Leonrod (Dietenhofen)

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Leonrod is a part of the market Dietenhofen in the district of Ansbach, Middle Franconia.

Geography

Leonrod is located in the natural park of Franconia about one kilometer north-west of Dietenhofen in Biberttal between two spurs of the Franks height. In place of Kiengraben opens as a right tributary of the Beavers and the Hutweihergraben as inflow in the Hutweiher. Furthermore, here arises the meadow canal, which flows in Dietenhofen as a right tributary to the Beavers.

History

Leonrod was first mentioned in 1218 as Lewenrode documented and was the village at the Ganerbenburg. Leonrod evolved from three originally separate places that have grown together to Leonrod. Those were the north of Beavers Located Heylingsdorff, Heiligendorf or Seelig Dorff and the south of the Beavers Located Moosdorf. Heylingsdorff was first documented in 1700, but appeared in the 18th century repeatedly documents with the place name Seelig village. In a deed of 1739 was reported by a chapel in the place. Moosdorf would have found where the inn stands. At the inn until 1923 beer was brewed.

On the southwestern outskirts of the village are the ruins Leonrod, a Ganerbenburg the family of Leonrod. The 13th-century moated castle survived the Thirty Years' War unscathed and burned down in 1651, was to be burned as a scrub in the moat. The castle is owned by a community of heirs, which dates back to the 1951 Gender extinct.

Leonrod was under two jurisdictions neck, the part south of the beaver belonged to Ansbach, the northern by Erlbach.

In the Geographical statistical- topographical dictionary of Franks (1801 ) of the place is described as follows: " Leonrod, one located in the Knights places Altmühldorf and Castle, the ancestral home of the Earls of Leonrod at the Biebert above Dietenhofen, where the inhabitants parishes, in jurisdiction districts of the upper Office Ansbach. The castle has fallen. "

With the Gemeindeedikt Leonrod became politically independent community. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, this was incorporated into Dietenhofen on 1 July 1969.

Monuments

• Castle ruins Leonrod: Wasserburg, main castle, four buildings around a dungeon, 13th - 16th century; Bailey, former chapel of St. George, smaller hall building to 1327.
• House # 1: Hunter House, hip roof house with half-timbered upper floor, 17-18. century
• House # 19: Guest house wine countries, two-storey, plastered Mansarddachhaus, 18th Century

Population Development

Coat of arms

Since May 20, 1948 Leonrod leads a coat of arms, which was designed in 1940. The blazon is: Argent, on blue waves a red castle with battlements and zinnenbekröntem gate tower between two gabled houses; goal a silver shield with a red bar.

The heraldic simplified Wasserburg and the labels with coat of arms indicate the place with the intertwined by the name and immemorial possession gender of the Barons of Leonrod, which belonged to the Frankish kingdom knighthood later.

Traffic

The county road AN 24 leads to the pride mill over after Ebersdorf or after Dietenhofen. Community roads lead to Neudorf, Rüdern and Dietenhofen.

Between June 1, 1915, and September 26, 1971, the Bibertbahn perverted by the local area, the winter timetable 1931/32 a breakpoint in place has been set. Even before the closure of the railway traffic, the railway bus connected the place with Nuremberg and Fürth. At the start of the transport association Greater Nuremberg in September 1987, the rail bus was fully integrated as line 113 in the composite. In 1988, the 100% -owned rail subsidiary Omnibusverkehr Franken the concession.

For school year 1992 coming from Dietenhofen school bus route to the State Secondary School in Heilsbronn and the Lawrence School Center Neuendettelsau was converted to bus line 717 from Neudorf.