Mottschießen

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Mottschießen
City of Pfullendorf
Former Mottschieß municipal coat of arms
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 42 ″  N , 9 ° 17 ′ 8 ″  E
Height : 637 m
Area : 1.55 km²
Residents : 131  (June 16, 2015)
Population density : 85 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 88630
Area code : 07552

Mottschieß , until 1965 Mottschies , is one of seven localities in the town of Pfullendorf in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .

geography

Geographical location

The small village of Mottschieß is located in the old moraine area east of the Andelsbach valley , around 4.6 kilometers northeast of Pfullendorf at 644  m above sea level. NN . Historically, it is on the border between Hohenzollern and Baden . There are large forests around the place, for example the “Pfullendorfer Wald” or the “ Weithart ” in the north. The Mottschießer Graben , which touches the place in the south, is a right tributary of the Andelsbach.

Only the village Mottschieß belongs to the village of Mottschieß .

Expansion of the area

The total area of ​​the Mottschieß district covers 155 hectares.

history

Finds from the Hallstatt period (around 2500 years ago) are early witnesses of human settlement on the municipal area.

Mottschieß was first mentioned in 1348 as Motschiesse and since its first mention it has belonged to the Sigmaringen rule and from 1460 to the Sigmaringen county , which was awarded to the Counts of Zollern in 1535 . Sigmaringen was entitled to the lower court and the collection . The Pfullendorf Hospital ruled until 1806. The Habsthal , Inzigkofen and Salem monasteries also owned the town .

In the course of mediatization , Mottschies came to the Oberamt Sigmaringen as a rural community . This Hohenzollern Oberamt belonged to the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen from 1807 to 1850 and then as part of the Hohenzollern Lands of Prussia until its dissolution in 1925 . After the merger of the Gammertingen and Sigmaringen regional offices in 1925, Mottschies was part of the Sigmaringen district.

Entrance area of ​​the ammunition store with a privacy fence and watchtower

Towards the end of the Second World War , a dud hit Mottschies in swampy terrain in 1945. In addition, a propeller-driven Fieseler Fi 156 Storch aircraft had to make an emergency landing on Birkholz in 1945 . Three soldiers who deserted the Eastern Front and wanted to go to Switzerland only had enough fuel to get to Mottschies. The plane was plundered by the population: communion clothes were made from the white silk of the parachutes, and socks were knitted from braided ropes. After the place was liberated by French troops, they took the plane under guard. Mottschies was part of the French zone of occupation .

At the end of the 1950s , a site ammunition defeat of the Bundeswehr for the Pfullendorf and Weingarten locations was set up in the "Weithart" forest, northeast of the village and west of Levertsweiler . Tactical nuclear weapons of the US armed forces were probably also stored in the bunkers of the Mottschieß ammunition storage facility from 1969 to the 1980s .

With the approval of the state government with a resolution of August 10, 1965, the community Mottschies was renamed "Mottschieß" . The community was added to the city of Pfullendorf on January 1, 1973 as part of the Baden-Württemberg community reform .

Residents

Mottschieß currently has 131 residents in around 45 households (as of June 2015). In 1885 the place had 106 inhabitants, in 1925 there were 116.

religion

Mottschieß was in a dualistic parish : Protestant Christians belonged to the Hohenzollern Sigmaringen, Catholics from the Baden parish of Zell am Andelsbach . The right of patronage was granted to the city of Pfullendorf in 1694. The Catholic parish today belongs to the pastoral care unit Oberer Linzgau. Evangelicals to Pfullendorf.

politics

Local council

The village of Mottschieß has its own local council , which consists of seven voluntary local councils including a local mayor as chairman. The local council is directly elected by the people. The electoral term lasts five years. Since the municipal elections in Baden-Württemberg in 2014, the local council has been composed as follows:

Local council election
Mottschieß 2014
 %
60
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
59.1%
40.9%
Gains / losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-4.0  % p
+ 4.0  % p
Parties and constituencies %
2014
Seats
2014
%
2009
Seats
2009
FW Free voters 59.1 4th 63.1 5
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 40.9 3 36.9 2
total 100.0 7th 100.0 7th
Voter turnout in% 82.4 85.5

