Heiligkreuztal
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Heiligkreuztal
municipality Altheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 8 ′ 5 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 10 ″ E
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| Height : | 622 m |
| Area : | 12.89 km² |
| Residents : | 277 (2003) |
| Population density : | 21 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1974 |
| Postal code : | 88499 |
| Area code : | 07371 |
 Heiligkreuztal Monastery
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Heiligkreuztal is a village in the Altheim community in the western district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg . 277 inhabitants live in Heiligkreuztal. The place is mainly known for the former Cistercian monastery Heiligkreuztal , which defines the village .
Another residential area of Heiligkreuztal is the Dollhof state domain on the southern boundary of the district .
geography
Geographical location
Heiligkreuztal is located in the Soppenbachtal in northern Upper Swabia in the Obere Donau Nature Park, established in 1980 , about four kilometers west of its capital Altheim, 16 kilometers northeast of Sigmaringen and about 30 kilometers west of the district town of Biberach an der Riss .
The district covers 1289 ha , of which 903 ha are forest. The place itself is by the monastery church at an altitude of 555 m above sea level. NN . The highest point of the district is in the "Mauerhau" area north of the Dollhof with a height of 622 m above sea level. NN . The Dollhof state domain is 590 m above sea level. NN .
Neighboring communities
The municipality of Langenenslingen borders to the north and west, the capital Altheim and the municipality of Ertingen border on Heiligkreuztal to the east . In the south, the district of Sigmaringen borders the town with the municipality of Herbertingen and the cities of Mengen and Scheer .
history
In the forest area to the south, several barrows testify to the settlement of the area during the Hallstatt period . With the Hohmichele , which is directly related to the Heuneburg near Hundersingen , one of the largest princely grave mounds in Central Europe is located in the district.
In the forest areas "Bann" and "Ruchenholz" there are three square entrenchments from the late Celtic period.
Heiligkreuztal is mentioned in a document in 1227 as an estate Wazzirschaphen , when knight Werner von Altheim sold this fief that Conrad von Marchdorf had received for 21 silver marks to an Altheim sister collection. They founded a Cistercian convent . In 1231 the estate and monastery were named Heiligkreuztal ( Vallis sancte crucis ) in a document by Pope Gregory IX. mentioned.
From 1750 the monastery and place belonged to the Oberamt Nellenburg in the Swabian-Austria region . The place shared the fate of the monastery and came to Württemberg in 1804 as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . With the dissolution of the monastery, an independent community began. Württemberg administrative authorities moved into the monastery buildings and until 1807 Heiligkreuztal formed an upper office in Neuwuerttemberg . From 1807 the place belonged to the Oberamt Riedlingen , Heiligkreuztal was the seat of a royal camera office and forest office . From 1938 it belonged to the Saulgau district and, with effect from January 1, 1974, to the Biberach district .
On July 1, 1974 Heiligkreuztal was incorporated into Altheim with Dollhof.
Population development
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¹ from 1910 with Dollhof
Dollhof
In 1251 Swigger von Gundelfingen sold his goods in Dollendorf to the Heiligkreuztal monastery. Heinrich von Gundelfingen sold his goods in Tollendorf to the monastery in 1274 and in 1369 Conrad Stoll handed over a farm in Tollendorf to the monastery. The Heiligkreuztal monastery combined the various farms into one farm yard, which has had its current name since the 16th century.
After the dissolution of the monastery, the estate with its 14 inhabitants came to the municipality of Beuren . In 1856 the Dollhof state domain came to the Heiligkreuztal community as a sub-community.
On April 1, 1932, the Dollhof sub-community was abolished. In 2003 the Dollhof had three residents.
Culture and sights
The best-known building is the well-preserved monastery complex with the St. Anna Minster, donated in 1227 . Since 1972, with the exception of the two churches, it has been owned by the Stefanus Community , which has set up an educational facility there.
