Fronreute

This article describes the community Fronreute in the district of Ravensburg, for the same district to Lochau see under Lochau

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	Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '  N , 9 ° 33'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Ravensburg
Local government association:	Fronreute-Wolpertswende
Height :	582 m above sea level NHN
Area :	46.09 km 2
Residents:	4749 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	103 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88273
Primaries :	07502, 07505
License plate :	RV, SLG , ÜB , WG
Community key :	08 4 36 096
Address of the municipal administration:	Schwommengasse 2 88273 Fronreute
Website :	www.fronreute.de
Mayor :	Oliver Spit
Location of the municipality of Fronreute in the Ravensburg district

Fronhofen with tower ruins and parish church

Pilgrimage chapel in Staig

Bettenreute Castle

Sunrise over the Häckler Weiher

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

Fronreute is located in Upper Swabia near the district town of Ravensburg and the city of Weingarten . The community consists of the three localities Blitzenreute, Staig and Fronhofen with a total of 25 hamlets on an area of ​​4800 hectares . This makes Fronreute one of the largest municipalities in Baden-Württemberg. Structurally speaking, Fronreute is a residential community with agriculture and craft businesses. The community is a member of the community administration association Fronreute-Wolpertswende , based in Wolpertswende.

geography

Spatial expansion

With around 4608 hectares spread over a total of 41 residential spaces, the municipality of Fronreute is one of the largest municipalities in Baden-Württemberg. The village of Fronhofen has an area of ​​2781 ha and the village of Blitzenreute 1827 ha. Adjacent communities are Altshausen , Wolpertswende , Baindt , Baienfurt , Berg , Horgenzell , Wilhelmsdorf , Fleischwangen and Ebenweiler (all districts of Ravensburg) in a clockwise direction .

Community structure

The municipality of Fronreute has a total of 4496 inhabitants, with 1814 inhabitants in the district of Blitzenreute with the hamlets of Baienbach, Hasenried, Staudenhof, Buchsee, Häge, Ober- and Unterspringen. The village of Staig with the hamlets of Eyb, Meßhausen, Preußenhäusle and Oberes Ried has 1224 inhabitants. The district of Fronhofen with its hamlets Balmbühl, Bettenreute, Egg, Einöd, Ergetsweiler, Fronreutehof, Feldmoos, Furthaus, Geratsreute, Grünlingen, Gunatsreute, Hübschenberg, Korb, Malmishaus, Möllenbronn, Obelhofen, Oberaichen, Ried, Ruprechtsbruck, Schlupfen, Schreckensee, Steinishaus, Weiherhaus, Wengen, Wielatsried, Wiesenhofen and Wiesentann has 1,458 inhabitants.

Demographics

The community of Fronreute is demographically a very young community. 23% of the population are under 18 years of age. Another 63% are in the 18 to 65 age group. Only 14% of the population are older than 65 years. The majority of the citizens of the municipality work outside the municipality. Only about a quarter find work in municipal workplaces. The businesses are predominantly of a craft type. Despite the structural change , the community is still characterized by agriculture.

Protected areas

In the municipal area, the nature reserves Bibersee , Blinder See , Dornacher Ried with Häckler Ried, Häckler Weiher and Buchsee , Schenkenwald and Schreckensee are designated.

history

The municipality of Fronreute was created on September 1, 1972 through the merger of Blitzenreute and Fronhofen. The area of ​​today's municipality belonged to the Guelphs already in the early 10th century , who installed the later imperial barons of Königsegg - at that time still called Lords of Fronhofen - there. Later the area belonged to the Reichsabbey Weingarten . With the secularization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the place fell to the Kingdom of Württemberg , where it was assigned to the Oberamt Ravensburg (today's district of Ravensburg ).

Religions

Like the rest of the surrounding area, Fronreute is shaped by Roman Catholicism . The parish is the seat of the parish of St. Konrad in Fronhofen and the parish of St. Laurentius in Blitzenreute, both of which belong to the Ravensburg deanery. The Evangelical Lutheran Christians in Fronreute are parish members of the evangelical parish Mochenwangen, which includes the area of ​​the political communities Wolpertswende and Fronreute. It belongs to the deanery in Ravensburg and has 613 parishioners in Wolpertswende and 625 parishioners in Fronreute (as of 2004).

politics

Since the local elections on June 7, 2009, four of the 14 seats in the municipal council have been held by the CDU and ten by electoral associations. It has been the same since the local elections on May 25, 2014.

Mayor Oliver Spieß was re-elected in June 2010 with 95.1% of the vote. He was re-elected for the third time in July 2018 with 92.7% of the vote.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Tower ruins in Fronhofen - remnants of a Guelph tower castle, probably built around 1130
• Parish church St. Konrad and Vinzenz , Fronhofen - founded in 1292, tower from the 13th / 14th centuries Century. Today's church building is the result of several renovations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Century and 1910.
• Rectory , Fronhofen - Baroque building from 1792
• Parish church of St. Laurentius and Jakobus , Blitzenreute - built in 1696 as a conversion of a chapel
• Pilgrimage chapel , Staig choir from 1498, enlarged in 1710, with significant furnishings
• Zehntstadel , Staig
• Bettenreute Castle , Bettenreute (today a branch of the Ravensburg JVA )

Economy and Infrastructure

Agriculture

Despite the structural change, the community is still characterized by agriculture and it has a high priority in the community. There are 55 main farms and 38 part-time farms in Fronreute. They cultivate 3002 hectares of agricultural land.

education

In Blitzenreute and Fronhofen there is a pure elementary school each. There are also two Roman Catholic and one parish kindergarten for the youngest residents .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Richard Blankenhorn (1886–1968), Württemberg educator and politician
• Erwin Reisch (1924–2018), agricultural economist
• Rudolf Köberle (* 1953), CDU politician, MdL, former Minister of Agriculture of Baden-Württemberg and former Minister and authorized representative of the State of Baden-Württemberg at the federal government

Other personalities associated with the community

• Horst Kalbhenn (1929–2012), painter and sculptor, lived in Blitzenreute
• Gregor Hübner (* 1967), composer, violinist and pianist, grew up in Fronreute
• Veit Hübner (* 1968), double bass player, grew up in Fronreute
• Susanne Fellner (* 1985), national ice hockey player
• Thomas Böse-Bloching (* 1975), Deputy Federal Chairman of the Federation of German Rural Youth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Community administration Fronreute - Fronreute.de
3. ^ Community administration Fronreute - Fronreute.de
4. ^ Community administration Fronreute - Fronreute.de
5. ^ 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. 531 .
6. ↑ Municipal council elections 2014 - State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg. Retrieved March 4, 2019 . 
7. ↑ http://www.schwaebische.de/region_artikel,-Spiess-bleibt-weiter-acht-Jahre-im-Amt-_arid,4128016.html
8. ↑ Oliver Spieß remains mayor of Fronreute. Retrieved March 4, 2019 . 

literature

• Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Blitzenreute community and Fronhofen community . In: Description of the Oberamt Ravensburg. Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1836 ( "Blitzenreute" , "Fronhofen" as full text on Wikisource)

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Fronreute