Schemmerhofen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 10 '  N , 9 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	520 m above sea level NHN
Area :	50.18 km 2
Residents:	8412 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	168 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88433
Primaries :	07356, 07357
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 134
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 25 88433 Schemmerhofen
Website :	www.schemmerhofen.de
Mayor :	Mario Glaser (independent)
Location of the community Schemmerhofen in the Biberach district

Schemmerberg 1899

Schemmerhofen-Aufhofen

Schemmerhofen is a municipality in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg . With around 8,400 inhabitants, it is the largest rural community in the district.

geography

location

Schemmerhofen is about nine kilometers north of the large district town of Biberach an der Riss . The district of Langenschemmern is traversed by a section of the Mühlbach, which flows just below or southeast of the village into the Danube tributary Riss, which comes from the south . This flows through the municipality of Schemmerberg further north.

Community structure

• Historical coats of arms of the earlier municipalities
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  Alberweiler

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  Altheim

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  Aufhofen

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  Assmannshardt

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  Ingerkingen

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  Length clamps

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  Schemmerberg

Six districts belong to Schemmerhofen:

• Schemmerhofen , the main town that gave the municipality its name, was created in 1972 through the merger of the newly opened towns of Langenschemmern and Aufhofen

• Alberweiler
• Altheim
• Assmannshardt
• Ingerkingen
• Schemmerberg

There are also the residential areas Bachhof, Britschweiler, Brühlhof, Eichelsteig, Grafenwald, Mittenweiler, Öschhof and Ziegelei. Deserted villages in the municipality are Hugeshoven, Leithausen and Lindach.

Geology and landscape

According to the handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany (after Meynen / Schmithüsen 1962 and Ssymank 1994) the community Schemmerhofen is part of the Danube-Iller-Lech-Platte within the Alpine foothills . Most of the community is in the hill country of the lower rift. A small part of the community can be assigned to the natural area of ​​the Riß-Aitrach-Platten. The hill country of the lower Riss is a tertiary hill country which is characterized by a small-scale changing relief, with relatively small height differences of 50-100 meters. The tertiary hill country consists of the deposits of the Molasse basin . The geology of the community thus originated in the Miocene (approx. 24-5 million years). The direct proximity to the natural area of ​​the Riß-Aitrach-Platten (e.g. the area around Biberach an der Riß ) also plays a role in Schemmerhofen. The landscape as it presents itself to us today was formed during the Quaternary (2.5 million years until today). On the one hand with the terminal moraine and the gravel from the Mindel glacial period, which today is the basis for the mining of sand and gravel deposits. On the other hand, through the periglacial character of the landscape during the Riss and Würm Cold Periods . This influence can be seen in the deep, sandy loam soils and trough valleys . The width of the Riss valley contradicts the water flow of today's Riss. The Riss valley is an earlier meltwater valley during the last cold period (Würm) which was formed by enormous amounts of water. The meltwater flowed into the Danube, which acted as a glacial valley . In summary, the community of Schemmerhofen can be divided into three units. The area of ​​the Mindel-Kaltzeit Endmorände with its gravel and gravel works (Aufhofen, Alberweiler, Aßmannshardt), into the Tertiary hill country with its flat undulating landscape (Altheim, Ingerkingen) and into the Riss valley with its wide valley and a higher proportion of green space (Langenschemmern, Schemmerberg).

history

In the High Middle Ages, the district of today's municipality of Schemmerhofen was in the Rammachgau in the area of ​​the Duchy of Swabia and was ecclesiastically under the Diocese of Constance until the end of the 18th century .

