Waizenhofen

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Waizenhofen
Thalmässing market
Coordinates: 49 ° 4 ′ 7 ″  N , 11 ° 13 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 559  (550-577)  m above sea level NHN
Residents : 107  (Jan. 2, 2018)
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 91177
Area code : 09173

Waizenhofen is a district of the Markt Thalmässing in the Central Franconian district of Roth in Bavaria .

location

The village is surrounded by fields and meadows around two kilometers south of Thalmässing. The Hagenicher Mühlbach rises in a forest to the northeast and flows over the Thalach into the Schwarzach .

history

Waizenhofen - village house

Waizenhofen was first mentioned in a document in 1150 as a tithing obligation to Eichstätt . The place is named after the court of a wazo. In the Thirty Years' War he was badly affected, many farms were deserted. From 1655 onwards a slow reconstruction took place through immigrant exiles from Upper Austria .

In 1921 Waizenhofen got an electricity connection, in 1930 a water pipe. The formerly independent municipality was incorporated into Thalmässing in 1972 as part of the municipal reform.

Economy and Infrastructure

Waizenhofen is predominantly agricultural.

1300 m west of the village is the Thalmässing-Waizenhofen airfield , a special airfield mainly for microlight aircraft and helicopters.

traffic

The state road 2225 leading to Thalmässing and Titting .

Others

The parish fair is celebrated on the weekend before Pentecost .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Thalmässing