Außernzell

Außernzell
Coat of arms
Außernzell
Location of Außernzell within Deggendorf district
Coordinates: 48°43′N 13°12′E / 48.717°N 13.200°E / 48.717; 13.200Coordinates: 48°43′N 13°12′E / 48.717°N 13.200°E / 48.717; 13.200
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Niederbayern
District	Deggendorf
Municipal assoc.	Schöllnach
Government
• Mayor	Josef Färber (FW)
Area
• Total	24.13 km2 (9.32 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,402
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	94532
Dialling codes	09903
Vehicle registration	DEG
Website	www.aussernzell.de

Außernzell is a municipality in the district of Deggendorf in Bavaria in Germany. It is part of the municipal union of Schöllnach.

Geography

The village is in the Donau-Wald region and is situated in the valley of the Kleinen Ohe river, which empties into the Danube in the Bavarian Forest.

History

The first mention of the village was as "Cella antisna" in the year 841, when Abbot Gotzbold of Niederaltaich Abbey declared that the village would pass to the Abbey after his death. The village had been granted to him by the king Louis the German the year before. In 1004, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II affirmed the Abbey's possession of Cella.

In 1149 Pope Eugene III acknowledged the Abbey's possession of a parish church. It was located on an estate that would become the center of the township. The plague struck after the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). The first school master was registered in the year 1716. During the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1745), in June 1742, the enemy plundered the church and the inn. On the 13th of December 1742 Croatian troops plundered the village again.

Außernzell belonged to Bursar Straubing and to the district court of Hengersberg of the Elector Princes of Bavaria. The secularization of Bavaria brought the first parish school in the year 1803. The current parish was founded in 1818. The parish church of renovated in 1972 and its two aisles were widened. During the municipal reforms of 1978 Außernzell was combined with Markt Schöllnach to form the Municipal Union of Schöllnach.

Population

In 2000 the population of the community was 1,435.

Attractions

The cityscape is dominated by the Roman Catholic parish Church of the Assumption as well as the associated Saint Leonard church. The nave of the Church of the Assumption was constructed in 1550. A new transept was added in 1972. The tabernacle is late Gothic, and the chancel is Baroque. Außernzell is also the site of a pilgrimage of Saint Leonard. The new-Gothic Saint Leonard's Church was built in 1884 on the site of an older pilgrims' chapel.

People

• Michael Kurz (1876–1957), architect, was born here
• Josef Fottner (1909–1983), painter, lived here from 1975 to 1982.

Towns and municipalities in Deggendorf Aholming Auerbach Außernzell Bernried Buchhofen Deggendorf Grafling Grattersdorf Hengersberg Hunding Iggensbach Künzing Lalling Metten Moos Niederalteich Oberpöring Offenberg Osterhofen Otzing Plattling Schaufling Schöllnach Stephansposching Wallerfing Winzer

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