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Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ' N , 8 ° 46' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
| County : | Constancy | |
| Height : | 531 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 70.54 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 10,796 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 153 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 78234 | |
| Area code : | 07733 | |
| License plate : | KN | |
| Community key : | 08 3 35 022 | |
| LOCODE : | DE ENE | |
City administration address : |
Hauptstrasse 11 78234 Engen |
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| Mayor : | Johannes Moser | |
| Location of the city of Engen in the district of Constance | ||
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Engen is a town in the district of Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg .
Geographical location and urban structure
Engen is in the Hegau .
Engen consists of the nine districts Engen, Anselfingen , Zimmerholz , Bargen , Welschingen , Biesendorf , Stetten , Bittelbrunn and Neuhausen with the city of Engen and 38 other villages, hamlets, farms and houses.
The districts are spatially identical to the formerly independent communities of the same name, with the exception of the building areas Hugen I - III and Baumgarten , whose areas were previously part of the Anselfingen district and now belong to the Engen district. The official designation of the districts is made by prefixing the name of the city and followed by the name of the respective district connected by a dash. The urban area is divided into the three residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code: residential district Engen , residential district Anselfingen, Neuhausen and Welschingen and residential district Stetten, Zimmerholz, Bargen, Bittelbrunn and Biesendorf . In the district of Biesendorf, a village within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code has been set up with its own local council and mayor as its chairman.
The village of Hausen am Ballenberg and the Hohenhewen castle ruins are located in the Anselfingen district . The Spitzach desert lies in the Bargen district . In the district of Biesendorf are the abandoned villages and castles Burgstall, Griengen and Maggental. The deserted areas Wasserburg and Weildorf are located in the Bittelbrunn district. The town of Altdorf, which was first mentioned in 1286 and was dissolved in Engen in 1848, and the abandoned towns of Ernsthofen, Gottschalkshof, Krattenhofen and Pfaffwiesen are located in the district of Engen. In the Neuhausen district are the deserts of Hof zu Bybrugge and Glenderhof. The ruins of Neuhewen Castle are located north of Stetten . In the Welschingen district are the abandoned villages of Burgstall, Crasingen and Im Thurn. In the Zimmerholz district, east of the village, lies the abandoned village of Haginshof, which is indicated by a field name .
| coat of arms | District | Population (as of 2007) |
Area (as of May 27, 1970) |
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Engen (core city) | 6028 | 1382 ha |
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Anselfingen | 898 | 837 ha |
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Barges | 253 | 700 ha |
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Biesendorf | 163 | 569 ha |
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Bittelbrunn | 323 | 825 ha |
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Neuhausen | 586 | 485 ha |
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Stetten | 244 | 533 ha |
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Welschingen | 1445 | 981 ha |
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Wood | 332 | 741 ha |
history
Until the 18th century
Engen was first mentioned in a document in the 11th century. At that time it belonged to the barons of Höwen (or Hewen). In the urban area of Engen there was a medieval castle in an unknown location, Neuhausen Castle . In the 13th century Engen received city rights.
From 1639 the city belonged to the Counts of Fürstenberg and thus to the later Principality of Fürstenberg , which in turn was part of the Swabian Empire from 1500 . In 1640 it was devastated by the Swedes and French .
see also: abandoned Rappenburg , Burg Bürglen .
While passing through on September 17, 1797, Goethe experienced Engen as follows: "Seen from the morning, Engen gives a good topographical picture of how it disappears into the valley under the important mountain on a hill."
19th and 20th centuries
The Battle of Engen took place on May 3, 1800 during the Second Coalition War between the Austrians under Baron von Kray and the French under General Moreau . It ended with the withdrawal of the Austrians.
In 1806 Engen fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden . In 1807 the city became the seat of a civil office (from 1849: District Office Engen ). In 1923, the Engener emergency money came into use. In 1936 the city came to the district office of Konstanz (from 1939: district of Konstanz).
In 1988 the Baden-Württemberg Home Days took place in Engen .
Incorporations
As part of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , the following previously independent municipalities were incorporated into Engen:
- July 1, 1971: Bargen
- December 1, 1971: Biesendorf and Bittelbrunn
- January 1, 1975: Anselfingen, Neuhausen, Stetten, Welschingen, Zimmerholz
Population development
| year | population | year | population |
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| 1970 | 7,966 | 1995 | 9,552 |
| 1975 | 8,321 | 2000 | 9,924 |
| 1980 | 8,753 | 2005 | 10,225 |
| 1985 | 8,636 | 2010 | 10,200 |
| 1990 | 9,127 | 2015 | 10,435 |
According to the Baden census for 1858, Engen had 1614 inhabitants.
