Country Germany Admin. region Mittelfranken Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | State Bavaria Town Gunzenhausen Administrative region Middle Franconia | |
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District Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | ||
Cronheim is a village in the municipality of Gunzenhausen in the Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen district which forms part of the Bavarian Government district (in German: Regierungbezirk) of Mittelfranken. The hamlet of Filchenhard forms part of Cronheim.
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Map of Cronheim, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany
Location
Cronheim is situated in the Franconian Lake District (in German: Fränkisches Seenland), approximately seven kilometres west of Gunzenhausen. Bavarian state road 2218 lies north of the village.
History
In the second century two Roman military roads crossed at the location where Cronheim is now situated. The location was mentioned for the first time in the year 800 as the foundation of a man named “Cracho.” In 1140 a castle was built which — after various enlargements — burned down in 1403. The manor house, nowadays the AWO-Therapiezentrum & Museum Schloss Cronheim, was built in the years 1572 to 1574. The Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, Johann Christoph von Westerstetten, acquired the manor house in 1630. The Nördlingen–Gunzenhausen railway was built in 1848 and Cronheim got a railway station. A synagogue was built in 1816 which was attacked in 1938, but not set afire as happened with many other synagogues during Kristallnacht.