Ochsenhausen

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Coat of arms of the city of Ochsenhausen
Ochsenhausen
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Coordinates: 48 ° 4 '  N , 9 ° 57'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Tübingen
County : Biberach
Height : 613 m above sea level NHN
Area : 59.96 km 2
Residents: 8856 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 148 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 88416
Area code : 07352
License plate : BC
Community key : 08 4 26 087
City structure: 3 districts

City administration address : 		Marktplatz 1
88416 Ochsenhausen
Website : www.ochsenhausen.de
Mayor : Andreas Denzel
Location of the city of Ochsenhausen in the Biberach district
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Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen from the east
Ochsenhausen monastery church
Ochsenhausen Monastery from the southeast
Ochsenhausen Monastery

Ochsenhausen is a town on the main route of the Oberschwäbische Barockstraße , known for the former imperial abbey of the Benedictines , today the state academy for young people making music in Baden-Württemberg , and the narrow-gauge railway " Öchsle ". Mainly due to a large plant of the Liebherr Group , but also due to the Südpack Group and other small and medium-sized companies, the city is an essential industrial and commercial location in the Biberach district .

City structure

Since the community reform in 1975, the formerly independent communities Reinstetten, Hattenburg and Mittelbuch with the districts Wennedach , Laubach, Eichen, Goppertshofen, Bebenhaus and Einöden belong to the city of Ochsenhausen .

history

Middle Ages and early modern times

There is a legend about the origin of the name . According to this, a nunnery named Hohenhusen should have existed in the area as early as the 9th century. In the 10th century, the nuns fled the invading Hungarians into Austria. They are said to have buried a chest with their treasures and relics. Years later, an ox came across the wooden box while plowing. The joy was great, a little later the Ochsenhausen monastery was built on the site of the find.

The story Ochs Stockhausen is closely related to the former Benedictine - ochsenhausen abbey connected. The monastery was consecrated in 1093. In 1391 Ochsenhausen, which previously belonged to the St. Blasien monastery , became an independent abbey. The monastery church was built between 1489 and 1495 under Abbot Simon Langenberger, from 1615 to 1618 the new convent building was built under Abbot Johannes Lang, and from 1783 to 1789 the library and convent hall were added under the last Abbot Romuald Weltin.

In 1495 it was given the title of a free imperial abbey. In 1501 their feudal farmers armed from 38 villages rose against the monastery and in 1502 they achieved an improvement in their feudal conditions. This should explain why the Peasant Wars in 1525 did not cause any major damage there. His prelate Gerwick Blarer also succeeded in preventing the Reformation from being introduced in this area.

See also: Castle Ametshausen , Burgenbuch mountain , castle Buchhalde , Castle Had Burg , Burg Mittelbuch , castle Oberstetten , castle Reinstetten , castle Rottum

19th century

In the course of secularization, the town and monastery of Ochsenhausen were seized by Imperial Count Franz Georg von Metternich-Winneburg-Beilstein on February 20, 1803 with a patent to all subjects. On June 30, 1803, Emperor Franz II granted the imperial count the personal prince dignity and elevated Ochsenhausen to a principality. In connection with the formation of the Rhine Confederation , the area fell under constitutional law to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806 . From 1809 to 1810 Ochsenhausen was the seat of its own Oberamt, but was then subordinated to the Oberamt Biberach . In 1825 Metternich sold his possessions in Ochsenhausen for 1.2 million guilders to Württemberg.

20th century

Due to the administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg , the place has belonged to the Biberach district since 1938. After the Second World War, Ochsenhausen fell into the French occupation zone and thus came to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947 .

1950 Ochsenhausen received city ​​rights .

From 1952 Ochsenhausen and the district of Biberach belong to the administrative district of Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern (since 1973 administrative district of Tübingen ) within the new federal state of Baden-Württemberg.

In the course of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , the previously independent municipalities Reinstetten (on December 1, 1971) and Mittelbuch (on January 1, 1975) were incorporated into Ochsenhausen.

At the beginning of the 1980s, the renovation of the inner city began in order to adapt it to modern needs. The associated efforts were recognized as exemplary in 2005 by the Baden-Württemberg Minister of Economics at the time, Ernst Pfister (FDP).

Religions

Catholic Church

To this day, Ochsenhausen is predominantly Roman Catholic and until the beginning of the 19th century was ecclesiastically assigned to the diocese of Constance . The Catholics have belonged to the Rottenburg diocese since 1821 , currently in the Biberach deanery .

Protestant church

Since 1848 there has also been a Protestant parish, from 1898 with its own parish. Within the Evangelical Regional Church , the parish of Ochsenhausen belongs to the church district of Biberach .

politics

Municipal council

In Ochsenhausen, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection of a part of town. The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . 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 26, 2019 led to the following final result: The turnout was 58.87%.

grouping Election result Seats 2014 result
Free voters 37.3% 7th 38.1%, 7 seats
CDU 35.5% 7th 43.5%, 8 seats
Social-ecological alliance (SÖB) 16.1% 3 -
PRO-OX 11.1% 2 -
SPD - - 11.1%, 2 seats
Independent list - - 07.3%, 1 seat

mayor

On June 28, 2015, Mayor Andreas Denzel (independent) was confirmed in the first ballot for a third term. Andreas Denzel received 57.8%, competitor Hans-Jörg Nordmeyer (No! Party) received 34.9% of the valid votes. The turnout was 32.4%.

Town twinning

maintains Ochsenhausen with:

Economy and Infrastructure

Öchsle steam locomotive

traffic

Road traffic

Ochsenhausen is on the federal highway 312 ( Stuttgart - Memmingen ). This crosses the federal highway 30 in Biberach an der Riss. Ochsenhausen is approx. 20 km east of it.

