Ellhofen

This article deals with the municipality of Ellhofen, for the district of the same name in the Bavarian market town of Weiler-Simmerberg see Ellhofen (Weiler-Simmerberg) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 9 '  N , 9 ° 19'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Heilbronn
Local government association:	"Room Weinsberg"
Height :	181 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.86 km 2
Residents:	3724 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	635 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74248
Area code :	07134
License plate :	HN
Community key :	08 1 25 024
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchplatz 1 74248 Ellhofen
Website :	www.ellhofen.de
Mayor :	Wolfgang Rapp ( SPD )
Location of the municipality of Ellhofen in the Heilbronn district

Ellhofen from the southeast

Ellhofen is a municipality in the Heilbronn district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Heilbronn-Franken region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

Ellhofen is located in the Sulm valley , about seven kilometers east of Heilbronn , in the Gipskeuper . In terms of nature , the community is still in the Swabian-Franconian forest mountains . The highest point is the 253  m high Ketzersberg, a reed sandstone foothills of the Löwenstein mountains , which grants a panoramic view of the Weinsberg valley.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring cities and communities are Weinsberg in the west and north, Obersulm in the east and Lehrensteinsfeld in the south, all of which belong to the Heilbronn district. A small Ellhofen exclave (only forest) is located northeast of the actual community between Weinsberg- Wimmental , Obersulm and Bretzfeld ( Hohenlohekreis ). Together with Eberstadt, Lehrensteinsfeld and Weinsberg, Ellhofen forms the municipal administration association "Raum Weinsberg" , based in Weinsberg.

Community structure

No further districts or places in the geographical sense belong to Ellhofen . In the Ellhofen district, however, there used to be the abandoned, no longer existing place Burkhardswiesen (perhaps also in the district of Weinsberg).

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Early history

Ellhofen is mentioned for the first time in the Öhringer foundation letter about the establishment of the Öhringen Canon Monastery by Bishop Gebhard II of Regensburg in 1037. At that time, half of Ellhofen was already in possession of this monastery. Before the middle of the 14th century, the court and bailiwick and thus the authorities over Ellhofen belonged to the Lords of Neuenstein , who sold three quarters of the court and bailiwick to the Öhringer Stift in 1354 . The remaining quarter came to Engelhard von Weinsberg in 1356 via Wolf von Stein, who inherited it from his father-in-law Konrad von Neuenstein .

After the abbey was abolished during the Reformation , its goods and thus also its local share in Ellhofen were administered by the Counts of Hohenlohe , who had previously represented the monastery in Ellhofen as bailiffs. The Weinsberg share went in two stages in 1412 and 1450, first to the Electoral Palatinate and finally to Württemberg in 1504 , which in 1755 assigned its share to the Oberamt Weinsberg . Although only in possession of the smaller share in Ellhofen, Württemberg still managed to expand its rights in Ellhofen more and more. After decades of disputes between Hohenlohe and Württemberg, in Weinsberg's farewell from 1567, the sovereign and high authorities over Ellhofen were granted to the Württemberg people. In the period that followed, however, there were repeated disputes between the two local authorities.

19th and 20th centuries

As a result of the mediatization , the Hohenlohe part of Ellhofen came to the new Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 . Following the dissolution of the Oberamt Weinsberg as part of an administrative reform of the People's State of Württemberg , the place was assigned to the Oberamt Heilbronn in 1926 . Since the administrative reform in 1938 during the Nazi era in Württemberg , Ellhofen has belonged to the Heilbronn district .

Towards the end of the Second World War , Ellhofen was frequently ravaged by American low-flying aircraft. The town hall and three residential buildings were destroyed by artillery fire and on March 20, 1945 the area around the station was destroyed by bombs and an explosion from two cars loaded with powder. On the night of April 12th to 13th, 1945, German troops blew up railway and river bridges before their retreat. During the day, American tanks came from the direction of Weinsberg at around 1.30 p.m., forcing the residents to live in simple buildings like sheds. One day later, on April 14th, the Americans removed the mayor from his office. In 1945 the place became part of the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

Map of Ellhofen from 1833

Religions

In 1412 the Electoral Palatinate, together with half of the castle and town, also acquired the right of patronage over the church from the Lords of Weinsberg. In the Bavarian War of Succession in 1504, Ellhofen came to Württemberg with the rule of Weinsberg and was reformed from there in 1534. Since then, the place has been largely evangelical. Today there is the Protestant parish Ellhofen (since 1952, previously a branch of the Weinsberg parish), which belongs to the church district Weinsberg-Neuenstadt of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .

The Roman Catholic parish in Wimmental is responsible for the Catholic Christians . With the Holy Cross Church , consecrated in 1967, Ellhofen has its own Catholic church building. A New Apostolic parish with its own church building is also on site.

