Denkingen (Pfullendorf)

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Denkingen
City of Pfullendorf
Former municipality coat of arms of Denkingen
Coordinates: 47 ° 53 ′ 34 "  N , 9 ° 18 ′ 36"  E
Height : 660 m above sea level NN
Residents : 935  (May 26, 2015)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 88630
Area code : 07552

Denkingen is one of seven localities in the town of Pfullendorf in the Sigmaringen district in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .

geography

Geographical location

Denkingen is located about six kilometers southeast of Pfullendorf in a valley that opens from southeast to northwest and through which the Andelsbach flows. The place is part of the Upper Linzgau . The European main watershed between the Rhine and the Danube runs through Straß to Aftholderberg . The highest point in the city of Pfullendorf is in Hilpensberg .

Protected areas

On the outskirts of Denkingen in the direction of Neubrunn lies the Kreuzäcker nature reserve in the middle of an intensively used cultural landscape . In the former gravel pit, which was used for gravel extraction until 1985, today hedges are mixed with dry and wet biotopes.

An eyrie at the sawmill on Lindenstrasse has been incubated by storks every year since 2002 .

Sub-locations

The village of Denkingen includes the villages of Denkingen , Langgassen and Straß , the hamlets Andelsbach and Hilpensberg , the house Straßmühle and the forester's house . Furthermore, the desert areas of Dachenhausen and Herbendingen (both near Straß) and the abandoned Malaien farm .

history

Evidence of early settlement is a Roman road that once led from Ostrach to Überlingen through the fertile Andelsbach valley. After the Romans withdrew, an early Alemannic settlement could arise here around 500 AD . The place name is probably due to the clan relationship to a "Danko".

Denkingen was first mentioned in a document in 1226 (copy?) As the seat of a knight family of the same name. The local nobility is mentioned in the 13th and 14th centuries, but apparently early on in the cities of Überlingen, Villingen , Pfullendorf and Constance . The tower, mentioned in 1386 in the village, was probably an accessory of the aristocratic residence, the small remains of which have been preserved at the southern exit of the village. In 1272 the village belonged at least partially to the Lords of Ramsberg . That year Rudolf von Ramsberg and his sons Burchart and Rudolf donated their own estates in the villages of Denkingen, Rickersreuthe and Brunnhausen when they joined the Order of St. John . Parts of their property went to Salem Monastery in 1288 and 1311 . But in 1386 the free imperial city of Überlingen bought half of the village of Denkingen including the tower, building yard and local authority for the Überlingen hospital from Konrad von Oberried and his wife Luitgard von Ramsberg . In 1435 the second half of the village came to the hospital for sale via Rudolf von Neubrunn zu Pfullendorf , who were also resident in the village.

As files in the hospital archive from 1450 show, farmers in Denkingen and the neighboring nobleman Konrad Schorpp von Freudenberg , Vogt zu Ochsenbach and Oberochsenbach , were involved in disputes over pasture and guardian rights in fields and forests between Denkingen and Ochsenbach. This did not change anything when Konrad Schorpp and his wife Elsbeth von Magenbuch sold the Freudenberg house to Abbot Georg and the Salem Monastery in 1454 , but he continued to live in Freudenberg as a Salem feudal man. According to tradition and files, the mutual skirmishes ended on Mauritian Day 1455 (September 22) with a sharper military confrontation, which brought great misfortune to the village: Denkingen had requested troops because of the dispute in Überlingen. After their arrival, Konrad Schorpp and other Junkers who stood by him in his cause succeeded in luring the imperial city riders with their captain from their actual protected object, Denkingen, to Heiligenholz because of a fire that had broken out there. Accompanied by these troops, citizens of Denkingen also helped with the fire there. While they were enjoying themselves there in the pub, Schorpp's main power took advantage of the defenseless situation, attacked the village of Denkingen and burned it down completely. The imperial city riders noticed it too late and pursued the troops of the Junkers as far as Veringenstadt .

The high authority lay with the county of Heiligenberg and was pledged to the city of Überlingen in 1779. From then on, Denkingen was the official place of the hospital. In 1803 the place came with the city of Überlingen to the Grand Duchy of Baden . The place belonged to the district office of Pfullendorf from 1803 to 1804 , from 1804 to 1813 to the district office of Überlingen , from 1813 to 1936 again to the district office of Pfullendorf and again from 1936 to the district office of Überlingen (from 1939 district of Überlingen ).

