Sondernach (Schelklingen)

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The local coat of arms of Sondernach

Sondernach is a district of Schelklingen in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .

Geographical location

Sondernach is located in the Sondernacher Tal , a side valley of the Schmiechtal , on the southern edge of the Swabian Alb .

history

Sondernach was first mentioned in a document as Sundernach in 1298 . The place should not have originated before the 9th century. But as a very small hamlet of fewer than ten houses, it had no local nobility of its own in the Middle Ages. The village became part of the Steusslingen rule early on . After the division of rule into the parts of Alt- and Neusteusslingen, Sondernach came to Neusteusslingen.

After the barons of Freyberg zu Neusteusslingen died out in 1581, who, in contrast to their relatives at Justingen Castle, had remained faithful to the Catholic religion, the rule of Neusteusslingen fell to the Duchy of Württemberg . Württemberg introduced the Reformation in 1582 and built its own church for the place in 1598/99.

The village died out in the Thirty Years' War and was repopulated after the war. Sondernach had its own school, but no parsonage, as it became a branch of Mehrstetten . The only Gasthaus zum Lamm was probably not built until the first half of the 19th century.

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms shows in shields divided by gold and blue by a wave cut above a transverse black deer pole, below a golden wave thread. Since the community did not have its own local nobility, other traditions were followed. The stag bar is part of the Württemberg coat of arms and the blue wavy cut with golden wavy thread is intended to indicate the special Aach ( Sondern-Aach ). The coat of arms was awarded on June 3, 1948 by the Ministry of the Interior of the State of Württemberg-Hohenzollern.

Religions

The residents of Sondernach were Catholic under the barons of Freyberg zu Neusteusslingen and parish in the parish of Gundershofen. In 1582, Württemberg introduced the Reformation to the rule of Neusteusslingen. The residents of Sondernach were then incorporated into the Protestant parish of Mehrstetten , which had already been reformed in 1534 . The Sondernacher protested against the long distances to Mehrstetten and received their own chapel in the village with a cemetery in 1598/99. Since then the place has been evangelical , until around 1800 all residents were evangelical. It was not until the 19th century that Catholics moved in and were parish into the Roman Catholic parish of St. Michael Gundershofen . Today's Protestant parish of Sondernach , which includes the districts of Sondernach, Gundershofen and Hütten of the city of Schelklingen , together with the Protestant parish of Mehrstetten , forms the entire Protestant parish of Mehrstetten-Sondernach in the church district of Bad Urach-Münsingen of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg .

Incorporations

The community of Sondernach had been part of the Steusslingen district since 1581. In 1806 the place came to the newly formed Oberamt Ehingen and was added to the Münsingen district in 1938. With the community reform on January 1, 1975, Sondernach became a sub-community of the town of Schelklingen in the Alb-Danube district .

Sub-locations of Sondernach

  • The Riedmühle at the confluence of the Sondernach and Schmiech rivers.

Population development

The population of earlier times can be estimated using the courtyards or fireplaces . From 1601–1617 the number of fireplaces fluctuated between 10 and 13. This roughly corresponds to a population of between 50 and 65 people. In the Thirty Years War the place was completely extinct and was only rebuilt in the 1650s. The first real population of 1768 puts the population at 83 people. During the 19th century, the population increased, peaking at 176 in 1961 due to the integration of displaced people. In 1970 there were 175 inhabitants. Since then the population has been falling. On December 31, 2008, 120 people lived in Sondernach.

politics

Schultheißen, Mayor and Mayor

Schultheißen until 1930, mayor from 1930–1975, since 1975 mayor

  • 1820–1844 Johann Georg Mann
  • 1845–1862 Götz
  • 1862–1867 Ruoss
  • 1867–1902 Johann Georg Mayer
  • 1902–1931 Johann Georg Nepper
  • 1931–1947 Johannes Krais
  • 1948–1965 Hans Mang
  • 1965–1984 Fritz Nepper, from January 1, 1975 mayor
  • 1984–1999 Dieter Schrade
  • 1999-2004 Martin Retzdorff
  • 2004–2009 Ludwig Krais
  • 2009– Doris Holzschuh

The mayor is appointed by the town of Schelklingen on the proposal of the local council. Doris Holzschuh is currently the head of the village, also for Gundershofen .

education

The children attend the Oberes Schmiechtal kindergarten in Hütten and the elementary school in Hütten. Secondary schools are located in Schelklingen and Urspring.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Sondernach is via the K 7409 district road to the Münsingen – Schelklingen / Ehingen a. D. connected.

Since 1901, Sondernach has been connected to the Schelklingen - Reutlingen ( Schwäbische Albbahn ) railway . The train station was the Gasthaus zum Lamm . In 2008, a new platform with a shelter was built, Sondernach is now a stop when needed.

Ev. Church in Sondernach

Buildings

  • The late Gothic Protestant church in the middle of the cemetery on the hill was built in 1598–1599. In the west it has a roof turret and a polygonal east choir. Two colored glass paintings were created for the church: in 1934 by Ernst H. Graeser a smaller insert in a larger window (motif: prodigal son) and in 1964 by Adolf Valentin Saile a crucifixion window .
  • The new schoolhouse from 1914–1915, next to it the old schoolhouse from 1827–1828
  • The former Riedmühle at the confluence of the Sondernach and Schmiech rivers
  • The Gasthaus zum Lamm of Erich Roth Bacher, emerged in the first half of the 19th century

Honorary citizen

  • Johann Georg Mayer, mayor from 1867–1902, honorary citizen 1902

literature

  • Königliches Statistisches Landesamt (Ed.): Description of the Oberamt Ehingen . 2. Processing. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1893, p. 215f.
  • Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): The Alb-Donau-Kreis . 2 Vols. Sigmaringen: Thorbecke, 1999, here Vol. 2, pp. 925-927. ISBN 3-7995-1351-5 .
  • Lederer, Wilhelm: coat of arms of the city of Schelklingen with partial places . Schelklingen: City Archives (Schelklinger Hefte, No. 8).
  • Martin, Jörg: Lecture on the 400th anniversary of the church in Sondernach, January 16, 2000 . Schelklingen: City Archives.
  • Memminger, Johann Daniel Georg von: Description of the Oberamt Ehingen . Stuttgart and Tübingen: Cotta, 1826, p. 197f. (Reprint of the Horst Bissinger publishing house, Magstadt, 1971. ISBN 3-7644-0003-X ) (digitized in Wikisource)
  • Schilling, Albert: The Reichsherrschaft Justingen: A contribution to the history of the Alb and Upper Swabia. Stuttgart: Self-published by the author, 1881, especially p. 157 (Riedmühle).

Web links

Wikisource: Sondernach in the description of the Oberamt Ehingen from 1826  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the Evangelical General Church Community in Mehrstetten-Sondernach
  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. 543 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E