Erisdorf

Erisdorf is a small village in Upper Suebia (South Württemberg, Germany), about 3 km north of the main community Ertingen, in the direction of Riedlingen.DescriptionThe population of 449 live on a village area of about 5.27 km² at an altitude of 560 to 580 m above sea level.HistoryIn 1311, Erisdorf was mentioned first on the occasion of the sale of the lands of Lord Henry, called "Flekle", a knight, to the Salem monastery. In the sales documents its name was rendered as "Eringsdorf".The supremacy over the village went to the Lords of, then to the Lords of Reischach, In 1398, it was taken over by the Hospice of the Holy Spirit in Riedlingen that had been founded in 1378 by Konrad Manopp, the parish priest, having acquired 22 pieces of land as early as 1378, and enlarging its property even later on by the purchase of a mill.In 1403, the Abbey of Reichenau gave new tenures to it. Until the rule of Württemberg in 1805 the Riedlingen Hospice or its curator, the mayor and council of the town, had the jurisdiction, elected the head of the council, and chose the 12 lawyers from the village.