Wain

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	530 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.14 km 2
Residents:	1646 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	88489, 89165
Area code :	07353
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 125
LOCODE :	DE WYI
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Kirchstrasse 17 ; 88489 Wain
Website :	www.wain.de
Mayor :	Stephan Mantz
Location of the municipality of Wain in the Biberach district

Postcard from Wain 1897

The municipality of Wain (Swabian pronunciation: [ voe̯ ]) is located in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ) between Biberach an der Riss and Ulm .

Neighboring communities

history

First mention

Wain was first mentioned in a document in 1259. In the 16th and 17th centuries, the place was under the Free Imperial City of Ulm .

Religions

The Reformation was introduced in Wain in 1573. From 1650 onwards, Protestant religious refugees were resettled in the village; they had been driven from their home in Carinthia and Styria . These exiles formed the bulk of the local population. Today, in addition to the Protestant, there is also a New Apostolic church in the village.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has 10 members and consists of the honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, the local council was elected by majority vote. Majority election takes place if only one nomination has been submitted or none at all. The applicants with the highest number of votes are elected. In 2019, voter turnout was 70.6% (2014: 63.0%).

mayor

In the mayoral election on November 30, 2014, Stephan Mantz was elected the new mayor of the municipality of Wain with 95% of the votes; he took office on March 1, 2015.

His predecessor Christian Schlenk held the office for 24 years.

Bundestag elections

In the last three Bundestag elections , the following results were obtained for the second votes:

year	CDU	SPD	Green	FDP	left	AfD	Others	voter turnout
2009	39.9%	11.5%	7.2%	23.1%	7.3%	-	10.8%	73.0%
2013	51.1%	14.1%	6.6%	6.7%	3.8%	8.2%	9.5%	77.7%
2017	39.6%	12.3%	8.4%	12.8%	4.0%	17.4%	5.3%	81.1%

coat of arms

The Wainer coat of arms is described as follows: "In red under a raised silver (white) rafter, a five-petalled silver (white) rose topped with a heart-shaped red shield, inside a silver (white) Latin cross (Luther rose)". The Luther rose and the Austrian colors red-white-red refer to the evangelical religious refugees from Austria of the 17th century; the rafter is taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Wain. The coat of arms was awarded on August 29, 1967 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior.

Parish partnership

A partnership with Arriach in the state of Carinthia in Austria has existed since 1972 .

Culture and sights

Wain Castle

Culture

Schäfers Kulturstadel

A former barn was converted into a cultural barn. The house is a popular place in the Upper Swabian cultural landscape. Concerts, song evenings and cabaret, readings, exhibitions, workshops, theater performances and lectures are presented in the special ambience of a former rural estate.

Buildings

Former tithe barn

St. Michael Church

The castle of the Barons von Herman , built in the Italian style, is located in the village .
The Wainer Michaelskirche is a Protestant village church.
All architectural monuments of the place are recorded in the list of cultural monuments in Wain .

coat of arms

The Wainer coat of arms was awarded in 1967. The Luther rose and the colors derived from the Austrian red-white-red shield indicate the Lutheran refugees who were expelled from Carinthia and Styria in the 17th century and who came to Wain. The rafter is taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Wain.