Killer (Burladingen)
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City of Burladingen
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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
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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
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
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
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
- Erhard Lazi : The Zollernalb district . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-8062-0205-2 , pp. 288-289.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ SWP - Place-name sign thieves caught in the act - from November 20, 2014