Ballendorf

This article describes the community in Baden-Württemberg. For the district of Bad Lausick in Saxony, see Ballendorf (Bad Lausick) .

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	545 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.21 km 2
Residents:	646 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	45 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89177
Area code :	07340
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 013
Address of the municipal administration:	Mehrstetter Strasse 13 89177 Ballendorf
Website :	www.ballendorf.de
Mayoress :	Renate Bobsin
Location of the municipality of Ballendorf in the Alb-Donau district

Ballendorf town center with the Protestant parish church

Ballendorf with its suburb of Mehrstetten is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .

The community belongs to the community administration association Langenau with seat in Langenau .

geography

Geographical location

Ballendorf lies between the " Hungerbrunnen " near Altheim and the Lone Valley on the Swabian Alb . The place is located in a hollow at the beginning of the Mönchtal , which is open to the Lone , and is almost entirely surrounded by forest.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the district Heuchlingen of the community Gerstetten in the district of Heidenheim , in the east on Setzingen , in the south on Nerenstetten and in the west on Börslingen and Altheim (Alb) .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1143. During the time of the tribal duchies , the place was in the Duchy of Swabia . In addition to plague and cholera , Ballendorf was hit by a catastrophically poor harvest in 1817, which led to a large number of Ballendorf residents emigrating to America . In the later years of the 18th and 19th centuries, the male Ballendorf residents were known for their love of drinking and fighting. At that time the rumor persisted until the beginning of the 20th century that a Ballendorfer always carried a sharpened and dirty knife with him.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Ballendorf has 8 members. The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following official final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairperson. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2014	Seats 2014	% 2009	Seats 2009	Local election 2014  % 60 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 51.6% 48.4% UW FW
UW	Independent voters	51.6	4th	not known	not known
FW	Free voters	48.4	4th	not known	not known
total		100.0	8th	100.0	8th
voter turnout		71.0%		75.2%

Attractions

The Protestant parish church of St. Martin was first mentioned in a document in 1295. It is located on the Kirchberg in the old town center of Ballendorf and is surrounded by the old cemetery and fortifications. In times of war it served the residents as a fortified church until the 16th century .

Web links

Commons : Ballendorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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

• Ballendorf 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. ^ Municipalities and mayors in the Alb-Donau district