Nellingen

This article deals with the community of Nellingen near Ulm; for the district of the same name in Ostfildern see Nellingen auf den Fildern .

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Local government association:	Laichinger Alb
Height :	684 m above sea level NHN
Area :	35.78 km 2
Residents:	2044 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	57 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89191
Area code :	07337
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 084
Address of the municipal administration:	Schulplatz 17 89191 Nellingen
Website :	www.nellingen.de
Mayor :	Christoph Jung
Location of the municipality of Nellingen in the Alb-Donau district

Aerial view of Nellingen

Nellingen , with the districts of Oppingen and Aichen, is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district about 20 kilometers north-west of Ulm .

geography

Nellingen lies on the middle Kuppenalb , part of the Swabian Alb .

nature and landscape

The juniper heaths near Aichen are particularly protected. A 49.9 hectare area was declared a Mönchsteig nature reserve by the Tübingen regional council on February 20, 1991. The heathland should be preserved and cared for in its typical appearance with the extensive agriculture associated with it as sheep pasture. The habitat of the rough meadows with their many protected animal and plant species as well as the loosened, structured forest edge with the many bird species adapted to this structure are of particular ecological value.

Neighboring communities

Nellingen borders the following cities and municipalities (clockwise from the north): Geislingen an der Steige ( district of Göppingen ), Amstetten , Lonsee , Dornstadt , Merklingen (all Alb-Donau district ), Bad Ditzenbach and Deggingen (district of Göppingen)

Community structure

The hamlet of Aichen, which is mentioned as Aichheim as early as 1143, belongs to Nellingen. Aichen is known for the motorway service station on federal motorway 8 . In 1975 the municipality of Oppingen was incorporated into Nellingen.

history

Nellingen was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century. In 1372, Emperor Charles IV granted market rights and the right to a stick and gallows. In the decades before and around 1400, Nellingen gradually came into the possession of the Free Imperial City of Ulm and, together with it, belonged to Bavaria for a few years at the beginning of the 19th century .

religion

The majority of the population is Protestant .

Incorporations

On January 1, 1975, as part of the general reform of the municipality, the municipality of Oppingen was incorporated into Nellingen.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Nellingen has 12 members. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 29, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The turnout was 66.05%.

Political party	be right	Seats
Citizens' List (BL)	53.6%	6th
Free Citizens List (FBL)	46.4%	6th

mayor

• ? until 1826 Daniel Näher
• 1826 to 1847 Johann Georg Kröll
• 1847 to 1867 Johannes Staudenmaier
• 1867 to 1891 Marx Raimund Allgöwer
• 1891 to 1903: Marx Schall
• 1903 to 1923: Johannes Bollinger sen.
• 1923 to? : Johannes Bollinger jun.
• 1945 to 1946: Abraham Wiedemann
• 1946 to 1954: Johannes Wittlinger
• 1954 to 1962: Johannes Bollinger jun.
• 1962 to 1977: Stephan Allgöwer
• 1977 to 1993: Ernst Bühler
• 1993 to 2001: Rainer Schaller
• 2001 to 2019: Franko Kopp
• since 2020: Christoph Jung

The mayor is elected for an eight-year term.

Culture and sights

Andreas Church

Nellinger Heimatmuseum

Mönchsteig nature reserve near Aichen

Museums

• Local history museum Nellingen
• Private peasant museum

Buildings

The late Gothic Protestant St. Andrew's Church has a wooden ceiling from 1492 and wall paintings that are still in good condition. The high baroque carved door leaves are also remarkable.

Regular events

The traditional Nellingen Jakobi market takes place annually on July 25th or, if it falls on a Sunday, the Saturday before. Another highlight is the traditional farmer's race for the Nellingen Grand Prix, which always takes place every two years on the even year numbers at the end of August.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Nellingen is located between Geislingen an der Steige and Laichingen directly on the federal motorway 8 Stuttgart - Munich ( Merklingen junction ).

The community belongs to the Donau-Iller local transport network . The bus line 49 connects the place with Ulm , the line 360 ​​with the train station Geislingen (Steige) on the Filstalbahn Stuttgart-Ulm. A little closer, namely eight kilometers northeast of Nellingen, is the Amstetten (Württ) train station on the Filstalbahn. From there, the Württemberg Railway Company operated the Amstetten – Laichingen branch line until 1985. The trains also stopped at the stations in Oppingen and Nellingen. Part of the meter-gauge railway from Amstetten to Oppingen is now a museum railway .

As part of the new Wendlingen – Ulm line under construction , the establishment of the Merklingen (Swabian Alb) train station is being considered, and Nellingen will contribute financially to its costs.

In the triangle between Nellingen, Amstetten and Oppingen there is also the Oppingen-Au glider airfield , which can be approached by motor gliders , single-engine aircraft up to 2 t MTOW and ultralight aircraft.

education

There is a primary school in Nellingen. Secondary schools (Realschule, Gymnasium) are in Laichingen and Geislingen .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter (1506–1557), humanist, Chancellor of Lower Austria
• Leonhard Hutter (1563–1616), Lutheran theologian
• Georg Widmanstetter († 1618), from 1586 court printer in Graz

Web links

Commons : Nellingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Nellingen in the description of the Oberamt Blaubeuren from 1830  - sources and full texts

• Nellingen at LEO-BW
• Website of the community of Nellingen

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Law Gazette for Baden-Württemberg, born 1991, 205–207: Ordinance of the Tübingen regional council on the "Mönchsteig" nature reserve
3. ^ 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. 543 .
4. ↑ Südwest Presse Online-Dienst GmbH: Mayor election Nellingen 2019: Christoph Jung succeeds Franko Kopp. October 20, 2019, accessed May 6, 2020 .