Sickenhausen

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Sickenhausen
City of Reutlingen
Former municipality coat of arms of Sickenhausen
Coordinates: 48 ° 32 '2 "  N , 9 ° 10' 52"  E
Height : 389  (353-396)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.62 km²
Residents : 2108  (Jan. 2019)
Population density : 805 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Postal code : 72768
Area code : 07121

Sickenhausen is a district of Reutlingen in the Reutlingen district in Baden-Württemberg . District mayor is Erich Fritz.

geography

Sickenhausen is located on the northwestern outskirts of Reutlingen, around five kilometers from the city center. The village borders the Altenburg district in the north, Rommelsbach in the east, Degerschlacht in the south and the municipality of Kirchentellinsfurt ( Tübingen district ) in the west . Sickenhausen has a connection to the federal highway 464 , which separates the place from Rommelsbach.

history

Sickenhausen town hall

The place is mentioned for the first time in 1089/90 in a deed of donation to the Zwiefalten monastery . Thereafter, the Reutlingen patrician family Teufel were local lords, who sold Altenburg, Degerschlacht and Sickenhausen in 1444 to Count Ludwig von Württemberg . So Sickenhausen belonged to the Oberamt Tübingen . In 1938 the place came to the district of Reutlingen, on April 1, 1972 it was incorporated into the city of Reutlingen.

coat of arms

A golden (yellow) sheaf in red, above it three six-pointed golden (yellow) stars.

Others

  • The Protestant Pauluskirche was built in 1978 - for the old church, which has now been demolished.
  • There is a New Apostolic church in Sickenhausen .
  • The Friedrich Silcher School is the local elementary school with around 80 students.

Web links

Wikisource: Sickenhausen in the description of the Oberamt Tübingen from 1867  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Living in Reutlingen - population. City of Reutlingen, accessed on February 28, 2019 .
  2. ^ 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. 531 .