Bingen (District of Sigmaringen)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
coat of arms Germany map
Coat of arms of the municipality of Bingen
Bingen (District of Sigmaringen)
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Bingen highlighted

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '  N , 9 ° 16'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Tübingen
County : Sigmaringen
Height : 600 m above sea level NHN
Area : 37.01 km 2
Residents: 2703 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 72511
Area code : 07571
License plate : SIG
Community key : 08 4 37 008
Community structure: 4 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 21
72511 Bingen
Website : www.bingen-hohenzollern.de
Mayor : Jochen Fetzer
Location of the municipality of Bingen in the district of Sigmaringen
Alb-Donau-Kreis Bodenseekreis Landkreis Biberach Landkreis Konstanz Landkreis Ravensburg Landkreis Reutlingen Landkreis Tuttlingen Zollernalbkreis Bad Saulgau Beuron Bingen (Landkreis Sigmaringen) Gammertingen Herbertingen Herdwangen-Schönach Hettingen Hohentengen (Oberschwaben) Illmensee Inzigkofen Krauchenwies Leibertingen Mengen Mengen Meßkirch Neufra Ostrach Pfullendorf Sauldorf Scheer Schwenningen (Heuberg) Sigmaringen Sigmaringendorf Sigmaringendorf Stetten am kalten Markt Veringenstadt Wald (Hohenzollern)map
About this picture

Bingen is a municipality in the Baden-Württemberg district of Sigmaringen in Germany , around five kilometers northeast of the district town of Sigmaringen .

geography

Geographical location

Bingen is located on the lower reaches of the Lauchert , which rises in the Swabian Alb and flows five kilometers southeast into the Danube .

Neighboring communities

Community structure

The districts of Hitzkofen, Hochberg and Hornstein belong to Bingen.

coat of arms District Population (2010) surface
Bingen Bingen (core town) 2077 3,122 ha
coat of arms Heating stove 470 964 ha
coat of arms Hochberg 127 347 ha
coat of arms Chert 106 364 ha

history

View of Bingen

Bingen was first mentioned in 1138. At that time it belongs to the county of Sigmaringen . There was no actual local lord and, consequently, no court. The landlords concerned, the lords of Bingen, the Zwiefalten monastery, the county of Sigmaringen and the lords of Hornstein each exercised sovereignty over their own subjects.

In 1431 the Lords of Hornstein and Reischach were given a lower court , which was repeated in 1507 against those of Reischach.

The Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) was not without consequences in Bingen, too: more than half of the village population died within a few months of 1634 and 1635 due to famine and an epidemic. In 1635, 368 deaths due to the plague catastrophe are registered in the Bingen parish register. Some days more people died than usual in a whole year. This caused great panic and emigration. Supposedly safe neighboring regions such as Bavaria, Austria and Switzerland were the targets for the refugees, but many people returned home during the war. The immigration of people, not least from war-spared Switzerland and Austria, played a major role in the renewed population growth in the second half of the 17th century.

In 1787 the von Hornstein sold the place to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal elections in Baden-Württemberg in 2019 led to the following result:

Party / list Share of votes Seats 2014 result
Free voters 82.7% 10 75.0%, 9 seats
CDU 17.3% 2 25.0%, 3 seats

mayor

In 2002 Fetzer was elected with 87.8 percent of the vote to succeed Paul Mayer, who retired after 24 years in office. On October 10, 2010, Jochen Fetzer was confirmed in his office as Mayor of Bingen with 98.1 percent of the votes cast, with a turnout of 51 percent, in the first ballot, the second term of office began on January 18, 2011. 95% confirm Fetzer for his third term starting in 2019.

  • 1947–1977: Robert Daubenberger (CDU)
  • 1978–2002: Paul Mayer (CDU)
  • since 2003: Jochen Fetzer (independent)

badges and flags

Coat of arms Bingen (Hohenzollern) .svg

The Bingen coat of arms shows a divided shield, above two red oblique left bars in gold, between three, outside two six-pointed red stars, below in red a standing golden deer. The colors of the community are red and yellow.

Hochberg coat of arms

Coat of arms Hochberg (Bingen) .png

Blazon : A red bar in silver, above a red-tongued black boar's head with golden tusks and a golden collar, below a three-lipped black flag.

Culture and sights

The community is located on the Upper Swabian Baroque Road and is part of the holiday region “In the Lauchert Valley”.

