Waldbeuren

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Waldbeuren
municipality Ostrach
Coordinates: 47 ° 54 ′ 34 ″  N , 9 ° 20 ′ 52 ″  E
Height : 620 m above sea level NHN
Postal code : 88356
Area code : 07585
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Waldbeuren is a suburb of Burgweiler , one of eight localities in the Baden-Württemberg community of Ostrach in the Sigmaringen district .

geography

Geographical location

The suburb of Waldbeuren is about five and a half kilometers southwest of the center of Ostrach, between Ochsenbach in the southwest, Burgweiler in the north and Ulzhausen in the southeast.

history

In 1210 a nobility of Waldbeuren was first mentioned in a document, in 1279 the lords of Gundelfingen were also wealthy here. In 1366, Pfullendorf Hospital in Waldbeuren received a man's fief from the Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg .

Waldbeuren was an independent municipality until 1924, then it belonged to the Burgweiler municipal association.

In the course of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg , the municipality of Burgweiler was incorporated into Ostrach on January 1, 1975 with the town of Waldbeuren.

Culture and sights

Mauritius Chapel

Buildings

  • The St. Mauritius chapel is one of the oldest in Linzgau; it was built in the Romanesque period and is characterized by its valuable wall frescoes. These come from an unknown painter from around 1460 and depict the Last Supper, the prayer on the Mount of Olives and the capture.
  • The old mill was built in 1501 and was initially used as a saw, linseed oil and grain mill. Today it is one of over a hundred mills on Mühlenstraße Oberschwaben and an inn with a hotel.
  • Wall frescoes in the Mauritius chapel in Waldbeuren
    There has been a forge in the village since around 1500, which was built in 1748 in its current form. The tradition of master blacksmiths on this property ended with Otto Schlegel in 1919.

Economy and Infrastructure

Citizen bus

Stop "Bürgerbus"

The Ostracher Citizens' Bus complements local public transport and improves, among other things, the mobility of people with disabilities. Three days a week the bus runs according to a fixed schedule between the center of Ostrach and Dichtenhausen, Spöck, Kalkreute, Ochsenbach, Waldbeuren and Burgweiler.
The citizen bus is financed by the municipality of Ostrach and operated by the citizen bus association as well as volunteer drivers and helpers.

literature

  • Max Hornstein: Chronicle of the former community of Waldbeuren and the former community of Burgweiler with their associated places Hahnennest, Ulzhausen, Egelreute, Sturmberg, Zoznegg-Oberochsenbach, Ochsenbach, Freudenberg, Mettenbuch and Judentenberg. The history of a landscape in the upper Linzgau from prehistory to the middle of the 20th century Schmidt Verlag. Pfullendorf, 1996.
  • Josef Rumpel, Lilli Rumpel: Waldbeuren: History of Waldbeuren in pictures and texts . ed. from the Waldbeuren village community. Zsgest. by Lilli and Josef Rumpel jun. Geiger publishing house. Horb am Neckar, 2009. ISBN 978-3-86595-342-1

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The localities of Ostrach ; Retrieved February 9, 2015
  2. ↑ Top25 Viewer [Top. Map 1: 100000 Baden-Württemberg]
  3. ↑ Information from the municipality of Ostrach in the Ostrach Border Stone Museum
  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. 550 .
  5. ↑ a b Sabine Hug (hug): Celebration start with a tour of the village. 800 years of Waldbeuren: Mayor Wolfgang Richter leads interested parties . In: Südkurier of May 17, 2010
  6. ↑ Birgit Tuchen: Ostrach-Burgweiler: The Romanesque chapel of St. Mauritius in Waldbeuren . In: The northern Lake Constance area. Excursion destinations between the Rhine and Danube . Theiss, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8062-2643-0 , p. 181.
  7. ↑ Information board of the community of Ostrach and the village community of Waldbeuren, attached to the chapel. As of June 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ The history of the "Alten Mühle Waldbeuren" on the website of the Landhotel Alte Mühle; accessed on March 19, 2015
  9. ↑ The "Old Mill" at www.muehlenstrasse-oberschwaben.de
  10. ↑ Josef Unger (ugr): Old forge is made beautiful . In: Südkurier from March 1, 2010
  11. ↑ Information board for the community of Ostrach on the building
  12. ↑ Flyer of the municipality of Ostrach: "CITIZEN BUS CONNECTS - CITIZENS DRIVE CITIZENS", November 2014