Schwendi

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Schwendi (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 11 '  N , 9 ° 59'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Biberach
Height :	544 m above sea level NHN
Area :	49.23 km 2
Residents:	6726 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	137 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88477
Area code :	07353
License plate :	BC
Community key :	08 4 26 108
Community structure:	6 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Biberacher Strasse 1 88477 Schwendi
Website :	www.schwendi.de
Mayor :	Wolfgang Späth
Location of the community of Schwendi in the district of Biberach

Church and rectory in Schwendi

Schwendi is a municipality in the Biberach district in Upper Swabia .

geography

Geographical location

Schwendi is located in the middle valley of the Rot about 20 km north of the district town of Biberach an der Riss and about 30 km south of Ulm .

The nearest cities are Illertissen (12 km east), Laupheim (12 km northwest), Biberach an der Riß (20 km southwest) and Ochsenhausen (14 km south), the next big city, Ulm , is 30 km north.

Community structure

The six districts of the community are called Schwendi, Bußmannshausen , Großschafhausen , Orsenhausen , Schönebürg and Sießen im Wald ( Hörenhausen and Weihungszell ).

history

middle Ages

The Lords of Schwendi were first mentioned in a document from the Ochsenhausen monastery in 1128 .

Schwendi was a small village at the end of the Middle Ages, from the 14th to the 16th century it had around 200 inhabitants.

Early modern age

From 1552 Schwendi had the right to hold weekly and annual markets, which promoted the economic upturn. In addition, the Lords of Schwendi acquired the high level of jurisdiction in 1552 and thus independence from foreign courts. In addition to agriculture, weaving was one of the most important industries for centuries. The weavers' guild, founded in 1663, is a reminder of this.

The Schwendier noble family died out in the 17th century. With the wedding of Johanna von Schwendi with Count Franz Albrecht von Oettingen-Spielberg, the rule of Schwendi-Großschafhausen passed to the House of Oettingen-Spielberg . After the Peace of Pressburg , Schwendi fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 .

Württemberg time

In 1810, Schwendi was ceded by Bavaria to the Kingdom of Württemberg on the basis of the border treaty of 1810 and subordinated to the Oberamt Wiblingen .

In 1820, the Protestant banker Johann Gottlieb Baron von Süsskind from Augsburg acquired the property belonging to the local authority of the Oettingen family. His son Max-Theodor built the castle in 1850, which his descendants still own today.

The administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg led to membership in the Biberach district in 1938 .

post war period

After the Second World War, the place became part of the French occupation zone in 1945 and was thus assigned to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern , which was incorporated into the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

Extensive structural change began in the post-war period. The farming village became a place shaped by industry. The family company founded by Max Weishaupt , which specialized in the production of oil and gas firing systems , made a major contribution to this . Today Weishaupt GmbH has 3000 employees worldwide, including almost 1000 in its main plant in Schwendier. The current municipal area goes back to the municipal reform in the 1970s.

Incorporations

• January 1, 1972: Großschafhausen and Sießen in the forest with consecration cell
• April 1, 1972: Schönebürg
• November 1, 1974: Orsenhausen
• January 1, 1975: Bussmannshausen

Historical coats of arms of the earlier municipalities

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  Schönebürg

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  Bussmannshausen

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  Orsenhausen

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  Großschafhausen

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  They eat in the forest

politics

Municipal council

In Schwendi, the municipal council is elected using the spurious sub-district election. 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.