Population development

• 1702: 0338 inhabitants
• 1745: 0491 inhabitants
• 1933: 0863 inhabitants
• 1939: 0934 inhabitants
• 1945: 1068 inhabitants
• 1991: 3038 inhabitants
• 1995: 3057 inhabitants
• 2000: 3260 inhabitants
• 2005: 3352 inhabitants
• 2010: 3328 inhabitants
• 2015: 3562 inhabitants

The town hall of Ellhofen

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Ellhofen consists of twelve members 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.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 60 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 59.4% 40.6% n. k. n. k. FW BE CDU SPD Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p  45  40  35  30th  25th  20th  15th  10    5    0   -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 + 4.0  % p + 40.6  % p -22.8  % p -21.8  % p FW BE CDU SPD
FWV	Free electoral association Ellhofen	59.4	7th	55.4	6th
BE	Citizens' list Ellhofen	40.6	5	0.0	0
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	0.0	0	22.8	3
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	0.0	0	21.8	3
total		100.0	12	100.0	12
voter turnout		63.7%		55.4%

mayor

Mayor or (before December 1, 1930) Schultheiße Ellhofens were since the beginning of the 20th century:

• 1878–1906: Albrecht Hofmann
• 1906–1919: Karl Gettling
• 1919–1945: August Breitenbücher
• 1945–1946: Karl Schwarz
• 1946–1948: Walter Meyle
• 1948–1978: Ernst Schulz
• 1978–2003: Georg Michl
• Since 2003: Wolfgang Rapp

badges and flags

Ellhofen coat of arms

The blazon of the Ellhofen coat of arms reads: In blue two diagonally crossed silver keys with beards turned downwards and outwards. The flag of the municipality is white and blue.

The key is the attribute of St. Peter . The keys have been found in the Ellhofen community seals since 1844. They can be related to both Peter as co-patron of the Ellhofen Church and to the monastery in Öhringen , which had owned Ellhofen since the 11th century and was consecrated to Saints Peter and Paul . In 1938, the keys became heraldic figures of the Ellhofen coat of arms for the first time. The coat of arms colors were also proposed by the Württemberg archives in 1938. Coat of arms and flag colors were awarded to the community on March 25, 1963 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior.

Partner municipality

After first contacts in 1986, the Italian Peccioli ( province of Pisa , Tuscany ) has been Ellhofen's partner municipality since 1988 . In Ellhofen, the Association for the Maintenance of International Relations takes care of the partnership.

The Evangelical Church of the Holy Cross, Saint Peter and Genovefa

Culture and sights

Church of the Holy Cross, Saint Peter and Genovefa

The Evangelical was mentioned as early as the 14th century. The core of today's building is a Romanesque choir tower church, the construction of which - presumably on the site of an earlier chapel - should have begun no later than 1380 according to the frescoes preserved in the tower choir. According to a building inscription, the choir tower was completed in its current form in 1498. The late Gothic carved altar still preserved today, the Ellhofen Altar , was probably brought into the church in connection with this expansion. Renewal measures are documented for 1733, 1741 and 1799. In 1837 the church was extended to the south by adding a transept with removal of the south wall and the interior was designed as a transverse church. In 1960, the restorer Walter Hammer from Ulm uncovered wall paintings in the cross-vaulted choir of the east tower. Between 1971 and 1977, the Stuttgart building historian and architect Walther-Gerd Fleck (1926-2014) thoroughly recorded the building history and, in conjunction with a structural widening of the nave (new building of the nave widened to the north and south to a transverse rectangular church space with a reinterpretation of the Cross Church Concept). The west gable wall was renovated and preserved, the alignment of the rows of banks in two diagonal blocks on the liturgical center (pulpit and altar) was largely based on the church building principles of the Wiesbaden program . The extension of the parish hall in the south allows the parish hall to be integrated into the church by means of a folding wall. The Stuttgart glass painting workshop V. Saile created the abstract, ornamental lead glazing of the windows in the extension.

The church houses the important carved altar from the 16th century, which is attributed to the environment of Hans Seyfer and shows the adoration of the kings as fully plastic carved figures in the center . On the inner wings, the Annunciation to Mary and the Visitation of the Virgin Mary can be seen in the upper halves , the Nativity and the Circumcision of the Lord in the lower halves as relief carvings. The outside of the wings are painted. The birth of the Son of God is shown at the top left and the adoration by the Magi ( Epiphany ) at the top right . The two paintings below show images from the life of Saint Genovefa. The predella shows Christ as the Man of Sorrows between his mother and John the Evangelist, each as plastic half-figures. In the altar extension there are sculptural figures of St. Christopher, St. Barbara, and St. Genoveva, each in niches crowned by cracks. The baptismal font from 1677 and the pulpit , which is stylistically reminiscent of the Baroque, date from the same time. After that, up to the second half of the 18th century, the 18 paintings on the former gallery parapet were created, which have been placed on the west wall since 1977 after the old galleries were removed. As representatives of the Old and New Covenants, Moses and Christ are arranged directly next to the entrance, the apostles with biblical quotations and their attributes to the left and right of it. The exposed concrete wall outside north of the west entrance has had a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Ingrid Seddig (1926–2008) from Korb / Remstal since 1982 . It thematizes the words of Jesus “Come to me, everyone who is troublesome and burdensome; I want to refresh you ”( Mt 11:18  LUT ). The relief was inaugurated on December 4, 1982, Heilbronn's day of remembrance of the city's destruction in 1944.

