Steinheim am Albuch
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Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ' N , 10 ° 4' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Stuttgart | |
| County : | Heidenheim | |
| Height : | 540 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 82.42 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 8623 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 105 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postcodes : | 89555, 73566 | |
| Area code : | 07329 | |
| License plate : | HDH | |
| Community key : | 08 1 35 032 | |
| LOCODE : | DE 79H | |
| Community structure: | 9 sub-locations | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Hauptstrasse 24 89555 Steinheim |
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| Mayor : | Holger way | |
| Location of the community Steinheim am Albuch in the district of Heidenheim | ||
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The municipality of Steinheim am Albuch is located at the northeastern end of the Swabian Alb am Albuch in the Steinheim Basin that was created about 15 million years ago by a meteorite impact .
geography
Geographical location
Steinheim and the suburb of Sontheim are located in the Steinheim Basin , a crater basin between 503 and 718 meters high with an edge diameter of 3.5 km, formed about 15 million years ago by the impact of a meteorite , the Ries event . In the middle of the crater basin - between Steinheim and Sontheim - the Steinhirt is the central mountain, with the Wäldlesfels climbing rock and a pond . At the western foot of the Steinhirt is the sand pit, the site of numerous fossils.
More than half of the community area is covered by forest. There are also 400 hectares of grazed heathland on the crater ridge, z. B. in the west the Neuselhalder Heide, in the east the Steinheimer Heide and in the south the heather landscapes on the Burgstall and the Knillberg. The bottom of the crater is free of forest. It is well suited for growing potatoes and cereals. On the other hand, fruit hardly thrives here.
Community structure
The municipality of Steinheim am Albuch with the formerly independent municipality of Söhnstetten includes 14 villages, hamlets, farms and houses.
The former municipality of Söhnstetten includes the village of Söhnstetten and the hamlet of Dudelhof, as well as the villages of Binau, Einsiedel, Herspach, Nordheim, Zinaw and Gräfingrund.
The village of Steinheim am Albuch, the hamlets Gnannenweiler, Irmannsweiler, Klosterhof, Küpfendorf, Neuselhalden , Sontheim im Stubental and Untere Ziegelhütte, the farms Bibersohl, Mittlere Ziegelhütte and Sontheimer Wirtshäusle and the house belong to the municipality of Steinheim am Albuch as of December 31, 1970 Obere Ziegelhütte as well as the defunct localities Adelgotzweiler (Argotzweiler), Babenwang, Erchenbrehtesberc, Felgenhof, Gaisbühl, Geroldsweiler, Haslach, Hitzingsweiler, Hohenberg, Hohensol, Machalmeswilare, Ostheim, Rechenzell, auf Sachsenhart, Scheffheim and Stockheim and Wenegangenewilare in Steinegelenwilare Westheim.
The main statute of the community names the following ten districts: Steinheim, Söhnstetten, Sontheim im Stubental, Küpfendorf, Ziegelhütten, Gnannenweiler, Irmannsweiler, Neuselhalden, Dudelhof and Bibersohl, which form three residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code .
The residential district I includes Steinheim and Ziegelhütten, the residential district II Söhnstetten and Dudelhof and the residential district III Sontheim im Stubental, Küpfendorf, Neuselhalden , Gnannenweiler, Bibersol and Irmannsweiler.
Division of space
According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.
history
Early history
The Steinheim Basin was already being used by people in the Middle Paleolithic around 70,000 to 50,000 years ago. Artifacts from the Heidenschmiede in Heidenheim an der Brenz prove that Neanderthals collected the raw material for the manufacture of their stone tools here . The oldest evidence of the presence of modern humans in the area of today's Steinheim was found in a hunting camp on Lake Neuchâtel around 300 km away . Around 15,000 years ago , Upper Paleolithic hunters and gatherers brought numerous snail shells there that they had picked up in the Steinheim snail sands.
