Wasserzell (Eichstätt)

Wasserzell City of Eichstätt Coordinates: 48 ° 52 ′ 32 " N , 11 ° 9 ′ 52" E
Height :	391 (390-415) m
Residents :	422 (2007)
Incorporation :	July 1, 1972
Postal code :	85072
Area code :	08421
Location of Wasserzell in Bavaria
	Wasserzell

Wasserzell is a church village and a district of the city of Eichstätt in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt .

location

The Altmühl near Wasserzell

Wasserzell is located on the southern bank of the Altmühl in the valley floor and on the valley slope. The village can be reached from the state road 2230, which runs through the Altmühl Valley, via a side road that leads over the Altmühl and then on to Ochsenfeld . The Altmühltal cycle path leads directly past Wasserzell. The village has a rail connection via a stop on the Eichstätt Bahnhof – Eichstätt Stadt line , which is operated by the Bavarian Regiobahn .

history

A prehistoric section fortification has been proven on the Schneckenberg above Wasserzells .

The current district of Eichstätt used to consist of upper and lower water cells. Unterwasserzell, founded in the 10th or 11th century, was originally called "Richoluescelle". In 1196 an Otto de Celle was named as Canon of Eichstätt. The area upstream from Eichstätt, in which Wasserzell is located, was an imperial estate until the Augustinian monastery Rebdorf was founded in 1156. The village was later shared by the Bishop of Eichstätt, Rebdorf Monastery and Eichstätter Monastery Sankt Walburg . In 1216 a settlement was made between the cathedral parish and the Rebdorf monastery about parish rights. A pilgrimage is mentioned in 1446 .

In the course of the witch persecution in the Hochstift Eichstätt , at least two women from Wasserzell were accused as alleged witches and sentenced to death in 1617 and 1618 respectively.

During the Thirty Years War the place was sacked in 1633.

The railway connection from Wasserzell has existed since 1885. The original narrow-gauge railway was converted to standard gauge in 1934 . Southwest of Wasserzell, the route leads towards Eichstätt station through the Schneckenberg tunnel (189 meters long).

On July 1, 1972, Wasserzell was incorporated into Eichstätt as part of the regional reform in Bavaria .

Population development:

1741: 341 inhabitants
1830: 276 inhabitants
1937: 364 inhabitants
1983: 463 inhabitants
2007: 422 inhabitants

Since 1996 a children's house has been operated in Wasserzell based on the Montessori pedagogy .

In 2009 the Altmühl near Wasserzell, which was regulated in the 1920s, was renatured. A former river meander in the direction of Obereichstätt in the Sperberslohe corridor was reactivated by connecting two oxbow lakes and backfilling the Altmühl regulation route.

Attractions

Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers ; late Gothic, built under Prince-Bishop Wilhelm von Reichenau (1464–1496); Gothic net vault in the two-bay choir; Square tower, halfway up into an octagon, built in 1620 with a brick helmet from the beginning of the 17th century, the sacristy in the basement ; Remodeling into a baroque church in the 18th century; 1928 and 1945 church expansions; Nave with flat ceiling (wooden coffers) from 1701; profane upper floor with access from the tower; Baroque high altar (beginning of the 18th century) with an altarpiece of Mary and Joseph with the 14 helpers in need, from 1790 by the Eichstätter painter Johann Adam Weber (a letter of indulgence from 1489 contributed to the fact that the church developed into a place of pilgrimage); Way of the Cross by the same artist; Baroque side altars (early 18th century) with Weber altarpieces; Late Renaissance statue of the Virgin Mary (16th century) on the left side altar; Sacrament house made of stone with Christ's head (around 1500); Holy water stone (around 1600); 14th helper panel from approx. 1600 on the right side of the nave; late Gothic Madonna (approx. 1490) on the back wall; Late Gothic bishop figure (.? hl Willibald) on the sounding board of the pulpit (around 1490); Organ from 1995 by Andreas Ott in Bensheim (10 stops). - The Catholic branch church belonged to the cathedral parish of Eichstätt and was a branch from 1930 ; In 1933 the future Bishop of Regensburg Rudolf Graber was here . In 1973 it became a branch of the parish of St. Johannes Baptist in Eichstätt-Rebdorf.
Steib Chapel, with statue " Christ resting "
Memorial chapel to Dean Theodor Trompeter, also with a statue of "Christ in Rest"
Stone bust from the 17th century from the former botanical garden of Willibaldsburg Eichstätt, a Roman general, standing above Wasserzell on a Jura rock, the "Schallerfelsen".
Natural monument "Former quarry Wasserzell am Frauenberg", registered as geotope 176A004 in the Bavarian environmental object catalog .

church
Church interior
Cemetery, Chapel "Christ Resting"

societies

Volunteer Fire Brigade Wasserzell (since 1881)
Warrior and survivor comradeship in Wasserzell (since 1922; war memorial "St. George as a dragon slayer" from 1931 by Heinz Hensch in the new cemetery)
Sportclub Wasserzell (since 1924)

Others

There is a resting place for boats at the Altmühlbrücke.

literature

To the St. Emergency helpers in Wasserzell. In: Heimgarten 9 (1928), No. 19
Felix Mader (editor): The art monuments of Middle Franconia. I. City of Eichstätt including the communities of Marienstein, Wasserzell and Wintershof. Munich 1924, reprint Munich and Vienna: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 1981, pp. 456–459
Karl Zecherle: Churches and monasteries in the Eichstätt district. Eichstätt: District, 1983, p. 18f.
Wasserzell . In: The Eichstätter area in the past and present. Eichstätt: Sparkasse, 1984, p. 297f.
(Konrad Held): Church of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. In: Church newspaper for the Diocese of Eichstätt No. 20 of May 20, 2001, p. 24

Web links

Commons : Wasserzell (Eichstätt) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Photos from Wasserzell

Wasserzell (Eichstätt) in the location database of the Bayerische Landesbibliothek Online . Bavarian State Library

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 601 .
^ Association for integrative education eV . Retrieved March 24, 2018.
^ Ingolstadt Water Management Office
↑ Environmental object catalog Bavaria

[1] Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 601 .

[2] Association for integrative education eV . Retrieved March 24, 2018.

[3] Ingolstadt Water Management Office

[4] Environmental object catalog Bavaria