Wollbach (Zusmarshausen)

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Wollbach
Coat of arms of Wollbach
Coordinates: 48 ° 25 ′ 0 ″  N , 10 ° 35 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 451 m
Residents : 603  (2017)
Incorporation : May 1, 1978
Postal code : 86441
Area code : 08291

Wollbach is a parish village and district of the Zusmarshausen market in the Swabian district of Augsburg in Bavaria ( Germany ).

The place got its name from the Wollbach, a left tributary of the river . It is still unclear where its name comes from.

history

1157 the place was first mentioned with a church. In the 14th century, Wollbach was owned by the Gollenhofer patrician family from Augsburg. From 1362 the Maierhof, the Wollbacher Mühle and six Sölden were owned by the Zusmarshausen Early Measurement Foundation. Further goods went to Johannes Stolzhirsch and Karl von Welden around 1367. This gave 50% of the property to the diocese of Augsburg because of debts . In 1489 the St. Moritz Abbey in Augsburg was the owner of the village. This made Wollbach a highly esteemed place under Burgau sovereignty. The jurisdiction was exercised by the episcopal nursing office in Zusmarshausen.

The village was almost completely destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. But almost all residents survived, as the population had fled earlier. Salenbach was razed to the ground, but later rebuilt.

The place was subordinate to the district office of Zusmarshausen from 1862 to 1929 , then to the district office of Augsburg, and from 1939 to the district of Augsburg . Since May 1st 1978 the former community belongs to the Zusmarshausen market.

St. Stephen's Church

The Wollbach church is located in the center of the parish village and is dedicated to St. Stephen .

The parish is subordinate to the parish community Zusmarshausen in the deanery Augsburg-Land in the diocese of Augsburg.

The place already had a church when it was first mentioned in a document in 1157. At that time this was owned by the Ochsenhausen monastery, later it was transferred to the Ursberg monastery . From 1300 it belonged to the Augsburg cathedral chapter .

It burned down almost completely in a major fire in 1762, in which large parts of the town were also destroyed, and several walls collapsed. It was rebuilt the next year.

The church is divided into choir and sanctuary and has about 150 people Place. The tower is 28 m high and can be reached through a door in the chancel.

The ceiling paintings were all designed by Johann Scherer from Ettelried in 1893.

The altars were made around 1856 in the neo-Romanesque style. After the second Vatican council was passed in 1965, the baptismal font and the celebration altar were made. New side altars were purchased around 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 767 .

Web links

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