The first settlement of Steinheim am Albuch probably took place in the Hallstatt period 800–480 BC. Instead of. Individual burial mounds testify to this . At the beginning of the 5th century, the Alemanni settled here . The formerly existing places Westheim in the west and Ostheim in the east merged to Steinheim, while the south-facing south-east changed its name to Suntheim and later to Sontheim.
middle Ages
Steinheim was first mentioned in a document in 839 in a basic directory of the Fulda monastery . It probably came to this through a gift from the Frankish King Pippin or Charlemagne . In 1190, the brothers Wittegow and Berengar von Albeck founded an Augustinian canon monastery on the Klosterberg, which later fell to the Counts of Helfenstein . The Roman-German King Albrecht I acquired it in 1302 and handed it over with all rights and ownership to the newly founded Cistercian monastery in Königsbronn . In the 15th century the monastery yard was given up and farmers took over the management.
Modern times
As a result of the Reformation, in the 16th century, today's municipal area became part of the Duchy of Württemberg and for the most part subordinated to the now Protestant monastery office of Königsbronn. In the Thirty Years' War , the town was destroyed two-thirds. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Württemberg , the Protestant monastery office was dissolved and Steinheim and Söhnstetten were assigned to the Heidenheim Oberamt . The administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg led to membership in the extended district of Heidenheim in 1938 . In 1945 the places became part of the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.
On May 29, 2016, the "Elvira" low pressure area caused flooding. There was enormous damage. The water was up to two meters high. There were power outages in the north of Steinheim.
Religions
Due to the Reformation, the place was predominantly Protestant until 1945. Today's Evangelical St. Peter's Church was built in 1780 instead of a previous church of the same name and serves as a place of worship for the parish of Steinheim am Albuch . In the district of Söhnstetten there is a separate Protestant parish with the Martinskirche . Both parishes belong to the church district Heidenheim of the regional church in Württemberg . Immediately after the Second World War "Hungarian Germans" - still under Mayor Hahn - were settled. Since these mostly belonged to the Roman Catholic denomination, a Roman Catholic community also emerged. In 1959 the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit was built and in 1961 its own Catholic parish was founded. Today it belongs to the Catholic Dean's Office Heidenheim of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart . Currently (as of December 31, 2018) the number of Catholics is 2,509 (29.6%) out of a total of 8,463 inhabitants.
Incorporations
On January 1, 1971 Söhnstetten was incorporated. The community of Söhnstetten had around 1800 inhabitants. In Söhnstetten there is a sports, music and fruit and horticultural association as well as the volunteer fire brigade . Söhnstetten has its own primary school from 1st to 4th grade, the Seeberg School. Söhnstetten is surrounded by a juniper heather, has its own ski lift and a disc golf course. In 2008 Söhnstetten was the venue for the European Disc Golf Championship. There are many cycling and hiking trails around Söhnstetten.
Population development
The population figures according to the respective territorial status are estimates, census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg ( main residences only ).
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politics
Municipal council
In Steinheim, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection of a part of town. The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . The local council in Steinheim has 22 members after the last election (previously 26). The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.
| Parties and constituencies |
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Seats 2019 |
% 2014 |
Seats 2014 |
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| FWV | Free electoral association | 48.9 | 11 | 46.8 | 12 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 25.2 | 6th | 30.2 | 8th | |
| ANB | Workers' block | 15.3 | 3 | 23.0 | 6th | |
| GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | 10.6 | 2 | - | - | |
| total | 100.0 | 22nd | 100.0 | 26th | ||
| voter turnout | 61.9% | 52.0% | ||||
mayor
- 1919–1952: Konrad Hahn (1887–1957)
- 1952–1972: Manfred Bezler (1924–1972)
- 1972–2002: Dieter Eisele
- 2003–2010: Rainer Schaller
- 2011–2018: Olaf Bernauer
- 2019– : Holger Weise
Holger Weise was elected the new mayor on October 7, 2018 with 61.2% of the vote.
Community partnerships
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Colombelles ( France , since 1986) -
In 1980 the Steinheim community took on the sponsorship of the descendants of the displaced people from Weindorf ( Hungary ) who now live all over the world . -
On May 7, 2016, the partnership certificate with Fertörkos (Kroisbach) is signed by the mayors Bernauer and Palkovits.