Mayor

  • since 1999: Erich Greinacher (Free Voters)

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Mottschiess shows three (2: 1) swimming red fish (carp) in a divided shield above in gold , and below in red a standing golden deer . The three swimming fish in the upper part of the coat of arms indicate the long tradition of fish farming in Mottschiess. The stag indicates that the place once belonged to the county of Sigmaringen. The upper half of the shield reverses the Sigmaringer colors.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • The Catholic Chapel of St. Maria (Schwäblishauser Straße 7) goes back to a late Gothic religious building built in 1716 and demolished in 1968. Today's chapel was built with funds from the then independent community and with a lot of personal contribution and was consecrated in 1971. The outdoor area was renewed in 2014. The furnishings include a rosary Madonna (a wooden panel from the first half of the 17th century) and a Madonna and Child (a wooden sculpture from 1500). The bell of the Marienkapelle was cast in Constance in 1759 and still rings daily at 6 a.m., 12 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Stones from the Pfullendorf Gebsentor were auctioned for 236 guilders for the construction of the “Frieden” inn .
  • The old town hall from 1950 was renovated in three steps. In 2011 a modern extension was opened. In 2015, the dry rot in the basement of the old part of the building had to be fought. In the building there is the Dorfstube with kitchen, this small hall can be rented for private events.
  • A trough fountain with the village's coat of arms and the year splashes on the cobbled village square in the center of the village.
  • Between Mottschieß and Schwäblishausen is the “Mottschießbaum”, a large linden tree, and a fenced metal field cross on a stone base.

Regular events

  • The village tradition includes setting up a fool's tree and maypole.
  • On the Sunday of the Spark, the Mottschieß jester society ignites a bonfire .
  • The summer festival is organized every year by the Mottschieß jester society with the Schnellergilde.
  • Advent singing takes place annually on Rathausplatz.

Economy and Infrastructure

For centuries Mottschieß was mainly characterized by hunting and fishing. In the first half of the 19th century, for example, the town had five artificially created urban ponds that were used for fish farming. Finally, the breeding pond in the Weiherwäldle was drained, where a fallow deer enclosure is located today. There were also numerous charcoal burners. From the original agriculture there are still four farms today, two of which are full-time. There are numerous one-man businesses in the village, most of them on the side, however.

education

The next kindergarten is St. Peter and Paul in Schwäblishausen. The children used to go to school in Zell (today's village community center), from the mid-1960s in Schwäblishausen (today's kindergarten) and now in the primary school at Härle in Pfullendorf.

traffic

Mottschieß and its buildings are mainly to the left and right of Landesstraße 268, which leads from Pfullendorf to Mengen.

media

A separate newsletter called “Our Village” provides the citizens with current information.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Districts on the website of the city of Pfullendorf , accessed on June 3, 2015
  2. a b c d e f g cf. Pfullendorf e) Mottschieß . In: The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VII: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4 . Pp. 834-841, here p. 837.
  3. ^ A b c Jürgen Witt (jüw): Peace march arouses fears . In: Südkurier of June 16, 2015
  4. Mottschieß . In: Walther Genzmer (Ed.): Die Kunstdenkmäler Hohenzollern. Volume 2; Sigmaringen district. W. Speemann, Stuttgart 1948. pp. 249 f.
  5. Jürgen Witt (jüw), Kirsten Johanson (kaj): That's what citizens say about Mottschieß . In: Südkurier from June 19, 2015.
  6. a b c d e f g h i j k l m Kirsten Johanson (kaj): Mottschieß: Small village with many small businesses . In: Südkurier of June 16, 2015.
  7. GABl 412/1965
  8. ^ 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. 504 .
  9. Result of the Mottschieß local council election 2014 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pfullendorf.typo3-umsetzung.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the city of Pfullendorf.
  10. Very high voter turnout . In: Südkurier of June 10, 2009.
  11. St. Maria (Schwäblishauser Straße 7, Pfullendorf) on the pages of www.leo-bw.de (regional information system for Baden-Württemberg)
  12. ^ Claudia Wagner: Enthusiastic visitors to the Pfullendorfer city stories . In: Südkurier of March 8, 2015