Weilstetten

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Weilstetten
City of Balingen
Former coat of arms of Weilstetten
Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '58 "  N , 8 ° 51' 45"  E
Height : 606 m above sea level NN
Area : 7.23 km²
Residents : 3695  (Dec. 31, 2010)
Population density : 511 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 72336
Area code : 07433
Weilstetten: View from the Schinderlucke lookout on the Albtrauf
Weilstetten: View from the Schinderlucke lookout on the Albtrauf

Weilstetten is the third largest district of Balingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg . The village lies at the foot of the Swabian Alb and was formed in 1936 from the independent communities of Weilheim and Waldstetten.

Geographical location

Weilstetten lies below the Lochen at the foot of the Lochen Pass and south of Frommern at the exit of the Eyach from the Swabian Alb .

history

Weilheim, Waldstetten and the Lochenpass on a topographic map of the Kingdom of Württemberg from 1850

The place name was formed from the names of the former communities Weilheim and Waldstetten. These were amalgamated on October 1, 1936 to form the community of Weilstetten . On July 1, 1971, the neighboring community of Roßwangen was incorporated. In the course of the community reform, the "new" town of Balingen was founded on January 1st, 1975 and Weilstetten became a part of it. The population today is around 3,650, the municipal area around 720 hectares.

Waldstetten was mentioned as "Walahsteti" in a document from the St. Gallen Monastery of March 27, 793, and Weilheim as "Wilon" for the first time in 838.

In the Weilheim area, near the church and in the Heimgarten hallway above the Lochenbach, there were two Roman manors . The connecting road between the two forts Geislingen-Häsenbühl and Lautlingen ran along today's main road. It is possible that one of the manors was also a mansio . These plants were abandoned in 260 at the latest. Between 650 and 675 an Alemannic burial place was laid out in this area. From the 6th century onwards -heim -places replaced the earlier -ingen -places. Both are preceded by the name of the founder. While -ingen-Orte does not mean stationary "with the people of ...", a -heim-place refers to the stationary "dwelling place of ...". The transition is associated with the introduction of manors . In Alamannia, the Franks preferred to set them up at important crossings - as here along the old Roman road across the Alb - in order to protect them through loyal vassals.

Both Weilheim and Waldstetten belonged to the Scherragrafschaft , came to the Schalksburg rule in the 13th century and were sold to Württemberg in 1403 . The two villages formed a community as early as the Middle Ages, because they had a common village court. This association was only dissolved in 1838 and two independent communities were formed. The population of both places was around 1500 about 110, 1601 195, 1706 321 and 1810 746. Because of their location in the immediate vicinity of the Lochensteige , these villages were particularly exposed to billeting and guard services in the war times of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Suffer. According to the draft list from 1521 onwards, the Weilheim militiamen are responsible for securing the entangled pass road over the Lochen.

Waldstetten and Weilheim belonged to the Oberamt Balingen, which existed until 1934, during the Duchy and Kingdom of Württemberg .

The local industrial companies (textiles and furniture) developed from local handicraft businesses at the beginning of the 20th century. They no longer play a major role today. Weilstetten is predominantly a residential community. A large number of associations promote coexistence and offer many opportunities for leisure activities. The best known is the TV Weilstetten with its handball department, whose A-Jugend won the German championship in 1983.

Loss of independence and foundation of the "new" city of Balingen

On January 1, 1975, Weilstetten lost its independence in the course of the community reform and became a district of the new city of Balingen together with Balingen and Frommern. Before that there were discussions about the alternative to a union with Frommern to form an independent church.

Frommern and Weilstetten differed from the other communities that were already incorporated into Balingen in that they were larger and economically more powerful. Mayor Uhl from Frommern also pursued the idea of ​​a “sub-center Frommern-Weilstetten” as a counterweight to Balingen very early on. This also corresponded to the state government's first target planning.

Frommern had already cherished such plans in the 1930s, since the two localities had practically grown together at that time and on the one hand Frommern needed commercial space for further expansion and on the other hand 200 residents of Weilstetten worked in Frommern. Such a merger did not take place, but in May 1939 the pious mayor Eisele was also appointed mayor of Weilstetten. The long-term goal at that time was the incorporation of Weilstetten into Frommern. However, the plans did not go beyond the personal union, especially since Eisele was drafted as a soldier and was in Soviet captivity after the war.

Mayor Gomringer from Weilstetten vehemently opposed the new plans. He would rather sacrifice his own independence in favor of Balingen than a "connection" to Frommern. In 1970, the performance of the own community was assessed so that even in a merger with Balingen, no synergy effects for Weilstetten were seen for the moment . As a counterbalance to the Ebingen - Tailfingen - Onstmettingen conglomerate , later Albstadt , a strong district town was seen as a long-term goal. When Roßwangen was incorporated into Weilstetten, which came into force on July 1, 1971, promises were made that a merger with Frommern was not planned.

In 1972 a heated debate developed in the local press when it became known that Hans Uhl had claimed the post of full-time deputy mayor should Frommern zu Balingen be incorporated.

