Heimsheim

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Enzkreis
Height :	403.4 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.3 km 2
Residents:	5035 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	352 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	71296
Area code :	07033
License plate :	PF
Community key :	08 2 36 025
LOCODE :	DE HIM
; City administration address :	Schlosshof 5 ; 71296 Heimsheim
Website :	www.heimsheim.de
Mayor :	Jürgen Troll
Location of the city of Heimsheim in the Enzkreis

Heimsheim in the 1682 forest inventory book by Andreas Kieser

Heimsheim

Graevenitz Castle, now used as the town hall

Old Town Hall

Schlegler lock

City Church

Heimsheim is a town in the Enzkreis in Baden-Württemberg, about 15 kilometers south-east of Pforzheim in the middle of the Heckengäu . It belongs to the Northern Black Forest region and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart . Apart from the place that gives it its name, there are no other towns in the city.

geography

To the west of Heimsheim are the two nature reserves Betzenbuckel and Tiefenbronner Seewiesen . The urban area extends north to the A8 . The Kotzenbach , a smaller tributary of the Würm, flows through the area . The desert areas Hofstadt and Weilerfeld also belong to Heimsheim .

The neighboring communities are Rutesheim , Renningen , Tiefenbronn , Mönsheim , Friolzheim , Weil der Stadt and Weissach .

history

middle Ages

Heimsheim, which arose on the edge of an Alemannic burial ground, was first mentioned as Heimbodesheim in 965 when Emperor Otto the Great was there after the imperial coronation in Rome on his return to Germany from King Otto II and Archbishop Wilhelm von Mainz - his two sons - was received. During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the southern area of the Duchy of Franconia .

Heimsheim's city rights are documented for the first time in a document from the Bebenhausen monastery from 1295 . At the time Heimsheim was under the influence of the Counts of Tübingen .

Schleglerbund

The history of Heimsheim is linked to the history of the Schleglerbund . In the 14th century, knights formed various leagues in order to enforce what they saw as their rights by force if necessary. On St. Martin's Day in 1366, several knights from the region (Truchsess von Höfingen , Wolf von Steinegg , Georg von Enzberg, etc.) founded the “Martinsvögel” association in order to jointly grant the old knights' rights against the emerging supremacy of the House of Württemberg and those of the free cities defend. A year later they tried Count Eberhard III. ambushed in Wildbad . This failed, and a 30-year period of unrest began, also known as the Schlegler War. The Martinsvögel were dissolved by atonement in the 1380s, but the knights united in it founded a new union under the name of the "Schlegler". As a badge, they wore flails (in the shape of flails). Towards the end of the 14th century, the tide turned in favor of the cities and counts, who were bound to each other by defensive associations. Nevertheless, the smugglers repeatedly attacked cities. The “kings” of the Schleglerbund met in Heimsheim in 1395 to discuss how Count Eberhard the Mild of Württemberg could be attacked. He found out about the plan and marched outside the city in September with an army. His troops managed to set the town on fire. According to tradition, a heap of straw lying on the city wall in front of the city was set on fire, which carried the fire into the city, where it found plenty of food in the narrow town. The leaders of the smugglers were taken prisoner, others escaped by escaping. In 1396 the Schleglerbund finally dissolved. The battle was put into verse by Ludwig Uhland in his poem The Three Kings at Heimsen .

Late Middle Ages and Modern Times

1456 confirmed Emperor Friedrich III. the city rights of Heimsheim. The gradual affiliation of the city to the territory of the counts, since 1495 dukes of Württemberg was expressed, among other things, by Heimsheim's participation in the state parliaments of the Württemberg estates , which took place in 1498 and 1514.

Up until the Reformation , the Heimsheim parish belonged to the Weil district of the city in the Archdiaconate Trinity of the Speyer diocese . Because it belonged to Württemberg, Heimsheim became Protestant and lost the Catholic institutions that had existed until then.

During the Thirty Years' War, the city suffered a major fire in 1634 that destroyed 214 houses. In 1646 the Swedes came and plundered. The looting by the French in 1688 and 1693 took place during the War of the Palatinate Succession.

The Württemberg Prime Minister Friedrich Wilhelm von Grävenitz had the rococo-style New Palace built from 1729 to 1730, which is now used as the town hall and designed by Carlo Carlone .

Heimsheim belonged to the Oberamt Leonberg at the time of the Duchy and Kingdom of Württemberg . During the administrative reforms in Württemberg during the Nazi era , the Oberamt was renamed the Leonberg District in 1934 and transferred to the Leonberg District in 1938 .

In the last days of the Second World War, Heimsheim was almost completely destroyed in a low-flying attack in 1945. After the end of the war, Heimsheim and the district of Leonberg came to the American zone of occupation and thus to the newly established state of Württemberg-Baden in this zone , which was added to the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

As part of the district reform in Baden-Württemberg on January 1, 1973, the district of Leonberg was dissolved. The town of Heimsheim became part of the newly formed Enzkreis .

Schlegler games

In 1951 and 1965, the episode about the capture of the Schlegler Kings and the destruction of the city was shown at the Schlegler Games. After a break, “The Kings at Heimsheim” was performed again in 2000. In the summer of 2006 the subject was presented in a new play "The Schlegler Conspiracy - Knights between Robbery and Fame".

