Öpfingen

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '  N , 9 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	504 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.88 km 2
Residents:	2355 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	265 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89614
Area code :	07391
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 093
Address of the municipal administration:	Schlosshofstrasse 10 89614 Öpfingen
Website :	www.oepfingen.de
Mayor :	Andreas Braun
Location of the municipality of Öpfingen in the Alb-Donau district

Öpfingen is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .

Öpfingen from the south

geography

Öpfingen is located on the southern edge of the Swabian Alb on the northern bank of the Danube between Ehingen and Ulm .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the Niederhofen district of the community Allmendingen , in the east on Oberdischingen and the city of Erbach , in the south on the district Rississen in the city of Ehingen and Griesingen and in the west on the district Gamerschwang in the city of Ehingen.

history

Öpfingen was first mentioned in a document in 1127. The place belonged to the Counts of Berg and from the early 16th century to the von Freyberg family, who sold their Öpfingen property to the Princes of Thurn and Taxis in 1809.

Georg Ludwig von Freyberg's sympathy for Kaspar von Schwenckfeld , to whom he entrusted the education of his sons, led to the so-called Öpfinger War, because even after his death in 1561 his sons and grandsons remained supporters of the Schwenckfeld cause. On the night of Easter Monday 1621, this ended with the capture of Georg Ludwig by Duke Leopold's troops. When Hieronymus Friedrich von Freyberg became a Catholic in 1660, the Counter Reformation was finally over.

politics

Municipal council

Following the local elections on May 26, 2019, the council has ten members in addition to the mayor as chairman.

Political party	be right	Seats
CDU	61.89%	6th
Independent list of Öpfingen	31.23%	3
FDP	6.88%	1

mayor

Andreas Braun was elected the new mayor in June 2015.

Culture and sights

Upper lock

Lower lock

Parish Church of Saint Martin

Öpfingen is on the Upper Swabian Baroque Road .

Buildings

• Gothic parish church of St. Martin
• Upper and lower lock

nature

In 1922/1923 the city of Ulm built the Danube Canal with a reservoir and power plant. This is now an important wintering and migration area for water birds. It also produces energy for the Ulm / Neu-Ulm municipal utilities.

music

The Öpfing Castle Concerts were brought to life in 1997 by Wolfgang Weller. In the 10th year of its existence, around 70 concerts with as many different artists will have taken place. The concert series is now well known far beyond the region. Every year around six concerts take place in the cultural space of the Lower Castle.

The Öpfinger Christmas concert has been held since 1974 on Boxing Day instead of in the gym. The organizer is the Musikverein Öpfingen e. V., participants are usually the pre-orchestra, the youth band and the active orchestra. The Christmas concert is the musical highlight of the year.

Sports facilities

Öpfingen has two sports fields, four tennis courts and a small skating facility.

Regular events

carnival

During the carnival season, the “Ratzen Ball” of the Öpfinger jester group Donau-Ratzen is celebrated.

Strong beer festival

The Öpfinger strong beer festival takes place on the third weekend after the carnival. It starts on Friday evening with the "Friday Club Night", on Sunday the whole festival is based on the motto "Bavarian cosiness". Food and brass music round off the festival of the Friends' Association of MV Öpfingen.

summer party

The so-called summer festival (formerly water festival) traditionally takes place in summer.

Easter run

A large international Easter run takes place in Öpfingen every year. There is a 5 and 10 km run and a half marathon. There are also runs for children.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Dominicus Beck (1732–1791), mathematician, philosopher, Benedictine
• Matthias Dannenmayer (1744–1805), church historian, professor in Freiburg and Vienna
• Andreas Dreher (1872–1953), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament
• Franz Gog (1907–1980), lawyer (CDU) and politician, member of the state parliament

People who lived or worked in Öpfingen

• Andreas Eschbach (* 1959), writer, lived in Öpfingen from 1967 to 1978

Web links

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

Wikisource: Öpfingen in the description of the Oberamt Ehingen from 1826  - sources and full texts

• Öpfingen at LEO-BW
• Website of the municipality of Öpfingen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Community Allmendingen (Ed.): Allmendingen. A home book for the millennium celebration . 1961.