Baltmannsweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 45 '  N , 9 ° 27'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Esslingen
Height :	453 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.54 km 2
Residents:	5756 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	310 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73666
Area code :	07153
License plate :	ES, NT
Community key :	08 1 16 007
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 1 73666 Baltmannsweiler
Website :	www.baltmannsweiler.de
Mayor :	Simon Schmid (independent)
Location of the municipality of Baltmannsweiler in the Esslingen district

Baltmannsweiler 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 densely wooded municipality of Baltmannsweiler lies at around 290 to 465  m above sea level. NN height in the Schurwald . The center of the eponymous suburb is about four and a half kilometers northeast of the Plochingens as the crow flies and about ten kilometers east of the center of the district town of Esslingen am Neckar . The two places of the municipality are located in a common clearing island on a ridge that is drained from the Reichenbach on the outskirts of the municipality and from the Lützelbach on its southwestern edge to the Fils and in the west and northwest of the upper reaches of the Schweizerbach to the Rems .

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are in turn the town of Weinstadt in the northwest , and Winterbach in the north and northeast , both in the Rems-Murr district . In the east lies the municipality of Lichtenwald , in the south the municipality of Reichenbach an der Fils , in the southwest the town of Plochingen , in the west the district town of Esslingen am Neckar for only a short section and in the west the municipality Aichwald ; the latter five all belong to their own district of Esslingen .

Community structure

Baltmannsweiler consists of the two districts Baltmannsweiler and Hohengehren, each only consisting of the main town of the same name. The area of ​​the districts is identical to that of the formerly independent communities of the same name. The official name of the district Hohengehren is Baltmannsweiler-Hohengehren. In the area of ​​the Baltmannsweiler district are the abandoned villages of Balzschmied, Holdermannshofstatt, Oberweiler and Steinenbach. In the area of ​​the Hohengehren district, the abandoned villages of Burg, Borgenhardt, Holdesteiningen, Katzenlohe, Steinenbach, Witzlingsweiler and Katzenbachhof are located.

Division of space

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

religion

At the end of 1998 the community had 1,275 Roman Catholics and 2,998 Protestants.

history

Baltmannsweiler

Baltmannsweiler was first mentioned in a document in 1299. The place originally belonged to the Zähringers and then became part of Württemberg . From 1381 it was assigned to the office there , and later to the Oberamt Schorndorf . Baltmannsweiler has been part of the Esslingen district since 1938 . The name used today for the village by the autochthonous inhabitants of the village is "Baltemore".

Hohengehren

Hohengehren was mentioned in a document before Baltmannsweiler, namely in 1275. The national affiliation corresponds to that of Baltmannsweiler.

Incorporations

Baltmannsweiler 1683/1685 in Kieser's forest inventory book

Hohengehren 1683/1685 in Kieser's forest inventory book

Today's Baltmannsweiler was formed on January 1, 1975 as part of the Baden-Württemberg regional reform from the previously independent communities of Baltmannsweiler and Hohengehren to the north.

Development of the population

year Residents¹ 1871 1310 1880 1335 1890 1191 1900 1171 1910 1184 1925 1230 1933 1274

year Residents¹ 1939 1333 1950 1963 1961 2688 1970 3944 1975 4599 1980 5143 1985 5206

year Residents¹ 1990 5307 1995 5425 2000 5520 2005 5552 2010 5554 2015 5646

¹ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg ; until 1970 census results, from 1975 updates on December 31 of each year.

politics

mayor

In March 2015, Simon Schmid was elected successor to Martin König against three competitors in the first ballot. König was mayor from 1999 to 2015.

