Widdersberg (Herrsching)
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Ariesberg
Municipality of Herrsching am Ammersee
Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 54 ″ N , 11 ° 11 ′ 58 ″ E
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| Height : | 641 m |
| Residents : | 439 (Jul 1, 2018) |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1972 |
| Postal code : | 82211 |
| Area code : | 08152 |
 Church of St. Michael in Widdersberg
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Widdersberg is located on the east bank of the Pilsensee and is now part of the municipality of Herrsching am Ammersee , Starnberg district in Upper Bavaria . Until its incorporation in 1972, the place was independent.
geography
location
Widdersberg is located 2.5 kilometers north-east of Herrsching and 5 kilometers north of Andechs Monastery , in the center of the Fünfseenland at the height between Lake Ammersee and Lake Starnberg . It consists of the suburbs Alt-Widdersberg and Neuwiddersberg, has 395 inhabitants.
Alt-Widdersberg is located on a plateau that was created by glacier deposits between the two main glacier tongues of the Isar-Loisach glacier. The Neuwiddersberg, which only emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, stretches from the banks of the Pilsensee at the foot of the ridge over a rib in which the pond is embedded to the edge of the plateau.
Waters
- Pilsensee
- Widdersberger Weiher
- Moosbach
history
On January 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality was dissolved as part of the territorial reform and Herrsching was added.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of the place symbolizes the two hills of the castle hill with the ram horns on top .
Attractions
In the list of architectural monuments in Herrsching am Ammersee , three architectural monuments are listed for Widdersberg :
- The Catholic branch church of St. Michael is a late Gothic complex from 1521. It was changed around 1770 and in the 19th century.
- The Villa von Zobelitz (Burgstrasse 7) is a single-storey, neo-classical mansard roof building with a gable .
- The Villa Ehmcke (Kirchplatz 6) is an elongated, two-storey hipped roof building in the style of neo-classicism , built in 1922/24.
Personalities
- Hans Baur (1897–1993), pilot
- Helene Böhlau (1856–1940), German writer, lived in Widdersberg since 1911 and is buried in the local cemetery
- Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke (born October 16, 1878 in Hohensalza; † February 3, 1965 in Widdersberg) was a graphic artist, type designer, illustrator and book designer
- Susanne Ehmcke (1906–1982), among other things writer / illustrator for children and young people
- Monika Lachenmaier-Strohm (* 1939), author
- Wolfram Siebeck (born September 19, 1928 in Duisburg; † July 7, 2016 in Lahr / Black Forest), German gastronomy critic, journalist and book author.
- Uwe Timm (* 1940), writer
literature
- Sabine Bloch: "Dorff Gegenperg". Widdersberg 1500 to 1900 . Ed .: Widdersberg Local History Working Group, 2008
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Population statistics, Gde. Herrsching am Ammersee
- ↑ Population statistics, Gde. Herrsching am Ammersee
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 576 .
