Oberwittighausen

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Oberwittighausen
Community Wittighausen
Coat of arms of Oberwittighausen
Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 51 ′ 6 ″  E
Height : 250 m above sea level NHN
Area : 5.74 km²
Residents : 206  (December 31, 2016)
Population density : 36 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st September 1971
Postal code : 97957
Area code : 09347
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Oberwittighausen is a district of the municipality Wittighausen in the Main-Tauber district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

f1Georeferencing Map with all the coordinates of the residential areas in the Oberwittighausen district: OSM

Oberwittighausen is at an altitude of 250 m above sea level. NHN . The local boundary encloses an area of ​​574 ha. The village of Oberwittighausen ( ⊙ ) and the residential areas at the Gaubüttelbrunn ( ⊙ ), Grenzenmühle ( ⊙ ) and Ihmet ( ⊙ ) stops belong to the former municipality of Oberwittighausen .

history

The place Oberwittighausen was first mentioned in a document in 1060. In 1131 it was called Wittigehusen, and in 1243 it was first called "Wittingenhusen superior" (Oberwittighausen) in contrast to "Inferior Witegehusen" (Unterwittighausen). The community Wittighausen was formed on September 1, 1971 in the course of the administrative reform by the merger of the two then independent communities Oberwittighausen and Unterwittighausen .

Population development

Development of the Oberwittighaus population
year population
1961 394
1970 365
2016 206

Sources: Community directory and information from the Wittighausen community

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

Church of St. Aegidius

The Agidius Church is in the place.

St. Sigismund Chapel

Also worth seeing is the Romanesque chapel of St. Sigismund .

traffic

Personalities

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Wittighausen community: Oberwittighausen district on the Wittighausen community website . Online at www.wittighausen.de. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ LEO-BW, discover regional studies online Oberwittighausen
  3. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from June 6, 1961 (municipality register)
  4. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from May 27, 1970 (municipal register)
  5. ↑ Updated data from the Wittighausen community based on the 2011 census in the European Union (census)
  6. ^ 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 .