Fuchstal

Fuchstal is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Landsberg am Lech, about 60 kilometers southwest of Munich and forms with the community Unterdießen the administrative community Fuchstal.

2.1 History of the district market Leeder
2.2 History of the district Asch
2.3 History of the district Seestall
2.4 Recent history of the community
2.5 Coat of Arms

Geography

The actual Fuchstal runs like a valley of meadows Bach of Erpfting about Ellighofen, Unterdießen, Asch, Seestall, Leeder up after Denklingen.

The origin of the name Fuchstal applies the valley shape, reminiscent of a fox. Another version says that the name so can be derived from the brown-red color of the meadows in the summer, remember the color of a fox.

Geographical Location

Market Leeder and Asch are approximately 2 km west of the Lech river on a broad gravel terrace, which is bounded on the east by a Altmoränenzug. Seestall is located on the Lech, the upper part of the village is located raised on a gravel terrace. Through the municipal area between Seestall Leeder and the federal highway 17, which belongs to the Romantic Road runs here. In Roman times, the Via Claudia Augusta ran through the municipal area, which is now developed and signposted as a cycle path.

Districts

The municipality includes the villages Fuchstal Asch, market Leeder and Seestall, also the hamlets Engratshofen, Lech Berg, Lech mills, Welden and the wastelands Aschtal, Schäfmoos and Wildbad.

History

The population of the area is detectable up to the La Tène period - in Asch and Leeder, there are burial mounds and several Celtic Viereckschanzen.

History of the district market Leeder

The oldest district of the municipality is the market Leeder, which was probably founded by Franks in the 8th century as a fortified village to protect the Swabian backcountry Bavarian attacks. It is believed that the place name from the Flemish " Lethe " - that is, artificial watercourse derived " Lede ". Settled market was initially Leeder of Flemings, who led the smith creek through the town.

1401 bought Friedrich von Freyberg Leeder, whose descendants to 1497 were local lords and the village to the Augsburg merchant and mayor Sigmund Gossembrot sold. After his death in 1508 Leeder went into the possession of his son Ulrich Rehlinger, who was also mayor in Augsburg. Rehlinger led in 1527 to the evangelical faith Leeder one. 1595 Jakob Fugger bought the place for 62,000 guilders, began again a Catholic priest and had the church anew devote Catholic.

1661 bought the Bishopric of Augsburg the location of the Fuggers and aligns the Pflegamt Leeder one, which includes the towns of Denklingen, Welden, Lengenfeld and the hamlets Krähmoos, Hohenwart and Lech mills. Above the present church was a castle located together with the Dreiweiherweg today, already mentioned in 1552 Lustschloss Martin Brunn and the Office house fell into disrepair after the secularization and were auctioned for demolition. 1905 were between the new cemetery and the " hut " at the former sports ground remains of walls of mortar- associated fieldstone found that are associated with the former fortification. The market rights of the village is first mentioned in 1568 and 1807 documented securitized. It allows the municipality annually two groceries and livestock markets. The Chandler Markets are still held every Sunday in May and in the fall along the main street of the village.

History of the district Asch

The first mention of the village dates back in 1126, when the Earl of Ronsberg borrow from Irsee possessions in Asch. 1401 Asch goes over to the lords of Freyberg, the possession in 1636 and 1740 bequeath to the Augsburg monastery of St. Stephan.

History of the district Seestall

Unlike the Swabian always been places Leeder and Asch the Flößerort Seestall was as part of the Lechrain has always Bavarian area. The first mention of the place is to be found in 1275 in the Bavarian tax register, the hall book of Duke Ludwig the Severe.

During World War II lasted from autumn 1944 to March 1945 in the place a satellite camp of KZ Buy ring in which had to do forced labor several hundred Jewish prisoners. 1950 was the Bavarian State Government a memorial stone on the river side, east of Seestall, building, which is reminiscent of the at least 22 of the deceased to 1945 prisoners from the concentration camp who were buried here. A signpost on the B 17 refers to the concentration camp memorial.

Recent history of the community

Since Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and the secularization of 1803, the entire territory of the present municipality Fuchstal belongs to Bavaria, to the municipal reform were Asch and Leeder to the Bavarian administrative region of Swabia.

The church today Fuchstal was formed in 1972 as part of local government reform by the merger of municipalities Asch, market Leeder and Seestall. In 1978, the municipalities Fuchstal and Unterdießen joined together to manage community Fuchstal.

By 1984 the community had Fuchstal few hundred meters east of the villages Asch and Leeder its own station at the Fox Valley Railway opened in 1886 by Landsberg to Schongau. Today there only cargo handling for the wood works Pröbstl takes place.

Coat of arms

The old coat of arms of the former municipality Leeder

The coat of arms of Fuchstal since 2000

The current coat of arms of Fuchstal was adopted by the municipality in 2000 and replaced the originated from the 50s Coat of Asch and Leeder. It shows a silver sign foot with a split red rudder, front in blue with a silver wave oblique beams, the back of a green ash gold leaf.

The rudder refers to the former Flößerort Seestall, the oblique bar indicates the current through Leeder smith creek, the ash leaf in the community town of Asch.

An earlier crest design from the district administrator Bernhard Müller- Hahl from 1977 ("in blue on a silver wave beams a golden ash with three branches, in the sign of three golden balls " ) was indeed in the literature (cf. home directory for the district of Landsberg am Lech to find, p 463 ) as a municipal coat of arms, but it gained no legal validity.

Policy

Mayor Erwin Karg (CDU Community Leeder and Free Wählergemeinschaft Asch ), and his deputy is Norbert Kees (CDU Community Leeder ). The council consists of 16 members.

Elff = A list of Fuchstal FWGA = Free Wählergemeinschaft Asch FWGL = Free Wählergemeinschaft Leeder FWGS = Free Wählergemeinschaft Seestall

Culture and sights

In Leeder few old buildings have been preserved - the castle, something outside the village today Dreiweiherweg pleasure palace Martin Brunn and other stately buildings fell into disrepair after the secularization and were later auctioned " to abort". Survived the mentioned already in the 16th century tavern are (Today: Guest House Luitpold ) and the stately barn with a partially preserved enclosure wall opposite where are business premises today.

Parish Church of the Annunciation in the district Leeder
Church of St. Stephan ( Fuchstal ) in the village of Welden