Steinweiler (Nattheim)

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Steinweiler
municipality Nattheim
Coat of arms of Steinweiler
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 3 ″  N , 10 ° 15 ′ 56 ″  E
Height : 548  (530-651)  m
Residents : 333  (2019)
Postal code : 89564
Area code : 07326

Steinweiler is a village in the Heidenheim district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the municipality of Nattheim .

geography

Steinweiler is located directly on the B 466 between Nattheim and Neresheim on the Härtsfeld at the northeastern end of the Swabian Alb . Most of the Härtsfeld is a karst plateau of the White Jura of the Swabian Alb . The Härtsfeld more or less forms a plate that slopes south-east to the Danube. It is about 630 to 430  m above sea level. NN .

Surroundings

Some dry valleys run through the Härtsfeld. Almost all of them flow into the Egautal . The Egau rises in the urban area of ​​Neresheim. It is fed by several karst upheavals, the largest of which is the “Judengumpen”. In periods of low precipitation, these springs fall dry, so that the Egau often does not have any water in its upper reaches.

  • Egautal with reservoir ( Härtsfeldsee )
  • Karst landscape with typical juniper heather :
    • "Zwing" nature reserve - extensive limestone meadows and juniper heaths with an educational forest trail near Neresheim
    • Nature reserve "Dossinger Tal" with juniper heaths and Jura rock formations

Cities and villages in the area are Neresheim , Auernheim , Nattheim and Kleinkuchen .

history

Steinweiler was built in 1775 as a stone carving settlement by settlers who needed the limestone available there for the construction of the Neresheim monastery .

In Steinweiler there is, in addition to a stonemason, a Catholic chapel "Maria im Stein", a fire station with its own vehicle and a community center. The children go to kindergarten and elementary school in Auernheim. The secondary schools are in Nattheim, Neresheim and Heidenheim.

The quarries in the nature reserve have been closed, the site is now a destination for excursions.

Community partnerships

Steinweiler maintains partnership relationships with the Steinweiler community in Rhineland-Palatinate .

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