Denkingen became self-employed on November 26, 1809 under Anton Hegner. The independent community of Denkingen included the core town of Denkingen, Andelsbach, Langgassen, Straß, Hilpensberg and, up to 1933, Krähenried . Most of its farms and buildings were owned by Überlingen and were only made available by the residents as fiefs or leases. Even today, Denkingen is therefore surrounded by a large number of forests in Überlingen.

With effect from April 1, 1923, the Baden Ministry of the Interior in Karlsruhe decreed to unite the places Denkingen, Straß-Hilpensberg, Langgassen-Andelsbach (total municipality of Denkingen) and the separate district of Malaien (Amt Pfullendorf) into one simple municipality with the name of Denkingen.

In the course of the community reform , the community of Denkingen was incorporated into the city of Pfullendorf with effect from January 1, 1973. At the same time, the district of Überlingen was dissolved, which means that Pfullendorf and Denkingen moved to the district of Sigmaringen.

Residents

There are currently 935 residents in Denkingen (as of May 2015). Denkingen has 717, Langgassen 81, Strasse 74, the hamlets Hilpensberg 53 and Andelsbach 10 inhabitants.

religion

The population of Denkingen is mainly Catholic . Denkingen used to be a branch of the Pfullendorf parish. In 1576 the magistrate founded its own pastoral care in Überlingen, in 1723 a parish charter was established and, since 1736, a permanent parish curatia through a private foundation. Denkingen was under the patronage of the city of Überlingen. Today the parish belongs to the pastoral care unit Oberer Linzgau . The nurses' station in the "Gmuindsbau" (parish hall), founded in July 1929, was mostly occupied by two nuns from the St. Elisabeth monastery in Schaan (Liechtenstein).

politics

Local council

The village of Denkingen has its own local council , which consists of nine voluntary local councils including a local mayor as chairman. The electoral term lasts five years. Since the municipal elections in Baden-Württemberg in 2014, the local council has been composed as follows:

Local council election
Denkingen 2014
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
55.0%
45.0%
Gains / losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+ 3.8  % p.p.
-3.8  % p
Parties and constituencies %
2014 		Seats
2014 		%
2009 		Seats
2009
FW Free voters 55.0 5 51.2 4th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 45.0 4th 48.8 5
total 100.0 9 100.0 9
Voter turnout in% 64.5 61.5

Mayor

  • 1980–1994: August Hügle (Free Voters)
  • 1994–2014: Klaus Fiesel (Free Voters)
  • since 2014: Karl Abt (Free Voters)

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Denkingen shows a golden high cross in red, each side with a silver scallop shell.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • The Catholic parish church of St. Johann was first named in 1592 as the "Chapel of St. John Baptista". However, the earliest parts of the sacred building dedicated to John the Baptist date from the 11th century and were expanded in 1775. After several extensions and renovations, a new building was built in 1981 on the old stock. The bell tower is late Gothic, the space of the new church is simple and made of natural materials. The windows are colored. The organ was built in 1981 by the organ building company Rudolf Kubak, Augsburg. Due to the architectural specifications of the church, the organ is very limited in its space, because of a pillar it had to be divided into two parts and designed in a very confined space. Saint Sebastian is in a window.
  • The St. Georg chapel in Straß across from the “Hirschen” inn on a hill was built in 1698. Devotions are occasionally held here and a mass is held at the patronage in April.
  • The chapel of St. Anthony of Padua in Langgassen was built in 1789 and last renovated in 1956. It was recently renovated by the local population on their own. In addition, a village fountain decorates the village square in Langgassen.
  • In the Gewann Moosteich on the community route Denkingen – Mettenbuch there is a wooden cross donated in 2010 with a body of Christ and a copper roof. It replaces a cross erected by Anton Geng in gratitude for the happy return from the Second World War, consecrated in 1973, stolen in 1993 and later found in a grain field near Hattenweiler, whose Christ body was missing and which was so badly damaged that it can no longer be erected could.

Others

  • The street names Burgweg and Schlossweg are reminiscent of early historical fortifications in the vicinity of Denkingen. A square hill can still be found today in the area of ​​the castle path in the Schlossberg Reste forest , the deep trenches of which are still visible.
  • The Jakob-Kemm-Weg commemorates Jakob Kemm, a blacksmith from Denkingen who refused to fight the rebellious farmers in the German Peasants' War of 1525 and was executed on May 28, 1525 on the market square in Überlingen.

