Alb-Danube district
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Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ' N , 9 ° 59' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg |
| Administrative region : | Tübingen |
| Region : | Danube-Iller |
| Administrative headquarters : | Ulm |
| Area : | 1,358.68 km 2 |
| Residents: | 196,047 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 144 inhabitants per km 2 |
| License plate : | UL |
| Circle key : | 08 4 25 |
| NUTS : | DE145 |
| Circle structure: | 55 parishes |
| Address of the district administration: |
Schillerstraße 30 89077 Ulm |
| Website : | |
| District Administrator : | Heiner Scheffold (independent) |
| Location of the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg | |
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The Alb-Donau-Kreis is a district in Baden-Württemberg . The administrative seat of the district office is the independent city of Ulm . Together with the district of Biberach and the urban district of Ulm, the district forms the Baden-Württemberg part of the Donau-Iller region in the Tübingen administrative district .
geography
location
The Alb-Danube district has a share in the Swabian Alb in the north and in Upper Swabia in the south . The Danube flows through the southern district area from southwest to northeast. It enters the district at Obermarchtal and leaves it at Erbach (Danube) in the direction of Ulm.
places
There are around 295 places in the Alb-Donau district ( towns , villages , hamlets , farms , single houses and groups of houses).
Neighboring areas
The Alb-Donau-Kreis borders clockwise in the north, beginning with the districts of Göppingen and Heidenheim (both in Baden-Württemberg), Günzburg and Neu-Ulm (both in Bavaria ), the urban district of Ulm and the districts of Biberach and Reutlingen (all again in Baden-Württemberg).
Division of space
According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2015.
natural reserve
The Alb-Danube district has the following 33 nature reserves . According to the protected area statistics of the State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg (LUBW), 1,763.72 hectares of the district are under nature protection, that is 1.30 percent.
- Ägenberg-Ofenloch : 19.9 ha, municipality of Bernstadt and city of Langenau
- Arnegger Ried : 20.3 ha; City of Bluestone
- Blue quarry : 5.2 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Pale : 9.8 ha; Merklingen municipality
- Braunsel : 40.2 ha; Municipalities of Emeringen and Rechtenstein
- Breitinger Schönrain : 7.0 ha; Breitingen municipality
- Ehinger Galgenberg : 19.3 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Danube meadows river landscape between Zwiefaltendorf and Munderkingen : 582.0 ha (of which 568.0 ha in the Alb-Danube district); Municipalities Emeringen and Lauterach
- Galgenberg : 8.5 ha; City of Laichingen
- Fertilized reed : 17.4 ha (of which 8.3 ha in the Alb-Donau district); City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Geißrucken : 10.1 ha; Merklingen municipality
- Guggenbühl : 10.0 ha; Emeringen community
- Hausener Berg-Büchelesberg : 39.4 ha; Commune Allmendingen and Ehingen (Donau)
- Heath in the Long Valley : 30.7 ha; City of Laichingen
- Gentiles in Lonsee and Amstetten : 123.0 ha; Municipalities of Lonsee and Amstetten
- Heuhofer Weg : 11.8 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Hungerberg : 12.5 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Hungerwell Valley : 29.9 ha; municipality Altheim
- Little Lautertal : 278.5 ha; Berghülen municipality , Blaubeuren and Blaustein cities
- Kuhberg : 9.0 ha; City of Laichingen
- Laichinger Eichberg : 26.5 ha; City of Laichingen
- Langenauer Ried : 79.6 ha; City of Langenau and municipality of Rammingen
- Laushalde : 28.2 ha; City of Langenau
- Mönchsteig : 49.9 ha; Nellingen municipality
- Upper Schmiechtal : 121.0 ha; City of Schelklingen
- Pfaffenwert : 10.1 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Rabensteig : 27.0 ha; City of Blaubeuren
- Salenberg : 28.7 ha; Lonsee municipality
- Sandburr : 10.9 hectares; Merklingen municipality
- Schmiechener See : 50.6 ha; Allmendingen community and Schelklingen town
- Sulzwiesen-Lüssenschöpfle : 20.5 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube)
- Umenlauh : 36.3 ha; City of Ehingen (Danube) and municipality of Allmendingen
- Lower halberds : 29.0 ha; City of Blaubeuren
history
The Alb-Danube district was formed by the district reform on January 1, 1973 , essentially by uniting the districts of Ehingen and Ulm , some communities in the district of Münsingen and the communities of Oberbalzheim and Unterbalzheim in the district of Biberach . Some communities in the district of Ehingen went to the district of Biberach, and two communities in the district of Ulm went to the district of Göppingen (after they had already been incorporated into the city of Geislingen an der Steige in 1971/72 ).
