Altheim (Alb)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '  N , 10 ° 2'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	609 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.78 km 2
Residents:	1707 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	66 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89174
Area code :	07340
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 005
Address of the municipal administration:	Schmiedgasse 15 89174 Altheim (Alb)
Website :	www.altheim-alb.de
Mayor :	Andreas Coptic
Location of the community Altheim (Alb) in the Alb-Donau district

Altheim (Alb) is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district north of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg .

The independent community of Altheim (Alb) with its suburbs Zähringen and Söglingen with Märkleshöfe and the hamlets of Dangelhof and Birkenhöfe belongs to the Langenau community administration association based in Langenau .

geography

Altheim lies on a plateau called the Altheim Plain in the northeast of the Swabian Alb .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Gerstetten in the district of Heidenheim , in the east on Ballendorf , in the south on Börslingen and Neenstetten and in the west on Weidenstetten and Amstetten .

structure

In addition to the core town of Altheim, the community includes the districts of Zähringen , Söglingen and the hamlets of Märkleshöfe , Birkenhöfe and Dangelhof .

history

The area of ​​the Altheim Plain was settled early on; Celts, Romans, Alemanni and Franks have left their mark. Altheim was first mentioned in a document in 1225. At that time the village belonged to the Elchingen monastery . In 1385 Altheim came into the possession of the Free Imperial City of Ulm, where it remained until it became part of Württemberg in 1802 .

See also : Zähringen Castle

politics

Municipal council

The town council in Altheim has 10 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 60 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 46.1% 53.9% LS OIL Gains / losses compared to 2014  % p    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6 -5.4  % p + 5.4  % p LS OIL
LS	List Scheiffele	46.1	5	51.5	5
OIL	Open list	53.9	5	48.5	5t
total		100.0	10	100.0	10
voter turnout		71.5%		60.3%

mayor

• 1974 to 1991: Franz Grupp
• 1992 to 2008: Martin Gaiser
• since 2008: Andreas Koptisch

The mayor is elected for an eight-year term. In December 2015, Coptic was re-elected with 92.4% of the vote.

Altheim (Alb) town hall

coat of arms

The Altheim coat of arms, established in 1931, shows a split shield at the top, a three-lobed silver (white) flag with gold (yellow) fringes in red, divided by black and silver (white) at the back, and a silver (white) horn below in green (Mouthpiece on the right) with golden (yellow) fittings and golden (yellow) pastern.

The flag stands for the coat of arms of the Counts of Werdenberg , who sold the village belonging to the Albeck rule in 1385 with church set, Wittum and tithe rights to the imperial city of Ulm. The field of the municipal coat of arms, divided by black and silver, is reminiscent of the latter, while the Hifthorn is intended to indicate that the imperial town hall in Altheim was the seat of an Ulm chief forester from 1700.

See also : List of coats of arms with the emblem of the Count Palatine of Tübingen

education

In Altheim there was a one-tier Werkrealschule, which was most recently a branch of the Albecker-Tor School in Langenau. The Langenau Administrative Association was responsible for this. School operations were discontinued at the end of the 2013/14 school year due to the decline in the number of pupils. The school was formally closed at the end of the 2014/15 school year.

Since the school buildings became the property of the Altheim (Alb) community after the school was closed, the prerequisites for subsequent use were created. The Free Realschule Altheim (Alb) moved into these buildings from the 2016/17 school year.

Until December 31, 2016, the nursery school was run by the Protestant parish. Since January 1, 2017, the kindergartens have been run by the Altheim community.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Konrad Dietrich Hassler (1803–1873), educator, theologian and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly

Persons connected to Altheim

• Vinzenz Erath (1906–1976), narrator and author, lived and wrote from 1945 to 1963 in Altheim
• Heinrich (VII.) (HRR) (around 1211–1240), after his condemnation by Frederick II on July 4, 1235 in Worms , the former German king came to Heidelberg in the castle dungeon, then to Altheim Castle in the Ries and finally via Friuli to ship to Apulia , where he was held in various places until the end of 1235. He died in 1240 of a fall with his horse while he was being transferred to a new prison.

Web links

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

Wikisource: Altheim in the description of the Oberamt Ulm from 1836  - sources and full texts

• Altheim (Alb) at LEO-BW
• Website of the community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ http://www.swp.de/ulm/lokales/alb_donau/koptisch-mit-92_4-prozent-der-stimmen-in-altheim-wiedergewaehlt-11903218.html