Regular events

The Ellhofen Carnival Association, the Sulmtalnarren with their symbolic figure Till, organizes a parade and various ceremonial meetings every year during the carnival season. On the first weekend of September, the Ellhofen Music Association organizes the Ellhofener Straßenkärwe around the church square. On the 1st weekend after May 1st there is a spring festival organized by associations in and around the community.

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

Ellhofen is a traditional wine-growing town in the Baden-Württemberg wine-growing region , whose vineyards belong to the major sites of Staufenberg and Salzberg in the Württemberg-Unterland area. Viticulture in the village has been handed down since 1264. Petra Seiter from Ellhofer was the Württemberg wine queen in 1989/90 .

traffic

Ellhofen is located at the Weinsberg motorway junction on the A 81 ( Würzburg - Singen (Hohentwiel) ), Weinsberg / Ellhofen exit. The federal highway 39 and the railway line Heilbronn Crailsheim , today at both the light rail Heilbronn as well as regional express drive trains, pass through the town; the Heilbronn tram goes to Öhringen . Ellhofen has two stops: Ellhofen (train station) and Weinsberg / Ellhofen industrial area .

Established businesses

The largest employer in Ellhofen is the company Edeka Südwest , which in 2005 took over the large warehouse (as well as a Eurospar store) from the German Spar Handels AG, which it had maintained for decades in the joint industrial area with Weinsberg. Of the once (as of mid-December 2005) more than 700 jobs, only 370 have now been left; By September 2006 the number had risen to 540, by June 2008 to around 600, by November 2017 to around 700.

media

The daily newspaper Heilbronner Voice reports on the happenings in Ellhofen in its east edition and the weekly gazette Ellhofener Heimatschau .

education

The Johann Dietz primary school is located in Ellhofen. There are also three kindergartens (one each municipal, Protestant and Roman Catholic kindergarten). An evangelical community library is open a few hours a week. In addition, the Unterland Adult Education Center in Ellhofen has a branch.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Klaus Trender (* 1938), deputy mayor for many years (awarded in 2006)
• Georg Michl (* 1950), long-time mayor (awarded in 2010)

Sons and daughters of the church

• Alfred Arnold (1888–1960), politician (NSDAP), member of the state parliament of Württemberg and member of the Reichstag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Natural areas of Baden-Württemberg . State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009.
3. ↑ Geological map of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Nature Park 1:50 000. 1st edition. State Office for Geology, Raw Materials and Mining Baden-Württemberg, Freiburg 2001.
4. ^ Source for the section on community structure: Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . P. 148.
5. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Ellhofen.
6. ↑ Website of the Evangelical Church Community Ellhofen
7. ^ Website of the Evangelical Church District Weinsberg-Neuenstadt
8. ↑ State Statistical Office, result of the 2019 municipal council elections
9. ^ Sources for the section coat of arms and flag:
   Heinz Bardua: The district and community coat of arms in the Stuttgart administrative region . Theiss, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0801-8 (district and municipality coat of arms in Baden-Württemberg, 1). P. 59
   Eberhard Gönner: Book of arms of the city and district of Heilbronn with a territorial history of this area . Archive Directorate Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1965 (Publications of the State Archive Administration Baden-Württemberg, 9). P. 75.
10. ↑ Walther-Gerd-Fleck: Church of the Holy Cross, Saint Peter and Genovefa Ellhofen ; Ed. Ev. Parish Council Ellhofen; Ellhofen / Weinsberg 1981
11. ↑ Festschrift: Inauguration of the renewed and enlarged Church of the Holy Cross, Saint Peter and Genovefa in Ellhofen, August 21, 1977
12. ^ Julius Fekete: Art and cultural monuments in the city and district of Heilbronn . 2nd Edition. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1662-2
13. ↑ Article "Bronce Relief" ; in: Community letter of the Ev. Parish of Ellhofen; December 1982, back cover
14. ↑ Heiko Fritze: Under Edeka the camp is blooming again . In: Heilbronner Voice of September 26, 2006, p. 10.
15. ↑ Karin Freudenberger: A glittering party in blue and yellow . In: Heilbronner Voice from June 9, 2008.
16. ↑ Anja Krezer: The motto is: accelerate. In: Heilbronner Voice of November 9, 2017
17. ↑ VHS Unterland branch offices .
18. ↑ Joachim Kinzinger: veteran with heart and mind . In: Heilbronn voice . January 16, 2006 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on January 31, 2010]). Karin Freudenberger: Instead of gifts, donate to the sports park . In: Heilbronn voice . January 11, 2008 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on January 31, 2010]).
    
19. ↑ Roland Kress and Joachim Kinzinger: Michl made an honorary citizen . In: Heilbronn voice . January 29, 2010 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on January 31, 2010]).

literature

• Wolfram Angerbauer : Ellhofen. 1037 to 1987 . Municipal administration Ellhofen, Ellhofen 1988.

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Ellhofen  - travel guide

Wikisource: Ellhofen in the description of the Oberamt Weinsberg from 1861

• Link catalog on Ellhofen at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Official homepage of the municipality of Ellhofen