On May 1, 1974 (Eggingen), July 1, 1974 (four municipalities) and January 1, 1975 ( Lehr ), municipalities were incorporated into the urban district of Ulm.
On July 1, 1974, the place Sontbergen was given to the district of Heidenheim . It was incorporated into the Gerstetten community .
The old districts of Ehingen and Ulm go back to the Württemberg regional offices of the same name , which were established after the areas were transferred to Württemberg in 1802 and 1810, then changed several times and renamed districts in 1934. The former Oberamt Blaubeuren went almost entirely to the Ulm district in 1938. Thus, the Alb-Danube district today consists of communities from the former upper offices of Biberach , Blaubeuren , Ehingen , Geislingen , Laupheim , Münsingen , Riedlingen and Ulm , whose rulership prior to 1800 is described in detail on the pages of the respective higher office.
After the community reform has been completed, the Alb-Danube district still comprises 55 communities, including nine cities (including the large district town of Ehingen (Danube) ), making it the district with the most communities in Baden-Württemberg. The largest city in the district is Ehingen (Danube), the smallest municipality is Emeringen .
Population development
The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).
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politics
The district is administered by the district council and the district administrator. The district council is elected for five years by those entitled to vote in the district. This body elects the district administrator for a term of eight years. This is the legal representative and representative of the district as well as chairman of the district council and its committees. He heads the district office and is an official of the district. His area of responsibility includes the preparation of the district council meetings and its committees. He calls meetings, chairs them and implements the resolutions passed there. He has no voting rights in the committees . His deputy is the first state official.
District council
The district council is elected for five years by those entitled to vote in the district. The local elections on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following distribution of seats (59 seats, previously 62 seats) :
| Parties and constituencies | % 2019 |
Seats 2019 |
% 2014 |
Seats 2014 |
% 2009 |
Seats 2009 |
% 2004 |
Seats 2004 |
% 1999 |
Seats 1999 |
% 1994 |
Seats 1994 |
% 1989 |
Seats 1989 |
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| CDU | Christian Democratic Union | 39.1 | 24 | 46.9 | 27 | 46.1 | 30th | 47.1 | 30th | 49.9 | 30th | 44.6 | 28 | 48.2 | 26th |
| FW | Free voters in the Alb-Donau district | 26.9 | 17th | 26.8 | 16 | 29.3 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 18.0 | 11 | 12.9 | 8th | 11.2 | 7th | 9.0 | 5 | 6.7 | 4th | 7.2 | 4th | 6.4 | 3 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 11.5 | 7th | 13.5 | 8th | 12.7 | 8th | 12.3 | 7th | 14.2 | 8th | 15.1 | 9 | 16.8 | 9 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | 2.9 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 |
| AfD | Alternative for Germany | 1.6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LEFT | THE LEFT. | - | - | - | - | 0.6 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| REP | The Republicans | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.8 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Otherwise. | Others | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.4 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 |
| Flat share | Electoral associations | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30.8 | 18th | 28.5 | 17th | 28.8 | 17th | 24.5 | 15th |
| total | 100 | 62 | 100 | 59 | 100 | 62 | 100 | 60 | 100 | 59 | 100 | 60 | 100 | 54 | |
| voter turnout | 62.0% | 55.7% | 58.0% | 58.5% | 61.4% | 73.4% | 68.9% | ||||||||
- WG: Voting communities, as the results from 1989 to 2004 cannot be broken down to individual voter groups.