Sport and youth work

The sports club Denkingen was founded in 1969. The soccer team has been playing in the regional league since 2002. In addition to football, which is particularly strong in youth work, the club also offers other recreational sports.

Regular events

  • Denkingen is on Funkensonntag a spark ignited.
  • On Baschistag , the day of Saint Sebastian, forest workers or forest owners from the region honor their patron saint. The long tradition goes back when wood grinders were given a party for the woodworkers on that day.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Denkingen received its own schoolhouse in 1840. The current elementary school with two multi-year classes was renovated in 2009. The kindergarten has two groups.

Personalities

  • Adolf Bernhard (born September 21, 1882 in Hilpensberg, † July 11, 1942 in Dachau concentration camp ); cath. Martyr priest, religion teacher and victim of the Nazi regime. As pastor of Hondingen, he was arrested by the Gestapo on September 17, 1940 and taken to the Dachau concentration camp due to the treachery law in 1941. There he was infected with phlegmon germs by the concentration camp doctor Sigmund Rascher in a series of medical experiments and died from it.

literature

  • Alfons Geng: Contributions to the local history of Denkingen
  • Paula Hügle: Contemporary history Langgassen - Andelsbach . Denkingen 2006.
  • Edwin Ernst Weber (editor): 775 years of Denkingen. 1226-2001: Langgassen - Straß - Hilpensberg - Andelsbach - Kleinstadelhofen - Mettenbuch - Neubrunn - Furtmühle - Sylvenstal - Ochsenbach - Oberochsenbach - Zoznegg - Freudenberg - Gampenhof - Krähenried - Oberhaslach - Brunnhausen. June 10, 2001 anniversary celebration . ed. vd Stadt Pfullendorf - district Denkingen, Denkingen 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Districts on the website of the city of Pfullendorf , accessed on June 3, 2015.
  2. ^ A b Karlheinz Fahlbusch: District check: This is what citizens say about Denkingen . In: Südkurier .. May 29, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Kirsten Johanson (kaj): Denkingen: A chat with the Schwäglers . In: Südkurier .. May 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g cf. Pfullendorf b) Denkingen. In: 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. 834-841, here pp. 835f.
  5. ^ Karl Heinrich Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein: The Johanniter (Maltheser) Commende in Überlingen. In: Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, 29: 129–163, 1877, pp. 137/38 online at Google Books
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h Jürgen Witt (jüw): A country nobleman once set fire to the village . In: Südkurier .. May 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ Compiled and written down by Kurt Quilitzsch († November 27, 2002), local history researcher and from 1988 to 2002 headmaster of the primary school in Denkingen.
  8. ↑ See Walter Kempe: Ochsenbach and his past. In: Hohenzollerischer Geschichtsverein (ed.): Hohenzollerische Heimat, 41st year, No. 3 / September 1991 . Pp. 42–45, here p. 44.
  9. ↑ Helmut Gitschier: history of Denkingen
  10. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 504 .
  11. ↑ Result of the local council election in Denkingen 2014 ( memento from June 30, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) on the website of the city of Pfullendorf
  12. ↑ Very high voter turnout . In: Südkurier . June 10, 2009.
  13. ^ Josef Stüble: The parish church in Denkingen. Patron St. Johannes dT, built on the old stock in 1981 .
  14. ↑ Sandra Häusler (saw): The pipe cleaner of St. Johannes. In: Südkurier .. December 16, 2010.
  15. ↑ Langgassen (living space) on the pages of www.leo-bw.de (regional information system for Baden-Württemberg)
  16. ^ Josef Unger: Pastor blesses wayside cross . In: Südkurier. September 18, 2010.
  17. ^ Claudia Wagner: Enthusiastic visitors to the Pfullendorfer city stories . In: Südkurier . March 8, 2015.
  18. ↑ Stefanie Lorenz: Forest workers honor patron saint for the first time in Strass . In: Südkurier . 22th January 2014.
  19. ^ Kristiane Schmalfeldt: Bernhard, Adolf, cath. Clergyman, victim of the Nazi regime: * September 21, 1882 Hilpensberg, rk., † July 11, 1942 Dachau. In: Baden biographies. - NF 3. 1990. pp. 41f.
  20. ^ Bernhard, Adolf on the pages of www.leo-bw.de (regional information system for Baden-Württemberg)
  21. ↑ Falko Hahn: A fighter for Christianity . In: Südkurier .. July 10, 2004.