Volkersheim (Ehingen)

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Volkersheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '15 "  N , 9 ° 43' 41"  E
Height : 520 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.5 km²
Residents : 231  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 89584
Area code : 07391

Volkersheim is a suburb of the large district town of Ehingen (Danube) in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg . The village was incorporated into Ehingen in 1973. The mayor is currently (2019) Sabine Hecht.

history

Volkersheim is first mentioned in 1245 as the eponymous seat of a servant of the Counts of Berg and the Counts of Wartstein . A castle has been proven in 1411. Later the place belonged to the Lords of Gundelfingen . In 1411 Dietrich von Ehestetten, who lived in Nasgenstadt and was a fiefdom of Gundelfinger, sold the village to the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Biberach. In 1803 Volkersheim came to Baden together with Biberach, and in 1806 to the Kingdom of Württemberg . Since 1938 it has belonged to the district of Ehingen .

The chapel was built in the second half of the 18th century. It is dedicated to Saint Wendelin. Volkersheim was incorporated into Ehingen on January 1, 1973 and is now one of 17 suburbs there.

economy

The largest local companies are the e-commerce company Grillrost.com and the Baugeschäft + Holzbau GmbH Neubrand.

Sons and daughters of the village

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 527 .

Web links

Wikisource: Volkersheim in the description of the Oberamt Biberach from 1837  - sources and full texts