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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 47 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Ravensburg
Local government association:	Altshausen
Height :	600 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.25 km 2
Residents:	506 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	36 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88361
Area code :	07584
License plate :	RV, SLG , ÜB , WG
Community key :	08 4 36 027
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 11 88361 Eichstegen
Website :	www.eichstegen.de
Mayor :	Artur Rauch
Location of the municipality of Eichstegen in the Ravensburg district

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Eichstegen is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ravensburg district .

geography

location

Eichstegen is about three kilometers west of Altshausen on the road from Aulendorf to Pfullendorf . The village is located south of the European main watershed in a hilly young moraine landscape .

Neighboring communities

Eichstegen borders in the north on Boms , in the east on Altshausen and Boms, in the southeast on Ebenweiler , in the south on Guggenhausen and Unterwaldhausen , in the west on Hoßkirch (all districts of Ravensburg) and Bad Saulgau in the district of Sigmaringen .

structure

In addition to the eponymous Eichstegen, the municipality also includes the districts of Baltshaus, Hirschegg, Käfersulgen, Kreenried, Mahlweiher, Ragenreute and Reute. Eichstegen belongs to the Altshausen community administration association.

Protected areas

To the east of the Reute district is the Altshauser Weiher nature reserve, which is around 50 hectares in size . The area is home to more than 300 vascular plant species , more than 60 observed bird species as well as various fish , dragonflies and amphibians . There are also three landscape protection areas in the municipality : wasteland near Zwirtenberg , the former castle near Hirschegg and Altshausen-Laubbach-Fleischwangen .

history

Early history

The municipality was originally owned by various nobles and monasteries and gradually came into the possession of the Altshausen Coming of the Deutschordensballei Swabia-Alsace-Burgundy through purchases and donations in the Middle Ages .

History of the suburbs until 1806

Eichstegen: From 1162 to 1220 the place was the seat of its own local nobility. The place was first mentioned in 1170 as Eigistegin , then in 1268 as Ayhstegen . The village initially consisted of eight feudal estates . In April 1318 Heinrich and Albrecht von Ebratsweiler sold a large part of the village to the German Order, who later also acquired the rest of the village.

Baltshaus: In Baltshaus, farms are occupied as fiefs of the Salem monastery . In 1325, the Teutonic Order Commander acquired a farm in Baltshaus from Ulrich von Königsegg .

Hirschegg: Hirschegg Castle (no longer present today) was located in Hirschegg , belonging to the First noble family, from which Konrad von Hirscheck (1152–1176 Bishop of Augsburg ) also emerged. The castle was given to the Lords of Wartenberg by the princes of Cunzenberg in 1268, and they donated it to the Teutonic Order in the same year. In 1278 they also donated the associated hamlet of Hirschegg to him. The last baron von Wartenberg zu Hirschegg is said to have been murdered in Altshausen when he wanted to settle a dispute.

Hangen: Hangen was first mentioned in a document in 1319 as Hagenowe . The hamlet consisted of two large farms that were sold to the Altshausen Teutonic Order from 1302 to 1340. The nearby Hof Häuser was owned by the Saulgau Hospital and was sold to the Teutonic Order in 1500.

Kreenried: Kreenried was first mentioned in 1296 as Craienriet (the name means "Ried with crows"). In 1498 Erhard von Königsegg sold the hamlet together with the neighboring beetle sulgen (known as Keverensulgen in the 14th century ) to the Althausen Order of the Teutonic Order. The master's house on the upper Kreenrieder Weiher was the seat of the flayer and executioner of the Teutonic Order (an executioner is last documented in 1410 by a Saulgau council protocol).

Ragenreute: The place is located northeast of Eichstegen (towards Altshausen) in a valley and was first mentioned in 1278 as Ragenrute . In that year Ulrich and Berthold von Königsegg sold a farm and a mill (on the Mühlbach flowing towards Altshauser Weiher) to the German Order. Later he bought the entire Ragenreute estate.

Reute: The hamlet of Reute was first mentioned in 1219 as Riuiti and in 1295 as Rütti bi Altshusen . Through donations from various nobles from 1272 to 1325, the place gradually came into the possession of the Teutonic Order.

The Zwartenberg farm (no longer available today) was first mentioned in 1236 as Zvirtumberg and probably came into the possession of the Boos Monastery before 1236, and later the Baindt Monastery . In 1398 the Baindt Monastery sold the farm to the Teutonic Order.

History of Eichstegen from 1806 until today

In the course of secularization , the area of ​​the Kommende Altshausen first became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 , then in 1810 part of the Kingdom of Württemberg , where it was part of the Saulgau District Office. The current municipality of Eichstegen was formed in 1822.

Until 1972, Eichstegen belonged to the district of Saulgau , after its dissolution the community became part of the district of Ravensburg on January 1, 1973.

Population development

• 1829: 338 inhabitants
• 1900: 497 inhabitants
• 1961: 427 inhabitants
• 1969: 438 inhabitants
• 1970: 411 inhabitants
• 1991: 434 inhabitants
• 1995: 457 inhabitants
• 2005: 525 inhabitants
• 2010: 508 inhabitants
• 2015: 491 inhabitants

politics

Administrative association

The community has been a member of the Altshausen community administration association based in Altshausen since 1972 .

Municipal council

Since the local elections on June 7, 2009, two of the eight councilors have been women and six men.

mayor

Artur Rauch was elected to succeed Anton Brauchle in the second ballot in April 2012.

Culture and sights

Lady Chapel

Buildings

• Marienkapelle in Eichstegen, modern building from 1973, instead of a chapel from the 17th / 18th century. Century erected
• Village community center in Eichstegen (conversion of an empty barn under ecological and monument conservation aspects with a solar system financed by public participation)
• Tavern sign in Eichstegen
• Chapel in Ragenreute
• Chapel in Kreenried
• Baking house in Kreenried

Economy and Infrastructure

Eichstegen is characterized by agriculture and forestry , which take up around 70% of the municipality's area. In addition to arable land and extensive grassland, there are around 360 hectares of forest area.

traffic

Eichstegen is located on the state road from Altshausen to Hoßkirch , not far from federal road 32 . The community is connected to Altshausen, Pfullendorf and Aulendorf by a bus line and belongs to the Bodensee-Oberschwaben transport association ( bodo ). The Altshausen – Schwackenreute railway line , via which the Kreenried district previously had a connection to the railway network, is now only available for excursion traffic on the remaining line to Pfullendorf.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Tillbert Strahl-Schäfer (* 1977), actor

Connected to the community

• Clemens Rapp (* 1989), swimmer

literature

• Chronicle of the Ravensburg district. Landscape, history, customs, art . Chroniken-Verlag Boxberg, Hinterzarten 1975
• Oskar Sailer (ed.): The district of Ravensburg . Theiss, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-8062-0145-5 .

Web links

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

Wikisource: Eichstegen in the description of the Saulgau Oberamts from 1829  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Artur-Rauch-loest-Anton-Brauchle-ab-_arid,5242545_toid,33.html