Wendelsheim (Rottenburg)

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Wendelsheim
Former coat of arms of Wendelsheim
Coordinates: 48 ° 30 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 9 ″  E
Height : 380  (365-475)  m
Area : 4.7 km²
Residents : 1639  (Jul 31, 2018)
Population density : 349 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : February 1, 1972
Postal code : 72108
Area code : 07472
Wendelsheim town view (April 2005)
Wendelsheim town view (April 2005)
Wendelsheim from Pfaffenberg

Wendelsheim is a district of Rottenburg am Neckar in the Tübingen district in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).

geography

Wendelsheim is located around three kilometers north of Rottenburg am Neckar and eleven kilometers southwest of Tübingen .

expansion

The total area of Wendelsheim is 470  hectares . 71.0% of this is agricultural area, 15.0% forest area , 13.6% settlement and traffic area , 0.2% water area and 0.2% other use.

Neighboring places

The following places border on Wendelsheim, they are named starting in the north in a clockwise direction : Oberndorf , Wurmlingen , Rottenburg (core city) and Seebronn (all district of Tübingen ).

population

1628 people live in Wendelsheim (as of the end of April 2015). In relation to the district area of 4.70 km², this corresponds to a population density of 346 inhabitants per square kilometer.

Population development
  • 1930: 0506 inhabitants
  • 1945: 0612 inhabitants
  • 1960: 0980 inhabitants
  • 1961: 0842 inhabitants
  • 1970: 1049 inhabitants
  • 1975: 1278 inhabitants
  • 1990: 1542 inhabitants
  • 2005: 1719 inhabitants
  • 2006: 1578 inhabitants
  • 2013: 1603 inhabitants
  • 2015: 1628 inhabitants

history

The village, first mentioned around 1180 ("Winolfhein"), which belonged to the Count Palatinate of Tübingen in the 12th century, is located on a flat hill between the Ammer and Neckar valleys . From these it soon came to the Counts of Hohenberg , who held court on the northeastern "plain" above the village. This district court was relocated to the city of Rottenburg in 1378 with imperial approval . With the county of Hohenberg , the village came to Austria in 1381 and to Württemberg in 1805 ( Oberamt Rottenburg , 1938 Tübingen district). The place was given to various noble families as a fief until 1762, when Austria took over the severely fragmented rulership rights after changing ownership: to the Amman (1389), later to the dyers and the Eicher, both of whom called themselves after Wendelsheim the Lords of Suntheim called Ufenloch (1488), whose property belonged to the knightly canton of Neckar-Black Forest in the 16th century .

On February 1, 1972, Wendelsheim was incorporated into the city of Rottenburg am Neckar.

politics

Community partnerships

Wendelsheim signed a partnership agreement on October 12, 1979 with the French municipality of Ablis ( Île-de-France , around 30 km south of Paris ). The relationship arose through a Wendelsheimer who played as a prisoner of war in Ablis in the local soccer team. As early as 1969 there were meetings between the soccer teams of the two partner towns. In the meantime, the clubs and the youth regularly visit each other. The Abliser Straße in Wendelsheim is intended to commemorate the partnership.

Culture and sights

Fairy tale lake

The Märchensee is located in a quarry that was operated until the 1960s near the Pfaffenberg near Wendelsheim. The quarry has meanwhile been recognized as an extensive natural monument and is under nature protection. The Märchensee is one of the rare spawning grounds for midwife toads . For some time now it has been losing more and more water as the subsoil has become more fragile over the years. However, not the entire quarry is covered by the Märchensee. Part of the quarry is dry, there are other small lakes.

  • Märchensee near Wendelsheim (August 2004)

  • Märchensee on August 3, 2008

  • Dry part of the quarry near Märchensee

  • Small lake in the quarry at Märchensee

Buildings

  • Village parish church St. Katharina: Choir with wall paintings, around 1400 - redesign of the church in neo-Gothic style in 1895.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

Wendelsheim has a primary school . The secondary school was closed at the end of the 2008/2009 school year for cost reasons.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place
Personalities who have worked on site

Web links

Commons : Wendelsheim (Rottenburg am Neckar)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Landschaftspark-Neckar.de: Märchensee: Time travel to prehistoric times and information about the quarry , accessed on August 13, 2008
  3. ↑ DerUrlaubstipp.de: Märchensee Wendelsheim , accessed on August 13, 2008