At a joint local council meeting on March 23, 1973 from Frommern and Weilstetten, which was also attended by the member of the state parliament and chairman of the committee for community reform, the mayor of Meßstetter Erwin Gomeringer as a guest and the mayor of Balingen, Hagenbuch, as an audience member, there were no changes in viewpoint. Mayor Uhl pleaded for Raumschaft Balingen, which could result in the (far) future to a common city, but the mental conditions in Balingen were not yet available for the, as it merely concerned with their central institutions of the city. Mayor Gomringer from Weilstetten explained that at the end of the development, Weilstetten would lose its independence and that one would therefore have to choose the partner in terms of control power and tasks, or as a Weilstetter municipal council summarized it: “Why go to the Schmiedle, let's go to the Blacksmith ”.

On April 8, 1973, a poll was conducted in both communities. There were three alternatives to choose from.

  1. Are you in favor of integrating your community into the city of Balingen?
  2. Are you in favor of a unified municipality "Frommern / Weilstetten" as a sub-administrative area of ​​Balingen?
  3. Are you in favor of your own administrative area for your municipality as a sub-administrative area of ​​Balingen?

In Frommern, 91% voted for a merger with Weilstetten. In Weilstetten it was still 55% who voted for a merger with Frommern. Only 6% in Frommern and 4% in Weilstetten voted for integration in Balingen. In Weilstetten, 41% voted for a separate administrative area, with 230 of these 595 votes coming from Roßwangen. The Frommern municipal council reacted to this with the unanimous decision to seek the merger of Frommern-Weilstetten. The Weilstetter municipal council rejected such a solution with 7: 6 votes and with the same percentage of votes the formation of a separate administrative area.

An initiative group was formed against the decision of the Weilstetter municipal council, which demanded a referendum . The mood, reflected in leaflets and letters to the editor, was at the boiling point. The referendum failed because it did not achieve the required 50% turnout. On July 11, 1973, there was a stormy council meeting in Weilstetten. It was reported that the supporters of the citizens' initiative had filed a complaint before the administrative court in Sigmaringen , because of the unauthorized use of a loudspeaker car, because of the production of leaflets that called for an election boycott and that were supposed to have been made at the town hall. Then it was reported that the cabinet in Stuttgart had decided to incorporate Frommern and Weilstetten into Balingen.

Since the incorporation of Frommern and Weilstetten into Balingen would exceed 20% of the population of the receiving community, a public hearing should now also take place in Balingen. In the Weilstetten municipal council, a vote of 8: 5 prevented the alternative question "Are you in favor of a union of the municipalities of Weilstetten and Frommern?" In the Pious Parish Council it was decided to allow this question. The question was not up for debate in Balingen. The pious priest summed up the current status of the dispute in a letter to the editor: “Only the rivalry between the equal mayors in Weilstetten and Frommern stands in the way of the unification of the two places, nothing else! The third party in the federation takes the chance ... ".

At the citizens' hearing on January 20, 1974, the turnout in Balingen was 16.5%, of which 79.3% voted for the three municipalities to be merged. In Frommern, the turnout was 69.8% and 94.4% voted against the merger. Practically the same number of voters voted for the merger of Frommern and Weilstetten. In Weilstetten, the turnout was 54.8% and 90% voted against the merger of the three communities.

Mayor Uhl particularly emphasized the high turnout and rejection of the merger with Balingen in the newly created residential area of ​​Hesselberg, where almost all of them were newly arrived Frommers and in the newly incorporated community of Stockenhausen. Mayor Gomringer from Weilstetten stated that the vote in his community was against the founding of a new city with Balingen and he stated that Weilstetten would seek a community administration association with Frommern, Geislingen (sic!) And Balingen.

A public council meeting on January 25, 1974 had to be broken off after a short time because of "... improper behavior of a few listeners ...". In a closed session, the application for the formation of a community administration association Frommern, Geislingen and Weilstetten and Balingen with its seat in Balingen was applied for. The municipal council in Frommern made the same request, but with the addition that if a separate expulsion of the municipalities of Frommern and Weilstetten would not be possible in such an association, a joint municipality of Frommern and Weilstetten would have to be formed first. The Balingen municipal council voted in favor of the country's target planning, i.e. the formation of a new city.

On February 22nd, there was another large demonstration of disappointed citizens of Weilstetten, who, with a parade of around 100 vehicles, formed an approximately five-kilometer-long protest march on federal highway 463 via Ebingen to Meßstetten, to meet the local mayor and MdL and chairman of the committee to hand over a protest note for the Gomeringer community reform. As it turned out, the demonstration was inconclusive. But they had let off steam again.

After the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg had decided to reform the community, i.e. with the assignment of Weilstetten and Frommern to Balingen, the Junge Union planned to file a constitutional complaint in Frommern, which was rejected shortly afterwards. This was followed by joint negotiations on the unification agreement, in which above all the formation of local councils and mayors, i.e. an administration close to the people, as well as agreements on tax rates, development plans, organization of the fire brigades and building yards, among other things. A provisional municipal council should meet from January 1, 1975, and new elections for the mayor and the municipal council were scheduled for April 20, 1975.

