Truchtelfingen
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Truchtelfingen
City of Albstadt
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| Height : | 754 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 14.11 km² |
| Residents : | 3175 (Jun 30, 2020) |
| Population density : | 225 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1934 |
| Incorporated into: | Tailfingen |
| Postal code : | 72461 |
| Area code : | 07432 |
 Location map of Truchtelfingen in the city of Albstadt
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 Truchtelfingen, on the right the clinic, in the back on the right Tailfingen
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Truchtelfingen is the fourth largest district of Albstadt in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Truchtelfingen is located on the Swabian Alb , about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance . The village lies in the valley of the Schmiecha , a left tributary of the Danube . To the north is Tailfingen , to the south is Ebingen .
history
The place is an Alemannic foundation, which was probably made by a clan chief named Truchtolf after the expulsion of the Romans (260 AD) . In a Merovingian grave investigated in 1978 near Truchtelfingen, Küpfermünzen (Deka) of Justinian I were found. The place is mentioned for the first time in 950 in a document from King Otto the Great .
In the 12th and 13th centuries Truchtelfingen came to the St. Gallen monastery . In the 14th century the Lords of Schalksburg acquired Truchtelfingen, whose rule in 1403 bought Württemberg . Truchtelfingen has been part of Württemberg since then. The place then belonged to the office in Balingen .
In 1534 Duke Ulrich von Württemberg introduced the Reformation in his territory , and thus also in Truchtelfingen, and the place has been Protestant ever since .
From 1806, the place subordinated to the Oberamt Balingen belonged to the newly established Kingdom of Württemberg . The place was initially hardly affected by industrialization , because the valley cut is particularly wide here, which makes agriculture easier. So the Truchelfinger could make a living from agriculture; forced to sideline here was not as strong as in the neighboring communities. The textile industry in the neighboring towns (Ebingen, Tailfingen) developed from the sideline - hosiery knitting. Even today, Truchtelfingen is more strongly characterized by agriculture than this. This led to the wealthy Tailfinger manufacturers racing through Truchtelfingen in their cars as early as 1900, which cost the lives of many Truchtelfinger chickens. Industry settled in Truchtelfingen very late and very hesitantly; the residents of the village went to work in the neighboring villages when agriculture was not enough for a living . In 1901 the valley railway of the Württemberg Railway Company was put into operation. Both the Truchtelfingen employees and the local entrepreneurs benefited from this transport connection.
In 1934, Truchtelfingen was incorporated into the neighboring town of Tailfingen under pressure from the National Socialists .
On January 1, 1975, Truchtelfingen and Tailfingen became part of the newly founded large district town of Albstadt as part of the municipal reform and has since been able to gain more independence again. Since Truchtelfingen came to Albstadt as a district from Tailfingen, the place today neither has its own mayor nor its own local council. In terms of local politics, the “spokesman for the Truchtelfinger clubs” repeatedly acts as a “substitute school”. Until February 2002 this was Artur Söll, until May 2015 Klaus Konzelmann . When he was elected Lord Mayor of Albstadt, he gave up the office and Johannes Jetter was elected as his successor.
In 1998, the WEG stopped operating the valley lift due to a lack of profitability.
politics
mayor
see: List of Mayors of Albstadt
coat of arms
The blazon of the Truchtelfingen coat of arms shows under a golden shield head , a lying black deer pole with a right-facing root, in silver an upright black bear walking from right to left with a silver collar.
Explanation: In the Middle Ages , the place belonged to the St. Gallen Monastery in Switzerland for a time ; whose heraldic animal is the bear. The antler pole indicates that it belongs to Württemberg . The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality in 1918.
Culture and sights
Buildings
- One church was mentioned as early as 1275, and in 1462 it appears as the Gallus Church. It was probably from the monastery of St. Gall donated
- Today's Protestant parish church was built in 1732, with the tower dating from the Gothic period
- In addition to the church, the old parsonage, which has been lovingly prepared, should be mentioned above all
- The Zollernalb Clinic (later Sana , now Acura Clinic) for orthopedics and geriatrics was built in 1960, later a second wing was added, and an operating theater extension was added in 2015 .
- In 1967 the Zollern-Alb-Halle (largest event hall in Albstadt) was built
Sports
In Truchtelfingen, the ski club maintains a 300-meter-long ski lift, a 240-meter-long descent and a trail for cross-country skiers.
sons and daughters of the town
- Hermann Essig (1878–1918), playwright , storyteller and poet
- Klaus Konzelmann (* 1962), Lord Mayor of Albstadt since 2015
literature
- Hermann Bizer: Tailfinger Heimatbuch . Tailfingen 1953, reprint 1987 (also covers Truchtelfingen).
Web links
- District information on the website of the city of Albstadt
Individual evidence
- ^ Ulrich Klein: Fund coins from Württemberg . Pp. 20–30, here: p. 25. In: Dieter Planck (Hrsg.): Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 1985 . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0465-9
- ^ Dennis Knappe: Winter Sports. The region's ski lifts start operating . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from November 28, 2008
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