Belzheim

Belzheim Ehingen am Ries municipality
Coordinates: 48 ° 57 ′ 44 ″  N , 10 ° 31 ′ 44 ″  E
Height :	434 m
Area :	7.01 km²
Residents :	329  (May 25 1987)
Population density :	47 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	May 1, 1978
Postal code :	86741
Area code :	09082
Rectory of Belzheim , former castle of the Teutonic Order

Belzheim is a district ( parish village ) and a district (former municipality) of the Bavarian municipality of Ehingen am Ries in the district of Donau-Ries ( Bavaria ).

location

The place is about two kilometers west of Ehingen am Ries.

history

To the southeast of the village there are around 170 burial mounds from the middle Hallstatt period . The first written mention was in 1053 as Villa Bellesheim . At that time the place belonged to the Counts of Hürnheim , who sold the property to the Teutonic Order in 1488 . From then on Belzheim was in the Deutschordensballei Franken until the beginning of the 19th century.

On May 1, 1978 Belzheim was incorporated into the municipality of Ehingen am Ries.

The former parish had an area of ​​701.21 hectares and, in addition to the parish village of Belzheim, also included the deserted Riedmühle and Weihermühle. At the last census on May 25, 1987, these three districts had a population of 329 in 74 buildings with living space or 77 apartments, of which the parish of Belzheim had 322 in 72 buildings with living space or 74 apartments.

Architectural monuments

• Rectory , former castle of the Teutonic Order

See also: List of architectural monuments in Ehingen am Ries # Belzheim

Sons and daughters of the village

• Anton Jaumann (1927–1994), politician ( CSU ), 1970 to 1988 Bavarian State Minister for Economics and Transport, 1958 to 1990 member of the Bavarian State Parliament

Web links

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

• Belzheim in the location database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 794 .
2. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria, territorial status on October 1, 1964 with statistical information from d. 1961 population census, Munich, 1964 , column 1009
3. ^ Official register of places for Bavaria, territorial status: May 25, 1987, Munich, 1991 , p. 398