Rüsselbach

49.60694444444411.256265638889Koordinaten: 49 ° 36 ' 25 "N, 11 ° 15' 23" E

Location of trunk stream in the community Igensdorf

Trunk stream is part of the municipality Igensdorf in Upper Franconia in Bavaria.

Geography

Located on the edge of the Franconian Switzerland place consists of the parts sub- trunk stream, middle trunk Bach, Bach church trunk and upper trunk stream and around the hamlets Lindenhof, Lindenmühle, Weidenbühl and Weidenmühle. The four districts extend the foot of the mountain cows along the trunk stream, which originates in the upper trunk stream and flows into the Schwabach in the West.

History

The history of the town with about 1,200 inhabitants goes way back.

The area around trunk stream was inhabited in the Bronze Age. Of the barrows testify in the nearby oak bark - wood. Above trunk Bach on the cat are still recognizable fortifications of the robber barons Hainburg from the early Middle Ages. Local historians date the settlement of the area on the left bank of Schwabach on the period around the year 900

While some lay the foundation trunk Bach to the year 742, the year of the founding of the Diocese of Eichstätt to the trunk stream was initially, only the first mention can be detected in a document of Emperor Henry II from the year 1010. At the parish church, with its trunk stream of the Apostle James consecrated and now Evangelical Lutheran fortified church halfway between the mountain ranges Katz and Cow Mountain at that time were 40 places.

Although in the aftermath of the parish size did not change, changed the rule of trunk stream in the following centuries several times.

The following rule changes are evidenced:

The oldest building in trunk stream is the fortified church of St. James Church in trunk stream. The frescoes in the choir should come from the period around 1200. Your present appearance, the Church of the Lutheran church since reconstruction in 1777 and 1779th The baptismal font dates from the year 1841, the altarpiece of 1842.

On March 27, 1961 Ilyushin Il -18 of the Czechoslovak CSA broke apart during cruise from Prague to Zurich and crashed on a field in the upper trunk stream. All 52 occupants (44 passengers and eight crew members) were killed.

On 1 January 1972 trunk Bach was incorporated in the course of municipal reform in the community Igensdorf.

Trunk Bach today

Trunk stream is a country town in the catchment area of the metropolitan region of Nuremberg. Most residents are commuters. Retailers are no longer present. Of the former six taverns in the villages, there are still two. Agriculture is practiced only on a few farms and mostly as a sideline. In Upper trunk stream, there are many artists and creative people.

Trunk stream, being a part of the market town Igensdorf the largest cherry growing area in Europe.

Every year in May, there is a Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival in Upper trunk stream. On the Epperlesberg east of trunk stream is the airfield run - Lillinghof.

Local Jubilee 2010

In 2010 found in trunk stream with its hamlets and villages instead of the celebration of the millennial anniversary.

Traffic

Trunk stream is operated via the Gräfenbergbahn. The county road FO31 runs through all four districts and binds them to the approximately 3 km from the national road 2.

Club Life

Community life is, as is usual in the whole region, lively and also has over a century of tradition.

The following clubs, which acting in concert over the trunk Bachverein ring, have their headquarters in Rüsselsheim Bach (date in brackets):

  • Männergesangverein trunk Bach ( 1897)
  • Volunteer Fire proboscis Bach ( 1897)
  • Warriors and Soldiers Club proboscis Bach ( 1919)
  • Trombone Choir (13 November 1927)
  • Woman singing circle - women's choir (1971 )
  • Schützengesellschaft trunk Bach V. ( 1973)
  • Sports Community proboscis Bach V. ( 1978)
  • Village Improvement Society eV ( 1980)
  • Friends of trunk Bach ( 2009)
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