Buchdorf

Book Village is a municipality in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries and a member of the administrative community Monheim.

Book village counts down to the border towns of Alemannic dialect space for Bairischen. Also, the district Baierfeld is a border town.

• 3.1 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 monuments

Geography

Districts are book village and Baierfeld.

History

The monastery and the monastery of the Holy Cross Kaisheim in Donauwörth were the most important landowners in book village in the Middle Ages. However, the neighboring communities Baierfeld and Bergstetten play a much more important role: both are mentioned in a document of 1137 Bishop Gebhard of Eichstätt, even Baier fields Pastor Hartwig is mentioned here by name. The blackest day in the history of the place was the Barnabastag (11 June ) of the year 1504. Maximilian I had on that day the village burn down because the Buchendorfer farmers murdered earlier in the context of disputes over the succession in the house of Wittelsbach an imperial messenger had. Book village belonged to the Duchy of Pfalz- Neuburg temporarily. Its inhabitants were in accordance with the provisions of the Peace of Augsburg in this period ( 1554-1618 ) Evangelical- Lutheran.

1736, the foundation stone of the present parish church of St. Ulrich was laid. The plans for the new building came from Gabriel de Gabrieli ( 1671-1747 ). Remains of the Gothic and perhaps a Romanesque previous building have been preserved in the first two floors of the tower. One of the most valuable pieces of the interior is the late Gothic Rosary Madonna, whose style is an imperial eagle is seen. Dating back to the imperial abbey Kaisheim who owned the patronage.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1976, the previously independent community Baierfeld was incorporated.

Policy

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: By geschachten of red and silver stake cleaved by silver and blue; front an upright green beech leaf, rear an upright silver fish. Explanation: The red and silver geschachte Cistercian bar reminiscent of the monastery Kaisheim, that was one of the landlords in book village and the patronage of the parish church of St. Ulrich held. The plate colors of blue and silver suggest that book village was temporarily wittelsbachisch. The book sheet is speaking for the place name. The fish points to the Holy. Ulrich out the consecrated the local church.

Culture and sights

Monuments

Economy

In addition to typical village shops such as retail, supermarket, butchers and bakers Building companies, a stonemason, glazing, electrical companies, as well as a sawmill there. The village is dominated by agriculture.

The four largest local employers are:

• Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH (until 2006: Mikom GmbH)
• FrankenRaster GmbH
• Forwarding Hits
• Forwarding Bosch

Personalities

• Ludwig Wille (1834-1912), psychiatrist and professor in Basel
• Mecklinger Ludwig (1919-1994), East German Minister of Health
• Edgar Würth ( born 1931 ), Mayor and Member of Parliament