Herdwangen-Schönach

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Sigmaringen
Height :	605 m above sea level NHN
Area :	36.52 km 2
Residents:	3442 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	94 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	88634
Primaries :	07557, 07552
License plate :	SIG
Community key :	08 4 37 124
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Dorfstrasse 49 ; 88634 Herdwangen-Schönach
Website :	www.herdwangen-schoenach.de
Mayor :	Ralph Gerster
Location of the community Herdwangen-Schönach in the district of Sigmaringen

Herdwangen-Schönach is a municipality in the south of the Baden-Württemberg district of Sigmaringen in Germany .

geography

Geographical location

The community of Herdwangen-Schönach is located around twelve kilometers north of Lake Constance , on a ridge in the Upper Linzgau , between the cities of Pfullendorf in the north and Überlingen in the south.

The district of Aftholderberg lies on the European main watershed : the ridge line of the gable roof of the St. Eulogius Church separates the water here. Water from the south side of the roof flows into the Rhine and thus into the Atlantic . The water on the northern side of the roof runs towards the Danube , towards the Black Sea .

Expansion of the area

The Herdwangen-Schönach municipal area covers around 3652 hectares .

Neighboring communities

Pfullendorf and Wald (both in the Sigmaringen district ), Hohenfels and Stockach (both in the Konstanz district ), Owingen , Heiligenberg and Frickingen (all three in the Lake Constance district ).

Community structure

The community consists of the districts of Großschönach (with the village of Großschönach, the hamlets of Adriatsweiler, Aftholderberg, Egg, Hub (en) mühle, Kleinschönach, Lautenbach and Sohl, the Tobelhof farmstead and the Ziegelei house), Herdwangen (with the villages of Herdwangen and Ebratsweiler , the hamlets of Alberweiler , Mühlhausen , Schwende , Vorstatt and Waldhof and the houses of Berger, Im Bächle, Im Heidebühl, Im Öschle, Im Schmalzbühl, Im Götzenfurt, Seelengeiger and Wollreute) and Oberndorf (with the hamlets of Oberndorf, Breitenerlen, Heggelbach and Waldsteig) .

Residential district	Population (as of December 31, 2010)	Area hectares
Herdwangen	1393	?
Großschönach	1674	?
Oberndorf	189	722

history

Community merger

Herdwangen-Schönach is a municipality consisting of the two former Baden municipalities Herdwangen and Großschönach in the Pfullendorf district, and the Hohenzollern municipality of Oberndorf. In the Third Reich , the Baden district offices of Pfullendorf and Überlingen were merged to form the newly formed Überlingen district. With the district reform in Baden-Württemberg in 1973 , the three communities came to the Sigmaringen district. On July 1, 1974, as part of the community reform, the new community Herdwangen-Schönach was formed from the three communities Großschönach, Herdwangen and Oberndorf.

Population development

year	Residents
1961	1556
1970	1666
1991	2648
1995	2888
2005	3276
2010	3327
2015	3412

Of the 1556 inhabitants in 1961 lived 587 in Großschönach, 782 in Herdwangen and 187 in Oberndorf.
Of the 1666 inhabitants in 1970 665 lived in Großschönach, 819 in Herdwangen and 182 in Oberndorf.

politics

Municipal council

In Herdwangen-Schönach, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection process . The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . After the last election, the municipal council has 12 members (previously: 13). The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The turnout was 62.9% (2014: 59.3%). 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	comparison
Free voters	67.3%	8th	2014: 61.5%, 8 seats
CDU	32.7%	4th	2014: 38.5%, 5 seats

mayor

On December 20, 2009, Ralph Gerster from Blumberg was elected mayor of Herdwangen-Schönach with an absolute majority of 50.7 percent of the votes cast in the first ballot. Gerster succeeded Lothar Riebsamen , who moved to the Bundestag in October 2009 after 19 years as mayor for the CDU. On February 1, 2010, Gerster took over the office of Deputy Mayor Markus Blender. The official inauguration was February 8, 2010. On November 5, 2017, he was re-elected mayor; he was the only candidate to receive 90.2 percent of the vote.

1990–2009: Lothar Riebsamen (CDU)
2009–2010: Markus Blender (acting)
since 2010: Ralph Gerster (CDU)

coat of arms

The coat of arms was compiled from the coats of arms of the three predecessor communities: The castle of Großschönach ( Ramsberg Castle ), the stars of Herdwangen and the black and white stripes of Oberndorf.

