storey residential building at Lindenstrasse 2 with a gable roof, which was also built in the mid- 19th century . Century was built.

→ List of architectural monuments in Wachstein

Burial mounds and Roman settlements

To the south of Wachstein there were settlements from prehistoric times and several burial mounds. A road ran west and east in Roman times.

Others

  • Wachstein has a volunteer fire brigade , a playground, a restaurant and a butcher's shop
  • The main street of the village connects Wachstein with federal highway 13 .
  • In 1973 and 2001 the place won the competition Our village should become more beautiful .
  • Wachstein has a trombone choir (30 members) and a church choir (25 members).
  • A children's church service takes place every Sunday and is attended by an average of 5-14 children.
  • There is the Edelweiß regulars' table and a fruit and horticultural association.
  • Wachstein has been using its own heat from the local biogas plant since 2012.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Description of Wachstein on the Theilenhofen website
  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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 730 .
  3. ↑ Description on pointoo.de
  4. ↑ Filialkirche St. Michael zu Wachstein - Theilenhofen parish
  5. ↑ Description on BayernViewer-denkmal
  6. ↑ Description on BayernViewer-denkmal