Untermarchtal

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 9 ° 37'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	506 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.61 km 2
Residents:	893 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	159 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89617
Area code :	07393
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 123
Address of the municipal administration:	Bahnhofstrasse 4 89617 Untermarchtal
Website :	www.gemeinde-untermarchtal.de
Mayor :	Bernhard Ritzler
Location of the municipality of Untermarchtal in the Alb-Donau district

Untermarchtal an der Donau is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Untermarchtal lies on a Weißjuraplatte at the foot of the Swabian Alb , on both sides of the Danube .

Untermarchtal train station

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the south and west on Obermarchtal , in the northwest on Lauterach , in the north on the city of Ehingen (Danube) and in the east on the city of Munderkingen , to whose administrative community Untermarchtal also belongs.

traffic

The community has a stop on the Ulm – Sigmaringen railway line . The federal road 311 leads past the village on a bypass and the Danube Viaduct Untermarchtal .

history

Rule of the Imperial Knights

In the High Middle Ages, Untermarchtal was in the Duchy of Swabia . The rulership of the place was exercised in the 13th and first half of the 14th century by the Counts of Berg and the Lords of Steusslingen. Higher jurisdiction had been the responsibility of Upper Austria since the 14th century . In 1365 the Lords of Stein can be proven to have owned the castle in Untermarchtal. In 1442 the Speth von Ehestetten bought the rulership rights. The castle was destroyed in 1517 and the castle was built in its place from 1573 to 1576 by Johann Ulrich Speth. In 1604 the Speth were enfeoffed with the ban on blood. The Catholic parish church of St. Andrew in its current form dates back to 1613, with a restoration that took place from 1880 to 1888.

History since the 19th century

In the course of mediatization, Untermarchtal fell to the Electorate of Württemberg in 1805 , which was elevated to a kingdom in 1806 . In 1810 Württemberg assigned Untermarchtal to the Oberamt Ehingen . In 1870 Untermarchtal received its own station on the Danube Railway, with which the community was connected to the route network of the Württemberg State Railways . The Untermarchtal Monastery was built in the castle in 1886 . In 1938 the place came to the district of Ehingen and since 1973 to the Alb-Donau district.

Population development

These are population numbers according to the respective territorial status. The numbers are census results (¹) or official updates from the Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office (only main residences ).

year Residents December 1, 1871 ¹ 370 December 1, 1880¹ 355 December 1, 1890¹ 420 December 1, 1900 ¹ 561 December 1, 1910¹ 970 June 16, 1925 ¹ 1057 June 16, 1933 ¹ 1039 May 17, 1939 ¹ 979 September 13, 1950 ¹ 932 June 6, 1961 ¹ 1068

year Residents May 27, 1970 ¹ 1068 December 31, 1980 894 May 27, 1987 ¹ 888 December 31, 1990 881 December 31, 1995 883 December 31, 2000 916 December 31, 2005 947 December 31, 2010 933 December 31, 2015 879

With an average age of 50.7 years, Untermarchtal was at the end of 2018 - due to the local monastery - the municipality with the second oldest inhabitants on average in Baden-Württemberg.

politics

Municipal council

The eight-member municipal council consists exclusively of members of the “Free List”. He was elected for five years by majority vote in the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 . There are two women on the committee.

mayor

Mayor Bernhard Ritzler was confirmed in office in October 2016 with 99% of the votes.

Lime Kiln Museum

Motherhouse Church of St. Vinzenz

Culture and sights

Museums

• The lime kiln museum between Munderkingen and Obermarchtal : Here a small lime works was restored true to the original and set up as a technical museum. The plant was in operation until 1939.

Buildings

• The Untermarchtal Monastery is the motherhouse of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent von Paul in Untermarchtal . The motherhouse church of St. Vinzenz, a modern circular church built by the architect Hermann Baur , was inaugurated by Bishop Leiprecht in 1972 and has a bell (b ° -des'-es'-ges'-as'-b ') from the Bachert bell foundry .
• The castle (also part of the mother house complex) dates back to 1576. Johann Ulrich Späth von Zwiefalten built the castle from 1573 to 1576. In 1853 Baroness von Speth, nee Princess von Oettingen Wallerstein, sold the estate to the Protestant pastor Schuster von Rottenacker. Merchant Franz Joseph Linder then acquired the former castle in 1886 and donated it to the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, whose superior general was his daughter at the time. The former castle of the Barons von Speth has housed the mother house of the Sisters of Mercy since 1887. Various extensions have been built over the years.
• The Catholic parish church of St. Andrew was built in 1465 and rebuilt in 1613.

literature

• Alfons Kasper: Art hikes all over the Danube: between Riedlingen, Grüningen, Ulpflamör and along the Danube via Daugendorf, Bechingen, Zell, Datthausen, Zwiefaltendorf, Baach, Zwiefalten, hayingen with Großem Lautertal, Ober- and Untermarchtal, Munderkingen, Emerkingen, Unterwachingen , Oberstadion, Oggelsbeuren, Ahlen zum Federsee, Mochental, Kirchen, Ehingen, Nasgenstadt, Riißissen, Ersingen, Oberdischingen, Donaurieden, Erbach, Wiblingen, Allmendingen, Muschenwang, Urspring, Blaubeuren, Wippingen, Lautern, Oberherrlingen, Söflingen, Dornstadt, Oberherrlingen and Unterelchingen, Thalfingen, Ulm on the Danube . Kasper, 1965.

Web links

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

Wikisource: Untermarchtal in the description of the Oberamt Ehingen from 1826  - sources and full texts

• Untermarchtal at LEO-BW
• Internet presence of the municipality of Untermarchtal
• Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Population development in Baden-Württemberg from 1871 to 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Baden-Württemberg: population on average 43.5 years old. State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, August 22, 2019, accessed on August 29, 2019 (press release No. 211/2019). 
4. ^ Official ballot for election to the municipal council . ( gemeinde-untermarchtal.de [PDF; accessed on August 29, 2019]).
5. ↑ Bildungshaus. Seniors have visited monasteries . In: Schwäbische Zeitung of March 17, 2009