Religions
Engen is the seat of the deanery Hegau of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .
politics
City council
With a voter turnout of 56.0% (2014: 49.1%), the city council has been composed as follows since the local elections on May 26, 2019 :
| Party / list | Share of votes | +/-% p | Seats | +/- |
| UWV * | 44.0% | - 10.2 | 8th | - 2nd |
| CDU | 40.5% | - 5.3 | 8th | ± 0 |
| SPD | 15.5% | + 15.5 | 3 | + 3 |
* Independent electoral association Engen
mayor
In September 2012 Johannes Moser was re-elected for his third term.
coat of arms
Blazon : "A five-pointed black star in silver."
Town twinning
- Pannonhalma , ( Hungary ), since 1998
- Trilport , ( Seine-et-Marne department in France ), since 2000
- Moneglia , Liguria near Genoa, since 2009
Culture and sights
Engen is located on the Roman road Neckar-Alb-Aare and on the Black Forest crossroad Freiburg-Bodensee , a long-distance hiking route. There is the old city garden with the war memorial and the new city garden with a small lake. A modern "war memorial" in the form of a peace sign by the artist Madeleine Diez is in the cemetery.
Museums
- The municipal museum Engen + Galerie is home to an archaeological collection, sacred and modern art, as well as cultural and historical exhibitions.
- The Engen Ice Age Park is a reconstruction of a Stone Age camp on Petersfels in the "Brudertal", completed in spring 2003 . A 1.5-hour circular route leads through the approximately three hectare site.
Buildings
Engen has a renovated old town . The town church of the Assumption of Mary (13th century; originally late Romanesque , later gothic and baroque ) with the grave monuments of the Counts of Lupfen and Pappenheim , the Krenkinger Castle and the town museum with gallery in the former monastery of St. Wolfgang (1333-1803) are particularly worth seeing. , in which finds from the Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age from the Brudertal can be seen (e.g. the “Venus von Engen”). Art exhibitions are held here on a regular basis, and these often have a supraregional impact. In the area of the market square, large facades in the trompe l'œil style are particularly striking. All over the old town there are contemporary fountains that have been designed by artists in a wide variety of styles and with different artistic statements. Along a marked and signposted circular route, visitors can visit these fountain stations on foot and at the same time visit the charming old town.
The Krenkinger Schlössle is believed to have originated from the Hohenstaufen era and was built around 1200. After the fire of 1640 and renovations in 1892/1893 for the Baden district office, the facility was heavily modified. At its core, it is a two-winged complex with a round stair tower. After the fire of the castle, the “Castle on the Road” , built in 1533 by the Bishop of Constance, Johann von Lupfen , served as another seat of the city lords . It has been used as a rectory since 1811 .
The building of the city pharmacy in the Engener Vorstadt was built as a stately home for officials. It has three floors with four axes and has housed the city pharmacy since 1827. Attention is paid to the vaulted cellar.
The Citizens' Hall in the town hall of Engen has been the meeting place of the Engen Citizens Council for centuries. The hall was furnished to a high standard with a wooden ceiling (1500/1520), an elaborate furnace made of graphitized clay and cast iron plates by Lorenz Stapf from Steckborn in Thurgau as well as religious paintings by Joseph Ignaz Wegschneider from Riedlingen and Conrad Zoll from Möhringen. The artist Hans Sauerbruch from Constance sketched the wedding room with scenes from the city life in Engen.
The former monastery of St. Wolfgang of the Dominican Sisters only got its present-day structural form in the 18th century. In 1802 the monastery of the religious order in Engen was given up.
The Wendelinkapelle is originally a late Gothic building from the 15th century. In 1725 it was restored in the Baroque style. The altar shows a representation of the Fatima Madonna in the center. The Wendelinkapelle shows several votive tablets in the church.
To the southwest on the edge of the Jura is the basalt cone of the Hohenhewen mountain (or Hohenhöwen , 846 m) with the Hohenhewen ruins .
The Roman manor Villa Bargen in the Bargen district is one of the ten best preserved Roman manors in Baden-Württemberg. The medium-sized complex consisting of the main building, farm building, bathhouse and temple is maintained by the local Black Forest Association. The first archaeological excavation was carried out over 80 years ago by the then regional archaeologist Paul Revellio . It has its origins in the years 75 to 80 AD. In the 2nd century AD it was then expanded to a 2.5 hectare complex with stone buildings.
