Weihenstephan (Hohenthann)
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Weihenstephan
Municipality Hohenthann
Coordinates: 48 ° 37 ′ 40 ″ N , 12 ° 6 ′ 47 ″ E
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| Incorporation : | July 1, 1972 | |
Location of Weihenstephan in Bavaria |
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 Catholic branch church St. Stephanus
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Weihenstephan is a district of the municipality of Hohenthann in the Lower Bavarian district of Landshut . Until 1972 it formed an independent municipality. It must not be confused with the Weihenstephan district of Freising .
location
Weihenstephan is located in the Hallertau about three kilometers southeast of Hohenthann.
history
Excavations in the area of the "Kellerberg II" settlement show that Weihenstephan was around 4000 BC. Was settled by the Münchshöfen culture . Evidence can also be found for the subsequent Altheim culture and the Iron Age . This means that the place is likely to have been continuously inhabited for millennia.
Weihenstephan was first mentioned in documents in 1229 in the Duke's Surbar . A church appears for the first time in a document in 1259. Weihenstephan formed a Hofmark , and Baron Carl von Etzdorf, who died in 1712, had the current moated castle built on Weihenstephan and Stamsried .
The patrimonial community Weihenstephan emerged from Hofmark at the beginning of the 19th century. The history of the one-class school in Weihenstephan began on December 1, 1864 with the appointment of Anton Heigl from Pfaffenberg as school provisional and ended at the end of the 1967/1968 school year. In the course of the territorial reform on July 1, 1972, the municipality Weihenstephan was incorporated into the municipality of Hohenthann with the places Eichstätt and Weilmeier.
Attractions
- Filial church St. Stephanus : The late Gothic building from the second half of the 15th century was changed to Baroque style in the 18th century . The furnishings are predominantly neo-Gothic .
- Weihenstephan Castle : The baroque complex with a moat from the 17th century was enlarged in the 18th century. Today the castle is owned by the Deroy von Fürstenberg family .
- St. Sebastian Castle Chapel : It dates from the middle of the 17th century and is now used as a morgue .
societies
- Bavaria Schützen Weihenstephan
- Weihenstephan volunteer fire department
- KLJB Weihenstephan
literature
- Marianne Mehling (ed.): Knaur's cultural guide in color. Lower Bavaria and Upper Palatinate , Droemer Knaur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-426-26647-4