Hofen (Aalen)
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Hofen
City of Aalen
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| Height : | 430-520 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 12.59 km² |
| Residents : | 2090 (March 1, 2012) |
| Population density : | 166 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | April 1, 1972 |
| Incorporated into: | Wasseralfingen |
| Postal code : | 73433 |
| Area code : | 07361 |
 Aalen city districts (Hofen in the north)
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Hofen is a district of the large district town of Aalen in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).
geography
Geographical location
It is about 4 km as the crow flies from the center of Hofen to the city center of Aalen. The closest district is Wasseralfingen (almost smooth transition). The closest communities are Hüttlingen (approx. 1.5 km) and Westhausen (approx. 4.5 km).
The district of Hofens borders on Hüttlingen in the northwest , Rainau in the north and Westhausen in the east . In addition, it borders on a total of four other districts of Aalen: In the west on Wasseralfingen , in the southwest on the area of the core city of Aalen, in the south on the area of Unterkochen and in the southeast on the area of the Waldhausen district .
Expansion of the municipal area
The core area of Hofen extends to around 0.3 km 2 , with its sub-towns Attenhofen , Fürsitz , Goldshöfe , Heimatsmühle , Oberalfingen and Wagenrain , the urban area has an area of 12.6 km 2 .
history
Hofen was mentioned for the first time relatively late, in 1397. However, it can be assumed that the place is a lot older. Probably as an extension of Wasseralfingen and Hüttlingen from Franconian times (between 5th and 9th centuries), Hofen was under the rule of the Lords of Ahelfingen , a knightly family that was first mentioned around 1200. They built their ancestral castle, Hohenalfingen Castle , on a foothill of the Flexner massif . By 1300, the gender split in two kindreds the castle from then belonged to the Ulrich 'rule line. This became increasingly indebted, so that the castle with the village Hofen in 1404 had to be sold to the other family line of the Ahelfingen family, the Konrad line. In 1503 the Konrad line died out, the entire property was inherited by the Ulrich line. So the castle and village came back to their former owners. After the ulrich line also died out in 1545, all of its property was confiscated in 1553 by the prince provost of Ellwangen . During the Peasants 'War the castle was destroyed in the 16th century, the remaining remains almost completely disappeared in the Thirty Years' War . Today only a deep ditch and a few remains of the wall remind of the former headquarters of the Ahelfinger family. Below the castle hill is the suburb of Oberalfingen , which was once called the hamlet under the castle .
In 1761, the blast furnace of the Wasseralfingen ironworks was opened in Wasseralfingen , which thus outperformed the old parish village of Hofen economically. Nevertheless Hofen remained the mother parish and burial place for the growing population of Wasseralfingen until the 19th century. From 1762 to 1775 the nave of the Catholic parish church of St. George was built and furnished in a baroque style. In the course of secularization , the prince provost of Ellwangen was dissolved in 1802, Hofen became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg and was incorporated into the municipality of Wasseralfingen. In 1845 Hofen became independent again and was given its own municipal administration in the Aalen District Office . In 1859 the villages of Oberalfingen and Heimatsmühle were changed from Wasseralfingen to Hofen. With the opening of the railway lines from Stuttgart via Aalen to Wasseralfingen ( Remsbahn ) and from there to Nördlingen (now part of the Riesbahn ) or Crailsheim ( Obere Jagstbahn ), Hofen was connected to the Württemberg railways network in the 1860s . The Hofen stopping point is still located in the urban area and the same-named separation station for the Upper Jagst and Ries railways in the Goldshöfe suburb .
On July 1, 1972, Hofen was reintegrated into the city of Wasseralfingen. This was incorporated into the new town of Aalen-Wasseralfingen on June 21, 1975, which was already renamed Aalen on July 1, 1975. Hofen became a separate district of the new city of Aalen and received its own local administration and its own mayor .
Religions
The vast majority of Hofen's population is Christian: 71 percent of the population belong to the Roman Catholic faith , 17 percent to the Protestant faith. 12 percent of the residents belong to other religions or did not provide any information when they registered.
politics
Local council
The local council of the Hofen district currently has ten members, whose term of office is five years. The last election took place in the Baden-Württemberg municipal elections on May 26, 2019. This resulted in the following composition (the changes in parliamentary group size refer to the last election in 2014):
| fraction | Number of seats | change |
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| CDU | 7 seats | ± 0 |
| SPD | 3 seats | ± 0 |
Mayor
Christian Wanner, who was born in Hofen in 1975, is the mayor and thus representative of the city district. Wanner succeeded former athlete Patriz Ilg in 2019 .
education
Hofen has its own elementary school, the Kappelberg School . Secondary schools are located in the neighboring district of Wasseralfingen .
Personalities
Born in Hofen
- Johann Georg Allgeyer the Elder Ä. (* around 1670, † after 1724), organ builder (place of birth disputed, presumably also Neunstadt )
- Johann Georg Allgeyer the Elder J. (* around 1719, † 1806 ibid), organ builder
- Patriz Ilg (born December 5, 1957 in Oberalfingen), former athlete, former mayor of Hofen
Associated with courts
- Peter Maier-Asboe (born June 30, 1938; † December 12, 1986), architect, designer and artist, grew up in Oberalfingen and later returned there;
- Dieter Mäule (born March 5, 1939 in Schwäbisch Gmünd), former mayor of Hofen, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
literature
- Local authority Aalen-Hofen (Ed.): Information about Hofen, Aalen 1995.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ aalen.de , accessed on April 7, 2012.
- ^ 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. 445 .
- ^ 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. 472 .
- ↑ election result AA_OR Hofen 2019 , aalen.de, accessed on July 11, 2014
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