Kriegenbrunn
Kriegenbrunn is located on a plateau between the Regnitz and Mittlerer Aurach rivers, also known as "Römerreuth," southwest of Erlangen. According to legend, the Romans suffered a defeat here.
Finds such as scrapers, blades, and arrowheads discovered here provide evidence that traces of the first settlement date back to the Neolithic period. The name of this district is not derived from any military conflict, but rather from a certain Enrico de Chrigenbrunnen. He was mentioned as a witness in the oldest document of Heilsbronn Monastery in 1132. In 1149 and 1157, he appears among the Bamberg ministerials (officials). The village square was named after him in 1972.
At that time, the Lords of Kriegenbrunn were appointed ministerials to administer the fief (loaned property), which at that time also included Frauenaurach and Hüttendorf. Over the centuries, the village's name changed from "Chriec gen Bronnen" to "Krieg am Bronnen" to "Kriegenbronn." Since the mid-17th century, the town, which was incorporated into Erlangen in 1972, has been called "Kriegenbrunn."
The Franken power plant and the Kriegenbrunn lock of the Main-Danube Canal are located within the town's boundaries. Today, 1320 residents live here (as of 2007).
Hüttendorf
Hüttendorf is located in the southwest of Erlangen. To the east, the district borders the Regnitz Valley, and to the south, it borders the Fürth district of Vach.
From the 13th century onward, the Hüttendorf estates were owned equally by the Heilsbronn Monastery and the Frauenaurach Monastery. Other landowners included the Poor Clares' Convent of St. Clara in Nuremberg and the Nuremberg Holzschuher family. In 1331, Burgrave Friedrich IV granted the Hüttendorf farmers the right to irrigate their meadows using the waters of the Gründlach, a tributary of the Regnitz River.
Around 1500, the village had 15 households. During the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648), the town was completely destroyed. When it passed to Bavaria in 1810, 238 people lived here. When it was incorporated into Erlangen in 1972, the population was not significantly higher, at 270. Today, 611 people live here (as of 2013). The 4,75 square kilometer area is home to a large portion of the remaining agricultural land in the urban area.