District administrators
The district administrators of the district of Ehingen 1938–1972:
- 1938–1945: Albert Bothner
- 1945–1946: August Renz (provisional)
- 1946–1954: Vinzenz Gnann
- 1955–1972: Wilhelm Tauscher
The district administrators of the Ulm district 1938–1972:
- 1933–1945: Otto Barth
- 1945–1953: Ernst Sindlinger
- 1953–1966: Wilhelm Dambacher
- 1967–1972: Wilhelm Bühler
The district administrators of the Alb-Donau district since 1973:
- 1973–1989: Wilhelm Bühler
- 1989–2005: Wolfgang Schürle
- 2005–2016: Heinz Seiffert
- since October 2016: Heiner Scheffold
District finances
As of December 31, 2016, the Alb-Donau district was in debt with € 8.940 million (December 31, 2006: € 34.3535 million). This corresponds to a per capita debt of € 47 per district inhabitant.
coat of arms
Description :
- In silver, a double-headed black eagle, covered with a split breastplate: in the front three black stag poles lying on top of each other in gold, at the back divided diagonally by red and silver five times. (Coat of arms awarded November 5, 1975; however, it was already run by the Ulm district before the district reform)
Meaning :
- The imperial eagle stands for the formerly free imperial city of Ulm, the Württemberg stag sticks for the old Württemberg communities or the communities that came to Württemberg after 1803 and the red-silver stripes for the coat of arms of the margraves of Burgau or their relatives, the counts of Berg von which the coats of arms of the cities of Ehingen and Schelklingen are derived or which was also part of the old Ehingen district coat of arms.
See also: List of coats of arms in the Alb-Donau district
Economy and Infrastructure
In the Future Atlas 2016 , the Alb-Donau-Kreis was ranked 159 out of 402 rural districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix”.
traffic
rail
The district area is made accessible by five active and two regularly closed railway lines. In detail these are:
- the Ulm – Sigmaringen railway line , the longest running through the district, in the Ulm – Blaubeuren – Schelklingen – Ehingen – Munderkingen – Rechtenstein section
- the Filstalbahn in the Ulm– Amstetten section
- the Brenzbahn in the section Ulm - Langenau - Rammingen (Württemberg)
- the Württemberg Southern Railway in the Ulm– Erbach section
- the Schwäbische Albbahn in the Schelklingen - Hütten section
- the local railway Amstetten – Gerstetten in the section Amstetten – Schalkstetten (closed)
- the entire length of the Albbähnle from Amstetten (Württemberg) to Laichingen , but the Oppingen – Laichingen section has already been dismantled and the remaining route is in regular operation without traffic
The district area is incorporated into the DING transport association . Of particular importance is the connection to the Ulm Hbf railway junction , where ICE , IC , EC and, since 2007, TGV connections are available and thus metropolises such as Berlin , Munich , Paris or Amsterdam can be reached.
Street
The northern district area is touched by the federal autobahn 8 Stuttgart - Ulm - Munich . The federal motorway 7 Würzburg-Ulm-Kempten runs through the north-eastern district . The district area is also developed through federal, state and district roads. The most important federal highways are the B 10 Stuttgart – Ulm, the B 28 Reutlingen –Ulm and the B 311 Tuttlingen –Ulm.
air traffic
Several small airfields and special airfields are the basis in the Alb-Donau district. a. for gliding :
- The Blaubeuren airfield is located about one kilometer northeast of the town of Blaubeuren at an altitude of 2217 ft (676 m).
- The Erbach airfield on the Ulm district is located between the cities of Ulm and Erbach directly on the B 311 at an altitude of 1558 ft (475 m).
- The Jakob-Laur-Flugplatz Laichingen is located about four kilometers west of the city of Laichingen at an altitude of 2,434 ft (742 m).
Long-distance hiking trails
The district is crossed by important long-distance hiking trails in southern Germany . The following are to be mentioned:
- the Swabian Alb Südrand-Weg as main hiking trail 2 of the Swabian Alb Association
- the Main-Danube Lake path defined by Ulm as the main trail 4 for Constance leads
- the Black Forest Schwäbische-Alb-Allgäu path as the main trail 5, which runs in the Western region, with the edge of the Alps leads
- the Schwäbische-Alb-Oberschwaben-Weg as main hiking trail 7, which also runs in the western district and leads to Lake Constance
- the Upper Swabian Way of St. James , which begins in Ulm and leads south-west into Switzerland , while the Franconian-Swabian Way of St. James reaches the northern district from Nuremberg and Würzburg .
Long-distance cycle paths
Long-distance cycle paths also lead through the district . First and foremost is the Danube Bike Path to name which of the Danube source via Passau , Vienna and Budapest to its mouth in the Black Sea leads. It is run as the EuroVelo route EV6 .
