Windischhausen

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Windischhausen
City of Treuchtlingen
Former coat of arms Windischhausen-Heumoedern
Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′ 13 ″  N , 10 ° 50 ′ 3 ″  E
Height : 487  (475-500)  m
Area : 10.4 km²
Residents : 155  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 15 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 91757
Area code : 09142
Windischhausen from the southeast
Windischhausen from the southeast

Windischhausen is a district of the town of Treuchtlingen in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen in Bavaria .

Windischhausen, aerial photo (2016)

location

The church village lies on both banks of the ground and on the lower slopes of the valley of the "Eastern" Rohracht in the Hahnenkamm in the southern Franconian Jura . It is surrounded by extensive mixed forests. The hamlets of Oberheumödern and Unterheumödern belong to the former municipal area .

history

Windischhausen was probably founded in the 8th to 10th centuries under the influence of Slavic settlements. The first written mention under the name Slavanishusen dates from 1057 when the first church was consecrated. The place name is probably derived from the Slavs (Windisch / Wendish = Slavic). In the course of time it was administered by the Counts of Treuchtlingen and the monasteries of Wülzburg , Rebdorf and Heidenheim .

After the devastation of the Thirty Years' War , the area was partly depopulated; only with the influx of religious refugees ( exiles ) from Upper and Lower Austria did the village fill with life again. The number of households in Windischhausen rose from twelve in 1643 to 24 in 1674, 40 percent of the population were exiles.

In the First World War, thirteen Windisch Hausener were soldiers or were missing in World War II, there were eleven. In both wars, the place was spared direct war damage. The Second World War ended for Windischhausen on April 23, 1945 when soldiers of the US Army coming from the direction of Heidenheim took over the place without a fight.

In the 1960s, the water supply and sewerage were built. Land consolidation took place in the 1970s .

Incorporations

On August 26, 1864, the places Oberheumödern and Unterheumödern were separated from Treuchtlichgen and incorporated into the municipality of Windischhausen. In the course of the municipal reform on July 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Windischhausen was incorporated into the city of Treuchtlingen.

Facilities / events

St. Zeno Church

Built in the 11th century for St. The first church, consecrated to Zeno , was on the outskirts and was surrounded by a cemetery. In 1875 the building in danger of collapsing was replaced by a new building in neo-Gothic style in the center of the village. The cemetery stayed in its old place.

A school building was first mentioned in 1633. In 1889 a new schoolhouse was built on the eastern edge of the village. Classes were held there until 1974; since then the students have been going to school in Wettelsheim or Treuchtlingen. Today the building is used as a meeting point and for events.

The annual church fair takes place on the second weekend in October .

economy

Windischhausen is characterized by agriculture; Most of the working people commute to Treuchtlingen, about 7 km away. Because of the location in the narrow Rohrachtal and the associated difficult accessibility of the agricultural areas, trade also traditionally has a high share. Due to the wooded, hilly landscape and the proximity to the Franconian Lake District , tourism also plays a role.

traffic

State road St 2218 runs through Windischhausen from Heidenheim to Treuchtlingen. The district road WUG 5 leads to Falbenthal . The supraregional hiking trails Frankenweg and Altmühltal-Panoramaweg also cross the place.

Web links

Commons : Windischhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Village association Windischhausen (Ed.): Windischhausen-Heumödern - The story of our homeland , Windischhausen 2012
  • Bernd Schweinzer: Local family book Windischhausen with Ober- and Unterheumödern, Windischhausen 2018

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. 477 .
  2. ↑ Church of St. Zeno on Pointoo