Uettingen

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Lower Franconia
County :	Wurzburg
Management Community :	Helmstadt
Height :	232 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.53 km 2
Residents:	1861 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	138 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	97292
Area code :	09369
License plate :	WÜ , OCH
Community key :	09 6 79 196
Community structure:	1 district
Association administration address:	Im Kies 8 ; 97264 Helmstadt
Website :	www.uettingen.de
Mayor :	Edgar Schüttler ( CSU / Independent and Free Voting Community Uettingen)
Location of the community of Uettingen in the district of Würzburg

Uettingen is a municipality in the Lower Franconian district of Würzburg and a member of the Helmstadt administrative community .

geography

Uettingen is located in the Aalbachtal and is located in the district of Würzburg on federal road 8 .

Uettingen district

geology

Uettingen is on the edge of the Franconian plate . The hilltops in its vicinity are made of shell limestone . The red sandstone begins below this . In between lies a marly , clayey, water-impermeable intermediate layer , which often results in rich spring horizons on the slopes .

Neighboring communities

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Panorama of Uettingen

Surname

etymology

The original name Ûotinga is the personal name Uoto based on the belongingness by the suffix -ing was derived. This spelling clearly proves the Alemannic origin of the place name.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

772 Ûotinga
1319 V ^e tingen
1333 Vtingen
1359 Uetingen
1437 Uettingen

history

prehistory

In addition to shards of vessels from the ceramic era , an ax from the Bronze Age was also found in Uettingen . The beginning of the settlement should be around 300–400. From 213 the area around Uettingen was considered to belong to the realm of the Alamanni or Suebi , which was assigned to the Gallic sphere of influence between 481 and 506. After all, from 511 it was part of the empire of Metz , which was referred to as Austrasia from 584 and independently administered as the eastern part of the Franconian Empire until 751 .

First official mentions

Uettingen was first mentioned in a document on January 20, 772, when a certain Alwalah gave his possessions, in the presence of King Charlemagne , from a total of 25 villages to the Fulda monastery. Uettingen itself, however, was owned by the Holzkirchen monastery and fell to Wertheim around 1165. At that time the area in which the place is located was called Waldsassengau .

The Ütinger article from the farmer Kleinhans

As a result of the rise of Protestantism and the beginning of humanism , the 12 articles of the peasantry in Swabia were written in February 1525 . In this German peasants war , a respected and wealthy farmer named Kleinhans (presumably “Kleins Hans” as a short form of “Johann Klein”) from Uettingen came to the fore. He managed to articulate the indignation of the rural population and wrote the so-called Ütinger articles . It reminded little of the 12 articles of the peasantry, as it was essentially a local concept and he had no qualms about trying to enforce his articles.

The articles were a reprimand to Count von Wertheim's demand that the monks of Holzkirchen be paid everything the Uettinger owed them in three days. Otherwise you would sell the citizens' property and use it to cover their debts. This was particularly tough because of a bad harvest year . Furthermore, the count had the free movement prohibited municipalities civil rights deprived the suburbs sold and horsemen to the mayor made.

Kleinhans built his agitational activities in the area on his articles, not sparing with lies and threats. In Uettingen it was easy for him to be entrusted with the management of the community. After the mayor, appointed by Count von Wertheim, stood loyal to his master, he was declared deposed and Kleinhans had himself made mayor.

The first action was aimed at the Holzkirchen monastery, especially its wine cellar . As he marched out, he shouted "sy haben follen kasten". The Uettinger did not treat the property with care, even the last wine barrels found buyers. One night a Uettinger delegation with Kleinhans put the people of Helmstadt under pressure. Now and then one would have to join the brotherhood against the monks and priests. The Billingshäuser , the two Altertheims , the Lautenbacher , the Bettinger , the Dertinger, the Kembacher, the Höhefelder etc. followed. Those who resisted, he threatened unequivocally: "We are wrong, we are not, we don’t want anyone what we have and want to drive away from the country! "

As far as is known, however, the Remlingers and mayor resisted as the only ones. So the Tauberbischofsheimer Haufe was supposed to convert the Remlingers by letter. They, who also called themselves the “christian gathering of the nine sta”, committed themselves to “help upright everything that the holy gospel writes down and help to overturn”. The rejection of the Remlingers was certain: they would have gladly heard, if they answered the centurions, how the crowd wanted to establish the holy gospel , since they themselves had for a long time by the grace of Almighty God the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ from the heart coveted; but they would also know that it is not proper to defend the peaceful Word of God by hand. In addition, Mr. Georg Graf zu Wertheim, her master at the time, would have had so much grace and industriously promoted her and provided her with a learned preacher . They would therefore be grateful for this fraternal invitation.