Culture and sights

Museums

Kunsthalle Kleinschönach with eight artist studios and an exhibition program

Buildings

The former rent office of the Petershausen monastery in the Herdwangen district, today the town hall of the community

The town hall of the Herdwangen community is now housed in the former Petershausen Monastery Rent Office .

Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul

The Herdwang parish church of St. Petrus and Paulus was expanded in 1808. The main altar shows an alabaster portrait of the crucifixion group, marble altars with statues of Mary and Joseph (originating in Salem monastery ), and a relief cycle of Mary.
The St. Antonius Church in Großschönach is dedicated to St. Anthony the Great . Its tower dates from 1384. It has a stepped gable and window with dimensions.

Parish church of St. Antonius in Großschönach

The Lourdes grotto in Herdwangen was created in 1889 as part of popular piety. It is equipped with a statue of Our Lady, a statue of Bernadette and an altar of thanks for recovery.
The chapel in the Oberndorf district was built in 1871 and shows the ceiling painting “Mary's visit to Elisabeth”.
In Heggelbach there is a chapel that dates back to the 14th century and probably arose from the castle of the Knights of Heggelbach.
The church of St. Eulogius in the Aftholderberg district was built in 1824 as a fortified church. The basis was the Gothic. The round vaulted ceiling with frescoes and two galleries with rustic painting testify to rural folk art. The location of the Eulogius Church on the European main watershed is a curiosity . One side of the roof drains to the Rhine and the other to the Danube .
The St. Wendelin chapel , built in the middle of the 11th century, and the St. Benedikt hermitage on the remains of Ramsberg Castle are on the neighboring Hattenweiler area , but are traditionally more closely connected with Großschönach. The Ramsberg has always been a place of pilgrimage and is part of the Way of St. James .

The Sebastian Chapel , built in 1894, is located in Mühlhausen and the Josef Chapel in Sohl .

The St. Sebastian Chapel from the 18th century can be found in the Schwende suburb

The former town hall of Großschönach was the seat of the municipality until it was incorporated in 1974. Since 2011 it has been an independent shared apartment with four residents of the Lautenbach community. For this purpose, the outside facade was renovated by the municipality. In front of the building there is a fountain with a stone portrait and a polygonal basin.

There used to be five mills at Herdwanger Hegelbach.

Natural monuments

The nature reserve Ruhestetter Ried between the forest suburb of Ruhestetten and Alberweiler is a low moor complex in the area of origin of the Linzer Aach and lies in an ice age depression.
In 2009 the Tonpark was opened in Kleinschönach . A disused part of a clay pit was redesigned into a diverse experience space with funding from the Heinz Sielmann Foundation . It is an example of a successful renaturation. A barefoot path forms the center of the facility . A small and a large pond and a breeding wall for the endangered bee-eater offer a valuable habitat for animals and plants.

Sports

The Fistball -Club Herdwangen-Schönach eV was at its inception in 1977, the first club, bearing the name of the overall community. The FCHS celebrated its greatest successes in the 1980s, when the team was active in the association league, which was then the third highest division. The club celebrated its greatest success in the recent past in the 2004/2005 indoor season, when it was third in the association league and made it to the Swabian league, which is now the third highest division. Since 1997, the association has held its Eugen Fetscher memorial tournament in October in memory of its co-founder and long-time chairman, Eugen Fetscher, who died in 1995.
The sports club Großschönach 1959 eV plays in 2010/2011 in the South Baden regional soccer league, season III. The second team plays in the 2010/2011 season in the district league B. The home games take place on the sports field Auf Schönach in Kleinschönach.
The Herdwanger sports club plays in the regional football league B, season 5.
International riding tournaments take place regularly at the Spießhof equestrian center.

Regular events

Dorf crouched in Herdwangen
Cherry festival in Großschönach
Mountain festival Aftholderberg
In the district of Heggelbach, every two years at Whitsun, the “S'Phinxtfestival” takes place, a privately organized festival with live music, art, cabaret and soap box races, which took place for the ninth time in 2006 and has since gained national fame.

regional customs

Carnival

Fools club dog-eared , Herdwangen
Narrenverein Dreizipfelritter , Großschönach
Narrenverein Berggeister , Aftholderberg

Spark

In Aftholderberg is on Funkensonntag a spark ignited. This will be served inside until shortly before. After the burning down, the traditional "Ausbarschen", a regional dice game, the spark rings and country hunters take place.