The municipal councils of Balingen, Frommern and Weilstetten approved in closed sessions on November 12, 1974, whereby the Frommern municipal council also initiated a norm review procedure against Section 106 of the Special Municipal Reform Act at the State Court, which was also withdrawn after the State Court on November 30 1974 had established the effectiveness of the incorporation.

On January 2, 1975, the new town's joint council met for the first time. The election of the mayor that followed was still shaped by the previous events. Lord Mayor Hagenbuch, who initially did not want to run again, was nominated again as a cross-party candidate. On January 30, 1975, however, Hans Uhl, now the mayor of Frommern, registered his candidacy. Not as a member of the CDU, as he emphasized, but as an independent candidate. And then in mid-February, Eugen Fleischmann, who had been involved in community reform at the Ministry of the Interior, joined the company. In the first ballot, Hagenbuch achieved the best result with 40.9% of the votes, but missed an absolute majority. Fleischmann received 33.5% of the votes and was the winner, especially in Weilstetten and Engstlatt. Uhl got 25.3% of the vote, in Frommern 74%. In the second ballot, Uhl withdrew his candidacy, but with Helmut Palmer , at that time a permanent candidate in upper citizenship elections, a new candidate was added. The winner was Eugen Fleischmann with 50.59% of the vote. Hagenbuch had won the core city and most of the "old" districts, but Fleischmann had "... triumphed like a landslide ..." in Frommern and Weilstetten

politics

Mayor

  • Hans Gomringer (1975–1978)
  • Kurt Haigis (1978-2014)
  • Wolfgang Schneider (since 2014)

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms of Weilstetten shows two silver circles above a black shield head , with a stag's pole in black underneath on a gold background . The stag pole symbolizes belonging to Württemberg. The two circles illustrate the merger of the two villages of Waldstetten ("Walahstetti") and the neighboring Weilheim ("Wilon").

Culture and sights

Lochenstein over Weilstetten with a view to the southeast

Buildings

See also: List of cultural monuments in Weilstetten

  • Weilstetten Evangelical Church, partly still Gothic church with renovations from 1934

Sports

  • HBW Balingen-Weilstetten: The handball team of TV Weilstetten merged in 2002 with TSG Balingen to form HBW Balingen-Weilstetten , which now plays in the 1st handball league.
  • The Weilstetten ski club has been operating a lift in Tieringen-Oberstocken for over 40 years.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Weilstetten is right next to the federal highway 463 Balingen - Sigmaringen and the state road L440 leads via the Lochenpass to Tieringen, Unterdigisheim towards Stockach.

Organizations and associations

  • Voluntary fire brigade Balingen, Weilstetten department provides fire protection and general help
    • The Weilstetten department has an LF 8 fire fighting vehicle , a small fire engine and a team transport vehicle in its fleet.
    • In 2010 there were 32 firefighters in the operations department.
  • German Red Cross local association Weilstetten-Frommern
    • Founded in 1962. The local association currently consists of a standby group, a youth Red Cross group, a visiting service and 5 senior gymnastics groups.
    • The DRK readiness is a Renault Traffic (built in 2008) and a VW up! (Built in 2013) are available for their service.
  • Musikverein Weilstetten eV
    • Founded in 1928, the association currently consists of around 50 active musicians and around 300 passive members.

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Sascha Ilitsch , handball player
  • Martin Luippold, major manufacturer, owner of the first telephone in the Zollernalb district

literature

  • Heinrich Haasis (Ed.): The Zollernalbkreis . 2nd revised edition. Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-8062-0522-1 .
  • 1200 years of Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): Publications of the City Archives Balingen . tape 5 . Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 .

Web links

Commons : Weilstetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Waldstetten  - Sources and full texts
Wikisource: Weilheim  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): Publications of the City Archives Balingen . tape 5 . Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 16 .
  2. ↑ Karin Krapp: The Alamannen warriors - settlers - early Christians . Konrad Theiss, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2044-5 , pp. 53 ff .
  3. ↑ Holdings A 28 aBd M 2 1 on Landesarchiv-BW.de.
  4. ^ 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. 540 .
  5. ↑ Wilhelm Foth: The “Great Solution” -Frommern's efforts to integrate into the community in the 1930s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen 793–1993 (=  publications of the Balingen City Archives . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 89 ff .
  6. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 118 .
  7. ^ 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. 524 .
  8. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 119 .
  9. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 120 .
  10. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 122 .
  11. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 123 .
  12. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 124 .
  13. ^ Wilhelm Foth: Who with whom? - The community reform of the 1970s . In: Stadtverwaltung Balingen (Hrsg.): 1200 years Endingen Frommern Heslwangen Weilstetten Zillhausen (=  Publications of the City Archives Balingen . Volume 5 ). Hermann Daniel, Balingen 1993, ISBN 3-927936-48-0 , p. 127 .
  14. ↑ Weilstetten Ski Club. The season opener goes in the pants . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from December 1, 2010