Hochdorf (near Plochingen)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 42 '  N , 9 ° 28'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Esslingen
Height :	292 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.75 km 2
Residents:	4749 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	613 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73269
Area code :	07153
License plate :	ES, NT
Community key :	08 1 16 027
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchheimer Strasse 53 73269 Hochdorf
Website :	www.hochdorf.de
Mayor :	Gerhard Kuttler
Location of the community of Hochdorf in the Esslingen district

Hochdorf is a municipality in the Esslingen district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Stuttgart region (until 1992 the Middle Neckar region ) and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

The settlement core of Hochdorf is located in an east-south-east direction about 13 km as the crow flies from the district town of Esslingen am Neckar and about 23 km from Stuttgart . Located in the foothills of the central Swabian Alb , the place is less than two kilometers much closer to the Fils Valley in the north and northwest and the Schurwald natural area beyond it than to the Albtrauf in the southeast. The municipal area is largely drained by the Talbach flowing through the main town towards Fils, to which the Dammbach flows from the right on the southern edge of the village and the Tobelbach from the left in the village . Three even smaller streams flow directly into the Fils.

Neighboring communities

Adjacent municipalities are in turn the municipality of Reichenbach an der Fils in the north, the city of Ebersbach an der Fils in the east, the municipality of Notzingen in the south, the city of Wernau in the west and the city of Plochingen in the northwest. All except Ebersbach an der Fils, which belongs to the district of Göppingen , are in the district of Esslingen .

Community structure

The village of Hochdorf and the Ziegelhof house as well as the abandoned village of Hinterburg belong to Hochdorf .

Division of space

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

history

Hochdorf 1683, forest warehouse book by Andreas Kieser

Hochdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1189, but was probably built in the 5th century AD. Until 1454 the place was owned by various monasteries, then it belonged to Württemberg , which in 1952 became part of the newly founded south-western state.

Within Württemberg, Hochdorf initially belonged to the Oberamt Kirchheim and was assigned to the Oberamt Göppingen in 1485 . In 1842 it was relocated to Kirchheim, where the place remained until the districts were reorganized in 1938. Since then, Hochdorf has been part of the Esslingen district .

Religions

Since the Reformation , Hochdorf has been predominantly evangelical .

Population development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).

Deadline	population
December 1, 1871¹	880
December 1, 1900¹	1,051
May 17, 1939¹	1,225
September 13, 1950¹	1,785
June 6, 1961¹	2,436
May 27, 1970¹	3,541
May 25, 1987¹	4.115
December 31, 1995	4,492
December 31, 2000	4,720
December 31, 2005	4,690
December 31, 2010	4,693
December 31, 2015	4,895

politics

mayor

• 1920–1945 Eugen Güthle
• 1945–1948 Hermann Weber
• 1948–1978 Heinrich Traub
• 1978–1986 Franz-Lothar Wirtgen
• 1986–2009 Roland Erhardt
• since 2009 Gerhard Kuttler

Municipal council

The community council in Hochdorf has 14 members. The local election on May 26, 2019 led to the following official final result: The local council consists of the elected honorary 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  % 30th 20th 10 0 17.88% 23.77% 28.45% 14.06% 15.85% CDU SPD FW CENTER Green Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6 -4.99  % p +1.09  % p + 7.31  % p -4.26  % p.p. + 0.86  % p.p. CDU SPD FW CENTER Green
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	17.88	3	22.87	3
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	23.77	3	22.68	3
FUW	Free independent voter association Hochdorf	28.45	4th	21.14	3
CENTER	The middle	14.06	2	18.32	3
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	15.85	2	14.99	2
total		100.0	14th	100.0	14th
voter turnout		69.38%		58.30%

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver (white) on a green three-mountain three green linden trees." (Decision from 1966)

Partnerships

The community of Hochdorf maintains partnership relationships with Hochdorf in Thuringia , a district of the city of Blankenhain in the Weimarer Land district .

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Since the 1970s there has been only one elementary school, the Breitwiesenschule in Hochdorf . Secondary schools are visited in the neighboring towns. There are also two kindergartens and a forest kindergarten in the community. The children's and youth library has a stock of 4000 media.

Natural monuments

In the Hochdorf district there are one single and eleven two-dimensional natural monuments.

• Linden group (three winter linden trees)
• Cross sign ( fell victim to hurricane Lothar in 1999 )
• an abandoned Angulate sandstone quarry
• the Talbach with the Mühlkanal
• various field hedges and field trees

Regular events

• Martini market
• Multi-day music association festival
• Farmers market
• Festival of lights
• Fire brigade festival
• riding show
• Indoor fiber network

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Heinrich Traub (1920–2017), former mayor

Born in Hochdorf

• Gottlieb Fischer (1867–1926), member of the state parliament
• Mareike Arndt (* 1992), track and field athlete, multiple German champion in heptathlon
• Dominik Bruntner (* 1993), model, Mister Germany 2017

Connected with Hochdorf

• Hans Blickensdörfer (1923–1997), sports journalist and writer, last lived in Hochdorf
• Rüdiger Kauf (* 1975), professional soccer player at VfB Stuttgart and Arminia Bielefeld, played for TV Hochdorf in his youth
• Siegmar Mosdorf (* 1952), politician (SPD), member of the Bundestag (1990–2002) and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Economics and Technology (1998–2002), co-founder and long-time director of the Hochdorf Community Foundation
• Susanne Weber-Mosdorf (* 1953), politician (SPD), Deputy Director General of the World Health Organization (2006–2011), co-founder of the Hochdorf Community Foundation, lives in Hochdorf
• Marc Gremm (* 1971), German baritone and producer, grew up in Hochdorf.

literature

• Hans Blickensdörfer: The beret. Heyne, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-453-00480-9 .
• Erich Roos: Village Chronicle Hochdorf 1900–1950. Geiger, Horb 2001, ISBN 3-89570-733-3 .
• Community Hochdorf (ed.), Christof Drüppel: Hochdorf - history of a community in the foothills of the Alb. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1989.
• Municipality of Hochdorf (ed.): Hochdorf in pictures - the day before yesterday, yesterday and today. Geiger, Horb 1982.
• The Esslingen district (Volume 2). Edited by the State Archives Baden-Württemberg i. V. with the district of Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1 , page 17.

Web links

Commons : Hochdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 , p. 243.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Hochdorf.
4. ↑ Election information for the municipal data center
5. ^ Weber-Mosdorf moves from Berlin to Geneva , Der Teckbote , article of December 27, 2005