Heiningen (District of Göppingen)

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Goeppingen
Height :	381 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.45 km 2
Residents:	5139 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	413 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	73092, 73037, 73107
Area code :	07161
License plate :	GP
Community key :	08 1 17 030
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 30 ; 73092 Heiningen
Website :	www.heiningen-online.de
Mayor :	Norbert upright
Location of the community of Heiningen in the district of Göppingen

Heiningen 1683/1685 in the Kieser forest inventory book

Heiningen. Pen drawing by Margret Hofheinz-Döring from 1977.

Heiningen is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg at the foot of the Swabian Alb . It belongs to the Stuttgart region (until 1992 the Middle Neckar region ) and the peripheral zone of the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

The main town of Heiningen in the municipality is about 5 km south of the center of the district town of Göppingen in the foreland of the Swabian Alb as the crow flies . The area is predominantly via the well feline or Heubach said Eckbach , in the western portion and by the well Heimbach said Poole Bach north to Fils drained out.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are Göppingen , Dürnau , Gammelshausen and Eschenbach .

Community structure

Heiningen includes the village of Heiningen, the hamlet of Lotenberg (also part of the Eschenbach community) and the Eitleshof homestead.

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Early history

The first documentary mention of Heiningen comes from a document from the year 1228 stored in the Abbey Archives in St.Gallen, at that time it was still called Huningen . An important document for Heiningen was made out on August 27, 1284 in Heilbronn. At the request of Duke Konrad von Teck , to whose rule Heiningen belonged, King Rudolf von Habsburg granted the place the right of the city of Freiburg in a letter of freedom . With the receipt of Freiburg city rights, Heiningen had all the privileges of a medieval city. This included civil liberty, market rights and jurisdiction, but also the right to build walls and ditches and to use coats of arms and seals.

When King Rudolf died in 1291 and Konrad von Teck also died in 1292, the rule of the Dukes of Teck fell apart and Heiningen lacked the necessary support. In 1321 the impoverished sons of Konrad had to sell parts of their property, which Heiningen and Boll belonged to, to Eberhard von Württemberg . This gave preference to the town of Göppingen, which already belonged to him, and incorporated Heiningen into the Göppingen office. Heiningen sank again to the level of a market town. There is evidence of a school in the village since 1466. During the Thirty Years War , Heiningen was looted and destroyed by imperial troops in 1634. Because of this and because of the plague , the population fell from almost 1,000 to around 200.

20th century

After the Second World War , many displaced persons settled in Heiningen, which led to a considerable increase in the population.

Religions

Heiningen has been evangelical since the Reformation . The previous evangelical parish merged with the previous evangelical parish of Eschenbach on December 1, 2019 to form the evangelical parish of Eschenbach-Heiningen . The influx of expellees after the Second World War also led to the establishment of a Roman Catholic parish, which is also responsible for Eschenbach . There was also a New Apostolic Church in Heiningen until 2008 .

Population development

Source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office for data from 1970

date	Residents
1837	1130
1907	1185
May 17, 1939	1309
September 13, 1950	1980
May 27, 1970	3422
December 31, 1983	4877
May 25, 1987	4896
December 31, 1991	5246
December 31, 1995	5282
December 31, 2005	5480
December 31, 2010	5285
December 31, 2015	5114

politics

mayor

In February 2005 Norbert Aufrecht was elected mayor in the first ballot.

Municipal council

The community council in Heiningen has 18 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019 % 40 30th 20th 10 0 31.37% 29.38% 23.90% 15.35% n. k. n. k. CDU Women FW Green SPD BL Gains and losses compared to 2014 % p 20th 15th 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 + 6.76 % p.p. + 4.13 % p.p. +6.69 % p + 15.35 % p.p. -12.65 % p -20.28 % p.p. CDU Women FW Green SPD BL
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany / Free Citizens List	31.37	6th	24.61	4th
FL	List of women	29.38	5	25.25	5
FWL	Free electoral roll	23.90	4th	17.21	3
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	15.35	3	-	-
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	-	-	12.65	2
BL	Free list of citizens	-	-	20.28	4th
total		100.0	18th	100.0	18th
voter turnout		51.82%		52.44%

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue under a lying silver deer pole, a cross-shaped silver bowl with a flap rim, covered with a patted red cross.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Heiningen is connected to Gammelshausen and the town of Göppingen, five kilometers away , via the L 1217 state road . The municipality of Eschenbach can be reached via the K 1425 district road . The connection point Aichelberg the A8 motorway is about ten kilometers from the junction of Göppingen Interstate 10 about four kilometers. Heiningen is easily accessible from Göppingen by public transport by bus (lines 31–33).

