Könghausen

Könghausen
Ortsteil of Eppishausen
Parish church of St. John the Baptist
Location of Könghausen
Könghausen Könghausen
Coordinates: 48.1877°N 10.5678°E / 48.1877; 10.5678
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Municipality	Eppishausen
Elevation	554 m (1,818 ft)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	87746
Dialling codes	08266

Kreuzweg

Denkmalgeschütztes Pfarrhaus

Könghausen is a village in the Upper Swabian municipality of Eppishausen in Unterallgäu.

Geography

The Parish village of Könghausen is four kilometers northeast of the main town of Eppishausen, with which it is connected by the District road MN 3. The State Road 2027 leads through the village, which leads to Obergessertshausen in the north and Mittelneufnach in the southeast. Furthermore, the District road MN 23 begins in the center of the village and leads to Immelstetten and Markt Wald in the south.

History

It was founded in the late 11th century as Kenginshuosin, and since its first historical records it has been renamed several times.

Incorporation

The formerly independent municipality of Könghausen included the districts Aufhof, Ellenried, Klenkerhof, Lutzenberg and Weißenhof. The entire municipality was incorporated into the municipality of Eppishausen in the course of the territorial reforms of Bavaria in 1972.

Notes

• Hermann Haisch, ed. (1987), Landkreis Unterallgäu (in German), Memmingen: Memminger Zeitung Verlagsdruckerei, p. 982, ISBN 3980064921