Economy and Infrastructure
economy
Weaving and agriculture predominated until the 19th century; nowadays prefabricated, craft, medium-sized industry and agriculture. The automotive supplier FYSAM Auto Decorative is based in Steinheim.
Educational institutions
With the Hillerschule named after Philipp Friedrich Hiller , there is a primary , secondary and secondary school in the main town .
The new building of the Steinheim school center also houses a communal music school .
There is another elementary school in the Söhnstetten district.
The primary school in Sontheim existed until 1973, at that time with all four primary school classes in one classroom.
The Meteor Crater Museum is now located in the former school building.
Culture and sights
Museums
- Heimatstube on the Klosterberg
- Meteor Crater Museum in the Sontheim district.
Buildings
The tower of the Evangelical St. Peter's Church is visible from afar . It was built in 1780 by church council builder Wilhelm Friedrich Goez from Ludwigsburg and contains the grave of the Steinheim pastor and hymn poet Philipp Friedrich Hiller (1699–1769).
Natural monuments
The Steinheim Basin is a meteor crater and is almost entirely in protected areas.
The Wental is a dry valley with impressive dolomite rocks. The Gnannental and the Hirschtal adjoin seamlessly to the south. The deer rock marks the end of the 3-valley course. At the end of 2008 the nature reserve "Wental with side valleys and field island Klösterle" was designated. The upper section of the Wental is in the Ostalbkreis.
The Hülbe on Märtelesberg is 0.2 hectares probably the smallest nature reserve in Germany. The Hülbe was placed under nature protection by ordinance of July 14, 1967.
energy
In Gnannenweiler there is a wind farm with eight wind turbines of the type Enercon E-82 , each with 2 MW, 82 m rotor diameter and 99 m hub height.
Regular events
Sports fans run the geologist run. Beer lovers, on the other hand, sit on the Söhnstetter Hock.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Hermann von Gaisberg-Helfenberg (1860–1924), forest clerk and politician
- Ulrich von Gaisberg-Helfenberg (1863–1906), landowner and politician
- Maria Vogt (* 1980), theater and film actress
Other people associated with the community
- Philipp Friedrich Hiller (1699–1769), pastor and song writer, was pastor in Steinheim from 1748 until his death
- Günther Reger (* 1951), painter and musician who has a studio in Küpfendorf
literature
The native poet Rudolf Weit, who comes from Steinheim, has written numerous Swabian poems and stories (e.g. book title “Sodele - sell would be”).
Johannes Taut: The Peterskirche in Steinheim am Albuch . 1977.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ J. Baier: Geological features in the Albuch. - fossils. Special volume Geopark Schwäbische Alb, pp. 47–51, 2015.
- ↑ J. Baier & A. Scherzinger: The new geological nature trail in the Steinheim impact crater - Jber. Mitt. Oberrhein. geol. Ver, NF 92, pp. 9-24, 2010.
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 629-632.
- ↑ Main statute of the Steinheim am Albuch community of July 23, 2002, amendment of June 22, 2006 .
- ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Steinheim am Albuch.
- ↑ Berrin Cep, Susanne C. Münzel: Heidenschmiede, a Middle Palaeolithic Rock Shelter in Heidenheim. Fauna and Lithics revisited . Poster session , Hugo Obermaier Conference 2015 .
- ↑ Jérôme Bullinger, Denise Leesch, Nicole Plumettaz: Le site magdalénien de Monruz, 1 - Premiers éléments pour l'analyse d'un habitat de plein air . Archéologie neuchâteloise, Hauterive 2006. pp. 154–165, plates 34, 35
- ^ Esteban Alvarez-Fernandez: Magdalénian personal ornaments on the move: A review of the current evidence in Central Europe . Santander 2009. p. 47
- ↑ Storm in a circle: More than 100 missions until midnight. In: swp.de. Retrieved June 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Steinheim facts and figures , accessed on September 10, 2019
- ^ 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. 449 .
- ↑ https://www.steinheim-am-albuch.de/post/4618/weise-wird-neuer-buergermeister
- ↑ Gnannenweiler community wind farm ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2010 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. , accessed April 4, 2011.
