Bächingen an der Brenz
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Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' N , 10 ° 19' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Bavaria | |
Administrative region : | Swabia | |
County : | Dillingen on the Danube | |
Management Community : | Gundelfingen on the Danube | |
Height : | 440 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 7.34 km 2 | |
Residents: | 1358 (December 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 185 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 89431 | |
Area code : | 07325 | |
License plate : | DLG, WHO | |
Community key : | 09 7 73 113 | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 15 89431 Bächingen |
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First Mayor : | Roland Grandel (Free Voters' Association Bächingen) | |
Location of the municipality of Bächingen adBrenz in the district of Dillingen an der Donau | ||
Bächingen an der Brenz (officially: Bächingen adBrenz ) is a municipality in the Swabian district of Dillingen an der Donau and a member of the administrative community Gundelfingen an der Donau .
geography
Geographical location
Bächingen is located in the Donauried on the edge of the Swabian Alb . The Brenz flows north of the village , while the Swabian Donaumoos begins to the south . In the west, the Bächinger district boundary is both the border of the Dillingen district and the state border with Baden-Württemberg .
Neighboring communities
City of Gundelfingen an der Donau , Sontheim an der Brenz (Baden-Württemberg), Medlingen
history
It is believed that the village was founded in the 6th to 7th centuries by the Alamanni as Bechenheim . The name probably goes back to the Alemannic founder, as the word means to the home of a bacho . The first written mention of the name goes back to 1269/71 and was already mentioned there with the addition to the Brenz . The name Bächingen replaced the original term in the 19th century.
As the first rulers of the place, the lords of Riedheim are documented in the 15th century , from whom he came into the hands of the knight family von Westernach . Bernhard von Westernach had today's moated castle built in 1531 . His son Eitelhans († 1576) managed to spin off Bächingen from the Principality of Palatinate-Neuburg as a free imperial knighthood and introduced the Reformation in 1576 .
In 1594 the rule passed to the Barons vom Stain , who later also received the neighboring free imperial knighthood of Niederstotzingen and ruled in Bächingen until 1790. Under their patronage , the Church of St. Nicholas , built in the early 15th century, underwent major changes and extensions.
From the Thirty Years' War Bächingen was not spared. Especially under the Bavarian Army , it suffered great damage in 1620, as did the surrounding towns. Due to Bächingen's imperial immediacy and the popularity of the Freiherren vom Stain , who ran a small farm in Bächingen based on the French model and maintained connections in the highest circles, Bächingen became a refuge for citizens of surrounding villages towards the end of the war. After the war, immigrants, in the case of Bächingen mostly Wenden , filled the gaps in the population.
In 1790 the Duchess Franziska von Württemberg, better known as Franziska von Hohenheim , bought the Bächingen estate as a private property. The Duchess's grandmother was Sophia Charlotta Baroness von Vohenstein, née Freiin vom Stain from Bächingen.
In the course of mediatization , Bächingen was incorporated into the newly formed Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 and lost its autonomy.
After the duchess's death in 1811, her universal heir was Karl Ludwig Axel Freiherr von Böhnen Bächingen, who made it a patrimonial court . In 1821 he sold the village to the newly ennobled Johann Gottlieb Freiherr von Süsskind , a wealthy banker from Augsburg . His descendant Albrecht Freiherr von Süßkind-Schwendi and his wife Christine, daughter of Prince Friedrich Christian zu Schaumburg-Lippe , still own the castle estate today.
After the Second World War had left Bächingen largely untouched, the place felt it in full force on April 24, 1945. American low-level aircraft attacks killed a number of people and around a third of the houses burned down.
Population development
Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 1,088 to 1,332 by 244 inhabitants or 22.4%.
church
The Protestant parish of Bächingen, which also includes the Protestants from Medlingen, currently (as of 2011) has almost 1000 members. The Bächinger Catholics are parish in Medlingen.
politics
The municipal council has twelve members. Since the municipal elections in Bavaria in 2014 , they have been divided into the following lists:
- Free electoral association: 6 seats
- CSU / Active Citizens: 6 seats
Parties and constituencies |
Seats 2014 |
Seats 2008 |
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FWV | Free Voters (FW) Bächingen e. V. | 6th | 5 | |
CSU | Christian-Social Union in Bavaria | 6th | 4th | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 0 | 3 | |
total | 12 | 12 |
Siegmund Meck (UAB Bächingen / CSU) has been mayor since May 1, 2020, who was elected with 79.4% on March 15, 2020. His predecessor was Roland Grandel (Free Voters' Association) from May 2002 to April 2020; he no longer stood for re-election in 2020.
