Stetten (Hechingen)
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Stetten
City of Hechingen
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| Height : | 502 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 6.3 km² |
| Residents : | 1903 (December 31, 2015) |
| Population density : | 302 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st August 1971 |
| Postal code : | 72379 |
| Area code : | 07471 |
Stetten is a district of Hechingen in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).
geography
Stetten is located immediately to the east of the city center and is separated from Hechingen by federal highway 27 . The Reichenbach flows through the town and flows into the Starzel in Hechingen .
expansion
The district area of the place is 630 hectares.
history
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The first documented mention of Stetten dates back to around 1130 in connection with a donation to the Zwiefalten monastery . The village was always zollerish . The former Stetten Monastery , founded in 1267 as an Augustinian monastery, was the tomb of the Counts of Zollern in the 13th and 14th centuries . The monastery church of St. Johannes was built around 1280 as an early Gothic building and was used by Dominican women. The monastery itself was almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1898. Former Stetten owned the early Gothic glass panes from the 13th century in the chapel at Hohenzollern Castle.
During the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg , Stetten was incorporated into the city of Hechingen on August 1, 1971.
Personalities
- Joseph Sprißler (1795–1879): Catholic clergyman and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly , was pastor in Stetten and died there too.
- Leopold Bausinger (1899–1973): From 1950 to 1965 district administrator of the Rheingau district
- Otto Baum (1911–1998) was SS-Oberführer during the Second World War .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Monasteries in Baden-Württemberg
- ^ 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. 528 .