Heiningen station was on the Voralbbahn , which was used by passenger traffic until 1989. There is now a service center with a supermarket on the site of the former train station. The tracks were partially removed or tarred.

economy

In Heiningen there is an industrial area with several medium-sized companies. Heiningen is also involved in the Voralb business park , which is located in the Eschenbach district. There are almost 1,000 jobs in the Voralb business park.

education

With the Ernst Weichel School, Heiningen has a primary school. Secondary schools are visited in the neighboring towns. There are also three kindergartens in the community.

Buildings

Evangelical Michaelskirche

A church was first mentioned in 1228. The St. Michael's Church with former fortified church function is located in a former cemetery. The patronage came from the local lords to Württemberg, who exchanged it in 1393 for the Adelberg monastery . In 1398 the Gothic nave was decorated with frescoes: a depiction of Christopher , a rare cross nailing and a so-called "volto santo", a depiction of the crucifixion with a clad Christ. In 1493 the old choir was demolished and in 1514 a new one with a star vault, together with the sacristy, was completed. A high altar that had already been planned was no longer realized because the peasants' war and the introduction of the Reformation in Württemberg interrupted the building history. As part of the church renovation in 1904 by the Stuttgart architect Richard Böklen , the center tracery window in the choir was designed by Rudolf Yelin the Elder. Ä. designed with the motif of the resurrection of Christ . In 1954, Helmuth Uhrig created a memorial to the fallen. There are three bells hanging in the church tower, including an old St. Mary's bell, which was used as a storm bell in a defensive tower until 1731 and was surely cast before 1350; Two bells from 1493 and 1612 are rung.

sport and freetime

Regular events

Heiningen is known far beyond the municipal boundaries for the old woman's carnival that takes place every year in the small gym . In addition, the Heininger Easter market traditionally takes place on Easter Monday with a young cattle show. Once a year in summer, the village festival called "Starenfest" is held. There are also many other annual festivals held by various Heininger associations (e.g. Tanz in den Mai), but they are not known nationwide.

leisure

The community offers various leisure facilities for young and old. The best known are:

Voralbbad Heiningen (indoor pool with sunbathing lawn, sauna, solarium, bowling alley)
Mini golf course
Nordic walking park

Sports facilities

Heiningen has two gyms, the TSV hall at the old level crossing and the larger Voralbhalle on the outskirts towards Eschenbach. There are also two sports fields at the Reuschwald, an artificial turf field and a small field facility next to the vestibule.

societies

"Star's Nest"; Club restaurant of TSV Heiningen 1892 e. V.

Gymnastics and Sports Club Heiningen (TSV); the men's handball team played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 1980s. In addition, the male A-youth became German champions in 1993.
DLRG base Heiningen-Eschenbach; the women's team as well as various youth teams have been district champions in life swimming several times and have therefore already taken part in Württemberg and German championships.
1. FC Heiningen; The football club, founded in 1957, currently has around 460 members in the areas of active football, youth football, AH football, women's football and women's gymnastics. In the 2009/2010 season, the first team won the championship in the district league A3 and rose to the district league. In the 2011/2012 season, the 1st team won the championship in the Neckar / Fils district league, which was the first time they were promoted to the 2nd regional league.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Hans-Joerg Schädler (since 2007), long-time mayor of Heiningen

Sons and daughters of the church

Ernst Weichel (1922–1993), pioneer of organic agriculture
Kurt von Figura (* 1944), physician and biochemist
Dieter Hauswirth (* 1950), mayor of the city of Metzingen
Bov Bjerg (* 1965), writer and cabaret artist

Personalities in connection with Heiningen

Andreas Engermann (1919–1995), German educator and author
Helmut Friess (* 1962), head surgeon at the Munich University Hospital on the right bank of the Isar, comes from a long-established Heiningen farming family.

Trivia

The traditional regional nickname of the Heininger is "Staren". The Heiningen community website says, "We Heiningen are nicknamed" the starlings ", derived from the intelligent and shrewd bird that is often referred to as a sociable all-rounder."