Culture and sights
Museums
- Mooseum - Forum Swabian Danube Valley (nature-oriented information and communication center with events and a permanent exhibition for the Swabian Danube Valley region)
Archives
- Baron from the Stain'sches Community Archive Bächingen- Niederstotzingen , containing files and documents from 1360 as well as the entire estate of Duchess Franziska von Württemberg , was stored at Schloss Bächingen until it was transferred to the Augsburg State Archive
Buildings
- Bächingen Castle , u. a. with building inscription by Loy Hering ; The extensive library of Duchess Franziska von Württemberg was gradually sold from 1972
- Evangelical Church of St. Nikolaus (Nikolaikirche) with epitaphs of the von Westernach family
- Patronage cemetery of the families von Süsskind and Süsskind-Schwendi
Architectural monuments
Soil monuments
music
- Choral Society 1898 Bächingen e. V. (oldest local association)
- Musikverein "Eintracht" Bächingen (since 1950)
nature
In the south of the Bächinger district lies a part of the Swabian Donaumoos with protected flora and fauna.
Bächingen is also known for its storks , which since 1989 after years of absence have settled back on a chimney in Bächingen Castle; For many years it was the only pair of storks in the district of Dillingen , until a couple made their home in Höchstädt in the late 1990s . The storks made the village in the Brenztal a little famous in 1997 when they did not move south for the first time and spent the winter in Bächingen, which is now the case every year.
There is a natural monument to the north behind the castle. There are still remnants of the former castle avenue.
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Bächingen is close to the Ulm / Elchingen motorway junction ( A 7 / A 8 ). The two motorways can each be reached in around 15 minutes. The next connection to the B 16 is five minutes away by car.
education
The primary school association Bächingen- Medlingen has its seat here.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Wolfgang Ludwig Freiherr vom Stain (1640–1722), Imperial Councilor, Director of the Kocher Canton of the Swabian Imperial Knighthood
- Friedrich Carl Heinrich Freiherr vom Stain (1726–1800), ducal Württemberg governor of Stuttgart , lieutenant general and chamberlain, major general of the Swabian district , commander of the Order of St. John in Lagow and the order of Charles in Württemberg
- Johannes Freiherr von Racknitz (* 1790), Rittmeister in the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the King of Württemberg , organizer of the 1st German colonization in Mexico
- Theodor Bauer (* 1814), King. bay. District judge in Miltenberg
- Gottfried Meinzolt (* 1885), dean of Ingolstadt
- Friedrich Meinzolt (1886–1984), member of the Bavarian Senate , head of the Inner Mission
- Hans Meinzolt (1887–1967), State Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Culture, Vice President of the Regional Council of Churches and President of the Regional Synod of the Bavarian Regional Church , honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich
- Marie Meinzolt (1889–1962), co-founder of the Evangelical Lutheran Diakonissenanstalt Neuendettelsau
- Alexander von Süßkind-Schwendi (1903–1973), Ministerialdirektor in the Federal Ministry for the implementation of the Marshall Plan
- Wolfgang Lex (* 1946), football player
Other personalities associated with the place
- Theodor Graf von Sponeck (1896–1982), Lieutenant General in the Africa Corps under General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel , confidante of Rudolf Heß , was married to Agnes Freiin von Süsskind-Schwendi and lived at Bächingen Castle until his death.
- Marina Sauter (* 1997), biathlon youth world champion (2016), lives in the community
Web links
- Homepage
- Entry on the coat of arms of Bächingen an der Brenz in the database of the House of Bavarian History
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 ).
- ^ Municipality of Bächingen ad Brenz: Mayor. Retrieved May 22, 2020 .
- ↑ Lindenallee in Bächingen