Lauterstein

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Lauterstein (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 43 '  N , 9 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Goeppingen
Height :	468 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.32 km 2
Residents:	2552 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	109 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73111
Area code :	07332
License plate :	GP
Community key :	08 1 17 061
City administration address :	Hauptstrasse 75 73111 Lauterstein
Website :	www.lauterstein.de
Mayor :	Michael Lenz
Location of the city of Lauterstein in the district of Göppingen

Lauterstein is a town in the Göppingen district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

View from Weißenstein (foreground) to Nenningen

The municipality of Lauterstein is at an altitude of about 440  m above sea level. NN at the outlet of the main river to 778.1  m above sea level. NN on the Bernhardus a little set back behind the night eaves . It includes parts of the Lauter valleys and two short tributaries from it, as well as a large part of the predominantly wooded plateau of the Swabian Alb in the east .

Lauterstein is about 16 km east of the district town of Göppingen as the crow flies , about 12 km southeast of the center of the neighboring town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the Ostalbkreis , and about 52 km east of the state capital Stuttgart and about 35 km north-northwest of the city of Ulm .

City structure

Lauterstein consists of the formerly independent municipality Nenningen and the formerly independent town Weißenstein. The village Nenningen belonged to the municipality of Nenningen. The town of Weißenstein and the houses Lützelalb, Rupertstetten and Steighaus as well as the abandoned village of Buitingen belonged to Weißenstein.

Neighboring communities

Lauterstein is bordered by the municipality of Waldstetten in the northwest , the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the north for a long time , and the municipality of Bartholomä in the northeast , all of which belong to the Ostalb district . The municipality of Böhmenkirch is located to the south-east and south- west, the small town of Donzdorf , both in their own district of Göppingen .

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Community merger

Lauterstein was formed as part of the municipality reform in Baden-Württemberg on January 1, 1974 by the union of the municipality of Nenningen and the city of Weißenstein.

History of Nenningen

Since the late Middle Ages, Nenningen has been under the Rechberg family and was part of the Weißenstein lordship . As a result of mediatization, the district on the right of the Lauter came to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 and was assigned to the municipality of Degenfeld in the Oberamt Gmünd until 1810 . The district to the left of the Lauter was first part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 and only fell to Württemberg in 1810 as part of an area swap. Since 1810 the reunified Nenningen belonged to the Oberamt Geislingen . During the administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg , Nenningen came to the district of Göppingen in 1938.

History of Weißenstein

Like Nenningen, Weißenstein was part of the Weißenstein rule in the possession of changing lines of the Lords of Rechberg. In the course of the 14th century Weißenstein received city rights. Through mediatization, Weißenstein became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 and finally to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1810. Since then Weißenstein has been subordinate to the Oberamt Geislingen. The administrative reform of April 25, 1938 led to membership in the district of Göppingen.

After the Second World War, Nenningen and Weißenstein became part of the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

Population development

Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office for data from 1961

date	Residents
1837	1090
1907	1201
May 17, 1939	1596
September 13, 1950	2314
0June 6, 1961	2457
May 27, 1970	2673
December 31, 1983	2563
May 25, 1987	2660
December 31, 1991	2781
December 31, 1995	2865
December 31, 2005	2811
December 31, 2010	2681
December 31, 2015	2561

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Lauterstein has twelve members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 in Lauterstein, the majority vote system was used. This means that only one list was drawn up and the applicants with the highest number of votes were selected. The municipal council consists of the voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman with voting rights.

mayor

In January 2014 Michael Lenz was re-elected for a second term.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In gold, an obelisk-like silver stone rising from the lower edge, held in front by a red lion upright to the left, behind a winged green eagle catch (klauflügel)."

Coats of arms of the districts

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  Nenningen

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  Weissenstein

Economy and Infrastructure

Former Nenningen train station

traffic

Lauterstein can be reached via federal road 466 and state road 1160.

From 1901 to 1980 Weißenstein was the terminus of the Lautertal Railway starting in Süßen . The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station buildings in Nenningen and Weißenstein as standard stations of type IIa and IIIb, respectively.