Party / list	Seats	Share of votes	2014
CDU	5 seats	28.45%	8 seats, 48.5%
Free electoral association	7 seats	43.67%	6 seats, 40.2%
Independent citizens	4 seats	27.88%	2 seats, 11.4%

Economy and Infrastructure

Biomass plant Schwendi by Matteo Thun

Since 1992 the Association of German Tool and Mold Makers (VDWF eV) has been registered in Schwendi as a nationwide industry association for toolmaking companies .

traffic

From 1904 to 1971 (freight traffic until 1984) there was a 16.2 kilometer branch line (Rottalmolle) from the Laupheim- West station to Schwendi via Laupheim Stadtbahnhof, Achstetten - Bronnen , Burgrieden , Burgrieden-Rot, Schwendi-Orsenhausen and Schwendi-Großschafhausen. This was dismantled around 1990, only the remaining piece from Laupheim West to Laupheim City still exists. See also the special article on the Laupheim West – Schwendi railway line .

Schwendi is about ten kilometers from the federal highway 30 (Ulm – Friedrichshafen) (exit Laupheim Nord / Achstetten).

Local businesses

The most important commercial enterprise is Weishaupt GmbH (burner and heating technology). Other companies are:

• Well management Bad Dietenbronn with the natural mineral water under the trade name Dietenbronner
• Holzwerk and Biomass-Kraftwerk-Schilling
• HAM Präzision with over 600 employees in various branch plants
• Specialist Clinic for Neurology Dietenbronn

Educational institutions

In addition to the Max Weishaupt Realschule, there is a branch of the Werkrealschule Mietingen / Schwendi and five elementary schools in the community of Schwendi .

Buildings

The rectory from 1551

The ailing castle mill from 1743

• The parish church of St. Stephanus was built in 1561 and redesigned in Baroque style in 1724 by the Lords of Oettingen-Spielberg . The church is a station on Oberschwäbische Barockstraße .
• The late Gothic St. Anna chapel with a winged altar from around 1500 was originally the parish church of the village.
• The rectory was built in 1551 by the local lord Marquard von Schwendi as his home. The half-timbered building was renovated in the 1970s.
• The St. Josef retirement home in Weihungszell .
• The Schwendi castle mill was mentioned in 1406 as a grinding mill for the hospital in the imperial city of Ulm . The current structure from 1734 has been in a dilapidated condition for decades. It is station on Mühlenstrasse Oberschwaben .
• The Weishaupt Forum is an award-winning company building designed by New York star architect Richard Meier . It was built between 1989 and 1992 on the factory premises of the Weishaupt company. It serves as the company's central training, exhibition and social building (visits only on request).
• The biomass power plant Schilling was designed by the architect Matteo Thun and completed in 2008.
• Schwendi has remnants of various castles, see Castle United Schafhausen , Castle United Schafhausen (Bergmahd) , Burg rest Schwendi , castle consecration cell

Personalities

• Lazarus von Schwendi (1522–1583), diplomat, statesman and imperial general
• Ignaz von Jaumann (1778–1862), cathedral dean and archaeologist; from 1803 to 1805 chaplain in Schwendi, from 1805 to 1814 pastor of Großschafhausen
• Hermann Georg Knapp (1828–1890), dialect poet
• Richard von Süßkind-Schwendi (1854–1946), Prussian general of the infantry
• Franz Springer (1881–1950), composer and conductor
• Max Springer (1877–1954), organist, composer, music teacher.
• Max Hammer (1884–1973), painter, restorer and author of the home book of the community of Schwendi
• Max Weishaupt (1908–1982), entrepreneur
• Alfons Auer (1915–2005), professor of moral theology, honorary citizen of Schönebürg, Schwendi community
• Siegfried Rundel (1940–2009), composer and entrepreneur (brass music publisher in Rot an der Rot )
• Edgar Grande (* 1956), political scientist

literature

• Max Hammer: Schwendi. Home register of a community in Upper Swabia . Konrad, Weißenhorn 1969.
• Josef Rehm: 900 years of Bußmannshausen. History of a Swabian village in the Rottal . Martin-Verlag Berger, Buxheim 1985, ISBN 3-7865-0134-3 .

Web links

Commons : Schwendi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Schwendi in the description of the Oberamt Laupheim from 1856  - sources and full texts

• Homepage of the community of Schwendi

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 545 .
4. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office 2019