Mähringen (Ulm)
Mahringen
City of Ulm
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Coordinates: 48 ° 26 ′ 10 ″ N , 9 ° 56 ′ 26 ″ E | |
Height : | 532 (520-600) m |
Area : | 7.95 km² |
Residents : | 1314 (December 31, 2015) |
Population density : | 165 inhabitants / km² |
Incorporation : | February 1, 1972 |
Postal code : | 89081 |
Area code : | 0731 |
Location of Mähringen in Ulm
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Mähringen is a district of Ulm in the northwest of the city. Ulm itself is located in the east of Baden-Württemberg on the Danube .
geography
Neighboring communities
In the north, Mähringen borders on Dornstadt and its district of Bollingen , in the east on the Ulm district of Lehr , in the west and southwest on Blaustein and in the south you can see Ulm University with its Science Park on Eselsberg in the south .
history
Mähringen was first mentioned in a document in 1272 as "Moringen". Before the High Middle Ages, Reichenau Monastery held the rulership rights. Up until the late Middle Ages, the settlement was ruled by various local noble families. After the Reichenau monastery had sold the rulership rights to the imperial city of Ulm in 1446, the city exercised suzerainty and jurisdiction. Mähringen later became part of the Bermaringen district . On February 1, 1972, Mähringen was incorporated into a district of Ulm .
Population development
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politics
Local council
Like all districts that were incorporated from 1971, Mähringen also has a local council . Mähringen and Lehr have a joint full-time mayor. The committee has an advisory function in the city council on matters relating to the district. However, final decisions are made by the city council of Ulm as a whole.
coat of arms
The former coat of arms shows six golden ears of barley in green on a golden three-mountain.
societies
- Gesangverein Mähringen: The Gesangverein Mähringen eV was founded in 1919 as a male choir and has been a mixed choir since 1930. In 1978 the children's choir was added. However, this was dissolved again in 2001. Only since 2013 has there been a new children's choir, which continues to run under the name "Chorällchen" (based on the choral group, which merged with the mixed choir in the early 2000s). There is also a youth choir called "A-Team" (name comes from the founding members because all members had the letter "A" in their name), which emerged in 2014 from the children's choir "Chorällchen".
- Trombone Choir "Ulmer Alb": The trombone choir was founded in 1978 for the Protestant parish of Mähringen, Lehr, Bollingen
- Swabian Alb Association Mähringen local group: The Mähringen local group in the Swabian Alb Association was founded in 1954 and today has around 125 members. The association has set itself the task of protecting plants, animals and the landscape.
- Sports club Mähringen: The sports club Mähringen eV was founded in 1975 and today has around 550 members. The departments of the sports club are: football, table tennis, women's and children's gymnastics, popular sports and tennis.
Volunteer firefighter
The voluntary fire brigade in Mähringen is the seventh division of the Ulm fire brigade . In Mähringen there is a youth fire brigade with 14 members, an operations department with a strength of 25 men and women and an age department. In the fire station of the department two emergency vehicles are stationed. A Löschgruppenfahrzeug and a crew transport vehicle .
Culture and sights
Local museum
The local museum in Mähringen was opened in 1978 by the Swabian Alb Association. In the museum you can see agricultural tools, furniture and other devices that “our grandparents and great-grandparents used”.
The church in Mähringen
The Protestant parish church of St. Maria Peter and Paul
- A chapel was first mentioned in 1356
- In 1497 the church was rebuilt
- 1631, the church burned in the Thirty Years' War from
- In 1638 the reconstruction of the church was completed
Regular events
- Bonfire of the Swabian Alb Association and the Mähringen volunteer fire brigade
- Maypole of the Mähringen volunteer fire brigade
- Father's day shock of the Mähringen volunteer fire brigade
- Garden and children's festival of the Mähringer choir
- Summer festival of the Mähringer sports club
- Christmas tree singing by the Mähringer choir
- The "Serenade" of the Mähringer Choral Society
- Children's musical by the children's choir Chorällchen
Natural monuments and geotopes
- Abandoned quarry Steigäcker-Blattegert, Jura geological age, geotope ID ND8421002
- Abandoned quarry Eichhalde, geological age Jura, geotope ID 8421001
literature
- Wolfgang Hinz: The Ulmer Alb - origin and development with local histories of teaching and Mähringen
- Alfred Knödler: Mähringen - A village on the Ulmer Alb
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Mähringen [Altgemeinde-Teilort] - detail page - LEO-BW. Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
- ^ 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. 445 .
- ↑ Committees. Retrieved April 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Chronicle - choruses. Retrieved on May 28, 2020 (German).
- ^ Chronicle - A-Team. Retrieved on May 28, 2020 (German).
- ^ Fire stations of the Ulm fire brigade. Department 7: Mähringen. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Guard: FF Ulm, Mähringen department - BOS vehicles - emergency vehicles and guards worldwide. Retrieved January 29, 2017 .