Achstetten

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '  N , 9 ° 54'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	503 m above sea level NHN
Area :	23.38 km 2
Residents:	4920 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	210 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88480
Area code :	07392
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 001
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Laupheimer Strasse 6 88480 Achstetten
Website :	www.achstetten.de
Mayor :	Kai Feneberg
Location of the municipality of Achstetten in the Biberach district

Achstetten

The municipality of Achstetten is the northernmost municipality in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Achstetten around 1900

Achstetten is located in Upper Swabia in the Rot Valley about five kilometers north-northeast of Laupheim .

The entire municipality of Achstetten consists of the sub-municipalities of Achstetten, Bronnen , Oberholzheim and Stetten .

history

The rule of Achstetten was first mentioned in 1194 in a document from Pope Celestine III. mentioned. In the 14th century the place came under the rule of the Lords of Freyberg . Via other owners - in some cases the village was also divided among different owners - sovereignty fell to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 . There it was assigned to the Oberamt Wiblingen in 1810 and in 1845 came to the newly founded Oberamt Laupheim . In the course of the district reform in 1938, Achstetten was incorporated into the new district of Biberach with most of the Laupheim regional office.
see also Stetten Castle

Incorporations

During the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , the formerly independent municipalities were incorporated into the municipality of Achstetten on March 1, 1972 ( Oberholzheim ), November 1, 1972 ( Bronnen ) and January 1, 1975 ( Stetten ).

Coats of arms of the earlier municipalities

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  Oberholzheim

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  Well

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  Stetten

Population development

Population development in the municipality of Achstetten including today's districts:

year	1939	1961	1970	1987	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Residents	1899	2071	2472	3088	3207	3519	3744	3756	4175	4501	4637	4759	4920	5014

politics

Achstetten, well. Watercolor by Eduard von Kallee, 1861

Municipal council

In Achstetten, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection of a part of town. The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result:

Political party	Results 2019	Seats	2014 result
Independent electoral association	55.0%	9	52.9%
Civic voters' association	45.0%	8th	47.1%

The turnout in the 2019 local elections was 64.6%, 5.6 percentage points higher than in the 2014 local elections.

mayor

Kai Feneberg was re-elected in August 2014 with 55.1 percent of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue a double row of red and silver nested oblique bar, accompanied by one at the top and two silver balls at the bottom."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The three silver spheres in blue are taken from the coat of arms of the Barons of Freyberg, who were local lords from 1356 to 1625. The red and silver shafted "Cistercian bar" is reminiscent of the Gutenzell monastery, with which the Lords of Freyberg shared local rule from 1447.

Culture and sights

Achstetten Castle

Church of Saints Oswald and Agatha

Chapel of the Annunciation

Landgasthof Rössle from the 18th century

Wieland's birthplace and Protestant church in Oberholzheim

Buildings

Achstetten Castle

A castle in Achstetten was mentioned as early as 1386. A moat encompassing the castle has come down to us from 1449. The castle was destroyed by rebellious peasants during the Peasants' War in 1525. A reconstruction of the castle was mentioned in 1583. The last Commander of the Teutonic Knights , Baron Beat Conrad Reuttner von Weyl , had the castle renovated and rebuilt in the classicist style by the official architect of the Teutonic Knights, Franz Anton Bagnato , on the site of previous buildings . Bagnato's design consisted of an undecorated three-story building as a living area and two wings that served as a farm building. The castle is still inhabited by the Count Reuttner von Weyl family.

Church of Saints Oswald and Agatha

Achstetten originally belonged to the parish of Laupheim. In 1442 the Freiherrn von Freyberg founded their own parish. It was subordinate to the imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen . The imperial abbey had the existing medieval church demolished in 1625 and the church of Saints Oswald and Agatha built. In 1823 the church tower was raised and in 2001 a new organ was installed. The archway is divided into two parts: one part for the common people and a second part, the use of which was only permitted to members of the count's family. This separate compartment for the nobles is connected to the castle by a corridor on wooden pillars. A similar structure was also available in Laupheim. However, it is only preserved there in fragments.

Chapel of the Annunciation

The Chapel of the Annunciation was built around 1650 immediately after the Thirty Years War. Planned as a burial place for the Freiherrn von Freyberg, it now fulfills the same function for the local Count Reuttner von Weyl. The chapel was built as a hall structure with flat pillars on the outside and inside with a semicircular closed chancel and a pointed western tower.

Landgasthof Rössle

A tavern in Achstetten was mentioned as early as 1449. In 1573 the two rulers decided that there should be no other inn in Achstetten besides this inn. Even then, the site was used as a meeting place for the community. The current building was erected at the beginning of the 18th century, served as an inn until 2008 and is now a residential building. In 2011 the listed building was completely renovated and is now run as a craftsman hotel.

Wieland birthplace

The poet and writer Christoph Martin Wieland was born in the Protestant rectory of Oberholzheim on September 5, 1733 . The upper floor was not added until the 19th century. In 1976 a small memorial room with a desk and copies of Wieland's works was set up in the birth room. On the walls hang a pedigree, copperplate engravings and drawings as well as a cast of Wieland's death mask. If desired, the baptismal register with the entries about Wieland's birth can also be viewed. For Wieland's 200th birthday on September 5, 1933, a memorial plaque was placed above the front door.

Sports

The soccer club TSG Achstetten rose as champions of the district league in the 2010/11 season after ten years of abstinence back to the state league 4. Sportfreunde Bronnen also exist in the community.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813), poet
• Karl Reuttner von Weyl (1801–1874), German manor owner, Herr auf Achstetten, and member of the Württemberg state parliament
• Oskar Ameringer (1870–1943), German-American publicist and politician

Web links

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

Wikisource: Achstetten in the description of the Oberamt Laupheim from 1856  - sources and full texts

• Achstetten at LEO-BW
• Homepage Achstetten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Hans Radlayers (catalog and exhibition): Christoph Martin Wieland 1733–1813: Life and Work in Oberschwaben . Exhibition of the Ulm City Library (...) and the Biberach City Library (...) (=  publications of the Ulm City Library . Volume 3 ). Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 1983, ISBN 3-87437-203-0 , p. 24-27 .