Langenschemmern and Aufhofen

The first written mention of Langenschemmern is open. It is not known whether the "Scammara", first mentioned in 851, is Langenschemmern or Schemmerberg. For the year 1095 "ad Scammares" is mentioned in a document. Further documented mentions come from the years 1127 as "Schamern", 1242 as "Scammun", 1319 as "Krutschemmern" and 1361 for the first time as "Landenschammar". Since the end of the 14th century, the distinction between Ober- and Unteremmern can be clearly demonstrated. Until the 18th century, both the short name "Schemmern" and the current name were used again and again. The name "Schemmern" is likely to come from Schammen (or Schemmen = reed). Aufhofen and Langenschemmern originally formed a political municipality and belonged to the Warthausen rule , which had been in the possession of the Counts of Stadion since 1696 . As a result of the mediation , the communities came to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 and were assigned to the Biberach Oberamt . After the time of political upheaval in the course of the coalition wars, the residents of Aufhofen wanted the separation from Langenschemmern, which was finally initiated in 1823.

Since the goods of the residents within the common area were strongly mixed with each other, the drawing of a boundary was extremely problematic. The separation could therefore only be finally completed in 1843. In 1850, Langenschemmern got its own train station two kilometers south-east of the village, connected to the southern line and thus access to the route network of the Württemberg railway .

The administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg led to membership in the Biberach district in 1938 .

During the Nazi era, there was a so-called “children's asylum” in the Ingerkingen children's home, of which 72 children fell victim to the “ euthanasia ” campaign T4 in 1940 ; only eleven survived. A wax graffito in the entrance hall of Haus St. Franziskus at Oberstadionerstraße 14 reminds of this event.

Alberweiler

In the High Middle Ages, Albertweiler belonged to the Counts of Berg , whose ancestral castle Berg was above the village of Berg near Ehingen . With the extinction of the Counts of Berg in the 14th century, the power of rule went to Austria and Bavaria. Various aristocratic families can be found in Alberweiler for the High and Late Middle Ages, but the splitting up of ownership and the responsibility of the later feudal lords (including Upper Austria and Bavaria-Landshut ) were very complex. Feud men were the lords of Warthausen and later the counts of Stadion. In 1806, the place fell to Württemberg and initially came temporarily to the Oberamt Ehingen and finally in 1842 to the Oberamt Biberach, which was added to the Biberach district in 1938.

Altheim

Altheim was first mentioned in a document in 851. Like Schemmerberg , Altheim gradually came under the rule of the Salem Monastery , which had acquired high jurisdiction in 1619 and lower jurisdiction in 1621 as a fief of Upper Austria . The rule of Schemmerberg of the Salem monastery (consisting of the places Schemmerberg, Altheim and Äpfingen ) was secularized in 1803 and fell to the Imperial Principality of Buchau of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis . In 1806 Altheim came under the mediatization of the Principality of Buchau to the Kingdom of Württemberg and was assigned to the Oberamt (from 1938 to the district) of Biberach. At the same time, like Schemmerberg in the 19th century, Altheim was still under the jurisdiction of the noble office Obersulmetingen of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis until 1849.

Assmannshardt

Documented as early as the 11th century, the Schenk Konrad von Assmannshardt was explicitly mentioned in 1288. Like Langenschemmern and Aufhofen, the village became part of the Warthausen rulership and, like them, came to the Wuerttemberg Oberamt Biberach in 1806.

Ingerkingen

Like Alberweiler, Ingerkingen probably originally belonged to the Berg county and still had its own local nobility in the 13th and 14th centuries. The hospital in Biberach acquired from the 15th to the 18th centuries gradually almost the entire land, and already in 1526 the high and low jurisdiction. With the imperial city of Biberach, the place came to the Electorate of Baden in 1803 and to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806, where it was assigned to the Oberamt Biberach.

Schemmerberg

See also : Schemmerberg In the Old Kingdom , Schemmerberg was the center of the Schemmerberg rule of the Salem Monastery and had a manorial castle, which was demolished in 1837. The rule came through the secularization in 1803 to the princes of Thurn and Taxis ( Imperial Principality of Buchau ) and in 1806 to the Württemberg Oberamt Biberach. At the same time, like Altheim in the 19th century, Schemmerberg was still under the jurisdiction of the noble office Obersulmetingen of the princes of Thurn and Taxis until 1849.

