Upper stadium

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '  N , 9 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	532 m above sea level NHN
Area :	15.8 km 2
Residents:	1565 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	99 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89613
Primaries :	07357, 07393
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 091
Address of the municipal administration:	Kirchplatz 29 89613 Oberstadion
Website :	www.oberstadion.de
Mayor :	Kevin Wiest
Location of the municipality of Oberstadion in the Alb-Donau district

Upper stadium with castle around 1900

Upper stadium

Catholic church in the Hundersingen district

Oberstadion is an Upper Swabian municipality in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

Oberstadion is located in northern Upper Swabia between Ehingen (Danube) and Biberach an der Riss . The Stehenbach, which flows into the Danube, flows through the municipality.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Unterstadion , in the east on Schemmerhofen and in the south on Attenweiler , both in the district of Biberach , in the west on Grundsheim and Uttenweiler .

Community structure

Moosbeuren around 1900

The community consists of the districts Oberstadion, Hundersingen , Moosbeuren , Mundeldingen , Mühlhausen and Rettighofen .

history

Around 1270, the native of Grisons, based here aristocratic family named the stadium after the town.

In the course of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , the municipalities of Mundeldingen (on January 1, 1972), Moosbeuren (on November 1, 1972) and Hundersingen (on January 1, 1975) were incorporated into Oberstadion.

politics

Administrative association

The municipality belongs to the municipal administration association Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Munderkingen .

mayor

In September 2016, Kevin Wiest was elected as the new mayor with 87% of the vote.

Partnerships

Oberstadion maintains partnership relationships with

• Flößberg , today part of the city of Frohburg in Saxony .

Educational institutions

With the Christoph von Schmid School, Oberstadion has a primary , secondary and technical secondary school . There are also secondary schools in Munderkingen and Ehingen .

Center of the Osterbrunnen Oberstadion

Culture and sights

In 2014, Oberstadion is aiming for an entry in the Guinness Book of Records with its Easter fountain, which currently has almost 27,000 eggs .

Museums

• Christoph von Schmid memorial with two nativity scenes
• Nativity Scene Museum Oberstadion in the old parish hall (year-round exhibition)

Buildings

• St. Martinus Church in the Oberstadion : a nave with five side chapels and eleven altars, seven of which are Gothic winged altars from the so-called Ulm School , the famous wood and stone sculptors of the 15th century. The choir stalls are by the sculptor Jörg Syrlin the Younger and the high altar is by the painter Jörg Stocker .
• Mundeldinger Käppele; the Marienkapelle was built in 1992/3 by committed Mundelders on their own.
• Moosbeurer Galgen: Grove near Moosbeuren, in which executions were carried out in the past and are believed to be under the remains of the Celts because it stands on a rather unnatural hill. The annual Gallows Festival takes place in the Gallows Forest every summer.

Personalities

• Christoph von Schmid (1786–1854), the poet of the Christmas carol Your little children, came from 1816 to 1827 as a pastor in the Oberstadion.

sons and daughters of the town

• Josef Baur (1857–1927), Oberamtmann in Württemberg
• Bonifaz Natter (1866–1906), Benedictine monk and abbot of St. Mary's Abbey in Buckfast

Others

• Latzmann custom on Whit Monday in the Hundersingen suburb

Web links

Commons : Oberstadion  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Oberstadion in the description of the Oberamt Ehingen from 1826  - sources and full texts

• Upper stadium at LEO-BW
• Website of the community
• Nativity Museum Oberstadion

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Ingrid Sachsenmaier: Oberstadion: record attempt with Easter fountain. Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper , April 19, 2014, accessed on April 22, 2014 .