Museum train "Öchsle"

The Öchsle , the narrow-gauge railway from Biberach an der Riss to Ochsenhausen was opened in 1899. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station buildings of Reinstetten and Ochsenhausen as unit stations of type IIa and IIIa. Passenger traffic was discontinued in 1964, today a tourist museum train uses the tracks to Warthausen .

Long-distance hiking trail

The Main-Danube-Bodensee-Weg , a long-distance hiking trail of the Swabian Alb Association , also leads through Ochsenhausen.

Established businesses

  • The Liebherr -Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH (founded in 1954), with 1,775 employees produce annually about 900,000 refrigerators and freezers.
  • The company Südpack Verpackungen GmbH & Co., is another large employer in Ochsenhausen with 950 employees.
  • Angele Schmiedetechnik in the Reinstetten suburb is a manufacturer of forge fires and workshop equipment for artisan forging .
  • Wölfle GmbH, builds driver's cabs, controls and cable assemblies for Liebherr, among others.

Catholic Church

Ochsenhausen was the seat of the former Deanery Ochsenhausen. The pastoral care unit St. Benedikt Ochsenhausen is now part of the Biberach deanery of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese .

Educational institutions

Mayor Andreas Denzel at the Abiball 2012

In the municipality of Ochsenhausen there are general education schools of all types: a grammar school , a secondary school , the Ochsenhausen-Reinstetten community school , the Ochsenhausen elementary school, the Mittelbuch elementary school and a special needs school , the Rottumtalschule in Ochsenhausen.

With the Fürstenwaldschule, there is also a forest educational offer to the kindergartens and schools in the district as well as to interested adult groups. Once a year, the “Forest Youth Games” for the Ochsenhausen schools take place there and in the nearby Fürstenwald.

The state academy for young musicians in Baden-Württemberg is housed in the buildings of the former monastery . It has set itself the task of “strengthening the musical and cultural forces in the education of young people”.

In the field of adult and advanced training , the Ochsenhausen educational center offers a wide range of advanced training opportunities .

Culture and sights

Tourist roads

Ochsenhausen station
Museum of the washerwomen at the train station
Ochsenhausen around 1900

Ochsenhausen and the Reinstetten district are located on the Upper Swabian Baroque Road with many sights. Ochsenhausen is also located on Mühlenstraße Oberschwaben .

Museums

With the “ Öchsle ” narrow-gauge line from Ochsenhausen to Warthausen , the city has a museum railway . The station ensemble is a listed building.

The small “Museum of Washerwomen” is located in the northern part of the Öchsle train station.

The monastery museum in the castle district provides information about the extensive history of the former Benedictine imperial abbey in Ochsenhausen.

Buildings

Sports and other clubs

  • The TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen currently play in the first table tennis - Bundesliga men's and were among others 2019 German champions and cup winners.
  • The sports club Ochsenhausen , with its departments football, volleyball, athletics / gymnastics, badminton, floorball a versatile range / Floorball and climbing / outdoor / fitness / health.
  • The handball sports club HSV Reinstetten / Ochsenhausen eV looks after young people and active people.
  • City Guard on horseback Königsdragoner Ochsenhausen .
  • The Carnival Society-Narrenzunft Ochsenhausen is one of the oldest associations in Ochsenhausen with the official foundation in 1928 and the fools guild in 1974.

Regular events

  • At the Öchsle Festival (every year in mid-June), the entire city area is transformed into a historic craft market with agricultural vintage vehicles.
  • The Fürstenwaldlauf , which takes place annually in June, has existed since 1980 . It was one of the very first fun runs and had an above-average response as early as the 1980s. It begins in the Hopfengarten Stadium and then leads through the Fürstenwald.
  • The Mostfest has existed since the early 1980s and awards prizes to the best must . The participants come from all over Upper Swabia, from the Swabian Alb, from the Allgäu and from the Lake Constance area.
  • Every Friday before Ash Wednesday (sooty Friday), the Carnival Society-Narrenzunft Ochsenhausen eV organizes their night parade with around 5,000 participants and around 10,000 guests.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Max Herold, retired mayor D. 1975-1999
  • Alfred Remmele (1930–2020), entrepreneur

sons and daughters of the town

literature

  • Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Description of the Oberamt Biberach . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1837 ( full text at Wikisource )
  • Volker Himmelein (ed.): Old monasteries, new masters. Secularization in the German Southwest 1803. Articles. First part. Prehistory and course of secularization . Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0212-2

Web links

Commons : Ochsenhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Ochsenhausen  - travel guide
Wikisource: Ochsenhausen in the description of the Oberamt Biberach from 1837  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Ochsenhausen Monastery: Milestones kloster-ochsenhausen.de
  3. ↑ Volker Himmelein (ed.): Old monasteries, new masters. Secularization in the German Southwest 1803. Articles. First part. Prehistory and course of secularization , pp. 428/430
  4. ^ 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. 525 and 546 .
  5. ^ Election information for the municipal data center
  6. ^ State gazette Baden-Württemberg, Mayor election Ochsenhausen , accessed on November 11, 2019
  7. ^ Rainer Stein: The Württemberg standard station on branch lines . In: Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report . tape 1 , no. V / 96 . Merker, Fürstenfeldbruck 1996, ISBN 3-922404-96-0 , p. 80-83 .
  8. ↑ www.svochsenhausen.de
  9. ^ Ferdinand Leinecker: Thousands celebrate the night parade. Retrieved January 4, 2019 .