Niederalteich

Niederaltaich is a municipality in the Lower Bavarian district of Deggendorf.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 Climate Alliance
  • 3.5 community partnerships
  • 4.1 Economics
  • 4.2 traffic
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is situated on the left bank about five kilometers southeast of the mouth of the Isar and Danube, at the foot of the Bavarian Forest.

History

The place was built over time from the Benedictine monastery Niederaltaich, which was founded in 731 or 741 by Duke Odilo of Bavaria. The monks came from the monastery island of Reichenau in Lake Constance. They chose an uninhabited area in the estuary of the River Isar, and built on a hill, the monastery, which was dedicated to Saint Mauritius. Abt Eberswind was the first abbot of this place Altaha (meaning " Backwater " ) called. In 788, after the fall of the Abbey Agilolfinger Altaich was raised by Charlemagne imperial monastery. The monastery was the beginning of the 10th century repeatedly destroyed by invasions of Hungary and the Czech Republic. Also in this century, the monastery became the canons and monks were from the canons, who were responsible for the ducal grave lay the Luitpoldinger. After the time of the Hungarian invasions from 990 there was another Benedictine in the monastery and the Holy Gotthard was abbot of the monastery. He led both Altaich and the monasteries Hersfeld Abbey and Tegernsee monastery by his Benedictine reforms to new heights. In these monasteries he held partly at the same time the office of abbot.

The place Alteich to have had 60 houses in 1226. The monastery was in the middle of the 13th century, the lower jurisdiction over the place, which exercised the monastery until its abolition in 1803.

In 1918 the monastery of Metten was reoccupied. The abbey church was in 1932 the papal basilica minor honorary title.

In 2013 Niederaltaich was hit by the floods, which affected many places in Central Europe in May and June. The peak level was measured at 8.15 m, to June 4, over 1800 residents were evacuated. At noon of the day a dam broke at wineries, characterized large parts of the village were till evening flooded.

Policy

Parish council

Seats (in brackets the distribution of votes ) in municipal elections:

Mayor

For the first Mayor Albin Dietrich (UWG ) was elected with 63.27 % on 16 March 2014. His competitors Johann Kapfenberg (CSU ) received 36.73 %.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: In gold over green Dreienberg a blue wave beams, also diagonally crossed a red Abtstab and a red bill hooks.

In the arms of the close connection with the monastery Niederaltaich is expressed. The three mountain comes from the coat of arms of the monastery. This is further illustrated by the Abtsstab. The machete was used to cut the reeds on the Danube. The wavy line represents the Danube, lies on the Niederaltaich.

Climate Alliance

Niederaltaich joined with the local council decision of 7 December 2004 the International Climate Alliance and has thus set a sign of the will to sustainability in local politics.

Community partnerships

  • Niederabsdorf ( in the district Gaenserndorf in Austria, since 1995), abbot of the monastery Ratmund Niederaltaich founded this place in 1045 in Lower Austria
  • Stauchitz (Saxony, since 1998)

Friendly connections consist of:

  • Spitz, ( in the Wachau in Austria, since 1976) The area around the market town belonged 812-1504 Niederaltaich the monastery and has long been a Bavarian enclave in Austria.
  • Bakonybél (Hungary, since 2000) The establishment of Bakonybél goes back to the missionary activity of the Holy Gunther.

School connection (St. -Gotthard -Gymnasium ) to:

  • Narbonne in France

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

  • Richard Anthofer joinery components
  • DenkWerkstatt - Franz Xaver thinking GmbH
  • Riding Berger printing
  • Metal and plant - Dieter Rustler GmbH
  • Hubert Ammer landscape architect
  • Metal Voggenreiter GmbH & Co. KG
  • Piety products Franz Kindermann
  • Organic market garden Haushofer
  • Dictum GmbH (wood processing workshops)
  • Eisenhardt Edelstahlverarbeitung

Traffic

  • A 3

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Abbey Niederaltaich with Baroque basilica and monastery complex, church built from 1700 to 1739 under Abbot Joscio Hamberger ( 1700-1739 )
  • Hofmarksrichterhaus, built 1705-1706

→ List of monuments in Niederaltaich

Education

  • Abt Joscio School (carrier: Abt Joscio -Schulwerk )
  • St. -Gotthard -Gymnasium (carrier: Monastery Niederaltaich )
  • Guest and Meeting House St. Pirmin (carrier: Monastery Niederaltaich )
  • Gerhard Neumann Museum on the history of aviation from 1960 to the present
Order of Saint Benedict Agilolfings Gotthard of Hildesheim Minor basilica Aholming Auerbach, Lower Bavaria Bernried Buchhofen Grafling Grattersdorf Hengersberg Iggensbach Lalling Offenberg Osterhofen Otzing Schaufling Wallerfing
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