Owen

This article deals with the city in Baden-Württemberg; for other meanings, see Owen (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '  N , 9 ° 27'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Esslingen
Height :	391 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.7 km 2
Residents:	3392 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	350 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73277
Area code :	07021
License plate :	ES, NT
Community key :	08 1 16 054
City administration address :	Rathausstrasse 8 73277 Owen
Website :	www.owen.de
Mayoress :	Verena Grötzinger
Location of the city of Owen in the Esslingen district

Owen [ ˈaʊ̯ən ] is a country town in the Esslingen district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Stuttgart region (until 1992 the Middle Neckar region ) and the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart . Owen is part of the Swabian Alb Biosphere Area and the UNESCO Geopark Swabian Alb with its entire area .

geography

Geographical location

Owen as seen from Teck Castle

View from the B 465 to the new development area of ​​Owen, Teckberg and Teck Castle

Owen is located in the foothills of the central Swabian Alb directly on the Albtrauf in the valley of the "Lenninger" Lauter , below Teck Castle on the Zeugenberg Teckberg in the east ( 775  m above sea level ) and the Bassgeige spur ( 744  m above sea level , just outside) ) of the Alb plateau in the southwest. Owen is around 7 km south of Kirchheim unter Teck and over 20 km southeast of the district town of Esslingen am Neckar . The lowest point is just under 350  m above sea level. NN in the valley of the Tiefenbach , which drains the western city corridor in a shorter north-western course just above the Lauter into the Neckar .

Owen and its entire area are part of the Swabian Alb biosphere area.

City structure

In addition to the core city, Owen includes Teck Castle and the abandoned villages of Schupenhof and Säubad.

Neighboring communities

The neighboring municipalities are all municipalities in their own district of Esslingen. There are in turn Dettingen unter Teck in the north, Bissingen an der Teck in the east, Lenningen (with the next district Brucken) and Erkenbrechtsweiler in the south and Beuren in the west .

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Owen with Teck, view from Kieser's forest inventory book 1683/1685

View of Owen and Teck Castle from Brucker Fels

Finds from the Neolithic Age were made in the western part of the district, but it is not certain whether people settled there at that time. The Teckberg was used in the Bronze and Hallstatt Ages and in the early Middle Ages. In the second century AD there was a Roman manor in the Owener district. How old the settlement actually is cannot be determined with certainty.

Since many places in southern Germany had similar names, the first documentary mention of Owen was not possible until 1261. This mention is about a servant of the Lords of Teck named Evil Knight . Research assumes that the present city was founded in the middle of the 13th century at the latest above the old village above the Lauter , an approximately rectangular settlement with three larger gates and the Bernhard chapel on the market square. The road ran through the city. Remains of the moat and the city wall are still there. The church of the old village outside the city wall, the Marienkirche (documented in writing in 1267), was the burial place of the dukes of Teck. The city palace built by the dukes when the city was founded was probably destroyed in 1638/1639, and today's town hall was built in its place in 1837. In 1385 the city finally came to Württemberg and now belonged to the Vogtei Kirchheim. When the new administrative structure in the Kingdom of Württemberg was implemented , Owen remained assigned to the Oberamt Kirchheim . Owen was incorporated into the newly formed district of Nürtingen through the law on the division of the country .

Towards the end of the Second World War , 53 houses were destroyed in air raids in Owen on April 20 and 21, 1945. In 1945 Owen became part of the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. In 1973 the district reform took place in Baden-Württemberg , when Owen came to the Esslingen district.

Place name

The name Owen is pronounced Auen , which is also printed in brackets on some maps as a name affix. Auen means water-rich floodplain . Owen is the old German spelling for it and is retained in the place name to this day. Due to the unusual pronunciation, the place is also recorded in the spelling dictionary. Memorandum: "Auen say the cunning, Owen the stupid."

Religions

Marienkirche

Owen has been evangelical since the Reformation . The Protestant parish of Owen has approx. 2100 members (as of 2005). The services take place in the over 600 year old Marienkirche .

The Catholic Christians belong to the nearest parish in Lenningen . Owen has a Catholic community center where Holy Mass is celebrated every week.

Population development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).

year Population numbers December 3, 1834 ¹ 1,546 December 3, 1861 ¹ 1,557 December 1, 1900 ¹ 1,629 May 17, 1939 ¹ 1,582 October 29, 1946 ¹ 1,945 September 13, 1950 ¹ 2.139 June 6, 1961 ¹ 2,432 May 27, 1970 ¹ 2,685

year Population numbers May 25, 1987 ¹ 2,925 December 31, 1990 3,089 December 31, 1995 3,272 December 31, 2000 3,485 December 31, 2005 3,495 December 31, 2010 3,449 May 9, 2011 ¹ 3,421 December 31, 2015 3,415

politics

Municipal council

The Owen parish council has 14 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairperson. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 40 30th 20th 10 0 39.00% 28.57% 32.43% UWV BWV FW Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6 +1.00  % p -4.55  % p + 3.55  % p UWV BWV FW
UWV	Independent electoral association	39.0	5	38.0	5
BWV	Civic voters' association	28.57	4th	33.12	5
FWV	Free electoral association	32.43	5	28.88	4th
total		100.0	14th	100.0	14th
voter turnout		70.28%		64.59%

mayor

• until 1972 Otto Heinz
• 1972–2008 Siegfried Roser
• since 2008 Verena Grötzinger. She was re-elected in September 2016 with a vote of 98 percent.

