Schwenningen (Heuberg)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 6 '  N , 9 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Sigmaringen
Height :	870 m above sea level NHN
Area :	19.33 km 2
Residents:	1658 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	72477
Area code :	07579
License plate :	SIG
Community key :	08 4 37 102
Address of the municipal administration:	Alte Pfarrstrasse 9 72477 Schwenningen
Website :	www.schwenningen.de
Mayoress :	Roswitha Beck
Location of the community Schwenningen in the district of Sigmaringen

Schwenningen (view from the south)

The community Schwenningen is located in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

Schwenningen is 870 m above sea level in the Upper Danube Nature Park on the Heuberg , the southwestern plateau of the Swabian Alb .

The highest point in the district of Sigmaringen is the Schnaitkapf at 921 meters above sea level and is located in the west of Schwenningen.

Community structure

The community of Schwenningen retained its independence in 1973 during the community and district reform.

coat of arms	District	Residents	Area (ha)
	Schwenningen (core town)	1616	1930

history

Local history

Schwenningen belonged to the Werenwag rule , after its dissolution in 1805 it briefly came to Württemberg and passed to Baden in 1810 . In 2005 the place celebrated its 1000th anniversary.

Population development

Population development of Schwenningen (Heuberg)

The population of Schwenningen has been declining for several years, but was corrected upwards by 147 residents (10%) in the course of the 2011 census and has remained at a relatively constant level since then:

year	Residents
1961	1132
1970	1502
1991	1672
1995	1668
2000	1681
2005	1564
2010	1489
2015	1579
2017	1637

politics

Municipal council

The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following official final result. The turnout was 63.0% (2009: 71.7%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Party / list	Share of votes	Seats	Result 2009
CDU	90.9%	9	70.8%, 7 seats
Single candidate	9.1%	1	0%, 0 seats
Free voters	0%	0	29.2%, 3 seats

mayor

On January 31, 2016, Roswitha Beck was elected mayor in the first ballot with 62.2 percent of the vote, with a turnout of 77.1 percent.

• 1972–1988: Peter Allgaier
• 1992–2016: Herbert Bucher (FWV)
• since 2016: Roswitha Beck

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Schwenningen shows a black zigzag bar with three points pointing downwards.

Culture and sights

Schwenningen is on Hohenzollernstrasse . The municipality is affiliated with the "Donaubergland" tourist association.

Buildings

St. Columban's Church, sanctuary

St. Columban's Church, interior

• The Catholic parish church of St. Columban , built in 1819, has a modern stucco carving relief by the local sculptor Oskar Steidle on the rear wall of the choir. The parish announced in May 2010 that a complete roof renovation was necessary, but that they wanted to concentrate on the renovation of the church tower, belfry, tower clock and staircase to the belfry.
• Anthony's Chapel
• Wendelinus Chapel
• Lourdes Chapel
• Handicrafts in the old school house

Sports

Schwenningen has groomed trails that move between 810 and 950 meters above sea level. The “Heubergloipe” is a 16-kilometer circular hiking and double-track trail. The municipalities of Bärenthal , Irndorf , Nusplingen and Schwenningen created a joint network of trails for winter sports enthusiasts in 2011. After the connection of the newly created cross-country ski trail on Gnadenweiler to the Indorfer cross-country ski trail network was created, a large area for cross-country skiing was created through the merger with the existing Nusplinger and Schwenninger trails through the Irndorfer Hardt.

Straw park

Straw house in the straw park

Castle in the straw park

Since 1996 every year in late summer Schwenningen clubs, groups, children and companies have been building the straw park . From September to mid-October, around 30 figures, buildings and ensembles, some of them larger than life, are shown on the meadow at the Heuberghalle. All work is done by hand. The exhibition is rounded off by various activities, such as benefit concerts, a concert by the pensioners combo, traditional chicken dinner and more. The open-air event is also attracting a great deal of national attention, as evidenced by thousands of visitors. At all entrances to the village there are interesting straw works of art from last year's spectacle.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Public transport is by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau guaranteed (NALDO). The community is located in honeycomb 440.

Rail transport

In the Upper Danube Nature Park , there is a dense, synchronized range of rail transport on all routes on weekends . Railcars such as the Naturpark-Express , which are operated by the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn , run here on Sundays and public holidays on the Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen railway to make the local recreation area more attractive to tourism via the Hausen im Tal station, which is six kilometers away . Cyclists usually choose the gravelled Werenwager Steige ( 48 ° 4 ′ 40 ″  N , 9 ° 1 ′ 11.95 ″  E ) via Werenwag Castle . The Tübingen – Sigmaringen railway line is reached in Storzingen by shuttle buses.

education

• primary school
• Catholic educational organization
• Workshops and courses in the old school building
• Lessons at the youth music school Zollernalb e. V.

literature

• Herbert Bucher: Schwenningen on the Heuberg (published by the community of Schwenningen). Sigmaringen: M. Liehners Hofbuchdruckerei - Verlaganstalt, 1991.

Web links

Commons : Schwenningen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Statistical reports Baden-Württemberg: Population in Baden-Württemberg on May 9, 2011; Final results of the 2011 census (PDF); accessed on October 4, 2017
3. ↑ Wilfried Koch (wk): Land use plan: dispute over incorrect population. In: Südkurier from June 20, 2011 and figures from the State Statistical Office
4. ↑ Südkurier, Wahlportal 2014, accessed on July 8, 2015 ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2015 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. 
5. ^ Manfred Dieterle-Jöchle (dim): Start as a carpenter . In: Südkurier of March 26, 2004
6. ↑ Ursula Mallkowsky (sky): Herbert Bucher . In: Südkurier of September 30, 2005
7. ↑ Schwenningen.de: Mayoral election on January 31, 2016
8. ^ Wilfried Koch (wk): Church tower renovation in Schwenningen. Municipality is waiting with the grant . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from May 26, 2010
9. ↑ Hermann-Peter Steinmüller (hps): Community when paying . In: Südkurier from May 26, 2010
10. ↑ Karlheinz Fahlbusch (kf): Winter fun in the district. Cross-country trails are groomed. In: Südkurier from January 9, 2009
11. ↑ Joint trail created . In: Südkurier from January 5, 2011