Municipal council

The town council in Baltmannsweiler 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 21.10% 20.27% 20.20% 12.24% 9.14% 9.06% 8.00% Green CDU FW UB SPD WVBH NFL Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p  10    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4 +1.00  % p -0.50  % p -3.51  % p -2.54  % p -1.77  % p.p. + 9.06  % p -1.53  % p Green CDU FW UB SPD WVBH NFL
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	21.10	3	20.10	3
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	20.27	3	20.77	3
FWV	Free electoral association	20.20	3	23.91	3
UB	Independent citizens	12.24	2	14.78	2
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	9.14	1	10.91	2
WVBH	Electoral association Baltmannsweiler & Hohengehren	9.06	1	-	-
NFL	New free list	8.00	1	9.53	1
total		100.0	14th	100.0	14th
voter turnout		69.04%		55.29%

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community of Baltmannsweiler was awarded at the end of 1979 and combines the two coats of arms of the former communities of Baltmannsweiler and Hohengehren.

	Blazon : "Under a silver (white) shield main in three staggered throughout Blue Mountains in gold (yellow) , including a blue plate , topped with a silver (white) strips Cross , appending below a blue hook ."
	Foundation of the coat of arms: The three " Kaiserberge " ( Hohenstaufen , Rechberg and Stuifen ) were taken from the former coat of arms of Baltmannsweiler. The disc with hook comes from the former Hohengehren coat of arms and, depending on the interpretation, can be seen as a plow wheel with a plow hook or a symbolic ball of yarn with unwound thread.

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  Old coat of arms of Baltmannsweiler

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  Former coat of arms of Hohengehren

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

Schneider Verlag, a specialist book publisher, is located in the Hohengehren district .

education

• Baltmannsweiler primary school with eight school classes in which around 160 students are taught
• Hohengehren primary school with seven school classes in which around 130 children are taught

Baltmannsweiler also has four kindergartens.

• The community of Baltmannsweiler also operates its own adult education center.

Waste disposal

The waste management company of the Esslingen district is responsible for waste disposal.

Culture and sights

Every year the community of Baltmannsweiler organizes five to eight cultural events such as cabaret and theater , concerts and mobile cinema in the Baltmannsweiler cultural center. The cultural center has a foyer with a bar, in which there is space for celebrations for up to 120 people. There is also a large hall for 300 to 500 people.

The Hohengehren hunting lodge stood in the former game park until 1839 . This was acquired by the municipality of Altbach , rebuilt there as the town hall and used in this function until 1975.

In Baltmannsweiler there is a late Gothic west tower church (ev.) And in Hohengehren a late gothic church (ev.).

literature

• State Archives Baden-Württemberg i. V. with the district of Esslingen (ed.): The district of Esslingen. Volume 1. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1 , p. 313.
• Klaus Merker: Baltmannsweiler 1299–1999. a journey through the local history in pictures and anecdotes. Edited by the parish of Baltmannsweiler and the Evangelical parish of Baltmannsweiler. Klaus Merker u. a. Baltmannsweiler 1999, ISBN 3-89570-511-X .

Web links

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

Wikisource: Baltmannsweiler in the description of the Oberamt Schorndorf from 1851  - sources and full texts

• Official homepage of Baltmannsweiler

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Main statutes of the Baltmannsweiler community of May 22, 2001. In: baltmannsweiler.de, accessed on June 3, 2017 (PDF; 22 kB).
3. ^ 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 , pp. 241-242.
4. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office : Area since 1988 according to actual use for Baltmannsweiler. In: statistik-bw.de, accessed on June 3, 2017.
5. ^ 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. 461 .
6. ^ Jürgen Veit: Baltmannsweiler. The new mayor is called Simon Schmid. In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de. Stuttgarter Zeitung , March 22, 2015, accessed on August 20, 2017.
7. ↑ Election information for the municipal data center
8. ↑ See coat of arms. Connection of earlier coats of arms. Interpretation. In: baltmannsweiler.de, accessed on June 3, 2017.
9. ↑ Baltmannsweiler Adult Education Center. In: baltmannsweiler.de, accessed on June 3, 2017.
10. ↑ Baltmannsweiler. Agricultural shaped. In: baltmannsweiler.de, accessed on June 3, 2017.
11. ↑ Hohengehren. Development. In: baltmannsweiler.de, accessed on June 3, 2017.