The district of Bittelbrunn is particularly worth seeing for its beautiful old half-timbered houses , the Bittelbrunner Schlössle and the Stone Age caves Petersfels and Gnirshöhle .
In 2008, a 16-hectare Celtic settlement surrounded by a moat and wooden wall was archaeologically examined in the “Guuhaseln” building area in Welschingen. Post and trench finds show that there was additional settlement outside the delimited area. Settlement traces and the recovered finds indicate a presumably multi-phase Celtic settlement of the third and second centuries BC. Objects could also point to settlements that extend into the Bronze Age until around 1500 BC. In addition, a settlement area from the younger Iron Age was excavated before that. Several Stone Age graves were discovered at the Welschingen gravel works in 2010.
The Autobahn chapel in Hegau is an ecumenical chapel at the Im Hegau West service station on the federal highway 81 for motorists.
Regular events
- Carnival
The Engen fools guild runs the Swabian-Alemannic carnival , which has long been at home in Engen . The local fool figure Hansele comes from ancient times, the oldest surviving costume from 1850.
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
In earlier centuries the inhabitants lived from the textile industry , the production of cement and the tobacco industry . There were also ivory carvings in the city . Since the 1970s, several medium-sized companies have been able to settle in Engen. For this purpose, the city developed the Grub industrial area .
traffic
The station of gene located at the Gäubahn (Singen-Stuttgart) , of which the Black Forest path in the direction Offenburg branches. In addition, the connecting Seehas in 30-minute clock with singing, Radolfzell and Constance. There are hourly Regional Express connections to Karlsruhe via the Black Forest Railway ; the Gäubahn runs every two hours with the destination Stuttgart . The city is part of the Hegau-Bodensee transport association .
The federal highway 81 ( Würzburg –Stuttgart – Singen) and the federal highways 31 ( Breisach - Lindau ) and 491 (to Tuttlingen ) are available in the national road network.
The “ Hegau Panorama Path ” begins in Engen ; it leads over around 175 kilometers through the Hegau to Stockach .
education
In the 2006/07 school year, the newly founded Engen grammar school started with three fifth grades. In the education center of the urban core that are out of high school Anne Frank - junior high school , a Werkrealschule and a special school ( "Hewenschule") housed. There are also elementary schools in the core city and in Welschingen . The place also has seven kindergartens. There is also a youth seminar in the Anselfingen district.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1862, September 7 (in Oensbach), Josef Weber, † January 13, 1937, parish priest and dean, 1920 honorary citizen of Engen
- 1882, March 13 (in Pforzheim), Viktor Kolb, † 1963, tailor, co-founder of the medical column (Red Cross) in Engen, 1953 honorary citizen
- 1883 (in Welschingen), Prelate Prof. Dr. theol. Alfred Wikenhauser, † 1960, honorary citizen of Welschingen
- 1884 (in Stockach), Emil Dreher, † 1974, parish priest and dean, 1948 honorary citizen of Engen
- 1890, January 5th (in Oberndorf), Mathilde Nied (sister Lukana), self-sacrificing work in the hospital in Engen, 1962 honorary citizen of Engen
- 1911, May 5th (in Freiburg), Dr. Hans Ludwig Steffen, † June 1, 1994 (in Engen), chief physician of Engen Hospital, 1976 honorary citizen of the city of Engen
- 1912, October 12, Hermann Graf , † November 4, 1988 in Rastatt, fighter pilot and knight's cross, 1942 honorary citizen of the city of Engen
sons and daughters of the town
- 1548, Conrad Vetter , † October 11, 1622 in Munich, Jesuit priest, counter-Reformation writer
- 1636, November 17, Romanus Vogler , † November 17, 1695 in St. Blasien, abbot of the St. Blasien monastery in the Black Forest
- 1781, March 18, Joseph Eiselein (also Josua Eiselein), † May 30, 1856 in Geisingen, scholar, high school teacher and librarian
- 1822, March 13, Carl Eckhard , † August 30, 1910 in Mannheim, lawyer, businessman and politician, member of the Reichstag
- 1837, November 29 (in Thalmühle), Fridolin Honold , † November 3, 1900 in Bonndorf, Catholic priest
- 1879, February 8, Wilhelm Engelbert Oeftering , (also Engelbert Hegaur), † March 3, 1940 in Rüppurr, librarian, historian and literary scholar
- 1880, August 13 (in Bargen), Frieda Hodapp , † September 14, 1949 in Bad Wiessee, pianist
- 1896 (in Welschingen), Paul Wescher , † September 3, 1974 in Pacific Palisades, art historian, art dealer and museum director