Established businesses

The most important employer in Lauterstein is the Federnfabrik Monninger Federn GmbH. In addition to this largest employer, there are some smaller companies.

2016 was within the municipality wind farm Lauterstein 16 wind turbines of the type General Electric 2.75-120 put into operation.

education

In the city of Lauterstein there is only the Lauterstein elementary school. For all secondary schools, the students have to commute to Donzdorf or Süßen .

Culture and sights

Weißenstein Castle with the Parish Church of the Assumption

The cemetery chapel in Nenningen from 1582

Catholic parish church St. Martinus, Nenningen

Buildings

• In the Weißenstein district stands high above the old town with the Weißenstein Castle, the former ancestral castle of the Counts of Rechberg and Rothenlöwen. In 1941, National Socialist agencies made the palace a forced residence for at least 58 Jewish people. From here some of the people were deported to Riga, some to Izbica and the rest to the Theresienstadt ghetto.
• Catholic Marienkirche, around 1716
• Baroque statue with a double figure of Maria Joseph (near the parish church)
• The cemetery chapel in the Nenningen district houses a Pietà by Ignaz Günther .
• The St. Bernhardus pilgrimage chapel from 1880, which stands on the site of the pilgrimage church from 1733 , is located on the Bernhardusberg .

societies

In Lauterstein there are two gymnastics clubs from the sub-communities, the TV Nenningen and the TV Weißenstein. Both had a handball department that merged in 1995 to form SG Lauterstein. The 1st men's team of SG Lauterstein plays in the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg. The TV Weißenstein plays with its volleyball teams in the district of Turngau Staufen in the mixed 1B and in the youth. The tennis department actively plays with a men's and women's team.

They contribute to the cultural success of the year by redesigning the children's carnival, old age honor, city festival, summer festival, St. Nicholas celebration and annual celebration with their own theater group every year.

There are several choirs and orchestras in Lauterstein. The choirs include Chorisma (the former “Young Choir”), the Weißenstein Liederkranz, the Nenningen church choir and the choir of the TV Nenningen. The two music associations of the city of Lauterstein, the music association Nenningen and the city band Weißenstein, each contribute to the cultural life of the city with an active orchestra and a youth orchestra as well as a youth group.

nature

Lauterstein is an important local recreation area for the densely populated Göppingen area. Large areas of forest lie on the Albuch in the northeastern part of the 2,332 hectare mark. The Albuch and the picturesque and legendary Christental with the reservoir there ( Christental flood retention basin ) are popular hiking areas. In winter there is a network of trails for skiers.

Personalities

• Johann Evangelist Reiter (1764–1835), pastor, geometer, painter and architect
• Thaddäus von Ritz (1805–1866), born in Weißenstein, Württemberg theologian and member of the state parliament
• Otto Linder (1891–1976), architect
• Wolfram Wöhr (* 1956), architect

Web links

Commons : Lauterstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Lauterstein  - travel guide

Wikisource: Weißenstein in the description of the Oberamt from 1842  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 , pp. 298-299.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Lauterstein.
4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 461 .
5. ↑ stuttgarter-zeitung.de
6. ^ Rainer Stein: The Württemberg standard station on branch lines . In: Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report . tape 1 , no. V / 96 . Merker, Fürstenfeldbruck 1996, ISBN 3-922404-96-0 , p. 80-83 .
7. ↑ The capital of wind power in the country . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . September 18, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
8. ↑ Ingrid Bauz, Sigrid Brüggemann, Roland Maier (eds.): The Secret State Police in Württemberg and Hohenzollern. Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-89657-138-0 , p. 292.
9. ↑ alemannia-judaica.de
10. ^ Karsten Preßler: An iconographic rarity. The double Maria-Joseph figure in Lauterstein-Weißenstein. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 42, Issue 2, 2013, pp. 88–94 (PDF) ( Memento of the original dated December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ^ Pieta by Franz Ignaz Günther in Nenningen, 1774 .