Engstlatt

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Engstlatt
City of Balingen
Former municipality coat of arms of Engstlatt
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 7 ″  N , 8 ° 52 ′ 32 ″  E
Height : 516 m above sea level NN
Area : 7.4 km²
Residents : 1874  (Dec. 31, 2010)
Population density : 253 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1973
Postal code : 72336
Area code : 07433
Engstlatt (2019)
Engstlatt (2019)

Engstlatt is a district of Balingen in the Zollernalbkreis ( Baden-Württemberg ). It lies at the foot of the Swabian Alb .

geography

Engstlatt has an area of ​​740 hectares, 240 hectares of which are forest. On the western edge of the industrial area to the west of the village, the Eyach passes the district.

history

Engstlatt was first mentioned as Ingislatt in the first half of the 12th century . Since the 13th century, the place belonged to the Schalksburg lordship and came to Württemberg when they were sold in 1403 . Since then Engstlatt has belonged to the office and later to the Oberamt Balingen . Since 1806 Engstlatt had been part of the newly established Kingdom of Württemberg , from which the national state of the same name emerged in 1919 . In 1934 Engstlatt came to the district and in 1938 to the district of Balingen .

From 1944 to 1945 prisoners from the neighboring Bisingen concentration camp built Plant 3 of the Desert Company , which was supposed to be used to extract fuel from oil shale. However, the plant never went into operation.

On October 1, 1973 Engstlatt was incorporated into Balingen.

religion

  • Evangelical parish of Engstlatt

politics

Town hall and St. Peter's Church

Mayor

  • Klaus Jetter (2014)

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Engstlatt shows a black post horn on a white (silver) background above a black three-mountain .

Buildings

See also: List of cultural monuments in Engstlatt

Peterskirche

The Protestant St. Peters Church is located on a hill above the village . From the nearby main road, the 36 meter high tower of the late Gothic church, built in 1471, catches the eye from afar.

Church of St. John

The Catholic Church of St. John was completed in 1966.

Economy and Infrastructure

Engstlatt railway station (2019)

traffic

Engstlatt is right next to Bundesstraße 27 , which has four lanes here and leads via Tübingen to Stuttgart. Engstlatt is also directly connected to the Zollernalbbahn (Stuttgart-Sigmaringen) with a train station . The old Swiss road leads through the village .

Portrait of Anna Murschel on her husband's epitaph

Public facilities

  • Volunteer fire brigade Balingen, Engstlatt department

sons and daughters of the town

  • Anna Murschel (* around 1533, † after 1600), widow of the long-time mayor of Balingen, Caspar Murschel, was accused in a witch trial, but despite intense torture, could not be forced to confess and was released.

Web links

Commons : Engstlatt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 540 .