Mergelstetten
Mergelstetten
City of Heidenheim an der Brenz
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Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ 33 ″ N , 10 ° 9 ′ 22 ″ E | |
Area : | 9.35 km² |
Residents : | 6812 (Dec. 31, 2014) |
Population density : | 729 inhabitants / km² |
Mergelstetten is a district of the district town of Heidenheim an der Brenz in Baden-Württemberg .
The place name Mergelstetten ( Latin Merchelinestetin ) is probably derived from the large marl deposits in the area. However, a derivation from the personal name Merkilo is also conceivable.
The place is located south of Heidenheim on the left and right banks of the Brenz and extends with the Reutenen residential area to the Swabian Alb .
history
The more than 30 Celtic barrows in the Scheiterhau forest to the west testify to an early settlement in the Hallstatt period .
The first documentary mention is in a document from Bishop Walter von Augsburg from 1143, in which he mentions a mill, a fishing water and a farm in Mergelstetten, which are owned by the nearby Anhausen an der Brenz monastery. But it has been going from an earlier settlement by the Alemanni from.
In the south of Mergelstetten there are still the remains of the Furtheim castle ruins, popularly known as Hurwang . The castle was built by the Lords of Furtheim and first mentioned in 1209. At that time it should have been larger than the predecessor of Hellenstein Castle in Heidenheim. Furtheim / Hurwang Castle was abandoned around 1300 and has been a ruin since then, in whose vaults, according to a traditional legend, a golden crown is said to be buried to this day.
Other important dates, which are primarily associated with the economic upturn in Mergelstetten, are the year 1828, in which Jakob Zöppritz from Darmstadt founded a wool blanket factory, and the year 1901, in which Carl Schwenk from Ulm built the cement factory. The cement factory still shapes the image of Mergelstetten with its large dimensions.
On May 29, 2016, the low pressure area "Elvira" caused severe flooding. Especially in the area of the Brenzblick Residenz.
Attractions
Churches
In 1841 the old Ulrichskirche in Mergelstetter was torn down and replaced in 1843 by a Protestant church in neo-Gothic style. The architect of this church was Carl Alexander Heideloff , who had also built Lichtenstein Castle . Since the Mergelstetter community was very poor at that time, the pillars and the balustrades were made of wood instead of stone. Savings were also made on the church tower by not building it as high as originally planned. It now measures 35 meters high. Nevertheless, the Protestant church in Mergelstetten is a popular postcard motif.
A Catholic church was built in 1957 and expanded with a rectory in 1960 and a parish hall in 1972.
Observatory
The Willi-Hüll observatory is located at an altitude of approx. 540 m in Heidenheim-Mergelstetten on the Erbisberg . It is a public observatory operated by the Heidenheim Astronomy Association. It was inaugurated on September 30, 2006, is the only observatory in the Heidenheim district and can be used by students and amateur astronomers . A solar telescope has also been located there since April 2008 . Guided tours and astronomical lectures take place in the observatory.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Johann Georg Schreiner (1801 – after 1863), German painter, draftsman and lithographer, died in the USA
- Christian Gottlieb Maier (1813 – after 1878), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Heinrich von Maier (1843–1914), Oberamtmann in Württemberg
- Paul Ludwig Müller (1843–1906), sculptor of the Eberhard group in the Stuttgart palace garden
- Walter Troeltsch (1866–1933), political economist at the University of Marburg
- Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz (1881–1908), seismologist in Göttingen
Other personalities
- Christoph Gottfried Bardili (1761–1808), philosopher, died in Mergelstetten
literature
- Helmut Weimert: Historic Heidenheim. Heidenheim City Archives 2006.
Individual evidence
- ^ Siegfried Kurz: Funeral Customs in Western Hallstatt Culture , 1997, p. 203.
- ↑ Captain v. Dürrich: Grave finds near Mergelstetten . In: Annuals of the Wirtenbergische Alterthums-Verein, Volume 1, Issue 6, Stuttgart 1844–1869.
- ↑ Storm in a circle: More than 100 missions until midnight. In: swp.de. Retrieved June 1, 2016 .