Walchenfeld

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Walchenfeld is the smallest part of the municipality Bundorf and is located in the Haßberge ( Bavaria ). The place currently has 77 inhabitants and is around 300 m above sea ​​level .

geography

Walchenfeld lies between Manau and Stöckach . The main street of the village is the district road HAS 41 . The Baunach flows east past Walchenfeld. Bundorf is just under six kilometers (as the crow flies) away.

history

It is first mentioned in writing in 1303. The origin of the place name probably goes back to water resources. The syllable w ~ l denotes a place in relation to a body of water or a spring that is regarded as valuable.

On May 1, 1978, the place was incorporated into the municipality of Bundorf.

Soil monuments

Personalities

  • Johann Ernst Henfling (1691–1720), German businessman, lawyer and promoter of higher education in Meiningen

societies

  • Walchenfeld volunteer fire department

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the contour image in BayernViewer ( memento of the original from April 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. interpolated. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.geodaten.bayern.de
  2. ↑ own measurement with BayernViewer
  3. ^ 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. 760 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 10 ° 34 ′  E