Blind home

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Dillingen on the Danube
Management Community :	Höchstädt on the Danube
Height :	415 m above sea level NHN
Area :	26.39 km 2
Residents:	1694 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	64 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89434
Area code :	09074
License plate :	DLG, WHO
Community key :	09 7 73 119
Community structure:	8 parts of the community
Association administration address:	Herzog-Philipp-Ludwig-Str. 10 ; 89420 Höchstädt on the Danube
Website :	[1]
First Mayor :	Jürgen Frank (Free Citizen List)
Location of the community Blindheim in the district of Dillingen an der Donau

Blindheim is a municipality in the Swabian district of Dillingen an der Donau and a member of the Höchstädt an der Donau administrative community .

geography

The municipality is located in the Augsburg region .

There are 8 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Berghausen ( village )
Blindheim ( parish village )
Blindheim (train station)
Holzhof ( wasteland )

Sallmannsberg (wasteland)
Unterglauheim (parish village)
Weilheim (wasteland)
Wolpertstetten ( Kirchdorf )

There are the districts Blindheim, Unterglauheim and Wolpertstetten.

history

Until the church is planted

On August 13, 1704, the Battle of Blindheim, also known as the Second Battle of Höchstädt ( English Battle of Blenheim ) took place in the area, which was of decisive importance for the War of the Spanish Succession . The battle is of great historical importance for Great Britain , which is why, for example, Blenheim Palace , the residence of the family of the victorious John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough , was named after her. In addition, the New Zealand city of Blenheim , the largest city in the Marlborough District with around 24,200 inhabitants , was named after Blindheim. On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Blindheim, a memorial path with an approximately 6.5 m high observation tower was inaugurated on the edge of the former battlefield in August 2004 , which allows an overview of the site of the battle.

The place was part of the Electorate of Bavaria and formed a closed Hofmark . Around 1700 Veit Ernst III. von Rechberg - Illereichen - Kronburg - Osterberg Blindheim acquired for his two later sons Anton Valentin Alexander and Sigmund Bero Dyonis in order to build up a secondary school here. In 1709 the blind home, heavily devastated by the War of the Spanish Succession, passed to the two heirs. When the last of them died in 1725, his niece Maria Antonie (1715–1791) inherited the Hofmark. She sold them in 1765. At the end of the empire Blindheim was owned by the Lords of Gilardi, the owners of the Jacob Gilardi wire drawing factory in Allersberg . In 1818 the political municipality was established. The patrimonial court that was created instead of the Hofmark was dissolved in 1849.

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previous communities of Unterglauheim and Wolpertstetten were incorporated.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018 the community grew from 1626 to 1693 by 67 inhabitants or 4.1%.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has twelve members. Since the local elections on March 15, 2020 , the seats have been divided into the following lists:

Party / group	Seats	Share of votes
CSU	2	14.3%
Free list of citizens	4th	38.8%
Bürgerblock Unterglauheim	3	21.6%
Free voter community FWW	1	9.2%
Free voters BUW	2	15.9%

mayor

Jürgen Frank (Free Citizens List) has been the mayor since 2014. He was re-elected on March 15, 2020 with 73.1%. His predecessor was Wilhelm Gumpp (CSU / Free Voters' Association) since 1984.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Under a red shield head, inside a continuous silver bar cross, diagonally divided by silver and black, covered by a golden crowned natural Aquarius with two bent golden fish tails, who holds a red halberd in his right hand and a red barrel in his left silver water flows. "

Parish Church of St. Martin

Attractions

Catholic parish church of St. Martin
Catholic branch church St. Nikolaus (Wolpertstetten)
Tram Museum of the Munich Tram Company (under construction)

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

In 2014, according to official statistics, there were 108 employees subject to social security contributions at the place of work blind home, of which 77 were employed in the manufacturing industry. There were 717 employees at the place of residence subject to social insurance contributions. The number of out-commuters was 609 higher than that of in-commuters. Five residents were registered as unemployed.

Agriculture and Forestry

In 2010 there were 34 farms. 1478 hectares of the municipality were used for agriculture, of which 1201 hectares were arable land and 277 hectares were permanent grassland.

traffic

The station Blindheim is located on the railway line Ingolstadt-Neuoffingen . Federal road 16 runs through the municipality - between the main town and the Unterglauheim district .

education

There is a day care facility. In 2015 it had 85 places for crèche and kindergarten age. 77 children were looked after by eleven employees.

Others

In the old four-digit postcode system , the community Blindheim was assigned the postcode 8888.

Web links

Commons : Blindheim - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
↑ Mayor. Blindheim community, accessed on May 31, 2020 .
^ Community Blindheim in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 31, 2019.
^ The battle of Blindheim in the newsletter of the community of Blindheim from August 1, 2004 (PDF; 78 kB)
^ Archives in the Counts Rechberg family archive in Donzdorf
^ 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. 770 .
^ Community of Blindheim, final election results
^ Entry on the coat of arms of Blindheim in the database of the House of Bavarian History