Killer (Burladingen)

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killer
City of Burladingen
Former Killer municipal coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '52 "  N , 9 ° 3' 47"  E
Height : 656 m above sea level NN
Residents : 612  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 72393
Area code : 07477
Killer (south view), front right stubbling
Killer (south view), front right stubbling

Killer is a village in the Swabian Alb in Baden-Württemberg . It is 656  m above sea level. NN and has 612 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Killer has belonged to the city of Burladingen since 1973 . It is 5.5 kilometers northwest of it.

geography

The valley of the Starzel called “Killertal” in its upper reaches. From the front the villages of Killer, Starzeln and Hausen in the Killertal

Killer is centrally located in the Killertal , the upper reaches of the Starzel, named after the village . The federal road 32 and the trunk line of the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn from Hechingen to Sigmaringen run through the village .

history

Killer is first mentioned as Kilwilar in 1255 . To the north of the old village center was the abandoned Killer Castle , a moated castle owned by the Lords of Killer, which was first handed down at the end of the 14th century. They were ministerials to the Counts of Zollern . In 1377 an Albert von Killer was killed in the battle of Reutlingen .

Killer had 443 inhabitants in 1790 and 576 in 1867.

On January 1, 1973, Killer was incorporated into Burladingen.

religion

Parish Church of Mater Dolorosa

Killer is probably the youngest village in the Killertal . As an early church, his church was the mother church in Killertal. The current church was built in 1565 on the site of a previous church from around 1300. Back then, Killer was a popular place of pilgrimage . In 1488 the parishes of Hausen im Killertal and Jungingen were separated from the original parish as independent parishes. Killer has been a branch of the parish of Hausen since 1530.

The church tower had to be demolished and rebuilt after the earthquake in 1978.

economy

German Whip Museum in the former train station

The killer, known as the whip village , was the center of regional whip production until after the Second World War . That is why there is the German Whip Museum in the village and a whip is depicted in the coat of arms of the formerly independent community.

Trivia

Because of the place name, which also stands for a contract killer , the place name signs are stolen again and again.

literature

Web links

Commons : Killer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 529 .
  2. ↑ SWP - Place-name sign thieves caught in the act - from November 20, 2014