- Greding
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen von Greding.png
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 03 |lat_sec = 07
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 21 |lon_sec = 38
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Mittelfranken
Landkreis = Roth
Höhe = 397
Fläche = 103.80
Einwohner = 7348
Stand = 2006-12-13
PLZ = 91171
Vorwahl = 08463
Kfz = RH
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 5 76 122
Straße = Marktplatz 11 + 13
Website = [http://www.greding.de/ www.greding.de]Greding is a town in the district of Roth, in
Bavaria ,Germany . It is situated 28 km southeast ofRoth bei Nürnberg and 32 km north ofIngolstadt .Geography
Greding is located in the south-eastern corner of
Middle Franconia . The municipal area borders on two neighbouring Bavarian districts,Eichstätt andNeumarkt , and also on the two regions ofUpper Bavaria andUpper Palatinate . Greding is situated about 32km north of the city ofIngolstadt on the A9 Autobahn (junction 57).Greding stands on the river Schwarzach in the
Altmühl Valley Nature Park. Two hills around the town are the Kalvarienberg and the Galgenberg.The township of Greding includes the villages of Attenhofen, Birkhof, Esselberg, Euerwang, Grafenberg, Großhöbing, Günzenhofen, Hausen, Heimbach, Herrnsberg, Hofberg, Kaising, Kleinnottersdorf, Kraftsbuch, Landerzhofen, Linden, Mettendorf, Obermässing, Österberg, Röckenhofen, Schutzendorf, Untermässing and Viehhausen.
Neighbouring townships are Beilngries, Berching, Dietfurt an der Altmühl, Freystadt,
Hilpoltstein and Thalmässing.History
There are remains of animal jawbones and charcoal fires from early settlements dating from between 100000 BCE and 6000 BCE. Traces of a
Celt ic settlement have been found dating from 450-350 BCE.The first known documentary record of a township is from 1091 CE. In the 11th Century the Greding estate came under the ownership of the Bishops of Eichstätt and remained under their jurisdiction until 1803.
Religion
Like most of Bavaria, Greding is predominantly
Roman Catholic .Culture and places of interest
Architecture
Greding is surrounded by a 1.25km town wall with fortified gate houses and towers. The wall was erected during the rule of the
Prince Bishop Friedrich IV, Count of Öttingen (1383 - 1415). A great fire in 1503 destroyed two gate houses, a tower and part of the town hall. Today, 20 towers can be seen around the town, almost all used as private houses. The large fortified gate houses to be seen are the Fürstentor, the Eichstätter Tor and the Nürnberger Tor [http://www.greding.de/tourismus_und_freizeit/sehenswuerdigkeiten/stadtmauer/ Die Stadtmauer] – Greding website] .Rathaus
The old town hall stood in the Market Square until the
Thirty Years War . In 1633 the building was burned down in an attempt to extort 1000Reichsthaler ransom money from the citizens. The site is now occupied by a fountain. The current town hall building was erected in 1699 and is thought to be the work of the Eichstätt architect Jakob Engel. The façade is decorated with the arms of the lord of the estate, Prince Bishop Johann Martin von Eyb (1697 - 1704) [http://www.greding.de/tourismus_und_freizeit/sehenswuerdigkeiten/rathaus/ Rathaus] - Greding website] .The Basilica of St. Martin
This predominantly 12-Century church stands on a hill overlooking the town and is a conspicuous local landmark. St Martins is the largest Romanesque
basilica in the former diocese of Eichstätt. It was consecrated by Bishop Otto (1182 - 1196). The late gothic altar dates from 1480 and is flanked byrococo figures of theVirgin Mary andSt John from around 1780. The apse ceiling is painted with images ofChrist enthroned and symbols of theEvangelists , and the 15th-century navefresco es depict St Martin astride a horse, dividing his cloak with a sword for a beggar. The church also contains a number of early renaissance paintings and sculptures [http://www.greding.de/tourismus_und_freizeit/sehenswuerdigkeiten/st__martinskirche/ St Martinskirche] - Greding website] .To the left of St Martin's Church in the cellar of the former Michael's Chapel, dating from the early 12th century, is a so-called
Charnel House . This was first used in the 14th century to store the bones of the dead as the graveyard itself became too full. The bones of about 2500 corpses can be seen behind an iron grille [http://www.greding.de/tourismus_und_freizeit/sehenswuerdigkeiten/karner/ Karner] – Greding website] .Other buildings of note include the Catholic Church of St. Jakob; the former Episcopal palace (1696) on the market square; and the episcopal hunting lodge (1741), now occupied by the
Raiffeisenbank .Museums
Greding has two museums, the Museum Natur und Mensch (natural history) and the Sparkassenmuseum (a banking museum).
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Greding is located near junction 57 on the A9 autobahn.
The town is served by several local and regional buses, and has direct bus connections to
Nuremberg ,Munich andBerlin .A bus service links the town with
Kinding (Altmühltal) railway station , which is on theNuremberg-Munich high-speed rail line which runs through the 7.7km Euerwangtunnel. The Greding railway station on theRoth-Greding rail line closed in 1972.Media
The local paper is the "Hilpoltsteiner Kurier".
References
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