Consecration cell
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Consecration cell
community Schwendi
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 34 ″ N , 10 ° 1 ′ 20 ″ E
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| Height : | 547 m |
| Residents : | 300 (Dec. 31, 2005) |
| Postal code : | 88477 |
| Area code : | 07347 |
Weihungszell is a district of Sießen in the forest of the community Schwendi in the district of Biberach in Upper Swabia .
In 2006 the population of Weihungszell was around 300.
Geographical location
Weihungszell is located in the Weihungstal approx. 18 km from Laupheim , approx. 35 km north of the district town of Biberach an der Riss and 25 km south of Ulm and belongs to the community of Schwendi .
history
In 845 a cell in the consecration cell was donated to St. Gallen Monastery. In 1353 the place appears as Wiggenzell. Weihungszell is said to have died out after the Thirty Years' War . Later immigrants from Tyrol settled here.
Weihungszell belonged to Dietenheim until 1832 , with whom it experienced an eventful history. In the 15th century it came into the possession of the Krafft family in Ulm, and in the 16th century it came into Fugger 's possession. During Napoleon's time he became Bavarian in 1806 and in 1819 together with Ulm Württemberg. In 1832 Weihungszell was separated from the community of Dietenheim and merged with Hörenhausen and other areas to form the community of Sießen im Wald .
In the course of the regional and administrative reform, Sießen im Wald was incorporated into the community of Schwendi on January 1, 1972.
In 1999 the meeting point GAEDO WZ - youth culture under apple trees was established.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 525 .
