Walting

Walting is a community in the Upper Bavarian district of Eichstätt and forms with the communities Pollenfeld and shear field management community Eichstätt.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

Walting is located in the district of Eichstätt and thus in the nature park Altmuhltal. The place is the parish seat ( branches: Rieshofen, inching and Rapperzell ).

Community structure

There are the following districts: Pfünz ( with Almosmühle ), inching ( with Brunn mill), Rapperzell, Walting ( with monkey valley ), Rieshofen ( with Isenbrunn ) Pfalzpaint and Gungolding ( Forster mill and Ziegelhofstraße ).

History

Until 1803 Walting was an office of the Prince-Bishopric of Eichstätt and was from 1500 in the Frankish Empire circle. It then belonged to the Principality of Eichstätt of Archduke Ferdinand of Tuscany. Since the peace treaties of Brno and Bratislava in 1805 the place belonged to Bavaria. The municipality was created in 1818.

Incorporations

At the municipal reform joined on 1 January 1972 Gungolding, Pfalzpaint, Pfünz, Rapperzell, Rieshofen and Walting the new community Walting together. On May 1, 1978, added inching.

Population Development

On the territory of the municipality were 1970 1.595, 1987, 1888 and 2000 counted 2,363 residents a year.

Policy

Parish council

The local council of Walting has 14 members.

  • CSU 9 seats
  • CDU 5 seats

(As at municipal election on 28 September 2008)

Mayor

Mayor since 1 May 1990, Hans Mayer of the CSU.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on 14 December 1984, the Government of Upper Bavaria.

Blazon: ". Argent, a red wave left flank, is a growing silver crosier, front three, two made ​​-to-one six-pointed red stars, a black bucket helmet with bull's horns and bull ears as a crest "

On the affiliation of its territory to the former Bishopric of Eichstätt refers to the crosier from the Bishopric of Eichstätt Coat of Arms. The helmet in the front of the coat of arms is derived from the seal of the Lords of Walting detectable until the 14th century in the municipality. The three stars are the arms of the mentioned since 1194 Lords of Pfalzpaint taken, possessed as a fief of the subjects Jeleniogórska Counts and later Dukes of Bavaria to 1452 Village and Castle Pfalzpaint. Henry of Pfalzpaint, the 1460 wrote a book about the wound pharmacology, is considered one of the greatest surgeons of the German Middle Ages. The location of the community in Altmühltal is symbolized by the shaft edge.

The coat of arms was designed by Theodor heraldist Goerge from Freising.

Culture and sights

In the district Walting the elevated position, originally fortified parish church of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist, a high altar from the late 17th century and several Gothic sculptures poses. The medieval chapel of St. Leonhard in the center has a ceiling painting of 1732 and a Baroque altar with three statues; the stone figure of St.. Leonhard above the entrance is from 1598th In the forecourt is a medieval baptismal font. Southwest of Walting, in the amount of the monkey valley, a Roman villa rustica was carved under the direction of archaeologist Michael Jandejsek in September 2007, which was on the brink of total destruction by the plow. However, the property owner prevented by his financial demands on the market price of a purchase of the land. Therefore, the excavations had to be filled up on 19 December 2007. Thus, the hopes of the community were destroyed to build another valuable economic feet.

In the district Pfünz one finds among other things, by Friedrich Winkelmann excavated 1884-1900 remains of the Roman fort Vetoniana. The fort was built by Emperor Domitian and formed a part of the rear mounts of the limes. First, in wood, built by Emperor Antoninus Pius in stone, 166 destroyed and rebuilt, it was most likely destroyed finally by the Alemanni 233. Visible are conserved parts of the foundation walls and the defeated in the upcoming double-pointed rock trench. Based on Roman military works without subject-related scientific assistance between 1992 and 1994 was a free attempt at reconstruction of the north gate and north-west tower with the intervening parapet. A model of the camp and finds can be found in the prehistoric collection on the Willibaldsburg in Eichstätt. Pfünz itself is 889 first documented as " Phuncina ". Not far from the town is picturesquely built a well in 1486 stone arch bridge, the bridge Altmühltherme Pfünz. The former, built in 1710 Fürstbischöfliche summer palace Pfünz is - extended by Attachments - used as a youth center since 1956 from the Diocese of Eichstätt. The local church of St. Nicholas, built from 1496 to 1535, 1601 in ruins, was repaired in 1728 and Baroque style (stucco by Franz Xaver Horneis ); the equipment is Gothic, Baroque and Classical. Today's murals comes from P. Baumgartner from Oberpfaffenhofen from the year 1954. The pulpit dates from the secularized convent of Notre Dame in Eichstätt. The tower has a gable roof with two gables. Pfünz belonged until 1975 to the parish of St. Pietenfeld and since then the parish family in Eichstätt.

The community part Inching - today a small village with about 100 inhabitants - was already mentioned in 1055. At that time, Emperor Henry III. the church Eichstätter the vineyards right between Rebdorf and inching. A Noble Adalbert of Inch Ingen is called 1166. Inching has with St. Martin's Church and the Castle a historic ensemble inching directly to the Altmühltherme.

Situated on the Roman road Pfünz - Böhming community part Gungolding was already Christianized vorwillibaldinisch. The once-fortified ( fortified church Gungolding ), outside the village standing on a hill parish church of the Assumption is Baroque. It harbors late Gothic and Baroque furnishings items. To her lead brick 14 Stations of the Cross in 1751, with panels of Eichstätt artist Franz Maurer in 1992. The adjacent " Old School " was transformed into a parish hall in 2004. The lying in the center historical tower house was demolished in 2004 and rebuilt. The Gungoldinger Wacholderheide is one of the oldest nature reserves in Bavaria.

In the hamlet of Pfalzpaint was a noble residence, the castle Pfalzpaint that was associated with the newly built 1707 by Jakob Engel Church of St. Andrew. The church furnishings are from the 16th - 18th century, mainly in the Baroque style.

In the forest the monkey valley once grew the largest spruce in Bavaria; 40 m long and 280 years old, it was like 1910.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Walting

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

It was in 1998 according to official statistics in the manufacturing sector and 232 in the area of ​​trade and transport 17 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 59 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 766 in the manufacturing sector there were 3 businesses in the construction industry 2 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 61 farms with an agricultural area of 1051 ha, of which 771 ha of arable land and 279 ha of permanent grassland.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of 824 k € in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted to € 78k.

Education

There are the following facilities (as of 2008):

  • Kindergartens: 73 kindergarten places with 90 children
  • Elementary schools: 1 with 6 teachers and 124 students
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