Weidenstetten

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 33 '  N , 10 ° 0'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Tübingen
County :	Alb-Danube district
Height :	585 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.21 km 2
Residents:	1370 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	80 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89197
Area code :	07340
License plate :	UL
Community key :	08 4 25 130
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorfplatz 1 89197 Weidenstetten
Website :	www.weidenstetten.de
Mayor :	Georg Engler
Location of the community Weidenstetten in the Alb-Donau district

Weidenstetten is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Weidenstetten is located about 20 kilometers north of Ulm in the area of ​​the Mittlerer Flachalb , near the Lonetal .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Altheim (Alb) , in the east on Neenstetten , in the south on Holzkirch and Westerstetten and in the west on Lonsee .

Community structure

The district of Schechstetten belongs to the community of Weidenstetten .

history

Former day laborer's house from Weidenstetten, today exhibited in the Beuren open-air museum

Thanks to fertile soils, settlement began on the Alb in the early Neolithic. Weidenstetten is located in the old settlement area, which has numerous evidence of settlement from the Merovingian period . However, after its name ended in -stetten, the place is only in an expansion phase. Excavations in the Petruskirche show that it was first built in the 10th century. Immediately north of the church, an artificially built castle hill can still be seen today, on which the rectory now stands. see also Weidenstetten Castle

Geographical analyzes of the settlement image showed a modern settlement growth through Seldner houses , of which some examples have been preserved in the western part of the place.

Religions

Evangelical parish church of St. Peter and Paul

Weidenstetten has been predominantly evangelical since the Reformation , but just under 20% of the population are Roman Catholic today . The Lonseer district Ettlenschieß also belongs to the Protestant parish .

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 ¹ 735 December 1, 1880¹ 752 December 1, 1890¹ 749 December 1, 1900 ¹ 665 December 1, 1910¹ 728 June 16, 1925 ¹ 675 June 16, 1933 ¹ 680 May 17, 1939 ¹ 671 September 13, 1950 ¹ 930

year Residents June 6, 1961 ¹ 922 May 27, 1970 ¹ 1052 December 31, 1980 1013 May 27, 1987 ¹ 1035 December 31, 1990 1061 December 31, 1995 1191 December 31, 2000 1191 December 31, 2005 1225 December 31, 2010 1268 December 31, 2015 1345

politics

Administrative association

The community belongs to the Langenau community administration association.

mayor

• since 1999: Georg Engler, FW

Municipal council

he local council in Weidenstetten has ten members. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 29, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The turnout was 71.0%.

Political party	be right	Seats
Free voters	66.1%	7th
New impulses	33.9%	3

coat of arms

The Weidenstetter coat of arms consists of a green willow tree with a black trunk on a silver background that grows out of a green mountain. The coat of arms was awarded to the municipality in 1930 .

Community partnerships

• Roisel (France)

education

Weidenstetten has a primary school and a kindergarten in town.

societies

• Sports club 1926 Weidenstetten e. V.
• Buzzer vibrations e. V.
• Weidenstetten shooting club
• Liederkranz Weidenstetten
• Trombone Choir Weidenstetten (founded 1954)
• DRK local association Weidenstetten / Beimerstetten

Events

On 5 and 6 September 2009 in Weidenstetten which took European Championship in Bobbycar -Go instead.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Hieronymus Emser (1478–1527), Catholic theologian and an opponent of Luther
• Eberhard Kölsch (1944–2015), diplomat and ambassador

Web links

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

Wikisource: Weidenstetten  - in the description of the Oberamt Ulm from 1836

• Weidenstetten at LEO-BW
• Internet presence of the community Weidenstetten

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Total population and foreigners ( Memento from September 7, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )