Hohenstein (District of Reutlingen)

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Hohenstein (District of Reutlingen)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '  N , 9 ° 21'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Tübingen
County : Reutlingen
Height : 737 m above sea level NHN
Area : 61.71 km 2
Residents: 3719 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 60 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 72531
Area code : 07387
License plate : RT
Community key : 08 4 15 090
Community structure: 5 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		In the village 14
72531 Hohenstein
Website : www.gemeinde-hohenstein.de
Mayor : Jochen Zeller
Location of the community Hohenstein in the district of Reutlingen
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Hohenstein is a community consisting of five districts on the plateau of the Swabian Alb in the Reutlingen district , about 20 kilometers south of Reutlingen . The municipality, which was founded from the independent villages of Bernloch, Eglingen, Meidelstetten, Oberstetten and Ödenwaldstetten until the municipal reform in 1975, is named after the former Hohenstein Castle .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located 720 to 830 meters above sea level in the middle of the so-called Middle Kuppenalb . This is characterized by arid valleys with juniper heaths and gently wooded hills.

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border the municipality of Hohenstein, they are named starting in clockwise direction in the north and belong to the district of Reutlingen :

Gomadingen , Münsingen , Hayingen , Pfronstetten , Trochtelfingen and Engstingen .

Community structure

Town hall of the "new" municipality. Architectural specialty: the facade is made entirely from typical Alb- tufa panels

The community was formed in the course of the community reform on January 1, 1975 from the then independent communities Bernloch, Eglingen, Meidelstetten, Oberstetten and Ödenwaldstetten.

The districts of the earlier municipalities are identical to the five districts of the municipality. The districts are officially named in the form "Hohenstein - ...". The election of the municipal council is based on the false choice of suburbs; the suburbs accordingly also form residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code .

Only the villages of the same name belong to the districts of Bernloch, Eglingen, Meidelstetten and Oberstetten. Ödenwaldstetten includes the village of Ödenwaldstetten and the Ludwigshof and Maßhalderbuch farms.

In the municipality are the deserts of Beuren, Distelreich, Ernstbrühl, Gerenberg, Kriechbaum, Wahlenberg and Walseich (district Bernloch), Buchhausen, Henndorf and Herrendorf (district Eglingen), Gaustetten (district Meidelstetten), Dörrgut (district Oberstetten) as well as Mettendorf, Weidental and Ziegelhütte in the district of Ödenwaldstetten.

history

View of Ödenwaldstetten
The Hohenstein castle ruin in the district of Oberstetten gives its name to today's entire community

The name Bernloch appears as early as 1161 as a monastic estate of a Premonstratensian monastery. However, the Counts of Achalm were the landlords. Later it came to the Duchy of Württemberg , where it initially belonged to the Oberamt Urach .

The first mention of Eglingen comes from the year 904. During the time of the tribal duchies the place was in the Duchy of Swabia . The Lords of Eglingen ruled from 1249 to 1413 . Then it was sold to Heinz Speth . In 1805 the property finally went to the Kingdom of Württemberg as part of the mediatization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss .

Meidelstetten stands as a mutilistat on a deed of donation from the year 777. The Weißenau monastery knows nobles from Meidelstetten in the 12th and 13th centuries. Later it came to the Duchy of Württemberg , where it initially belonged to the Oberamt Urach .

Oberstetten is listed as Obrensteten in the chronicle of the Zwiefalten monastery in 1100. Hohenstein Castle and the village of Oberstetten fell to Adalbert von Berolzheim after the Lords of Oberstetten died out. In 1497 the property of Kaspar von Bubenhofen passed to the Zwiefalten monastery . As part of the secularization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the place came to the Kingdom of Württemberg .
The remains of the 11th century Ödenburg can also be found near Oberstetten .
see also Meidelstetten Castle

In the Zwiefalter Chronicle of 1137/1138 Ödenwaldstetten is also mentioned as Walichstetin . The current name has been in use since the 15th century. This district also became the property of the Zwiefalten Monastery in 1497, but the Duchy of Württemberg soon took control of the state. Ödenwaldstetten was the only part of today's Hohenstein that belonged to the Münsingen regional office before 1800 .

The remainder of the municipality came with the regional reform around 1813 to the Oberamt Münsingen and later until 1973 to the district of Münsingen . After its dissolution it came to the district of Reutlingen .

religion

After the Reformation in Württemberg from 1534 and the associated religious split between the Protestant and the Catholic Church, the communities of today's Hohenstein were located in the area of ​​the denominational boundary, which was responsible for religious-ecclesiastical identity and the corresponding cultural differences, sometimes also differences between the village populations remained formative among each other well into the 20th century. While the Reformation was introduced in Bernloch and Meidelstetten in 1537 and in Ödenwaldstetten in 1562, Eglingen and Oberstetten remained Roman Catholic. Today's two Protestant parishes, Bernloch and Meidelstetten with Oberstetten, form the entire parish of Bernloch-Meidelstetten . The evangelical parish Ödenwaldstetten-Pfronstetten comprises the districts Ödenwaldstetten and Eglingen of the community Hohenstein, the main town and the districts Aichelau and Aichstetten of the community Pfronstetten and the district Wilsingen of the city Trochtelfingen . Until a few years ago, it consisted of the former parishes of Ödenwaldstetten and Pfronstetten. Both former parishes have merged since around 2018. These Protestant congregations belong to the Bad Urach-Münsingen church district of the Evangelical State Church in Württemberg .

politics

Administrative community

The municipality of Hohenstein and the municipality of Engstingen form an administrative community.

Municipal council

Hohenstein is one of the few municipalities in which the municipal council was elected using the majority vote system . This means that only one list (Free Voters' Association) was drawn up and those applicants who received the most votes are elected. The municipal council has 13 members. It consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The turnout in the local elections on May 26, 2019 was 65.7%.

mayor

The mayor is elected for an eight-year term. Zeller was confirmed in office in 2007 and 2015, most recently with 92.4% of the vote.

  • since 1999: Jochen Zeller

coat of arms

Blazon: In red on a green hill, a golden (yellow) square tower (ruin with a shield base that is translucent at the gate and window), flanked on both sides by a silver (white) lockpick turned up and out. The municipality has had the current coat of arms since August 1, 1977.

Coats of arms of the earlier municipalities

Amber hole
Amber hole 		Perches
Perches 		Meidelstetten
Meidelstetten 		Oberstetten
Oberstetten 		Ödenwaldstetten
Ödenwaldstetten

Culture and sights

Hohenstein is located on the Swabian Dichterstrasse , which leads past many sights.

The film Ödenwaldstetten deals with the social and economic change in the then independent community and today's district of Ödenwaldstetten.

Museums

Farmhouse museum Ödenwaldstetten

The farmhouse museum in the Ödenwaldstetten district is known far beyond the municipality's borders. The main building, which is around 400 years old, is fully furnished and shows the visitor the rural craftsmanship of bygone times. In the farmer's garden you can see historical fruits from the Swabian Alb, medicinal herbs and spices. There is a teddy bear collection in the attic.

music

  • Trachtenkapelle Bernloch
  • Bernloch-Meidelstetten youth choir
  • Music and choral society Eglingen e. V.
  • Oberstetter village musicians
  • Trombone Choir Bernloch-Meidelstetten
  • Trombone Choir Ödenwaldstetten
  • Singers Association Bernloch-Meidelstetten
  • Singing group Hohenstein

