Welschingen

Welschingen City of Engen
	Coordinates: 47 ° 49 ′ 28 " N , 8 ° 45 ′ 41" E
Height :	488 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.81 km²
Residents :	1466
Population density :	149 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	78234
Area code :	07733

Welschingen is the largest district of Engen in the Baden-Württemberg district of Konstanz .

Location and transport links

View of Welschingen

Welschingen is located on the west side of the Hohenhewen , south of the core town of Engen on the state roads 190 and 191. The federal highway 314 runs to the west and the federal highway 81 to the east . The lowest point in the municipality of Engen at 470 m above sea level. NHN is in the district of the place.

The nature reserves Binninger Ried , Hohenhewen and Schoren are in the immediate vicinity (see list of nature reserves in the district of Konstanz ).

history

The place goes back to the Alemannic settlement period. It is mentioned for the first time in 752 in a document from the St. Gallen monastery . A castle in Welschingen is mentioned in 1337.

Welschingen was incorporated into Engen on January 1, 1975.

St. Jacob Church

Attractions

St. Jacob Church

Sons of the place

Alfred Wikenhauser (1883–1960), Catholic theologian and professor
Paul Wescher (1896–1974), art historian, art dealer and museum director
Ermin Hohlwegler (1900–1970), trade unionist and politician ( SPD )

literature

Karl Müller (Ed.): Engen im Hegau . Engen 1999, ISBN 3-00-002415-8 , p. 33.

Web links

Commons : Welschingen (Engen) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Welschingen on the website of the city of Engen

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. 519 .

[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. 519 .