Iggingen

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 50 '  N , 9 ° 53'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Ostalbkreis
Height :	464 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.42 km 2
Residents:	2589 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	227 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73574
Area code :	07175
License plate :	AA, GD
Community key :	08 1 36 034
Address of the municipal administration:	Marktplatz 6 73574 Iggingen
Website :	www.iggingen.de
Mayor :	Klemens Stöckle
Location of the municipality of Iggingen in the Ostalb district

Iggingen is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ostalb district . It belongs to the East Wuerttemberg region and the edge zone of the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

Iggingen is located on a ridge between the Rems and Lein rivers, about 10 km from Schwäbisch Gmünd .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Täferrot , Leinzell and Göggingen , in the east on Heuchlingen and Böbingen an der Rems , and in the south and west on the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd.

Community structure

The municipality of Iggingen includes the village of Iggingen, the hamlets Brainkofen and Schönhardt and the Schafhäusle house as well as the abandoned villages of Airlighofen and Edelweiler.

Division of space

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

history

Iggingen

Iggingen was first mentioned in a document under the name Ucchinga in the Lorsch Codex in 855 . The spelling Uggingen is known from the year 1274 . The lords of Iggingen ran the village from 1275 to the beginning of the 16th century. The lords of Iggingen died out after Junker Hans zu Uckingen died, as his descendants were no longer considered noble. Iggingen fell to Schwäbisch Gmünd . The place belonged to the district of Schwäbisch Gmünd and went through the district reform of 1973 with this in the Ostalb district .

Population development

year	Residents
1939	952
1961	1412
1970	1634
1987	1959
1997	2385
2005	2580
2010	2560
2015	2554

Districts

Schönhardt

Schönhardt was first mentioned in 1278. It is still dominated by agriculture today.

Brainkofen

In the district Brainkofen one was hand ax found whose age was determined to be about 100,000 years ago. Even ice age hunters v in the period from 18,000 to 4000 bar. Leave traces behind, just like the Celts .

Brainkofen was the last district to be mentioned for the first time in a document in 1288.

Religions

St. Martinus Church

Iggingen is predominantly Roman Catholic . The only church in the village is the St. Martinus Church, built in 1859, the few Protestant believers receive spiritual care from the Täferrot parish .

politics

Administrative association

The community is a member of the Leintal-Frickenhofer Höhe community administration association based in Leinzell .

mayor

In the mayoral election on February 7, 2010, Klemens Stöckle was re-elected with 97.35 percent of the vote. He has been in office since 1994.

coat of arms

Blazon : In a shield diagonally divided by silver and blue, a red lion striding towards the division.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal road 29 ( Waiblingen - Nördlingen ) connects Iggingen with the national road network.

education

There is only one elementary school in Iggingen . There is also a communal and a Roman Catholic kindergarten . The closest secondary school is the community school in Leinzell . The closest secondary school is also in Leinzell. Secondary schools are located in Schwäbisch Gmünd and Heubach .

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 IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 , pp. 744-745.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Iggingen.
4. ^ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 5), Certificate 3618, October 24, 855 - Reg. 3386. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 229 , accessed on June 15, 2018 . 

Web links

Commons : Iggingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Iggingen in the description of the Oberamt Gmünd from 1870  - sources and full texts

• Internet presence of the municipality of Iggingen