Schweindorf (Neresheim)

Schweindorf City of Neresheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 ′ 6 ″  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 53 ″  E
Height :	615 m
Area :	13.15 km²
Residents :	247  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	19 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1971
Postal code :	73450
Area code :	07326
Location of Schweindorf in Baden-Württemberg

Schweinsdorf is a district of Neresheim in Baden-Württemberg Ostalbkreis . The once independent place was incorporated into Neresheim in 1971. The hamlet of Mörtingen belongs to Schweindorf .

Location and transport links

Pig village from the east

Schweindorf is located northeast of the town center of Neresheim on the Härtsfeld , not far from the eastern border with Bavaria on the district roads K 3303 and K 3314. The B 466 runs north and west .

history

In the museum in the Seelhaus , the municipal museum of Bopfingen , the Bronze Age is represented by ceramics from the barrows of Schweindorf.

Schweindorf was first mentioned in a document in 1297 as "Swaindorf". The place name is derived from the word "swain" ("servant, young boy"), as a personal name from the time of the conquest ("Siedlung des Sweino"), according to the traditional reading of "sweinen" (" clearing ").

The place was initially owned by the Lords of Hürnheim zu Katzenstein and those of Westerstetten and came to Nördlinger citizens and the Heilig-Geist-Spital in 1359 and 1501/07 .

In 1802, Schweindorf fell to Bavaria as part of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . In 1810 the place became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg , where it was assigned to the Oberamt Neresheim . On January 1, 1971, it was incorporated into Neresheim.

coat of arms

Blazon : "A green oak branch in gold."

Culture and sights

Due to its former affiliation to the imperial city of Nördlingen, Schweindorf is the only evangelical village on the otherwise traditionally Catholic Härtsfeld.

The evangelical church, presumably consecrated to St. Stefan , has a Romanesque choir tower and was first mentioned in 1380. The choir is equipped with a rib cross vault. In 1507 the church came from the Lords of Katzenstein to the Nördlinger Spital.

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  Protestant church

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  Former town hall

Sons and daughters

• Julius von Jan (1897–1964), Protestant pastor and resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Carl Friedrich Klein (1803–1884), textile manufacturer from Barmer

Web links

Commons : Schweindorf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Schweindorf district on the website of the city of Neresheim
• Schweindorf on leo-bw.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Annual report 2019 of the city of Neresheim
2. ^ Theo Müller (ed.): Albuch, Härtsfeld, Ries. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart / Aalen 1988, ISBN 3-8062-0553-1 , p. 153.
3. ^ 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. 445 .
4. ↑ Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Neresheim ( Memento of the original dated February 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF)