Weil (Esslingen am Neckar)

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Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 17 ″  E
Residents : 1155  (June 30, 2016)
Incorporation : 1935
Postal code : 73733
Area code : 0711
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Location of Weil in Esslingen
Stud building
Lukas Church

Weil is a district of Esslingen am Neckar . Weil is located in the Neckar valley below the old town of Esslingen on the opposite left side of the river, approx. 3 km west of the city center.

history

In 1173 a hamlet was mentioned as the property of the St. Blasien monastery in the Black Forest .

In 1230, some women from Esslingen founded a monastic community and adopted the rule of the Dominican Order, which had settled in Esslingen in 1221 . The Bishop Konrad von Konstanz gave permission to build a monastery with a church. In 1236 this permission was given by Pope Gregory IX. approved. In 1245 Pope Innocent IV subordinated the convent to the prior of the Dominican monastery in Esslingen. At the beginning of the 14th century, the hamlet of Dominican convent had around 70 nuns. A sister book , which was written around 1350 and has been handed down in several manuscripts, reports on the gifted life of the members of the convent.

In the middle of the 14th century the monastery was pledged by the emperor to the county of Württemberg . As a result, soldiers from Esslingen and Ulm devastated the monastery in 1377. The people of Esslingen attacked the convent again in 1519 in the last war between Esslingen and Württemberg.

With the Reformation ordinance of Duke Christoph von Württemberg of July 24th, 1556 came the ban on reading Catholic masses. The nuns should be forced to keep an evangelical order. However, since these did not give in, the monastery was allowed to die out. The Duke never let a doctor through. In 1560 there were 18 nuns, in 1571 there were four. The last prioress was Barbara Morlockin. She died on June 19, 1592. After that, the monastery became a ducal estate.

In 1643 most of the buildings burned down. The church was rebuilt and only demolished in 1972.

On September 30, 1817, the Weil domain was declared a royal private stud by King Wilhelm I of Württemberg together with Klein-Hohenheim and Scharnhausen . The area was leased to the family of the Pauline Princess zu Wied in 1921/22. After the end of the stud in 1932, the hamlet of Arabian breeding was continued in the main and state stud Marbach.

Under King Wilhelm II , a racecourse was set up on the grounds of the domain in the valley floor. The races held at the Cannstatter Wasen since 1834 did not generate the desired response. The hamlet racetrack was opened in 1892, the competitions - flat races and obstacle races - took place until the beginning of the First World War . The most important race was the Schwabenpreis, endowed with the then important prize money of 20,000 marks.

Weil became a district of Esslingen am Neckar in 1935.

Because today

Today, Weil is mainly known for the Neckar-Center shopping center and the sports facilities of the Eberhard Bauer Stadium.

The proportion of foreigners is 27.3%.

The inhabitants are divided into the following age groups:

12.9% under 21
56.4% under 65
30.8% over 65

(As of June 30, 2008)

Population development
Proportion of foreigners
Age chart

politics

The contact person for the issues of the district for the city administration and the municipal council of Esslingen is the citizens' committee Mettingen Brühl Weil . At the district level, the citizens' committee helps shape community life. He is a member of the working group of citizens 'committees , which exists to exchange experiences and coordinate the individual citizens' committees of the city. The basis for the working method and the structure of the citizens' committee and the working group is the status adopted by the working group on February 21, 1991 . An agreement was reached as the basis for the cooperation between the citizens' committee, the municipal council and the administration . This was approved by the working group on July 17, 1990 and approved by the municipal council on December 10, 1990. In June 2000, both the status and the agreement were editorially revised. The citizens 'committee is elected for 3 years in a public citizens' meeting held by the city of Esslingen .

traffic

Buses connect the town with Esslingen city center every 15 minutes. The Weil stop was on the left bank of the Neckar Railway . The Esslingen-Mettingen stop on the Filstalbahn can be reached on foot in 15 minutes.

Royal Pavilion

Attractions

  • Royal Pavilion (also known as Weil Castle), built in 1818 according to the plans of Giovanni Salucci
  • Stud building

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Development of the resident population in the districts 2006-2016 As of June 30th each year. City of Esslingen, accessed on April 28, 2017 .
  2. ↑ See Wikisource: Weiler sister book
  3. ^ Citizens' committees in Esslingen am Neckar
  4. ^ Statute of the Citizens' Committees Esslingen am Neckar
  5. ^ Agreement on cooperation between the citizens' committees and the Esslingen am Neckar municipal council and administration

literature

  • Bodo Cichy: The rescue of the little castle in Esslingen-Weil. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg , 2nd year 1973, issue 1, pp. 28–37 ( PDF )
  • Peter Dinzelbacher : Weiler sister book . In: VL² , Vol. 10 (1999) Col. 801-803.
  • Susanne Uhrle: The Dominican convent Weiler near Esslingen (1230-1571 / 92). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1968 (Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg, Series B, Vol. 49)

Web links

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