Owen Town Hall (2016)

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver the black Latin capital letter O."

The capital letter, which probably comes from a spot mark and is significant for the initial of the place name, has appeared in seals since the 15th century. It can be identified as a coat of arms since 1535. From the late 17th to the 20th century, the Württemberger stag bar lay above him . In the 19th century, a quartered shield appeared temporarily: In fields 2 and 3 the diamonds of the Teck, in field 1 a spade, in field 4 an ear of wheat. In 1931, however, with official approval, they reverted to the 1535 template and omitted the stag rod.

flag

Black and white (confirmed 1956)

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Owen (Teck) railway station

Owen is connected to the national rail network by the Teckbahn ( Wendlingen - Oberlenningen ), whose section Wendlingen-Kirchheim / Teck has been served by the S1 of the Stuttgart S-Bahn network since December 13, 2009, while the section Kirchheim / Teck- Oberlenningen will continue to operate diesel multiple units with a stop in Owen. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building in 1899 as a type IIIa unit station . There are also bus connections to neighboring communities.

The B 465 runs through Owen from Kirchheim unter Teck to Blaubeuren . The A 8 motorway can be reached via the Kirchheim unter Teck-Ost junction five kilometers away.

Established businesses

The Leuze Group is of great economic importance in Owen . The group of companies has production sites around the world. Its subsidiary Leuze electronic produces sensor technology.

VinoTeck is a major wine trading company.

Educational institutions

With the Sibylle von der Teck School, Owen has his own elementary school . There are also two kindergartens in the city.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Bernhard Chapel

• The castle Teck on the Teckberg was in the 12th century the headquarters of the Zähringer , later the Duke of Teck and came in the 14th century Württemberg . The castle was destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 . Since the castle developed into a popular excursion destination from the late 19th century, a large hiking home was built there until the 1950s.
• The Gothic Marienkirche was the burial place of the Dukes of Teck and was essentially built in its present form in the late 14th century. It was badly damaged in World War II and rebuilt by 1952.
• Bernhardskapelle , now used for civic events.
• The city of Owen has set up the Owener History House in the former Beginenklause since 2011 . In December 2011, the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office declared the Beginenklause Monument of the Month .

Regular events

• Owen May Day traditionally takes place on the last Tuesday in May.
• From 1988 to 2006 the Owener Rock Night took place in the Teckhalle every year.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Friedrich Christoph Steinhofer (1706–1761), theologian, one of the fathers of Swabian Pietism
• Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz (1761–1799), composer
• Ferdinand Friedrich Freiherr von Biedenfeld (1764–1834), Major General of Baden
• Karl Christoph Renz (1770–1829), country pastor
• Karl Friedrich Strobel (1836–1897), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
• Hermann Kling (1880–1957), member of the state parliament, member of the Reichstag

People who lived and worked in Owen

• Heiko Krimmer (1943–2015), German Protestant pastor in Dettingen, author
• Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), German poet, was Protestant parish vicar in Owen from 1829–1831.
• Wilhelm Zimmermann (1807–1878), a member of parliament (e.g. in St. Paul's Church in 1848), was a Protestant pastor in Owen from 1872 onwards.

literature

• Hans Schwenkel : Home book of the Nürtingen district. Volume 2. Würzburg 1953, pp. 1006-1039.
• The Esslingen district - ed. from the State Archives Baden-Württemberg i. V. with the district of Esslingen, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0842-1 , volume 2, page 361
• Rudolf Locher: Old Owen. Mayor's Office Owen, Omnitypie, Stuttgart 1977.
• Karl Heinz Alber, Dörthe Jakobs: Bernhardskapelle Owen ed. from the State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council, Esslingen am Neckar, 1st edition, Fink, Lindenberg 2005, ISBN 3-89870-244-8 .

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Owen  - Travel Guide

Wikisource: Owen  - in the description of the Oberamt Kirchheim from 1842

• Owen at leo-bw, the regional information system for Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 . Pp. 204-206
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Owen.
4. ^ Law on Land Division of April 25, 1938 .
5. ↑ http://www.owen.de/freizeit-kultur/geschichte/ History Owens
6. ^ Wikipedia: Kirchheim unter Teck church district
7. ↑ Klemens Stadler: German coat of arms. Volume VIII: Baden-Württemberg page 84 . With drawings by Max Reinhart. Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1971.
8. ^ 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 .