Owingen (Haigerloch)
Owingen
City of Haigerloch
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Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 11 ″ N , 8 ° 49 ′ 43 ″ E | |
Height : | 451 m |
Residents : | 1447 (December 31, 2018) |
Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
Postal code : | 72401 |
Area code : | 07474 |
Owingen is a district of Haigerloch in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ) and is located in the southwest of the municipality.
The farms Birkenhof, Bühlerhof, Dietenbachhof, Weiherhof and “Gipsmühle” belong to Owingen.
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The village of Owingen is located in the Eyachtal on the federal road 463 , the feeder to the A 81 motorway .
The foundation Owingens goes to the Alemanni back. The Alamanni named the place after the elder Ovvo or Owo and added a -ingen . Owingen is the place of the elder Owo, founded around the year 450. The name Owingen was first mentioned in a document in 1094 when the " Suitgerus von Owingen " donated goods to the monastery of Sankt Georgen in the Black Forest .
On January 1, 1975 Owingen was incorporated into the town of Haigerloch. In 1994 the Owingers held a big party to mark the 900th anniversary.
The oldest Romanesque church in Hohenzollern , the hamlet church , is located near Owingen . It was originally the parish church of the hamlets of Oberowingen and Unterowingen. Only the church of Oberowingen remained. A patronage association was founded to renovate the church. The hamlet church was named " Monument of the Month March 2009" by the Monument Foundation Baden-Württemberg .
Owingen is on Hohenzollernstrasse .
Sons and daughters of the place
- Anselm Sickinger (1807–1873), sculptor
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 540 .