Erbach (Danube)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ' N , 9 ° 53' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
Administrative region : | Tübingen | |
County : | Alb-Danube district | |
Height : | 529 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 63.29 km 2 | |
Residents: | 13,453 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
Population density : | 213 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 89155 | |
Primaries : | 07305, 07344 , 07394 | |
License plate : | UL | |
Community key : | 08 4 25 039 | |
City administration address : |
Erlenbachstrasse 50 89155 Erbach |
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Mayor : | Achim Gaus (since January 1, 2011) | |
Location of the city of Erbach in the Alb-Donau district | ||
Erbach is a small town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg (Germany).
geography
Geographical location
Erbach is located on the southeast edge of the Hochstrasse (part of the Swabian Alb ) between Ulm in the northeast and Ehingen in the west-southwest. It is located near the left or north bank of the Danube , from which it is separated by many small still waters . The Dellmensingen district south of the Danube is located at the confluence of the Schmiehe and the Rot , which comes from the south, and which flows north of the village into the Danube, which comes from the south-west. The Erlenbach , coming from the Bach district, flows right through Erbach and flows into the canalized part of the Danube near the sewage treatment plant.
Neighboring communities
The city borders in the north and east on the city of Ulm, in the south on Hüttisheim and Achstetten in the district of Biberach , in the south-west on Oberdischingen , in the west on Altheim (near Ehingen) and in the north-west on the cities Schelklingen and Blaubeuren .
Community structure
In addition to the core town (with the residential areas Riedmühle and Burren and the hamlet of Wernau ), Erbach also includes the districts of Bach , Dellmensingen , Donaurieden , Ersingen and Ringingen .
The now defunct Dellmensingen moated castle was located in Dellmensingen .
history
Beginning of settlement and foundation of the place
Settlement remains from the Neolithic and Bronze Age attest to an early settlement of the area around Erbach. At the time of the Celts , the location on the edge of the Danube valley was populated. This is evidenced by a so-called Viereckschanze and a bronze sword covered with verdigris that was found during gravel dredging in 1972, which was probably around 600 BC. Was forged. Burial mounds prove that the landlords of the time afforded fine jewelry made of gold, silver and precious stones from the Mediterranean region. The Romans only penetrated the wooded and undeveloped area relatively late. In 1887 the remains of a Roman building were excavated from the lower heap. The objects found there were packed in boxes and shipped to Ludwigsburg during the Second World War. The ture zu Elerbach , mentioned in a document in 1384, denoted the former Roman tower on the Schlossberg.
middle Ages
Already at the time of the Merovingians , the later Erbach was the seat of an original parish . In the founding document of the St. Georgen monastery from 1083, a Fridericus de Helribach is listed as a witness, who probably came from today's Erbach. The parish of Irlebach was first mentioned in 1275 in the Liber decimationis of the Diocese of Constance .
At the time of Charlemagne, there was an original parish consecrated to the Gallic Saint Martin of Tours in Erbach. This looked after the surrounding area with 14 chaplains. As elsewhere, secular and ecclesiastical power united on the castle hill.
During the High Middle Ages, Erbach was part of the Duchy of Swabia and was a fiefdom of the Counts of Berg-Schelklingen. In 1345 Erbach fell to the Habsburg territories in Upper Austria . The Habsburgs gave the rulership on site to changing noble families as fiefs, including for example the Lords of Ellerbach, the Lochen and Stadion, 1348 the Stein, 1400 the Schenk, and in the further course of the 15th century the Villenbach and Westernach. In 1388 Duke George the Rich bought the local rule, which Emperor Maximilian took back as a settled fief after the Landshut War of Succession and the local rule pledged several times.
Early modern age
In 1535 Hans von Baumgarten received the local rule as a fiefdom, who built Erbach Castle from 1550 to 1552 . In 1622 the fiefdom with Hans Ludwig von Ulm came to the imperial barons of Ulm-Erbach. In order to revive agriculture, the local rulers tried to attract young and strong men from Vorarlberg for the many widows after the plague and war. In the 18th century Erbach was part of the Upper Austrian margravate of Burgau .
Württemberg time
With the Peace of Pressburg , Erbach came through mediatization initially to the Kingdom of Bavaria and with the border treaty between Bavaria and Württemberg in 1810 to the Kingdom of Württemberg , which subordinated the place to the Oberamt Ehingen . In 1850, with the opening of the southern line from Ulm to Friedrichshafen, it was connected to the rail network of the Württemberg State Railways . In 1938 Erbach came to the district of Ehingen through the regional reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg . In 1945 the place became part of the French occupation zone and was thus assigned to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947 , which became part of the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.
Incorporation and district reform
As part of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , the municipality of Ringingen was incorporated on January 1, 1972, and the municipalities of Bach , Dellmensingen , Donaurieden and Ersingen on July 1, 1974 . During the district reform carried out in 1973 , Erbach was incorporated into the Alb-Donau district .
