Kirchberg on the Iller

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	535 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.64 km 2
Residents:	2087 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	112 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88486
Area code :	07354
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 065
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 20 88486 Kirchberg an der Iller
Website :	www.kirchberg-iller.de
Mayor :	Jochen Stuber
Location of the municipality of Kirchberg an der Iller in the Biberach district

Kirchberg an der Iller is a municipality on the eastern edge of the Baden-Württemberg district of Biberach in the Illertal .

geography

Community structure

The municipality is located in the east of the Biberach / Riss district and belongs to the cross-border planning region Donau-Iller . The eastern municipal border also marks the course of the state border between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria . The community consists of the main town Kirchberg, the district Sinningen and the hamlets of Nordhofen and Ziegelhof.

Community area

The municipality covers an area of ​​1864 ha, 41% of which is covered by forest. The agricultural land occupies 48%. The remaining 10% are used as traffic or settlement areas.

history

Kirchberg on the Iller

It is possible that Kirchberg was first mentioned in a traditional note from the St. Gallen monastery in 806 , but research has disputed whether it is really Kirchberg an der Iller or another place of the same name. In 839 a lord von Isenburg bequeathed goods in Nordhofen to the Gallus Monastery. Later the Lords of Kirchberg and Schellenberg appear as the owners of Kirchberg. In 1356, Count Ulrich von Schellenberg and his wife Anna von Ellerbach, with the consent of their son Eglin von Schellenberg, the pastor of Kirchberg at that time, sell a share in the village of Kirchberg to the Rot monastery . The Rot monastery acquired a further share in 1692. The church in Kirchberg, which was now incorporated into the Rot monastery, was pastored by Fathers von Rot from this time until 1803. Count Wilhelm von Kirchberg lends goods to Heinrich von Freiberg in 1356. In the 15th century the local rule was divided between the lords of Rechberg-Hohenrechberg-Kellmünz and the patricians of Ulm; later Kirchberg was partly owned by the Oberbalzheim rulership.

In 1686 the gentlemen von Rechberg sold their stake in Kirchberg to the former Gutenzell monastery , which now shares ownership of Kirchberg with the Rot monastery. As a result of the wars with France, in the peace treaty of 1801, the German princes lose their possessions on the other side of the Rhine to France and are compensated with goods from the spiritual princes and monasteries on this side, i.e. on the right side of the Rhine. The ownership of the abolished Rot monastery falls to Count Ludwig von Wartenberg , who bequeaths it to his step-nephews, Counts Erbach-Erbach , who then also called themselves Counts von Wartenberg-Roth, and whose descendants sell part of it. When Gutenzell Abbey was abolished in 1803 and 1806, Gutenzell Abbey came into the possession of the Counts of Toerring-Jettenbach-Gutenzell and also came under Württemberg sovereignty; as compensation for their previous possessions on the left bank of the Rhine in Gronsfeld, which had come to France through Napoleon's tyranny. Count von Toerring showed himself to be very accommodating to the Cistercian order, as the sisters were allowed to stay in Gutenzell until their death.

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Sinningen and its districts were incorporated into Kirchberg an der Iller.

politics

mayor

• 1954–1986: Ferdinand J. Remlinger, FWV
• 1986–1994: Hermann König
• 1994–2002: Helmfried Schäfer
• 2002–2010: Herbert Pressl
• since July 28, 2010: Jochen Stuber

Municipal council

In the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the distribution of seats was as follows with a voter turnout of 64.1% (the results from 2014 in brackets):

• CDU : 60.2% - 7 seats (64.7% - 8 seats)
• Independent list : 39.8% - 5 seats (35.3% - 4 seats)

Buildings

• Catholic parish church St. Martin : According to the chronicle, the first church in Kirchberg is said to have been consecrated as early as 866 AD, and it was probably a wooden church. Two more churches were built later. After the last one was demolished, architect Joseph Cades from Stuttgart built a three-aisled church in the years 1898–1900. The church was named " Monument of the Month May 2006" by the Monument Foundation Baden-Württemberg .
• Chapel of St. Michael in Sinningen
• The defunct Sinningen Castle
• Noble seat Kirchberg
• Sinninger bathing lake

Economy and Infrastructure

Kirchberg on the Iller

The Iller rafting, which was economically important for Kirchberg and Sinningen, was still operated at the beginning of the 20th century, albeit not to the same extent as in earlier times, on the Iller from Kempten to Ulm and from there on the Danube to Vienna. It was an interesting but also dangerous job.

The Sinninger See has developed into an important recreational area for the surrounding area.

The current economic structure of the municipality is a mixture of agriculture and trade.

Transport links

The A 7 motorway (Füssen - Ulm - Würzburg - Kassel - Flensburg) runs parallel to the Iller , and there are connections in Altenstadt (AS 125) and Dettingen (AS 126) (both approx. 10 km away). The municipal area is crossed in a north-south direction by the state road L 260 ( Memmingen - Ulm ). It runs in parts through the eastern area of ​​the Kirchberg settlement area; the district of Sinningen is bypassed. The closest connection to the Deutsche Bahn rail network (Memmingen - Ulm route) is in Altenstadt, approx. 5 km away.

education

The primary and secondary school in Kirchberg comprises a single primary school and a single secondary school, of which, however, only students in grades 7–9 attend school in Kirchberg. The students in grades 5 and 6 go to the secondary school in Dettingen. From the school year 2010/2011, the secondary schools were merged to form the Illertal secondary school under one school management in order to preserve the small secondary school close to home.

Personalities

• Josef Rief (* 1960 in Illertissen), grew up in Kirchberg, member of the Bundestag for the constituency of Biberach

Honorary citizen

• Johann Baptist Miller (* 1873 in Kirchberg), Monsignor and director a. D., did a great job in the pastoral care of men and also dedicated himself to building settlements.
• Vitalis Maier (born March 27, 1912 in Kirchberg), studied theology and joined Ottobeuren Abbey. The trust of the convent elected Father Vitalis Maier as abbot on May 9, 1948.
• Ferdinand J. Remlinger , former mayor, who led the community for 32 years. By resolution of the local council on January 21, 1986, he was presented with the letter of honorary citizenship.

literature

• Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Description of the Oberamt Biberach . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1837 ( full text at Wikisource )
• Catholic parish Kirchberg an der Iller (publisher), 100 years of the parish church of St. Martinus in Kirchberg an der Iller , Memminger Medien Zentrum 2001

Web links

Commons : Kirchberg an der Iller  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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

• Homepage of the Kirchberg an der Iller community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ 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 .
3. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office: Municipal elections 2019