This behavior must also be taken into account when interpreting the words of Count Georg when he said: "If he had had evangelical preachers in all of his spots , he would probably have been overjoyed by this uproar".

Wolfskeels

From 1625 Uettingen finally belonged to the Freiherrn Wolfskeel v. Reichenberg.

Uettingen in January 2005

The more recent story

The manor of the barons Wolfskeel v. Reichenberg belonged to the Franconian knight circle , was mediatized by the Grand Duchy of Würzburg in 1806 and with this fell to Bavaria in 1814. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818.

In 1866 the last battles of the German War were fought in the Main Campaign during the battles near Uettingen .

religion

Uettingen has been a Protestant parish since the Reformation , but now half of it consists of Catholics and has had a Catholic church since the 1960s.

Population development

year	Residents
1970	1145
1987	1401
1991	1574
1995	1715
2000	1849
2005	1920
2010	1892
2015	1920

politics

mayor

In the local elections on March 15, 2020, Edgar Schüttler (CSU / UWG-FW) was elected with 76.80% of the vote. His predecessor was Heribert Endres (CSU) from May 2014 to April 2020.

Municipal council

The twelve seats in the municipal council fell on the only election proposal, submitted jointly by CSU with the Independent and Free Voting Community Uettingen.

Alliance Waldsassengau

Since November 20, 2014, Uettingen has been organized together with twelve other municipalities in the Alliance Waldsassengau . The association serves the intercommunal cooperation.

coat of arms

Blazon : Divided by gold and blue; Above is a growing black moor , a natural rose with three red flowers in the right, below, next to each other, two silver heraldic roses.

The coat of arms reminds of two noble families important for the place. The roses and the colors blue and gold are taken from the coat of arms of the Counts of Wertheim. The moor with the rose is taken from the coat of arms of Count Wolffskeel.

Partner communities

The partner communities in Uettingens are Échillais and Coschütz . The partnership with these communities was initiated by TSV Uettingen and will continue to be cultivated.

Culture and sights

The Evangelical Bartholomew Church

language

In addition Uettingen is High German and Unterostfränkisch spoken.

Buildings

Uettingen Castle , built in 1818 by Count Wolffskeel von Reichenberg, is located in the south of the village. The Bartholomäus Church in Uettingen is located in the center of the village.

Regular events

Forest Festival (second weekend in July)

Parish fair (first weekend in September)

Mutton Dance ( Parish Fair Monday )

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 23 employees at the place of work in the field of agriculture and forestry, 84 in the manufacturing sector and 59 in trade and transport. In other economic sectors 61 people were employed at the place of work subject to social insurance contributions. There were a total of 695 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was one company in the manufacturing sector and three companies in the construction sector. In addition, in 2005 there were 23 farms and one organic farm with an agriculturally used area of 528 hectares, of which 509 hectares were arable land, 18 hectares of which were organic and 16 hectares of permanent green space, as well as viticulture. Two farms still have livestock and one business also has sheep and the cultivation of the old potato variety Bamberger Hörnchen.

education

The following institutions exist (as of 2005):

Kindergartens: 75 kindergarten places with 59 children in three groups as well as a "toddler group" since 2012/13
Primary School (Association School Helmstadt)

Local customs

Plank wedding (usually for the anniversaries of the beautification club every 25 years (last time in 2010), exceptionally for the 1250th anniversary in 2002)

Mutton dance

Midsummer bonfire

Put up the maypole
Caught up
Sprinkle sprinkles
Wedding loader

Others

It is assumed that the nickname Uettingens Kleinparis can be traced back to a saying by the pastor Johann Wolfgang Schmidt. He held the office of pastor from 1835 to 1864 and complained about the "French character" of the Uettinger population. Which, by the way, is not surprising, since a generation earlier the Napoleonic army had passed by on Poststrasse directly near Uettingen during their Russian campaign and spent a few months there (procuring and securing supplies).

The Uettingers got the local name Schneesenger due to the legend that the Uettingers secretly burned or scorched their snow. In fact, because of Uettingen's southern hillside location, the snow melts earlier than in the neighboring communities. The snow singers made this place name known throughout Franconia.

Uettinger Norbert Riemer is in the Guinness Book of Records with the production of the smallest smokable tobacco pipe .

After Aalbachtal the Uettinger music group founded in the 1980s is Aalbachtal Express named.

Personalities

Jörg Geuder (1861–1935), garden writer, poet and educator, was a teacher in Uettingen from 1880–1884
Luitpold Graf Wolffskeel von Reichenberg (1879–1964), officer, first commander of the Bavarian Air Force , aviation pioneer