Schemmerhofen

In 1945 the current districts of Schemmerhofens with the district of Biberach became part of the French occupation zone and thus in 1947 they were assigned to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern , which was incorporated into the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. As part of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg , Langenschemmern and Aufhofen have again been part of a municipality since August 1st, 1972, today's Schemmerhofen. The two places, now structurally grown together, were also united. Schemmerberg was added on January 1, 1974, and Alberweiler, Altheim, Aßmannshardt and Ingerkingen followed on January 1, 1975.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Schemmerhofen has 19 members. The local elections on May 29, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The turnout was 65.7% (2014: 53.1%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Political party	be right	Seats	2014 result
Free electoral association	62.1%	12	13 seats
New responsibility	37.9%	7th	6 seats

mayor

On October 14, 2012, Mario Glaser was elected mayor with 66.35 percent of the valid votes. Brigitte Bertsch is the deputy mayor.

Since the municipal reform of 1972 there have been the following mayors in the large municipality of Schemmerhofen:

• Karl Kehrle, August 1, 1972 - December 11, 1980
• Hans-Peter Harscher, December 11, 1980 - December 20, 1996
• Eugen Engler, December 20, 1996 - January 12, 2013
• Mario Glaser, since January 13, 2013

Community partnerships

• Alberschwende , Austria , existed with today's Aßmannshardt district before 1975
• Groslay , France , since 1987
• Nofels , Austria , since 1990 with the district of Ingerkingen

Schemmerberg

Culture and sights

• The " Käppele " in Aufhofen is a pilgrimage church
• The Schlössle in Alberweiler with the parish hall and parsonage (To the good angel)
• The parish church of St. Mauritius in Langenschemmern, the smaller of the two churches, is dedicated to St. Mauritius. It houses murals from the 14th century.
• Parish Church of St. Michael in Assmannshardt

See also: Castle Langenschemmern , Wasserburg Langenschemmern , castle Schemmerhofen , castle Aufhofen , Alberweiler Castle

Sports facilities and clubs

In the community there are the sports club Alberweiler, sports club Altheim, sports club Aßmannshardt, sports club Ingerkingen, sports club Schemmerberg and sports club Schemmerhofen. There is also a swimming lake in Alberweiler and a fun court at the Schemmerhofer school .

music

Numerous choral and music associations shape the musical life within the community. These include the following church choirs and choral societies: Alberweiler choir, choir "Frohsinn" Ingerkingen, church choir Altheim, church choir Aßmannshardt, church choir Ingerkingen, church choir Schemmerhofen, Liederkranz Schemmerberg and men's choir "Frohsinn" Schemmerhofen. As well as the music associations of the community: Musikverein Altheim, Musikverein Aßmannshardt, Musikverein "Cäcilia" Schemmerberg, Musikverein Ingerkingen and Musikverein Schemmerhofen.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Schemmerhofen is on the federal highway 465 and with the station "Schemmerberg" on the Württemberg Southern Railway ( Ulm - Friedrichshafen ). Trains to Ulm and Friedrichshafen run every hour. The former Langenschemmern train station is more than two kilometers from the nearest town and is now only used for freight transport (bulk goods).

All parts of the community are served by the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrs-Verbund via the bus connection Biberach - Ehingen (Aßmannshardt only by school buses); From Schemmerberg there are additional bus connections to Laupheim . Aßmannshardt is also on the Biberach – Munderkingen bus route .

Education and care

Schemmerhofen

In Schemmerhofen there is a secondary school, the Mühlbachschule community school. The Mühlbach School was one of the first 42 community schools in Baden-Württemberg. There are currently over 600 students in this three-class facility, which, with a share of over 50% foreign students, is also a school location for surrounding communities.

Schemmerberg

In Schemmerberg there is an independent single-class primary school.