Buildings

St. Wolfgang Church in Eglingen
  • The Burg Hohenstein was named for the church today. Around 1100 it was inhabited by wealthy nobles. The court festivals at that time were well known. The castle has not been inhabited since 1438 and has since fallen into ruin.
  • Evangelical St. George's Church in Bernloch : After previous buildings elsewhere, a larger church was built in 1774, which was burned down by a lightning strike in 1929. The new church built by the Stuttgart architect Emil Weippert was inaugurated as early as 1930 . The choir windows were designed by Ernst H. Graeser with the themes of the birth, resurrection and baptism of Jesus in a reserved, expressionist style, and the altar cross by the Stuttgart wood sculptor Edelgarde vom Berge and Herrendorff (1904–1982).
  • Catholic St. Wolfgang Church in Eglingen , built by the Speth in 1775.
  • Evangelical St. Otmar Church in Meidelstetten : built in 1777. Outside there is a wall mosaic by the artist Wilhelm Pfeiffer (1918–1991; Tübingen-Hirschau), which depicts the resurrection angel on the grave of Christ. The choir window by Adolf Valentin Saile shows in bold colors the risen Christ as Pantocrator with a gesture of blessing in the middle of the gates of the heavenly Jerusalem, including the rivers of living water ( Rev 22  LUT ) with the trees of life.
  • Holy Cross Church in Oberstetten , from the 11th / 12th centuries. Century.
  • Evangelical Nikolauskirche in Ödenwaldstetten : A church and parish St. Nikolaus was mentioned in Ödenwaldstetten as early as 1275. It changed hands several times and finally stayed with Württemberg, which introduced the Reformation, although the place belonged to the Zwiefalten monastery. It was not until 1778 that Württemberg bought the rights to Ödenwaldstetten from the Zwiefalten monastery. The Nikolauskirche is partly still Gothic: frescoes from 1350 (Last Supper scene and depiction of the Madonna in protective cloak), an early Gothic baptismal font and a crucifix from 1510/1520 on the south wall. It was enlarged in the 17th century and renovated in 1778, 1849, 1910 and 1956. The choir window with the depiction of the birth, passion and glory of Christ dates from 1956. In Ödenwaldstetten there was probably another church in the 16th century, the Martinskirche. But she went off.
  • New Apostolic Church in Bernloch , consecrated in 1971.

Sports

  • Sports and shooting club Bernloch e. V.
  • SSV Meidelstetten
  • Tennis club Hohenstein e. V.
  • TSV Oberstetten 1922 e. V.
  • Sabt Oberstetten
  • TSV Ödenwaldstetten 1924 e. V.
  • Table tennis club Bernloch
  • DLRG

Economy and Infrastructure

The municipalities of Engstingen , Hohenstein and Trochtelfingen founded the Haid industrial park in 1994 on the site of the former Eberhard Finckh barracks .

traffic

The federal highway 312 , coming from the federal highway 8 at Stuttgart Airport , leads via Reutlingen through the municipality to Riedlingen , Biberach an der Riss and Memmingen .

The Public transport is by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau guaranteed (NALDO). The community is located in honeycomb 224.

Established businesses

The SchwörerHaus KG has its headquarters in the district of Oberstetten and maintains there a factory for the production of wood products and building technology, a sawmill, a power plant, as well as the equipment Center South and a show house center.

education

With the Hohenstein School founded in 1973 , the community has a primary and secondary school with a technical secondary school . For the youngest residents, there are three community kindergartens, one Protestant (in Bernloch) and one Roman Catholic kindergarten (in Oberstetten).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Personalities who have worked in the place

  • Werner Raupp (* 1955), historian; lives in Ödenwaldstetten
  • Ernst Geprägs (1929–2011), farmer, functionary of the German Farmers' Association and CDU politician. City council member and deputy mayor of the Hohenstein community

literature

Web links

Commons : Hohenstein (Württemberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Hohenstein in the description of the Oberamt Blaubeuren from 1830  - sources and full texts

ditto from Bernloch , Eglingen , Meidelstetten , Ödenwaldstetten .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Main statute of the community of Hohenstein from November 27, 2001, last amended on June 14, 2002
  3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VII: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4 . Pp. 30-33
  4. ^ Website of the parish of Bernloch-Meidelstetten
  5. ^ Website of the parish of Ödenwaldstetten-Pfronstetten
  6. ↑ M. Kautzsch: Württemberg small churches ; in: Art and Church, Berlin 1938, issue 3
  7. ^ Church guides: The St. George's Church in Bernloch ; ed. Ev. Parish of Bernloch; Hohenstein 2013
  8. ↑ church leaders: The Saint Otmarkirche in Meidelstetten ; Ed. Ev. Meidelstetten parish; Hohenstein 2016