# Ringelai

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**Ringelai** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the [Lower Bavarian](/source/Lower_Bavaria) district of [Freyung-Grafenau](/source/Freyung-Grafenau), [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is also known as *Schmalzdobl* and the *[Meran](/source/Merano) of the [Bavarian Forest](/source/Bavarian_Forest)*.

## Etymology

The strange name is difficult to interpret, but probably refers to the body (*Verleib*, from [Old High German](/source/Old_High_German) *laiba*) of a settlement called *Ringolo*.

## History

The village was first referenced in 1312 as part of the *Kloster Niedernburg [Passau](/source/Passau)*, when someone named *Christian von ring Laib* appeared as a witness at a farm sale. Early reports indicate that the village, unlike the ones nearby, had fertile soil and a good quality of life. It was also the place were the border between the [Diocese](/source/Diocese) of [Passau](/source/Passau) and [Electorate of Bavaria](/source/Electorate_of_Bavaria), with there still being [boundary stones](/source/Boundary_marker) from 1691 at the *Geistlicher Stein*. Ringelai got its first church in 1752, the [Maria Patrona Bavariae](/source/Maria_Patrona_Bavariae), that was later renovated in the 20th century. It joined Bavaria in 1805.

On 27 April 1951, the municipality of *Kühbach* was officially renamed to *Ringelai*, with Kühbach now being a small village in the municipality.[2] In 1978, Ringelai joined Perlesreut administrative community (*Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Perlesreut*), alongside [Fürsteneck](/source/F%C3%BCrsteneck) and [Perlesreut](/source/Perlesreut) itself.

## References

1. [Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden](https://www.statistik.bayern.de/wahlen/kommunalwahlen/bgm/), [Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik](/source/Bayerisches_Landesamt_f%C3%BCr_Statistik), 15 July 2021.

1. Wilhelm Volkert (Hrsg.): Handbuch der bayerischen Ämter, Gemeinden und Gerichte 1799–1980. C. H. Beck, München 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7, S. 595.

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