Numerous works of art can be viewed in the monastery complex and in the village itself. An art exhibition with works by Makonde is housed in the former granary . A gallery with sculptures and pictures of the present is in the abbess building. A Stations of the Cross by Michael Blum and pictures by Joseph Kneer can be viewed in the entrance hall, and the museum in the Brother Church shows numerous sacred objects.
In front of the former town hall there is a fountain with a group of Anna-selbdritt by Josef Henselmann . A fountain trough from 1860 comes from the castle in Schwendi , the fountain column was refilled.
A goose fountain with a fox comes from the Ertingen sculptor Gerold Jäggle . In 1993, Josef Alexander Henselmann created the Angel of Peace in front of the morgue.
The park around the Mühlweiher is set up as an oasis of calm.
The Hohmichele and the Celtic Viereckschanzen are accessible to tourists through walking, cycling and hiking trails. A war memorial of the state forest administration on the hilltop of the Hohmichele reminds of the fallen of the two world wars.
After 1995 the Biberach district established the Schneckenhaus forest school in the “Jungholz” forest . The log cabin not far from the Heiligkreuztaler Weiher is equipped with a classroom and various teaching aids, illustrative materials and animal preparations and is used for forest education.
Heiligkreuztal Monastery
St. Anna Munster
Monastery shop
War memorial at the Hohmichele
Clubs and leisure
The small suburb has two choral societies, the Singkreis and the church choir . The "Singkreis" dissolved in 2016, the church choir became the "Münsterchor". A support association has taken on the monastery. There is also a fishing club , its own voluntary fire brigade and a local branch of the KLJB in Heiligkreuztal.
In the early phase of the Swabian Alb Association , its own local group was founded in Heiligkreuztal in 1893. However, this no longer exists. After the establishment of the southern edge of the Albverein in 1910, a so-called outer access path was created, which still leads from Riedlingen via Altheim through Heiligkreuztal and reaches the southern edge path at the Schatzberg ruins . Another local hiking trail run by the Albverein and a cycling trail run through Heiligkreuztal. In the “Soppenhau” area there are two refuge huts for hikers: the Wiedhauhütte with a barbecue area and the hut by the Juliuseiche .
Economy and Infrastructure
Industry sectors
In addition to restaurants and small businesses in trade, craft and service, two companies in Heiligkreuztal manufacture and sell machines and cooking systems for the commercial and private manufacture of flour, bread and pasta.
traffic
State road 278 leads through Heiligkreuztal .
The PT is a bus in the Danube iller-Nahverkehrsverbund concerned, connects the Heiligkreuztal with the main town Altheim. The next train station is Riedlingen on the Ulm – Sigmaringen railway line .
Personalities
- Anna Gremlichin , Abbess of Heiligkreuztal 1490–1521
- Veronika von Rietheim , abbess 1521–1551, builder of central areas of the monastery complex
- Maria Josepha von Holzapfel , abbess 1723–1761, builder of the monastic baroque
- Max Haaf (* 1899 in Heiligkreuztal, † 1972 in Andelfingen), architect
- Alfons Bacher , first chairman of the Stefanus Community 1964–1989
Web links
literature
- Heiligkreuztal. In: Max Miller , Gerhard Taddey (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-520-27602-X , p. 322f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b State Office for Geoinformation and Rural Development Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): Freizeitkarte 1: 50,000. F527: Bad Saulgau, Bad Buchau, Federsee. Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-89021-620-1 .
- ↑ Ruth Wais: Albführer. Walks through the Swabian Alb by Julius Wais. Volume II. Middle part: From the Achalm to buses. Publishing house of the Swabian Alb Association , Stuttgart 1971, p. 323.
- ^ 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. 544 .
- ↑ a b c Internet presence of the Altheim community
- ↑ Waldschule Schneckenhaus ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2013 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. on the website of the Biberach district; Retrieved January 25, 2013
- ↑ Sheets of the Swabian Alb Association , various years (an overview of the membership development of the OG Heiligkreuztal is provided, among other things, No. 8, year 1913)
- ↑ Gustav Ströhmfeld: Albverein-way point. Publishing house of the Swabian Alb Association, Tübingen 1920.
