Windheim (Münnerstadt)

Windheim City of Münnerstadt Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′ 56 ″  N , 10 ° 6 ′ 44 ″  E
Height :	345  (337-364)  m
Residents :	346  (Nov. 30, 2012)
Incorporation :	January 1, 1972
Postal code :	97702
Area code :	09708
Location of Windheim in Bavaria

The district of Windheim (2014)

Windheim is a district of Münnerstadt in the Lower Franconian district of Bad Kissingen , Bavaria .

Geographical location

Windheim is located west of Münnerstadt on the Quästenberg above the valley of the Franconian Saale .

The place is connected to the south with the KG 20 to Bad Bocklet and Burghausen . The towns of Roth an der Saale (district of Bad Bocklet) and Reichenbach can be reached northeast . The Franconian Marienweg leads through Windheim .

history

The village was first mentioned in 1243 when Count Hermann von Henneberg pledged goods to the Würzburg prince-bishop. The place name refers to Slavic immigrants, i.e. a settlement in the 9th century.

In the Church of the Birth of Mary, newly built around 1820, there is a miraculous image of the seated Madonna and Child. The picture dates from around 1340. Later the Madonna picture was the destination of numerous pilgrimages .

On January 1, 1972, Windheim was incorporated into Münnerstadt.

Others

• There is a retirement home in the village .
• The center of the village is adorned with a centuries-old linden tree
• There is an inn with its own schnapps distillery.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 427 .

Web links

Commons : Windheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Windheim at www.muennerstadt.de