Another important long-distance route for tourism is the Danube-Lake Constance cycle path , which connects the district with the Lake Constance area and opens up international connections to both the Austrian and Swiss cycle path networks.
An important element of the cycling strategy of the state of Baden-Württemberg is the Alb-Neckar cycle path , which leads from Ulm via Blaubeuren and Laichingen over 213 kilometers as a long-distance cycle path to Heilbronn . During its course the Alb-Neckar-Radweg overcomes 2100 vertical meters uphill and 2416 vertical meters downhill.
The Hohenlohe-Ostalb-Weg leads as a long-distance cycle path from Rothenburg ob der Tauber over the Swabian Alb through the northern Alb-Danube district to the Danube.
energy
The district has a 20.989% stake in the Upper Swabian Electricity Works Association and can thus influence the energy policy of EnBW and Erdgas Südwest , in which the special purpose association has a 45.01% (EnBW) and 21% (ESW) stake.
media
The Laichingen edition of the Südwest-Presse and the Ehinger Tagblatt , which is also a header of the Südwest-Presse, as well as the Schwäbische Zeitung appear in the district . In the Illertal (southern Alb-Danube district) the Dietenheim edition Illertal-Bote of the Südwest-Presse appears.
District facilities
The Alb-Donau-Kreis is responsible for the following vocational schools : Valckenburg School (School for Nutrition, Health and Social Affairs) Ulm, Commercial School Ehingen (Danube) with branch in Laichingen, Commercial School Ehingen with branch in Laichingen and Magdalena-Neff School (home and Agricultural school) Ehingen (Danube), furthermore the following special educational and advisory centers (SBBZ): Schmiechtalschule with special focus on physical-motor development and mental development with special school kindergarten Ehingen (Danube), Gustav-Werner-School with special focus on mental development with school kindergarten Ulm , Friedrich-von-Bodelschwingh School with a special focus on physical and motor development with a school kindergarten in Ulm, Astrid Lindgren School with a special focus on language with a school kindergarten in Ulm, Hans-Zulliger School with a special focus on social and emotional development in Ulm, SBBZ for pupils Schoolchildren in long hospital Treatment of Ulm and school kindergarten for particularly needy children Ulm.
The Alb-Donau-Kreis is a partner in the Alb-Donau-Kreis Hospital GmbH. This society is responsible for the health centers Blaubeuren (with district hospital), Ehingen (Danube) (with district hospital and geriatric rehabilitation clinic) and Langenau (with district hospital).
cities and communes
See also → List of the municipalities in the Alb-Donau-Kreis , List of the places in the Alb-Donau-Kreis
(Residents on December 31, 2018)
Agreed administrative communities and municipal administration associations
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License Plate
On January 1, 1973, the district was assigned the UL distinctive sign , which had been valid for the Ulm district since July 1, 1956 . It is still issued today.
literature
- The state of Baden-Württemberg - official description by districts and municipalities (in eight volumes). Edited by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate. Volume VII: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4
- Volker J. Sach, Elmar PJ Heizmann: Stratigraphy and mammalian faunas of the brackish water molasses in the area around Ulm (Southwest Germany) . - Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk., B, 310, 95 p., 8 fig., 20 tab., 9 plate, Stuttgart 2001, ISSN 0341-0153 .
Web links
- Official tourism website of the Alb-Donau district
- Historical lexicon of Bavaria: Kirchberg-Weißenhorn, Herrschaft (Sarah Hadry)
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ Survey of land according to type of actual use in 2015
- ↑ LUBW protected area statistics Status: updated daily
- ^ 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. 541 ff .
- ↑ https://www.statistik-bw.de/Wahlen/Kommunal/02043000.tab?R=KR425 District election results 2019
- ↑ https://www.statistik-bw.de/Wahlen/Kommunal/02043000.tab?R=KR425
- ^ Regional data - State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg . Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^ Regional data - State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg . Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ↑ Data source: Debt statistics as of December 31, 2016. © State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, 2017
- ↑ Future Atlas 2016. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Cycling in Ulm and Neu-Ulm - Sport & Leisure Ulm / Neu-Ulm - Tourist-Info Ulm / Neu-Ulm. In: www.tourismus.ulm.de. Retrieved October 11, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.tourismus-bw.de/Media/Touren/Alb-Neckar-Radweg
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
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