Waldhausen (Aalen)

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Waldhausen
City of Aalen
Waldhausen coat of arms before incorporation
Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 25 ″  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 610 m above sea level NN
Area : 24.28 km²
Residents : 2309  (May 1, 2014)
Population density : 95 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1970
Postal code : 73432
map
Map of the districts of Aalen, Waldhausen in the east

Waldhausen is an urban district of the large district town of Aalen in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ) to the east of the city center .

Geographical location

Waldhausen lies on the plateau of the eastern Swabian Alb , the Härtsfeld . The Ebnat district is south of Waldhausen .

In addition to the main town of Waldhausen, the district of Waldhausen includes the hamlets of Arlesberg , Bernlohe , Beuren , Brastelburg , Geiselwang , Hohenberg , Simmisweiler and the new homestead .

history

Burial mounds from the Hallstatt period (approx. 800 to 480 BC) indicate that the Waldhausen area was already settled by the Celts . Waldhausen was first mentioned in 1239 as "Walthusen". Through donations from various feudal men, the place came to the rule of Kapfenburg and with it to the county of Oettingen , which sold it to the German Order in 1364 . A small part stayed with Ellwangen . The Lords of Oettingen nevertheless claimed the high authorities. After the Reformation  , Waldhausen remained Catholic. In 1806 Waldhausen came to Württemberg and initially belonged to the Oberamt Neresheim . When it was dissolved in 1938, Waldhausen became part of the Aalen district . The hamlets that belong to Waldhausen today were predominantly Ellwangish and were subordinate to the cooking castle .

On January 1, 1970, Waldhausen was incorporated into Aalen.

politics

Local council

Local council election 2014
Turnout: 61.1%
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
46.9%
44.1%
9.0%
UBL
Gains and losses
compared to 2009
 % p
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-1.7  % p
+ 0.1  % p
+1.6  % p
UBL

The local council of the Waldhausen district currently has 12 members, whose term of office is five years. The last election took place in the Baden-Württemberg municipal elections on May 25, 2014. This resulted in the following composition (the changes in parliamentary groups refer to the penultimate election in 2009):

Local councilor since 2014
fraction Number of seats change
Independent citizen list 6 seats ± 0
CDU 6 seats ± 0
SPD 1 seat ± 0

Mayor

The mayor of Waldhausen has been Patriz Gentner (Independent Citizens List) since 2016.

literature

Wikisource: Formerly independent community Waldhausen in the description of the Oberamt Neresheim from 1872  - sources and full texts

Web links

Commons : Waldhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Website of the Waldhausen district

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ election result AA_OR Waldhausen 2014 , aalen.de, accessed on July 11, 2014
  2. ^ Entry by Patriz Gentner in the citizen information system of the city of Aalen