Stockdorf
Stockdorf | |
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Ortsteil of Gauting | |
Oberbayern | |
District | Starnberg |
Municipality | Gauting |
Population | |
• Total | 3,250 |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 82131 |
Dialling codes | 089 |
Vehicle registration | STA |
Stockdorf is the largest district in the municipality of Gauting in the District of Starnberg in upper Bavaria, Germany. It is inhabited by approximately 4,000 citizens.
Geography
The village is situated at the
History
A field of cairn from Bronze Age and hallstatt culture give evidence of the very early settlement at Stockdorf. At least 21 cairns were well preserved when Freiherr von Metting, a forest superintendent from Starnberg opened two of these graves and discovered a bronzen bowl, a sword of iron and other smithery. During the Roman Empire Stockdorf was a colony to the Roman city Bratananium as Gauting was called. In the Middle Ages Stockdorf was a small clearing and consisted of less than 10 buildings.[1] The medieval village can be situated near the old St. Vitus church.
The name Stockdorf was first mentioned in a deed of Benediktbeuern monastery 1279 as "Stochdorf". Presumably it is identical with "Staodorf" (MHG 'on the bank') and can be deducted from "Stadelaren" which was already mentioned in the chronicles of Ebersberg Abbey.[2]
Between 1715 and 1745, the Bavarian
. .[3] In November 1734 theThe reform of the Bavarian administration under Montgelas lead to the annexation of Stockdorf by Gauting between 1808 and 1818.
When the new rail road from
Culture
Churches
- Catholic parish St. Vitus, Waldstr. 28.[5]
- Lutheran congregation Ev. Kirchengemeinde, Peter-Dörfler-Str. 14.[6]
Schools
- Primary school Grundschule an der Würm, Zugspitzstr. 17
- Training center for the building industrie BauindustrieZentrum, Heimstr. 17
Buildings
Apart from the house Bahnstr. 7 which dates back to the 17th century, all of Stockdorf's buildings have been erected since the 1850s.
The church of
After Stockdorf became an independent Catholic parish in 1949 a new church was built by Hans Heps and consecrated to
The Lutheran church, a plain cubical building of fairfaced concrete, neighboured by an L-shaped vicarage was erected in 1959 by J. Semler and J. Haider. On the outside is a concrete relief, 'St. Peter on the water' by K. H. Hoffmann. In the interior is a baptistic window by Rupprecht Geiger (glued glass, 1960).
Since the opening of the Railroad there is the 'gate house' at the former level crossing, a two-story brick building with overlapping gabled roof (ca. 1853/54).
Stockdorf has a number of mansions and houses under preservation order dating before World War I which give the village its typical sight. This suburban architecture of high standards can still be found, for example at Südstr. 15 (2005 by Felix Bembé and Sebastian Dellinger)[10]
- Bennostraße 6/8: duplex with attic and studio skylight 1905/10.
- Kreuzweg 4: detached house in art nouveaustyle with attic and typical country garden 1905/10.
- Mansions by Bernhard Schießl in reduced historistic style, 1906-1910: Zumpestraße 2 (villa with turret and hipped roof projections), Tellhöhe 5 and 7 (turret houses), Zweigstr. 2 (attic house with oriel)
- Bahnstraße 36: country home in modern-baroque-style with attic, oriel like structures and spire lights by A. von Schorn 1910.
The BauindustrieZentrum at Heimstraße was revamped in 1990 based on the "Lehrwerkstätte des Bayerischen Baugewerbeverbandes" by Willi Lorch 1937.
Economy
1929 the cosmetic manufacturer Franz Xaver Maier purchased a large
Since 1908 the Webasto AG, one of the world's biggest automonitve suppliers is located in Stockdorf. From the former Eßlinger Draht- und Eisenwarenfabrik it was named after its founder Wilhelm Baier and the village WBS and later WeBaSto.
At Wanneystr. 10 the electronic intelligence department of
The George-Vithoulkas-Stiftung für Klassische Homöopathie, an endowment for the promotion of research and teaching of classic homeopathy was founded in Stockdorf 1992.
Stockdorf is amongst the leading German communities for blogger.[11]
Transport
The district has a railway station, Stockdorf, that is served by the Munich S-Bahn.
Notable residents
- The pianist and music teacher Sophie Menter (1846-1918), a close friend to Franz Liszt lived in Stockdorf where she died in 1918.
- Camilla Zumpe, wife of the conductor Hermann Zumpe, moved here after her husband has died.
- The medievalist Franz Kampers (1868-1929) died in Stockdorf.
- The draftsman Felix Schwormstädt (1870-1938) lived part of his life in Stockdorfer.
- The painter Walther Kerschensteiner (1887-1956) lived in Stockdorf.
- The painter Ernst Haider (1890-1988) lived in Stockdorf.
- NSDAP(member nr. 4) lived in Stockdorf and committed suicid here in 1947.
- Lorenz Vilgertshofer (1900-1998), states secretary lived in Stockdorf until his death in 1998.
- The painter and illustrator Gablonzlived from 1946 in Stockdorf.
- Bavarian secretary of justice Mathilde Berghofer-Weichner (1931-2008) lived in Stockdorf.
References
- ^ Josef Sturm: Die Rodungen in den Forsten um München. Frankfurt a. M.: Hermann-Göring-Akademie der deutschen Forstwirtschaft, 1941
- ^ Siegfried Rehm: Die Stockdorfer, ihre Häuser und die Suche nach Stadelaren. Quellenforschungen 11.-19. Jahrhundert. Stockdorf: Verlag Siegfried Rehm.
- ^ Projekt Hirschjagdpark | Galerie Royal
- ISBN 3-929884-08-9
- ^ "Neue Internetpräsenz". www.st-vitus-stockdorf.de. Archived from the original on 2002-07-26.
- ^ "Home". kirche-stockdorf.de.
- ^ Deutinger, M.V.: Die älteren Matrikeln des Bistums Freising, 3 Bände, hier: Band III, S. 217
- ^ Wolfgang Krämer: Geschichte der Gemeinde Gauting einschließlich der Hofmarken Fußberg und Königswiesen nebst Grubmühle, Reismühle und Gemeinde Stockdorf sowie der Schwaigen Kreuzing und Pentenried. Selbstverlag der Gemeinde Gauting, 1949.
- ^ Lothar Altmann: Kirchen entlang der Würm. München, Zürich: Schnell & Steiner 1979
- ^ Bayerische Architektenkammer (Hrsg.): Architektouren. München, 2007
- ^ Bloglandkarte http://www.zeit.de/2008/25/Karte-25
- ^ cf http://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/artikel/artikel_44338