Altheim (near Ehingen)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 20 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	606 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.79 km 2
Residents:	625 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89605
Area code :	07391
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 004
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 15 89605 Altheim
Website :	www.altheim-info.de
Mayor :	Robert Rewitz
Location of the community Altheim in the Alb-Donau district

Altheim is a small community near Ehingen in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg , to which no other places apart from the village of the same name belong.

geography

Altheim is located on the southern slope of the Swabian Alb on the Hochstrasse , southwest of Ulm and near the city of Ehingen (Danube) .

Neighboring communities

The community borders the city of Schelklingen in the north, the city of Erbach in the east, the city of Ehingen in the south and Allmendingen in the west .

history

Until the 19th century

The original owners of the village were the Lords of Steusslingen. In the 14th century, members of the Ruch family bought individual farms. Between 1425 and 1436 Burkard von Wernau was able to acquire most of the farms. Since Burkard's son Conrad von Wernau remained childless, the inheritance fell to the younger brother Jörg von Wernau. But he only had four daughters and no son. The third daughter, Clara, married Conrad von Stadion , and in 1497 the goods passed to the von Stadion family. Since Conrad von Stadion also had no male heir, the property passed to his son-in-law Caspar von Freyberg , who had married Appollonia's heir daughter in 1518. At least since the death of Conrad von Stadion, probably in 1527, the von Freyberg family remained in possession of most of the farms in Altheim until the fiefdom was replaced in the 19th century. Two farms each were owned by the Urspring and Blaubeuren monasteries .

Religions

Altheim has had its own parish since the high Middle Ages. The parish church is consecrated to Saint Michael , which indicates an early foundation in the Alemannic era . Initially, the Altheim parish was a daughter parish of the Erbach parish . The farmers of the Blaubeuren monastery stayed with Catholicism even after the reformation of the monastery. In 1826 all 318 residents were Catholic. As a result of moving in, Protestant residents are now also resident.

Population development

These are population numbers according to the respective territorial status. The numbers are census results (¹) or official updates from the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office (only main residences ).

year Population numbers 1826 318 December 1, 1871 ¹ 452 December 1, 1880¹ 459 December 1, 1900 ¹ 464 December 1, 1910¹ 503 June 16, 1925 ¹ 441 June 16, 1933 ¹ 385 May 17, 1939 ¹ 386 September 13, 1950 ¹ 456 June 6, 1961 ¹ 400 May 27, 1970 ¹ 452 December 31, 1980 510 May 27, 1987 ¹ 524

year Population numbers December 31, 1990 548 December 31, 1995 533 December 31, 2000 553 December 31, 2005 573 December 31, 2010 582 December 31, 2015 599

politics

Municipal council

The town council in Altheim has eight members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the local council was elected by majority vote. Majority voting takes place if no or only one nomination has been submitted. The applicants with the highest number of votes are then elected. The municipal council consists of the voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Schultheißen, Mayor and Mayor

Schultheißen until 1930, mayor since 1930. In 1971, the municipality agreed an administrative partnership with the neighboring municipality of Allmendingen.

• 1486 Hans Spalt

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• 1716–1753 Josef Mauz
• 1753–1776 Sebastian Kolb
• 1777–1819 Matthäus Mauz
• 1819–1845 Xaver Heisler
• 1846–1870 Anton Geiger
• 1871–1906 Johann Georg Schmid
• 1906–1933 Georg Schaible
• 1933–1942 Franz Moll
• 1942–1946 Josef Traub
• 1946–1971 Georg Enderle
• 1971–1995 Karl Spitzmüller - simultaneous mayor of Allmendingen

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• 1995 - Robert Rewitz. The honorary mayor Robert Rewitz is also the full-time mayor of Allmendingen .

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms has a blue thorn bar in its silver (white) shield head, the shield itself is adorned with three silver (white) balls. The colors are white-blue (silver-blue). The head of the shield, the blue thorn, reminds of the first local lords of the 13th century, the lords of Steusslingen. The three balls come from the family coat of arms of the Barons von Freyberg , who have been wealthy in Altheim since 1528.

Attractions

• Castle of the Barons of Freyberg, built from 1701 to before 1706. As early as 1412 there was a castle in Altheim.
• Parish church from 1785, with the late Gothic church tower from approx. 1485.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Tiberius Denkinger, senior director of studies

sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Christoph von Freyberg , born September 28, 1616 in Altheim (near Ehingen), † April 1, 1690 in Dillingen an der Donau, 1665–1690 Prince-Bishop of Augsburg
• Tiberius Denkinger, senior director of studies, local historian, honorary citizen of Altheim

literature

• Walter Ansbacher: The diocese of Augsburg in a baroque awakening: Church renewal under Prince-Bishop Johann Christoph von Freyberg (1665–1690) . Sankt-Ulrich-Verlag, Augsburg 2001.
• Tiberius Denkinger: Gentlemen, courtyards, houses and corridors in Altheim Kr. Ehingen . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 1963.
• Königliches Statistisches Landesamt (Ed.) (1893), description of the Oberamt Ehingen . 2. Processing. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, pp. 64-66.
• Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): The Alb-Donau-Kreis . 2 volumes, Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1989, here vol. 1, pp. 401-417. ISBN 3-7995-1350-7 .
• Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Description of the Oberamt Ehingen . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1826, pp. 103f. (Reprint of the Horst Bissinger publishing house, Magstadt, 1971. ISBN 3-7644-0003-X ) (digitized in Wikisource)
• Peter Steuer (arr.): Archive of the Barons of Freyberg Allmendingen Castle: Document recalls 1367–1910 . W. Kohlhammer (inventories of the non-state archives in Baden-Württemberg, vol. 37), Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-17-021286-2 .

Web links

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

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

• Altheim community at LEO-BW

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ St. Michael - Altheim ( memento of January 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 27, 2010
3. ↑ Population development in Baden-Württemberg from 1871 to 2012 ( Memento from September 7, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
4. ↑ See the coat of arms of Altsteusslingen and Justingen .
5. ↑ Pictures of the castle near Ansbacher (2001).