City law
The city charter Erbach received on August 1st of 2002.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. In Erbach, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection of a part of town. The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following official final result:
Parties and constituencies | % 2019 |
Seats 2019 |
% 2014 |
Seats 2014 |
% 2009 |
Seats 2009 |
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CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 36.2 | 9 | 42.0 | 9 | 42.9 | 12 | ||
FW | Free voters | 34.3 | 8th | 36.7 | 8th | 36.1 | 10 | ||
GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 19.6 | 5 | 8.8 | 2 | 10.2 | 2 | ||
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 9.9 | 2 | 12.5 | 3 | 10.8 | 3 | ||
BL | Citizen List Bach | 1.0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | ||
total | 100 | 24 | 100 | 22nd | 100 | 27 | |||
voter turnout | 61.7% | 53.7% | 55.1% |
mayor
The mayor is elected for an eight-year term. Paul Roth's term of office ended on November 26, 2010. His successor is Achim Gaus (non-party), who was elected in the second ballot on October 24, 2010 and took office on January 1, 2011. In the mayoral election on October 7, 2018, he was confirmed in office with 63.0 percent of the valid votes and a voter turnout of 45.9%. His competitor Wolfgang Schrade (non-party) received 36.6 percent.
Town twinning
Since 1981 there has been a town partnership with Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel ( Austria ) and since 1982 with Thorigny-sur-Marne ( France ).
traffic
Erbach is located on the B 311 between Ulm and Ehingen (Danube) and on the Württemberg Southern Railway between Ulm and Friedrichshafen . Regional Express trains to Friedrichshafen and Ulm run every hour . In the evening, Interregio-Express trains on the Stuttgart-Ulm-Lindau route also stop in Erbach. The city belongs to the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund , in whose tariff area the Südbahn between Ulm and Bad Schussenried also falls. Erbach also has a sports airfield .
Culture and sights
Erbach is located on the Upper Swabian Baroque Road and the Upper Swabian Way of St. James , which runs from Ulm to Constance .
Buildings
- The town's landmark, visible from afar, is the Erbach Renaissance castle from the early 16th century, surrounded by a wall and moat. The castle is owned by the imperial barons of Ulm zu Erbach. It also contains local history, which can be viewed on request
- Right next to the castle is the baroque parish church of St. Martinus from 1767, which was donated by the imperial maids of Ulm-Erbach, who lived in a monastery in Augsburg. A Romanesque-Gothic predecessor building had to give way to the new building. A so-called Mount of Olives, which is located in its own shrine in front of the church, is opened on high holidays. From the church there is a view over the whole country
- The cemetery, which is located separately across from the church, has an old Lourdes grotto in the rear cemetery wall area, the model of which is the grotto in Lourdes / France
- The so-called Grubänkle, a small chapel on the old country road towards Donaurieden, used to be used by passing traders as a place to breathe and for prayer and is still today a stop for processions
- Baroque parish church of St. Kosmas and Damian in the district of Dellmensingen, built 1711–1712 by Christian Wiedeman.
- Church of St. Michael, Donaurieden
Cultural Opportunities
In addition to a music school, there is also a city library in Erbach, as well as a meeting place for senior citizens and a meeting place for young people. The Erbach Castle is also home to the Erbach Castle Theater.
leisure
The city of Erbach offers various options for recreational activities:
- Associations in different areas
- Bathing lakes in Erbach and Ersingen, which have sanitary facilities, kiosks, playgrounds and areas for non-swimmers
- Bathing lakes in Erbach, Donaurieden and Ersingen
- playgrounds
- Danube Cycle Path
- the proximity to the Swabian Alb (e.g. hiking tours)
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Franz Ignaz Albert von Werdenstein (1697–1766), vicar general and auxiliary bishop of Freising
- Maximilian Marquard von Ulm-Erbach-Mittelbiberach (1802–1864), manor owner and member of the second chamber of the Württemberg state parliament
- Joseph von Egle (1818–1899), architect, builder of the Polytechnic and the Marienkirche in Stuttgart
- Anton Laupheimer (1848–1927), genre painter
- Anton Hafner (1918–1944), highly decorated fighter pilot in World War II
- Karl-Heinz Rueß (* 1954), historian and archivist
- Wolf-Dietrich Hammann (* 1955), lawyer, ministerial director in Stuttgart and former police chief of Baden-Württemberg
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ a b c d Kurt Efinger: Franz von Ulm-Erbach speaks about the beginnings of the city . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from June 26, 2012
- ^ 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. 457 and 543 .
- ↑ StBA: Changes in the municipalities in Germany, see 2002
- ↑ Paul Roth, Ursula Erdt: The municipality of Erbach became a city (PDF), Erbach City Archives. Accessed February 16, 2020.
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg, result of the 2019 municipal council elections - City of Erbach and the 2019 municipal council elections in Erbach , accessed on April 25, 2020
- ^ State gazette for Baden-Württemberg - Mayor election Erbach , accessed on April 25, 2020
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