Holzmaden

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Esslingen
Height :	356 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.1 km 2
Residents:	2319 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	748 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73271
Area code :	07023
License plate :	ES, NT
Community key :	08 1 16 029
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Bahnhofstrasse 2 ; 73271 Holzmaden
Website :	www.holzmaden.de
Mayoress :	Susanne Irion
Location of the municipality of Holzmaden in the Esslingen district

Holzmaden is a small community in the foreland of the Swabian Alb 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

Holzmaden is located about five kilometers east-southeast of the city center of neighboring Kirchheim unter Teck as the crow flies and 19 km southeast of the district town of Esslingen am Neckar in the foothills of the central Swabian Alb , closer to the Albtrauf in the southeast than to the valley of the upper Neckar in the northwest. The Seebach flows through the village and flows into the Trinkbach on the western edge of the municipality , which drains over the Lindach . The municipality extends from about 337 m above sea level. NN at the Seebach estuary up to about 388 m above sea level. NN on the ridge between Seebach and upper Trinkbach, which flows twice in the area of the northern municipal boundary. A little beyond the southern one, the A 8 motorway runs from the Neckar to the nearby Albaufstieg on the Aichelberg.

geology

Ammonite in the Holzmaden slate

A fossil-rich sedimentary rock from the time of the Lower Jurassic (Lias, Black Jurassic), the Posidonia schist , comes to light in the municipality . Due to the extraordinary fossil finds of mussels , ammonites , sea lilies , fish , ichthyosaurs , marine crocodiles and plesiosaurs in Holzmaden and the surrounding area, the place has become known worldwide as an important fossil deposit. The community is part of the Holzmaden excavation reserve that was established in 1979.

Community structure

Apart from the village of Holzmaden, no other places belong to the municipality of Holzmaden.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities are in turn in the east the community Zell unter Aichelberg , in the southeast the community Aichelberg , both of which are in the district of Göppingen ; further to the south the city of Weilheim an der Teck , to the west the city of Kirchheim unter Teck and to the north the municipality of Ohmden , which all belong to the Esslingen district

Division of space

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

history

Holzmaden 1683/1685 in Kieser's forest inventory book

timeline

12th century: first documented mention by the dukes of Zähringen
1334: Holzmaden becomes part of Württemberg
April 28, 1639: Destroyed in the Thirty Years War , only two small houses remain
Reconstruction of the destroyed village: 1669 the old Stephanuskirche, 1684 the rectory, 1687 the today's town hall
1908: connection to the rail network through opening of the line Kirchheim - Weilheim Teck
1915: first power supply
1929: Construction of the first aqueduct
1936: Construction of the Urwelt Museum in Hauff

Population development

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

year	Population numbers
1671	43
1750	219
December 3, 1834¹	488
December 3, 1861¹	557
December 1, 1900¹	564
May 17, 1939¹	697
October 29, 1946¹	988
September 13, 1950¹	1,063

year	Population numbers
June 6, 1961¹	1,290
May 27, 1970¹	1,520
May 25, 1987¹	1,646
December 31, 1990	1,765
December 31, 1995	1,909
December 31, 2000	2,068
December 31, 2005	2.145
December 31, 2010	2.131
December 31, 2015	2,222

politics

town hall

Stephanuskirche

mayor

1945–1952 Christian Burkhardt
1952–1982 Otto Vogt
1982–1998 Jürgen Berner
1998–2014 Jürgen Riehle
since 2014 Susanne Irion (née Jakob)

Municipal council

The municipality council in Holzmaden has ten 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 chairperson. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019 % 60 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 47.35% 52.65% HB FW Gains / losses compared to 2014 % p 4th 2 0 -2 -4 -3.56 % p + 3.56 % p HB FW Template: election diagram / maintenance / error in color input - dark
HBL	Holzmaden citizens list	47.35	5	50.91	5
FWV	Free voter association Holzmaden	52.65	5	49.09	5
total		100.0	10	100.0	10
voter turnout		69.3%		66.05%

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver (white) under a lying black stag pole a fallen black ploughshare." In many modern depictions the ploughshare is not filled in black.

While the stag bar indicates the rule of Württemberg, the ploughshare is based on a stain mark and has been traceable since 1773. The current coat of arms of the municipality was awarded on June 28, 1957 by the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg. The municipality flag is black and white (black and silver). The flag colors were awarded in 1980 by the Esslingen District Office.

Community partnerships

Since 1972 there have been partnerships with Connantre in France , a place in Champagne , which were sealed in 1990 with an official municipal partnership .

Culture and sights

Quarry

The 180 million year old fossil finds in the Urwelt Museum in Hauff are world famous . There is also a quarry on site where visitors can search for fossils themselves.

Culinary specialties

The " Bätscher " is a specialty , which can be found in Holzmaden and other places in the area, such as Weilheim or Notzingen . The Bätscher is a pizza-like bread pastry, coated with sour cream, caraway seeds and various spices. In the past, the bait was mostly made from black bread dough and had an oval shape, similar to flatbread. The town center with the church, rectory and some houses has such a shape and therefore bears the name "Bätscher".

Infrastructure and facilities

traffic

The former station building

The community is located north of the federal motorway 8 , almost exactly halfway between Ulm and Stuttgart and is five minutes by car from the Aichelberg junction.

The place was connected to the railway network in 1908 via the Kirchheim (Teck) Süd – Weilheim (Teck) railway. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1982, freight traffic in 1995. The listed railway station now serves as a restaurant.

The Swabian Alb Cycle Path is a long-distance cycle path that comes from the Swabian Alb biosphere area and leads through the village. Its destination is Nördlingen in the east and Lake Constance in the south .

Educational and sports facilities

Sports and leisure facility

Holzmaden also has a primary school, two kindergartens, a community hall with an attached gym and a sports and leisure facility.

Clubs and organizations

The club work is an essential factor in social life in Holzmaden. A village festival is organized every three years (Bätscherfest).

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Gottlieb Stoll

Sons and daughters of the church

Bernhard Hauff (1866–1950), founder of the Urweltmuseum Hauff
Heinz Kälberer (* 1942), former Lord Mayor of Vaihingen an der Enz

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for wood maggots.
^ A worthy farewell and a new beginning , Der Teckbote, April 7, 2014.

literature

Moser: Description of the Oberamt Kirchheim. Verlag der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Stuttgart / Tübingen 1824, p. 199
Hans Schwenkel : Home book of the Nürtingen district. Volume 2. Würzburg 1953, pp. 343-360.
Konrad Theiss: The Esslingen district. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1978, pages 212-213 and 268. ISBN 3-8062-0171-4
The Esslingen district. - 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 , volume 2, page 31

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Holzmaden - Travel Guide

Wikisource: Holzmaden - in the description of the Oberamt Kirchheim from 1842

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BW-1] State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).

[2] State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for wood maggots.

[3] A worthy farewell and a new beginning , Der Teckbote, April 7, 2014.