The historical drama The City, the Count and the Waldensians was performed in 2014 by the recurring SchlossHOFspiele . The piece took up the settlement of the Waldensians on Heimsheimer district in the 18th century, when the city was the fiefdom of the Count of Graevenitz . The setting was the Schlegler Castle and the Graevenitz Castle in Heimsheim. This was accompanied by the Heimsheimer Baroque Market, which offered contemporary hospitality and a suitable supporting program.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms is: "In green two diagonally crossed growing golden ears." Already the oldest known seals (from 1481) and the earliest coat of arms drawing (1535) show the "talking" coat of arms still used today (Heimsen = harvest).

politics

Municipal council

The community council in Heimsheim has 14 members. It consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The 2019 local elections led to the following preliminary final result:

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019 % 30th 20th 10 0 22.85% 24.85% 19.27% 14.80% 10.28% 7.96% FW BfH CDU SPD UWV Women Gains and losses compared to 2014 % p 8th 6th 4th 2 0 -2 -4 -6 -3.76 % p.p. -0.91 % p -1.85 % p -5.60 % p + 4.17 % p.p. + 7.96 % p FW BfH CDU SPD UWV Women Template: election diagram / maintenance / error in color input - dark
FWV	Heimsheim Free Electoral Association	22.85	3	26.61	4th
BfH	Citizens for Heimsheim	24.85	4th	25.76	3
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	19.27	3	21.12	3
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	14.80	2	20.40	3
UWV	Independent voter association Heimsheim	10.28	1	6.11	1
Women	Women for Heimsheim	7.96	1	-	-
total		100.0	14th	100.0	14th
voter turnout		61.29%		53.6%

Culture and sights

Buildings

The four buildings Schleglerschloss , Graevenitzsches Schloss, Zehntscheuer and Stadtkirche form the Heimsheimer Schlosshof as an ensemble. Heimsheim's landmarks can be seen from afar. The town hall is housed in Graevenitz Castle, while the city library is located in the renovated tithe barn. The old town hall on the market square is the seat of the local police station. The Schleglerschloss - also known as Schleglerkasten and Steinhaus - is now a club and community center that is used by clubs during the week and for private celebrations at the weekend. In the Middle Ages, the castle was used for living, defense, representation, administration, administration of justice and storage. Despite the name, it was not the Schlegler castle, but was built by the Lords of Gemmingen .
- 1811–1956: used as a fruit box
- 1933–1945: Occupied by the Hitler Youth

There are three old bakeries on site, one of which was also the wash house. The special thing about this is the fruit drought . The washing and baking house was named " Monument of the Month December 2005" by the Monument Foundation Baden-Württemberg .

The main building of the Heimsheim autobahn maintenance facility, closed years ago for financial reasons, was built in 1941 and is now a listed building.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transport infrastructure

Heimsheim is connected to the national road network by junction 46 Heimsheim of the federal motorway 8 ( Perl - Bad Reichenhall ). The L 1180 running along the district leads via Rutesheim and Leonberg directly to the state capital Stuttgart . The other roads lead to Friolzheim (L 1180), Mönsheim (L 1134), Tiefenbronn (L 1175), to Perouse and Hausen (Weil der Stadt) (L 1179) and to Malmsheim (K 4567).

The city of Heimsheim and the Maxit company built a crossbar between the L 1180 and L 1175 to keep heavy traffic out of Heimsheim in the direction of the autobahn. In the meantime, this municipal road is also used to relieve Perouse, where through traffic has been blocked for trucks over 7.5 t since May 2006.

Transportation

Heimsheim is on the edge of the Pforzheim-Enzkreis transport association (VPE) and is connected to the Stuttgart transport and tariff association (VVS) via the 652/653 bus to Leonberg . Since September 1, 2013 Heimsheim has been part of the VPE as well as the area of the VVS.

In the VPE area, lines 652 and 653 connect Heimsheim with Friolzheim , Wimsheim and Mönsheim . In addition, line 761 (before December 9, 2007: line 656) goes via Wurmberg to Pforzheim .

Established businesses

In the area of the Heimsheim junction, the 15-hectare Egelsee industrial area was created in addition to the Schafwash industrial area .

media

The city of Heimsheim publishes the official gazette “Heimsheim Aktuell”. In addition, the “Heimsheimer Stadtjournal” will be distributed at the same time. The Pforzheimer Zeitung and the Stuttgarter Zeitung report on local events with the edition of the Leonberger Kreiszeitung.

Heimsheim gained fame as the location of the ARD television series Oh God, Mr. Pastor .

Public facilities

Mobile radio tower Candelabra in front of the Heimsheim prison

Public facilities and buildings are the “Haus Heckengäu” nursing home and the fire station. The city library has been located in the renovated tithe barn right by the courtyard since 2006. There is also the senior coffee shop, the adult education center and an internet site for senior citizens.

education

The tradition of the Ludwig-Uhland-Schule, today elementary , secondary and secondary school, goes back to the city's secondary school, which was founded in 1862.

Heimsheim has three kindergartens and a day nursery.

Other facilities

To the northwest of Heimsheim, around 500 meters west of the motorway access, there is a modern prison, the Heimsheim correctional facility . The “Heimsheimer Candelabra” cell phone tower is located directly in front of the prison. The name comes from the fact that this tower is reminiscent of the shape of a candelabra because of its three points .

Regular events

The fire brigade festival (every two years), the Schlegler Festival of the Musikverein Stadtkapelle Heimsheim and the riding tournament of the Rural Riding and Driving Club Heimsheim take place in June, July and August. The SchlossHOFspiele (open-air theater with a supporting program) are organized every five years with the help of all associations. Another regular event in the last two weeks of the summer vacation in Baden-Württemberg is the outskirts of the city for children, which is organized by the Initiative für Kinder und Jugend eV.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Jakob Hofsess (16th century), monastery governor
Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer (1779–1836), senior bailiff in Nürtingen, member of the state parliament
Johann Friedrich Stahl (1718–1790), forest scientist and teacher at the Hohen Karlsschule