Weilheim (Tübingen)

Weilheim University city of Tübingen
Coordinates: 48 ° 29 '23 "  N , 9 ° 1' 56"  E
Height :	333 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.09 km²
Residents :	1547  (Jun 30, 2010)
Population density :	191 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st August 1971
Postal code :	72072
Area code :	07071
Location of Weilheim in Tübingen

Weilheim is a district of the Baden-Württemberg university city of Tübingen . It is located southwest of the city ​​center .

location

In the Neckar valley, 3 km southwest of the city center, Weilheim is located on the Upper Neckar Railway Tübingen - Horb am Neckar and on the L 370 Tübingen - Rottenburg am Neckar . The Weilheim district also includes the nearby districts of Kreßbach and Eck on the Rammert plateau . Weilheim lies at a height of 333 m above sea level.

history

Town hall in Weilheim

The Weilheim district is certainly a lot older than 900 years. Its name suggests - as with other "Weil" or " Heim " locations - that it originated in the 7th century at the latest. It was first mentioned in writing as "Wilon" around 1090, when Count Liutold von Achalm made a donation to the Zwiefalten monastery here . That is why the 900th anniversary was celebrated in 1991. In connection with the basic equipment of the Zwiefalten monastery, the Weilheim church and thus the village is mentioned in writing for the first time. The place initially belonged to the sphere of influence of the Counts of Tübingen and later came to Württemberg. Since the middle of the 15th century Weilheim belonged to the Tübingen Office, later to the Tübingen Oberamt or the Tübingen district.

Nicomedes Church in Weilheim

The patronage of the Nicomedes Church in Weilheim was from 1441 to the secularization of 1806 at the Tübingen hospital. In the years 1499 to 1521, the church was rebuilt on the foundations of its predecessor in its current form as a late Gothic hall church with a 5/8 choir and a massive tower with a gable roof. A special feature is the namesake Nicomedes - in Württemberg there is only another Nicomedes church in Hildrizhausen . It is unclear whether it is Nicomedes , who died as a martyr in Rome in the first century, or the bishop in Nicomedia , who died in 303 while persecuting Christians.

The Neuwirtshaus , which was built in the 18th century on the road between Tübingen and Rottenburg in Weilheim and was also known as the Weilheimer Kneiple , because its fencing floor was outside the academic jurisdiction of the University of Tübingen, gained importance for Tübingen students .

In the 19th century, the former villages of Eckhof and Kreßbach , which were located on the Rammert plateau and were now just hamlets or farms, were incorporated into Weilheim.

On August 1, 1971, Weilheim was incorporated into Tübingen.

coat of arms

The local coat of arms of Weilheim shows a fallen silver ploughshare on a blue background , above a silver shield head , which is covered with a blue stag stick lying to the right .

Personalities

Knight Friedrich von Weilheim called Usel was a ministerial of the Count Palatine of Tübingen . He was committed in 1289 by the Count Palatine Eberhard von Tübingen and his brother Rudolf von Tübingen to the Bebenhausen monastery as a guarantee for the sale of their vineyards in Jesingen and other lands.

Paul Schneider , who later became known as the “Preacher of Buchenwald”, lived in the rectory in Weilheim in 1920 as a theology student . Here he met the daughter of the Weilheim pastor Dieterich and married her in 1926 in the Weilheim church.

literature

• Jost Reischmann (Ed.): 900 years of Weilheim. A home book , administrative office, Tübingen-Weilheim 1991.

Web links

Commons : Weilheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Weilheim in the description of the Oberamt Tübingen from 1867  - sources and full texts

• www.tuebingen.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 535 .
2. ↑ Württembergisches Urkundenbuch, Volume IX., No. 3854, page 277.