Eulogius ride

In honor of the church patron St. Eulogius there is a patronage every year on the 2nd Sunday in July in the Aftholderberg district. The patronage is a rider procession followed by a service and blessing of the horses. On July 8, 2007, the so-called Eulogius Ride celebrated its 150th anniversary. 350 riders and 400 musicians took part. The procession leads from Sohl to Aftholderberg to the fairground and back to Sohl.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Local public transport is guaranteed by the Neckar-Alb-Danube transport association (NALDO). The community is located at Wabe 448. Since January 1st, 2009 Herdwangen-Schönach has also been part of the Bodensee-Oberschwaben Verkehrsverbund (bodo).

Established businesses

The company AHWI Maschinenbau GmbH , which has been based in the Herdwang industrial area Branden since 1996 , received the Dr. Rudolf Eberle Prize , the innovation prize of the state of Baden-Württemberg , from Minister of Economics Ernst Pfister in November 2008 for the development of the mechanical mine clearing device MinenWolf . Founded in 1990, the company is now the municipality's largest employer. The MinenWolf is now in use in Jordan, Bosnia, Croatia and Rwanda. The marketing of the mine clearer was spun off in 2006 to Minewolf Systems AG , based in Pfäffikon , Switzerland .

Facilities

The Lautenbach community is located in the Lautenbach district and has been an integrative village community for people with disabilities since it was founded in 1970.

education

Ramsberg Primary School Großschönach
Herdwangen primary school

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Karl Stellwag (1873–1963), pioneer of biological tillage.
Franz Hermann (1904–1993) born in Großschönach, theologian and politician (CDU), member of the state parliament, since 1975 holder of the Baden-Württemberg Medal of Merit
Emil Stehle (1926–2017), Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
Uwe Möhrle (* 1979), Bundesliga professional at FC Augsburg

Other personalities associated with the community

Lothar Riebsamen (* 1957 in Pfullendorf), politician and member of the Bundestag (CDU), previously long-time mayor of the Herdwangen-Schönach community
Joachim Lambrecht (* 1958 in Heilbronn), freelance artist (sculptor and ceramist) and musician with a studio in Großschönach
Donata Höffer (* 1949 in Berlin), actress and singer who lives in Hamburg and Herdwangen-Schönach

literature

Helga Schnabel-Schüle , Edwin Ernst Weber: Herdwangen-Schönach. Homeland book on the history of the community and the northern Linzgau . ed. from the community of Herdwangen-Schönach. M. Liehners Hofbuchdruckerei GmbH & Co. Publishing House. Sigmaringen 1994

Web links

Commons : Herdwangen-Schönach - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage of the community Herdwangen-Schönach

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).

↑ Falko Hahn (fah): 20,000 years under your feet . In: Südkurier of November 26, 2008

↑ See Herdwangen-Schönach . In: The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VII: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4 , pp. 841-843.

↑ Information from Cornelia Fischer, Mayor's Office of Herdwangen-Schönach, from January 24, 2011.

^ 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. 549 .

^ Election information for the municipal data center

^ Bernhard Lutz: Gerster elected mayor. Blumberger Hauptamtsleiter Ralph Gerster becomes mayor of Herdwangen-Schönach. In: Südkurier of December 21, 2009

^ Siegfried Volk: Worthy Finale In: Südkurier of December 21, 2009

^ Bernhard Lutz: Ralph Gerster begins his mayor's office in Herdwangen-Schönach on February 1st. "Lovable community with potential" . In: Südkurier from January 27, 2010

^ Result of mayoral election 2017 Herdwangen-Schönach

↑ Hiking trail along the European watershed. The tour through the Lake Constance hinterland starts on Sunday . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from November 20, 2008

↑ Falko Hahn (fah): “Place to Live and Work” . In: Südkurier of July 4, 2011

↑ Litzinger: New paint on weathered building . In: Südkurier from September 6, 2011

↑ Kirsten Johanson (kaj): attention to village squares . In: Südkurier of June 27, 2015

↑ Linzgau tour through the "Tonpark" Kleinschönach . In: Südkurier from June 9, 2010

↑ Linzgau tour through the Tonpark . In: Südkurier from June 15, 2010

↑ Siegfried people, company Ahwi Receives Innovation Award of the State of deminers. Recognition for "mine wolf" . In: Südkurier from November 20, 2008

↑ History: An idea in 1970…… over 300 people today ( memento of the original from August 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2 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. ; Retrieved June 1, 2011

↑ “Stumbling Stone” in Pfullendorf . In: Wochenblatt, Bad Saulgau issue of April 14, 2005

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BW-1] State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).