Ingerkingen

• In the district of Ingerkingen, the Mühlbachschule has a branch (single elementary school)
• The St. Franziskus School in Ingerkingen is a catholic free all-day school for children and young people with mental or multiple disabilities; As a state-recognized all-day school, it works according to the educational plan of the schools for the mentally handicapped in Baden-Württemberg and is based on the so-called Marchtaler Plan
• This also includes the accommodation offered by the St. Elisabeth Foundation (Bad Waldsee) for children and young people with mental or multiple disabilities (student accommodation, short-term accommodation, transitional, training and apartment accommodation).

Day care centers

In Schemmerhofen there are seven day-care centers with all-day offerings (four municipal and two Catholic as well as the children's and family house in the main town in cooperation between the church and the community).

Retirement homes

There are two nursing homes in Schemmerhofen. In the main town of Schemmerhofen, the St. Klara residential park with 30 care places and the Haus Luisa senior citizens' residence in Schemmerberg with 50 care places.

Schlössle in Alberweiler

Established businesses

The economy in Schemmerhofen is dominated by medium-sized companies in the manufacturing sector (e.g. Schick Dental, Stegmaier Textile Solutions, Köpf Fahrzeugbau, NHC Kunststofftechnik, Biber Möbel, Heckenberger Metallverarbeitung), craft and services. The largest employer in Schemmerhofen is the Dünkel Holding GmbH & Co.KG group. Its origin goes back to 1933; its largest subsidiary is the ACTIV-Group, an international project developer of specialist and retail properties as well as commercial areas.

Ingerkingen, St. Ulrich parish church

Personalities

• Joseph Cades (1855–1943), church architect (born in Altheim)
• Karl Weller (1866–1943), historian (born in Langenschemmern)
• Anselm (Josef) Romer (born December 7, 1885 in Ingerkingen; † November 9, 1951 in Oksadok Prison, North Korea ), Mission Benedictine , martyr of Tokwon 
• Prelate Franz Glaser (born July 30, 1938), cathedral chapter and personnel officer i. R. of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart
• Hansbert Bertsch (* 1941), retired senior director of studies D., Head of the Königin-Charlotte-Gymnasium Stuttgart (1984-2004), translator and linguist (Romance languages, Greek and Latin, Japanese)

literature

• Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Description of the Oberamt Biberach . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1837 ( full text at Wikisource )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Leo-BW - Schemmerhofen
3. ^ Riss-Aitrach-Plates - LEO-BW. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Eberle, J .; Eitel, B .; Blümel, WD; Wittmann, P .: Germany's South - From the Middle Ages to the present . 3. Edition. Springer, 2017, ISBN 978-3-662-54381-8 , pp. 100 .
5. ↑ Hill Country of the Lower Rift - LEO-BW. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Old Moraine Hills | LGRB knowledge. Retrieved May 22, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, Volume I, Bonn 1995, p. 75, ISBN 3-89331-208-0
8. ↑ The district of Schemmerhofen on the website of the municipality of Schemmerhofen
9. ^ 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. 525, 544 and 545 .
10. ^ Community of Schemmerhofen: Associations. Retrieved May 17, 2020 . 
11. ^ Community of Schemmerhofen: Associations. Retrieved May 17, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Route timetable ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Donau-Iller local transport network 
13. ↑ ACTIV Group. In: www.activ-group.eu. Accessed June 1, 2020 . 
14. ↑ The Martyrs of Tokwon, Father Anselm (Josef) Romer - ( Mission Benedictine )

Web links

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

Wikisource: Langenschemmern in the description of the Oberamt Biberach from 1837  - sources and full texts

Wikisource: Schemmerberg in the description of the Oberamt Biberach from 1837  - sources and full texts

• Official website of the municipality
• Aßmannshardt district
• Land maps of the community Schemmerberg / Schemmerhofen in the main state archive in Stuttgart