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Ochsenberg (Königsbronn)
The village of Ochsenberg is part of the municipality of Königsbronn in the Heidenheim (district), district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Geography Ochsenberg is situated in the eastern part of the Swabian Jura, on the western edge of the Härtsfeld plateau at an altitude of 617 m above sea level (town hall). History General The first documentary evidence dates back to 1538. Years before the abbot Melchior Ruff, who was active in the Königsbronn Abbey, had already settled woodworkers, charcoal burners and day labourers on a clearing in today's hamlet. The village name originates from the "oxen (Ochsen) pasture for the abbey, up on the mountain (Berg)." 1572 Ochsenberg was annexed to Königsbronn. In the tax audit protocol of 1733 is written: "All the buildings in this hamlet are the very least in the whole monastery office, none of them is built of bricks and all of which are covered with straw". Around 1800, the houses were still not made of bricks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königsbronn
Königsbronn is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim (district), Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Königsbronn (Koenigsbronn) as an administrative community also includes the villages of Itzelberg, Ochsenberg (Königsbronn), Ochsenberg and Zang. It lies in the Brenz valley within the hills of the Swabian Jura, a landscape shaped by karst (limestone). A spring near the town center is the Source (river or stream), source of the Brenz River, Brenz, a tributary of the Danube. Geographical location The Brenz pot Königsbronn lies at the eastern end of the Swabian Jura, the so-called Ostalb. The main town is like the suburb in Itzelberg Brenztal while the higher-lying suburb Zang on the west of the valley Albuch and Ochsenberg (Königsbronn), Ochsenberg lying on the Härtsfeld east of the valley. In Königsbronn springs the Brenz, which opens at Lauingen into the Danube. North of the village on the border with neighboring city Oberkochen runs the European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