- 1898, February 24, Hubert Schiel , † 1983 in Trier, theologian, writer and librarian
- 1900, August 4 (in Welschingen), Ermin Hohlwegler , † July 31, 1970 in Neuhausen, trade unionist and politician (SPD), Minister of Labor in Baden-Württemberg, MdL (Baden-Württemberg)
- 1912, October 24, Hermann Graf , † November 4, 1988, colonel, later sales manager
- 1929, July 16, Karl Miltner , † March 10, 2020 in Dossenheim, politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag and District President
- 1940, June 3, Klaus Saur , † July 29, 2014, New Apostolic clergyman
- 1945, December 11, Wilhelm Vossenkuhl , philosopher
- 1978, June 12, Pascal Niggenkemper , jazz musician
- 1979, April 2, Clemens Höpfner , lawyer, professor a. a. at the University of Münster
- 1990, May 29, Oliver Sorg , football player
- 1991, December 24th, Timo Benitz , athlete
Personalities who have worked in the city
- 1897, July 25 (in Hamburg), Hermann Ambrosius , † October 25, 1983 (in Engen), composer
- 1899, January 15 (in Mannheim), Rosa Ancilla Hug (mother Ancilla), † December 31, 1982, educator, social worker, pastor in the “Sundial Children's Home”, 1981 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1936, Martin Förster , automatic feeding pioneer and founder of the company Förster-Technik, economic medal holder of the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Max Eyth commemorative coin of the Association of German Engineers (VDI)
- Emil Dannecker (1883–1964), lived in Engen from 1920 to 1964
literature
- Brosig, Reinhard: ENGEN in the early modern period: Population and society. A study of the structure of the population, occupations and wealth from 1600–1800. Population • Professions • Wealth • Fates • Plague. Bonn / Singen: MarkOrPlan Agency & Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-933356-68-0 .
- Kessinger, Roland; Peter, Klaus-Michael; Ebert, Jens F .; Kessinger, Roland (ed.): As if hell were open - The Hegau uprising and the war cash robbery in 1796 . Engen, Hilzingen, Riedheim, Hohentwiel, Singen, Stockach, Mühlhausen, Ehingen, Welschingen, Aach, Moos, Radolfzell, Eigeltingen, Tengen, Gottmadingen, Watterdingen, Stein am Rhein, Schaffhausen. Bonn / Singen: MarkOrPlan Agency & Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-3-933356-40-6 .
- Wichmann, Petra: The "Krenkinger Schlössle" in Engen. A city palace that shapes the landscape and has many owners . In: Denkmalpflege in Baden-Württemberg, 2, 2007, pp. 90–97.
- Kretz, Markus: Engen im Hegau: a medieval gem with a view of the future . In: Badische Heimat (1988), 1, pp. 195 ff.
- Berner, Herbert (Ed.): "Engen im Hegau", Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen, 3 volumes. Volume 1: published 1983, ISBN 3-7995-4047-4 . Volume 2: published 1990, ISBN 3-7995-4055-5 . Volume 3: published 2000, ISBN 3-7995-4049-0 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ Main statute of the city of Engen from June 26, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 718-724
- ↑ narrow ; Retrieved January 2, 2012
- ↑ Numbers and data ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Anselfingen ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Bargen ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Biesendorf ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Bittelbrunn ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Neuhausen ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Stetten ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Welschingen ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ Zimmerholz ( Memento of the original dated February 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved December 13, 2011
- ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Goethe,+Johann+Wolfgang/Tageb%C3%BCcher/1797/October+(3.+Reise+in+die+Schweiz)
- ^ Roland Kessinger: History of the district of Constance. The Hegau in the turmoil of the Second Coalition War. In: Wochenblatt.
- ↑ LEO-BW
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 497 .
- ^ 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. 519 .
- ^ Population, area and population density - State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
- ↑ City of Engen - Final results of the 2019 municipal council elections , accessed on October 1, 2019
- ↑ http://www.suedkurier.de/region/kreis-konstanz/engen/Moser-gewinnt-die-Wahl-souveraen-mit-98-5-Prozent;art372438,5687087
- ↑ from Wortschatztruhe , Rätslezeitung , Bastei-Lübbe, 2000. p. 4.
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