Buildings

  • The Church of the Assumption of Mary, built around 1500 in the late Gothic style, is located in Bingen . It is equipped with a high quality choir arch crucifix (around 1600) and shows masterpieces of late Gothic painting and carving by Bartholomäus Zeitblom and Niklaus Weckmann with the Bingen altar .
  • The Eulogius Chapel is on the road to Inneringen. It was renovated and expanded from 1746 to 1747. It is dedicated to St. Eligius , the patron saint of horses since the 17th century.
  • The St. Wolfgang Chapel in the district of Hitzkofen was named " Monument of the Month March 2005" by the Baden-Württemberg Monument Foundation.
  • The Catholic Church of St. Wendelin in the Hochberg district was built in 1914. The building was renovated in 1978 and refurbished in 2010/2011. The building, with its bell tower and clock, is the meeting place for the independent parish. The disposition of the organ, sounding with seven registers and 318 pipes made of tin alloys and wood was made in 2002 by a monk organ building from Ueberlingen.
  • The ruins of Hornstein Castle in the Hornstein district can be traced back to 1244 and were first mentioned in 1274. It was rebuilt in the 17th century and demolished in 1873. It has a checkered history from the castle to the reformatory . The motto of the owners at the time was "What I want, I dare, what hits me I wear". Today the ruins are freely accessible and, thanks to a support association, most of them have been renovated. The ruin is still owned by the family, but is freely accessible.
  • The castle chapel of the Hornstein ruin dates from 1694. Stucco work and stucco altar are among others by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer .
  • The Bittelschießer Chapel from 1625 is located in the Bingen district. It marks the location of the Bittelschieß ruins , which are adjacent to the Hornstein ruins .

Natural monuments

The Bittelschießer Täle is a canyon-like, densely wooded breakthrough valley and also geologically a particularly important geotope of the Quaternary.

The artificial ore shaft Eulengrube is located between Hochberg and Jungnau .

Binger biotope

About one kilometer northeast of Bingen is the Binger Biotope , which is a maximum of 1.2 meters deep. It was built at the beginning of 2010 by digging the ever-moist arable area deeper and then filling it with groundwater and rainwater. Numerous bulrushes were planted on the edge of the biotope . Today the Binger biotope is the habitat of many domestic animal species such as common frogs , pond newts and insects such as water striders and dragonflies . An insect hotel made of wood, clay and other natural materials was built so that the insects can also overwinter .

Sports

The “Hochberg-Loipe” with two 3 and 3.5 kilometer long circular hiking and double-track trails is located in the Hochberg district of Bingen.

Regular events

  • For around 20 years, a bonfire has been set up in the "Eichenberg" district on Funkensonntag by the German Scouting Association of St. Georg tribe Martin Luther King Bingen .
  • The Eulogius Ride is an annual equestrian procession that leads from Bingen to the Eulogius Chapel and back. The custom dates back to the 18th century. When there were hardly any horses left in the mid-1960s with the advent of tractors, the horse blessing was canceled for some time. It wasn't until 1987 that the Eulogius ride was brought back to life.
  • The Benger Village Festival takes place every two years on a weekend in July .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Public transport is by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau guaranteed (NALDO). The community is located in the honeycomb 441. In rail traffic, Bingen was connected to the Sigmaringendorf – Hanfertal line of the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn (HZL) via the now privately owned train station .

Infrastructure

The water supply to Bingen used to be via a karst water well near the Kämmerle spring. In 1979 a well was built to a depth of 43 meters. The pump house from 1980 is located in Gewann Rückhau, about 200 meters from the Sigmaringendorf community pumping station. The new two-chamber elevated tank with a capacity of 600 cubic meters is located on the Hitzkofen district on Ebnerberg. The old water tank in chert is at the same level and is still used. Overall, the municipality has a water supply of 1,100 cubic meters with a daily consumption of around 600 cubic meters. In 1982 a control system was put into operation in Bingen. The total cost was 3.3 million euros.

Personalities

literature

  • Franz Josef Cigler: Bingen - Through the ages . Hebi print, 1995.

Web links

Commons : Bingen (near Sigmaringen)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ At a glance. This is how Bingen presents itself at a glance . In: We in Bingen . In: Schwäbische Zeitung of November 27, 2010
  3. ↑ a b cultural focus. Lecture on the 30 Years War . In: Südkurier of September 24, 2010
  4. ^ Sabine Rösch: Theme of the year. In principle, all people are migrants . In: Schwäbische Zeitung , October 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, provisional result of the municipal council elections
  6. ^ Karlheinz Fahlbusch (kf): Jochen Fetzer wins election . In: Südkurier from October 15, 2002
  7. ↑ Vera Romeu (from right): Mayoral election. The turnout exceeded all expectations . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from October 11, 2010
  8. ↑ Sabine Rösch (sr): Jochen Fetzer starts his second term of office. Citizens of Bingen confirm mayor with 98.1 percent in office . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from January 20, 2011
  9. ↑ Christoph Wartenberg: Fetzer remains mayor in Bingen . In: Schwäbische Zeitung Sigmaringen . 15th October 2018.
  10. ^ A b Stefan Schneider: Procession. Eulogius helps the horses . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from June 14, 2010
  11. ↑ a b c Sabine Rösch / sr: Equipped: Freezing temperatures stop the renovation of the St. Wendelin Church. Parish council regrets the situation - 400 hours of personal contribution - unforeseen damage . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from December 13, 2010
  12. ↑ Church renovation. St. Wendelin in Hochberg gets a new face . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from October 6, 2010
  13. ↑ Jürgen Meyer: Wild caves, grottos, rock nests: 100 mysterious cavities between the Alb and the Danube . Oertel & Spörer, 2011, ISBN 3-88627-479-9 . Pp. 58-59.
  14. ^ Karl-Heinz Fahlbusch: Winter fun in the district. Cross-country trails are groomed. In: Südkurier from January 9, 2009
  15. ↑ Schäfer: Seniors visit the water supply . In: Schwäbische Zeitung of November 21, 2008