Berkheim

This article describes the community of Berkheim in the district of Biberach. The Esslingen district of the same name can be found under Berkheim (Esslingen am Neckar) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	569 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.02 km 2
Residents:	2921 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	117 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88450
Primaries :	07354, 08395
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 019
Address of the municipal administration:	Coubronplatz 1 88450 Berkheim
Website :	www.gemeinde-berkheim.de
Mayor :	Walther Puza
Location of the municipality of Berkheim in the Biberach district

Bonlanden Monastery, around 1900

Berkheim is an Upper Swabian municipality in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

geography

Berkheim is located five kilometers west of Memmingen an der Iller in the Donau-Iller region .

In addition to Berkheim, the community also includes the districts of Bonlanden , Illerbachen and Eichenberg .

history

Berkheim

Berkheim was first mentioned in a document in 1093 in the founding document of the Ochsenhausen monastery . The place was part of the spiritual territory of the premonstratensian Reichsabbey Rot an der Rot until the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 . In 1806 the community was incorporated into the Kingdom of Württemberg . Until 1938 the Iller valley community belonged to the Oberamt Leutkirch ; since then it has belonged to the Biberach district.

There are three lost castles, Burg Berkheim , Burg Schelleneigen and the aristocratic seat of Illerbachen in the municipality .

Districts

Bonlanden

The place Bonlanden was first mentioned in 1128 as a Bonlandin . On April 17, 1855, Faustin Mennel laid the foundation stone of the Bonlanden Monastery , which is today the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Berkheim consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result. The turnout was 58.2% (2014: 55.5%).

Political party	be right	Seats	2014 result
CDU	53.0%	6th	57.2%, 7 seats
Independent Free Voters	29.2%	4th	26.6%, 3 seats
WE women list	17.8%	2	16.2%, 2 seats

mayor

In April 2011, Walther Puza was elected to succeed Michael Sailer with 91.46% of the vote.

Community partnerships

Berkheim has had a community partnership with the French community Coubron in the Seine-Saint-Denis department since 1992 .

coat of arms

Blazon : "In red a golden pilgrim's hat with a golden cord all around, double knotted at the front and ending in two tassels, accompanied by two golden shells at the top."

On November 18, 1957, the community received permission from the Ministry of the Interior to carry a coat of arms with two golden pilgrim shells and the golden pilgrim hat of St. Willebold in red.

Culture and sights

Berkheim is located on the eastern route of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route .

• Bonlanden monastery with nativity scene museum in the suburb of Bonlanden
• Willebold festival with relics procession
• Church of St. Josef in the Illerbachen suburb
• St. Konrad Church in Berkheim
• Chapel of St. Martin in the suburb of Eichenberg

See also : List of cultural monuments in Berkheim

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Berkheim is located on the federal autobahn 7 Flensburg  - Füssen with the exit Berkheim and on the federal highway 312 ( Memmingen  - Stuttgart airport ).

Educational institutions

Berkheim has its own elementary school . There is a special school in the Bonlanden district .

Companies

The headquarters of the well-known construction company Max Wild is located in Berkheim , which has made a name for itself throughout southern Germany , especially through the demolition of industrial and company buildings, such as the partial demolition of the old Stuttgart Exhibition Center .

Personalities

Pfarrhof - former summer residence of the Reichsabtei Rot an der Rot (2014)

Sons and daughters of the church

• Nikolaus Betscher (1745–1811), composer and abbot of the Reichsabtei Rot an der Rot
• Martin Dreyer (1748–1795), painter
• Bernhard Riedmiller (1757–1832), innkeeper and Tyrolean freedom fighter
• Willibald Braun (1882–1969), architect

People who lived or worked in Berkheim

• Willebold von Berkheim († 1230), pilgrim and saint
• Faustin Mennel (1824–1889), founder of the order of the "Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady" OSF
• Maria Wiborada Zislm OSB , (around 1935)
• Grete Huchler (1916–1993), artist and art teacher
• Sandro Cortese (* 1990) motorcycle racer

literature

• August Friedrich Pauly : Description of the Oberamt Leutkirch . Cotta, Stuttgart et al. 1843. (Reprint: Bissinger, Magstadt 1976, DNB 201916487 ) (full text in Wikisource)

Web links

Commons : Berkheim (Landkreis Biberach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Berkheim in the description of the Oberamt Leutkirch from 1843  - sources and full texts

• Berkheim community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Local election data 2019 of the State Statistical Office
3. ↑ The legend of holy Willebold in Berkheim ( Memento from October 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )