광차 주변 최고의 교통량 없는 자전거 라이딩 코스

There's coffee and cake and a lunch counter. A daily lunch menu is available.

beautiful view on both sides over the Iller

Beautiful path along the Iller, especially by bike. Closed during floods, however.

Illertissen was first mentioned in documents in 954 AD. The reason was the so-called Peace of Tussa, which was not entirely insignificant for the history of the region and even Germany. The later King Otto I is said to have passed over his first-born son Liudolf as successor, which is why there was a rift between father and son in 953 AD. The situation escalated and in 954 Otto and Liudolf faced each other on the Iller after the latter had taken Regensburg together with Arnulf, a son of the Duke of Bavaria who had died a year earlier. The Bishop Ulrich from Augsburg and the Bishop Hartbert from Chur rushed to the scene and mediated between the two parties. Reconciliation took place in the castle at Tussa, without which history would probably be different today. As a result of the reconciliation, the two armies joined forces and contributed to the victory over the invading Hungarians at the Battle of Lechfeld in front of Augsburg in 955 AD.

Evangelical St. Michael's Church (2): "The plaque depicts the procession of Carinthians with many children, together with Abraham and his family," explains the historically knowledgeable pastor. It is a story of departure, and the newcomers named the district "Bethlehem". (https://oberschwaben-welt.de/wain-und-die-erinnerung-an-bethlehem/)

Evangelical St. Michael's Church (1): "In the middle of the village of Wain there is probably the oldest Protestant church in Upper Swabia," says Pastor Ernst Eyrich. St. Michael's Church was built in 1687. In the Middle Ages, a smaller Gothic church stood on the site. As many Protestant religious refugees from Austria came to Wain in 1650, the congregation grew in a short time. The church was dismantled except for a section of wall and rebuilt and enlarged. This old section of wall is now part of the northern nave wall. The Protestants had to flee from Carinthia and Styria at that time. According to Pastor Eyrich, there are many special features in the church that focus particularly on the topic of baptism. The chancel is built as half an octagonal honeycomb. If this octagon were built, it would be imaginarily mirrored to form a whole honeycomb, and the baptismal font would form the exact center. The number eight can be interpreted in different ways. "The eighth day is the day of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. With the resurrection the new creation of the world begins, a radical change - something new begins from the old," explains Pastor Eyrich. "In the past it was actually considered a scandal if a baptismal font was placed in the middle of the chancel," he adds. Baptismal fonts are usually located to the side or in a corner. In the past, an unbaptized person was not allowed to enter the chancel. The baptismal font in St. Michael's Church stands between the altar and the congregation and is an elegant work of art made of marble on a baluster base. The carved wooden lid is lavishly decorated with fruit ornaments and the initials of the donors. This elaborate lid can be pulled up using a pendulum pull. The pulpit is made of walnut and also features lavish carved fruit arrangements. Opposite the pulpit is the count's family box. On the south side of the nave there is an exile plaque. Exiles were Protestant religious refugees from the 16th to 18th centuries who were driven from their homeland. In the 17th century, many Protestant families from Arriach in Carinthia and from Styria came to Wain, the “promised land” that the free imperial city of Ulm made available to the refugees in 1650. (https://oberschwaben-welt.de/wain-und-die-erinnerung-an-bethlehem/)

Exiles in Wain (4): The most famous descendant of the Carinthian exiles is probably Conrad Dietrich Haßler, whose ancestor Pankratius Haßler appears in the baptismal registers since 1659 as a resident, shoemaker, day laborer and mercenary. Conrad Dietrich Haßler was a professor at the grammar school in Ulm, as a member of the Stuttgart state parliament he advocated the expansion of the railway line to Ulm, was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly in 1848 and, in addition to everything else, worked tirelessly for the continuation of the construction of the tower of the cathedral in his home town, which had been unfinished since the Middle Ages. Today, numerous descendants of the former exiles still live in Wain and Balzheim, and some of their names have also been preserved, e.g. Walcher, Schließer, Unterweger, Wipfler and Neuhauser. The "Lutheran sausages" are also well known, the recipe for which the Carinthians once brought with them. The town's own history is regularly commemorated in events lasting several days, commemorative publications and plays. The "Exulantentafel" in Wain's Michaelskirche, which depicts Abraham's exodus from Haran to Canaan and was donated by the Ulm city council in 1658, is always present. The newly created Wain village fountain also commemorates this chapter of its own history. Since 1972, Wain has had an official partnership with the Carinthian mountain farming community of Arriach, the place of origin of many of the exiles. (c) Burckhard Pichon (retired senior teacher): https://stadtarchiv.ulm.de/stadtarchiv/haus-der-stadtgeschichte-stadtarchiv-ulm/ulmer-geschichte-im-netz/migration/17-jahrhundert/exulanten-wain

Exiles in Wain (3): In this way, one of the brothers, who had meanwhile (1651) taken over the Oberer Fürbachhof, was able to earn off a loan of 30 guilders for the construction of a new house and the restoration of the barn. In moral matters, however, the council was less lenient: First of all, the brothers had to provide proof of their legitimate birth from their Styrian homeland. When it later emerged that Georg Walcher had been living with his wife for years without the blessing of the church, he was put in prison, had to swear an oath of allegiance (= promise not to seek revenge for the persecution and punishment of the offense) and promise to really marry his wife. He did this, and the sentence imposed was then forgiven. The council felt responsible for ensuring that its subjects led impeccable lives, in keeping with the thinking of the time: a competitor for the Fürbachhof had not been awarded the right because he and his wife were always cursing and swearing and "therefore could not have any luck or fortune". Another example among many is Christian Besserer, who was awarded a farm in Auttagershofen by the city of Ulm on March 26, 1651. As the farm had become "badly disintegrated and unbuilt" (Wainer Urbar) due to the war, he only had to pay 20 guilders in wages for it (while the previous farmer had had to pay 120 guilders in wages for it in 1617). In addition, because of the many fallow fields, he did not have to pay the full grain rent on the farm as usual, but only rent for the fields that were actually being cultivated. It is estimated that a total of around 300 religious refugees immigrated to Wain. In a list of residents from 1684, there are 66 Carinthian and Styrian names among 118 families, with an estimated total of at least 800 residents. The flourishing of the community is also reflected in the construction of a schoolhouse (1659), its extension (1668) and a new building that was built soon after. Since there is no entry about a school building in Wain in the register volume of the Ulm council minutes before 1652, it can be assumed that the construction of a school in the village of Wain was the work of the newcomers, who - in the spirit of Martin Luther - were convinced that every Christian should be able to read and understand the Holy Scriptures themselves.