Volkertshausen

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	Coordinates: 47 ° 49 '  N , 8 ° 52'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Constancy
Height :	443 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.15 km 2
Residents:	3114 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	605 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	78269
Area code :	07774
License plate :	KN
Community key :	08 3 35 081
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 27 78269 Volkertshausen
Website :	www.volkertshausen.de
Mayor :	Marcus Röwer
Location of the community Volkertshausen in the district of Constance

Volkertshausen is a municipality in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

geography

Geographical location

Volkertshausen is located north of Lake Constance in Hegau on the Radolfzeller Aach , about nine kilometers from Singen (Hohentwiel) . With a municipal area of ​​514 hectares , Volkertshausen is the smallest municipality in the district of Constance.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the city of Aach , in the east on Steißlingen , in the south on the city of Singen and in the west on Mühlhausen-Ehingen .

structure

Apart from the village of the same name, no other villages belong to the community of Volkertshausen.

Historical geography

In the area of ​​the municipality of Volkertshausen are the abandoned villages of Bächlingen, which was first mentioned in 752 as Pachinova , and Kyhlstetten.

history

The place Volcholtshusen was first mentioned as a document in 1250; other names were Volkoltzhusen (1275) and Volkartshusen (1301).

In 1501 Volkertshausen was sold to Johann Jakob von Bodman and from his family around 1519 to Hans Schlupf zu Aach. In 1522 the place came to the von Heggelbach family, in 1594 the lordship of Langenstein acquired the village back. The Counts of Welsperg, who then sat on Langenstein, the founders and promoters of the Volkertshausen industry, kept Volkertshausen until 1814. In 1826, Volkertshausen was sold to Grand Duke Ludwig von Baden .

See also : Volkertshausen Castle

Until the Baden-Württemberg district reform in 1973 , Volkertshausen belonged to the Stockach district .

Population development

• End of 1959: 1,385
• End of 1960: 1,460, including 85 foreigners
• End of 2005: 2,792
• End of 2007: 2,867
• End of 2015: 3,016

Religions

Around 64% of the population belong to the Roman Catholic Church, just under 18% to the Protestant regional church and around 6% to the Islamic religious community.

politics

During the community reform that took place in Baden-Württemberg in the years after 1970, the Volkertshausen community was able to successfully maintain its independence. An administrative community has been agreed with the city of Singen and the communities of Steißlingen and Rielasingen-Worblingen , which is responsible for joint land use planning.

Municipal council

The local election on May 25, 2014 in Volkertshausen led to the following official final result. The turnout was 52.7% (2009: 56.3%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats	Result 2009
Volkertshauser citizens / CDU	44.8%	5	41.2%, 5 seats
Free voters	30.1%	4th	34.9%, 4 seats
SPD	25.1%	3	23.9%, 3 seats

mayor

Mayor of Volkertshausen has been Marcus Röwer since April 19, 2019. His predecessor Alfred Mutter held the office since April 19, 1983. In his single candidatures he achieved a turnout of 69.77 percent in 1991 and 64.3 percent in 1999. The last re-election was on January 18, 2015.

coat of arms

Blazon : In silver (white) a red zigzag bar (two points below).

When the municipal coat of arms was created in 1897, on the recommendation of the General State Archives, the zigzag bar was chosen as the motif, which - silver in red - makes up the second and third field of the Welsberg coat of arms.

Partner communities

Volkertshausen has had partnerships with Schönau-Berzdorf in Saxony since 1991 and with Bolsena in Italy since 1998 .

education

There is a primary school and a kindergarten in Volkertshausen .

Web links

Commons : Volkertshausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the community

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 VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 776-777
3. ^ History of the Volkertshausen community at www.volkertshausen.de
4. ↑ Heimat-Chronik . In: "HEGAU - magazine for history, folklore and natural history of the area between the Rhine, Danube and Lake Constance". Issue 2 (10) 1960. Page 352
5. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ https://www.wochenblatt.net/heute/nachrichten/article/marcus-roewer-jetzt-offiziell-buergermeister-in-volkertshausen/
7. ↑ Matthias Biehler: Mayor: There can only be one list . In: Südkurier of May 10, 2010
8. ↑ Description of the coat of arms at Discover regional studies online