Hochdorf (Riss)

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Coat of arms of the community of Hochdorf
Hochdorf (Riss)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 2 '  N , 9 ° 47'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Tübingen
County : Biberach
Height : 574 m above sea level NHN
Area : 23.76 km 2
Residents: 2327 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 98 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 88454, 88436
Area code : 07355
License plate : BC
Community key : 08 4 26 058
Address of the
municipal administration:
Hauptstrasse 29
88454 Hochdorf
Website : www.gemeinde-hochdorf.de
Mayor : Klaus Bonelli
Location of the community of Hochdorf in the Biberach district
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Hochdorf is a municipality in the Biberach district in Baden-Württemberg in Germany .

geography

Geographical location

The eponymous core town of Hochdorf ( 574  m above sea  level ) is about ten kilometers south of Biberach an der Riß , on the western slope of the high ground ( 678  m above sea level ), a plateau directly east of the valley of the Riss , which surrounds the village Happened kilometers northwest. To the northwest of the southern district of Unteressendorf, the Lindenweiher ( 549  m above sea level ) extends in the Riss valley near the hamlet of Linden .

Community structure

The community of Hochdorf consists of three districts located near the Riss : Hochdorf, Schweinhausen and Unteressendorf.

This also includes the hamlets of Benzenhaus, Busenberg, Berg, Wettenberg, Hochgeländ and Scharben, as well as the surrounding hamlets of Appendorf and Linden.

history

Fragments from Roman times indicate brick production.

In the Middle Ages there was a castle in Schweinhausen. After their wedding, which is said to have taken place near Augsburg in May 1197, King Philip of Swabia and Irene of Byzantium spent their honeymoon at Schweinhausen Castle until September 1197 . Today there is only a paddock there.
More castles: Castle cormorants , Castle Under food village , castle Wettenberg

Today's community was newly formed on January 1st, 1975 by the union of the communities Hochdorf, Schweinhausen and Unteressendorf.

politics

coat of arms

Up until the incorporation, the communities of Hochdorf, Schweinhausen and Unteressendorf had their own coats of arms. Today's coat of arms consists of elements of these three coats of arms.

traffic

The community of Hochdorf is located on federal highway 30 and the Württemberg Southern Railway ( Ulm - Friedrichshafen ). The Essendorf and Hochdorf (Riß) stations are no longer served.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • Unteressendorf: The church of St. Martin with its Romanesque facade was heavily baroque in the years 1733/1734 .
  • Hamlet Linden: former Linden Castle on the Lindenweiher.

Natural monuments

  • The Wettenberger Ried , which is located a few kilometers east of the core town of Hochdorf on the high ground, is a raised bog and protected forest area that has been designated as a nature reserve.
  • The Lindenweiher , which is near Unteressendorf, is framed by another nature reserve and the bird sanctuary " Lindenweiher ". The former Linden Castle is located on the northeastern bank near the hamlet of Linden.

Sons and daughters of the church

literature

  • Kurt Diemer: 1200 years of Hochdorf . In: BC. Local history sheets for the Biberach district , 28th year (2005), issue 1, pp. 25–48

Web links

Commons : Hochdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Ulrich Brandl and Emmi Federhofer: Ton + Technik. Roman bricks. Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2403-0 ( publications from the Limes Museum Aalen. No. 61)
  3. Maria Magdalena Rückert: Irene-Maria, wife of Philip of Swabia, and her children. In: Karl-Heinz Rueß (Ed.): Frauen der Staufer , Göppingen 2006, pp. 74–89, here: p. 77.
  4. ^ 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. 546 .