Wertingen
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Coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' N , 10 ° 41' E |
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| State : | Bavaria | |
| Administrative region : | Swabia | |
| County : | Dillingen on the Danube | |
| Management Community : | Wertingen | |
| Height : | 421 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 51.87 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 9346 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
| Population density : | 180 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 86637 | |
| Area code : | 08272 | |
| License plate : | DLG, WHO | |
| Community key : | 09 7 73 182 | |
| LOCODE : | DE WTE | |
| City structure: | 14 parts of the community | |
City administration address : |
Schulstr. 12 86637 Wertingen, Germany |
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| Mayor : | Willy Lehmeier ( Free Voters ) | |
| Location of the city of Wertingen in the district of Dillingen on the Danube | ||
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Wertingen is a town and a medium-sized center in the north Swabian district of Dillingen on the Danube and the seat of the Wertingen administrative community .
geography
topology
The city on the lower Zusam , which flows into the Danube a few kilometers north , is separated from the Donauried by a long ridge . Wertingen is located in the large Augsburg-Westliche Wälder nature reserve , which is bordered by the Danube, Lech , Wertach and Mindel rivers. Augsburg is 28 km, Donauwörth 22 km and the district town of Dillingen an der Donau 14 km away.
The neighboring communities (clockwise) are: Buttenwiesen , Kühlenthal , Meitingen , Biberbach , Laugna , Zusamaltheim and Binswangen .
The city lies on the edge of the Donauried in the natural area of the Donau-Iller-Lech-Platten, mainly in the area of the central Zusamtal. Some parts of the city are also in the area of the Zusamplatte and the Glötter Ried.
climate
The Zusamtal is a barely protected valley floor, which collects the cold air from the edge heights and tends to form heavy fog . This gives the collecting basin high inversion properties . The southern bypass and numerous bridge structures as road embankments reduce the jet effect of the Zusamaue and Laugna ventilation tracks and thus the supply of fresh air. The basin location between Geißberg and Judenberg in the core city strengthens the retention of moist cold air and increases the formation of fog, which is already high in other Danube cities. In the period from October to April, closed fog blankets or high fog weather conditions can be found that last for weeks and are barely interrupted.
Parish parts
The municipality has 14 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is indicated in brackets ):
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The city center has distinctive gables from the 17th and 18th centuries, some of which are half-timbered. The market square is traffic-calmed.
history
Until the 19th century
Finds from the Celtic period (about 2000 years ago) prove the smelting of iron ( lawn iron ore ) and the settlement by the Celts in the area around Wertingen. The Viereckschanze at Reutenhof also shows the settlement by the Celts. The presence of the Romans is proven by finds at the Maierhof. Wertingen was south of the Via Danubia , which led from Günzburg via Binswangen to Kelheim. In the 5th century AD Alemanni settled the Danube side valleys from the Donauwörth area . The area was settled from the Maierhof settlement origin in Wertingen, creating the neighboring villages. The Christianity held at 6-7. Century moves into Wertingen and the region.
Wertingen first appeared in a document in 1122. With the acquisition of the rule of Wertingen by Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa , Wertingen came into the possession of the Staufer . Between 1200 and 1250 these provided the place with ramparts, moats and palisades and elevated it to the market . Bavarian Duke Ludwig the Strict inherited the Wertingen area in 1268 after the death of the last German Staufer Konradin . The rule of Wertingen came in 1278 as a Bavarian fief, first to the Truchessen von Hohenreichen and in 1348 to the Augsburg patrician family Langenmantel for almost 120 years . Wertingen originally began as a farming town . In 1354 the older part of today's castle was built and then the city fortifications with towers and three city gates, the Thürheimer Tor in the north, the Dillinger Tor in the west and the Augsburger Tor in the southeast, expanded. It was resigned in 1868, 1870 and 1872, respectively. All three gates are as brown relief panels in the nearby house walls with the image of their field side, the construction time 14th century. and the year of the demolition. In the war of the cities Wertingen 1388 was destroyed. From 1467 to 1700 the fiefdom was owned by the von Pappenheim family . Around 1500 the castle was fundamentally changed and u. a. two round towers added. During the Bavarian War , the city was conquered and burned down by Ludwig the Rich in 1462 , and the church was also destroyed. In 1646 the Swedes attacked the city in the Thirty Years War , pillaged it and decimated the population. The town church burned down again. In 1654 the "New Castle" was created through an extension .
Due to the defeat of Bavaria in the War of the Spanish Succession , Wertingen fell to the empire in 1704 . After the reigns of Prince Lobkowitz and Count d'Albert (later Prince Grimberghen) , the Wertingen and Hohenreichen fiefs were no longer awarded from 1768, the administration was incumbent on a nursing court and from 1799 on the general administration. On October 8, 1805 the VI defeated French Army Corps under General Jean Lannes the Austrian Division under Field Marshal Franz Xaver von Auffenberg in the battle of Wertingen . This was the prelude to Napoleon's victory in the Battle of Ulm , which in early December led to the total defeat of the Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz . As a reminder, the name Wertingen is mentioned at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
From 1802 the Wertingen District Court was established , which was converted into a District Office in 1862 as the forerunner of the Wertingen District . Bliensbach belonged to the Augsburg Cathedral Monastery until 1803 .
The last execution of a murderer took place on July 30, 1836.
The first cinema screening took place in 1899.
20th century
The municipal gasworks went into operation in 1902.
The now closed and finally dismantled railway line from Mertingen to Wertingen was opened on June 7, 1905.
In 1912 the first houses in Wertingen were connected to the power grid.
In the Reichstag election on March 5, 1933, 59 percent of the voters in the Wertingen District Office voted for the NSDAP . During the Second World War , shortly before the end of the war, on April 24, 1945, the city was bombed by US fighter bombers, as those responsible did not want to surrender the city without a fight. The following day the occupation by the 15th Infantry Regiment took place after intense fighting.
A number of refugees, mostly Sudeten Germans, were accepted into the city in 1946.
On July 1, 1972, the district of Wertingen was dissolved. Thus Wertingen was no longer a district town.
The agricultural school and the agricultural office moved into their new domiciles in Wertingen in 1996. Before that, they were based in Lauingen .
Incorporations
On July 1, 1972, the previously independent communities of Hirschbach, Hohenreichen, Prettelshofen and Rieblingen were incorporated. On July 1, 1976, Hettlingen was added. Bliensbach followed on January 1, 1977. The incorporation measures were completed on May 1, 1978 with the connection of Gottmannshofen and Roggden.
Population development
Between 1988 and 2018 the city grew from 6936 to 9294 by 2,358 inhabitants or 34%.
politics
City Councilor and Mayor
Allocation of seats in the 20-member city council (as of local elections 2020 ):
- CSU : 6 seats
- Free voters: 5 seats
- SPD / Independent voters: 1 seat
- Christian-social community of voters of the districts: 3 seats
- Greens : 3 seats
- Citizens' initiative for Wertingen and districts: 1 seat
- Municipal environmental list: 1 seat
The first mayor is Willy Lehmeier (Free Voters). In 2002 he succeeded Dietrich Riesebeck (SPD). The communal political culture of Wertingen is characterized by persistent structures with little renewal. All mayors of the past 50 years have been in service for decades (Riesebeck 30 years from 1972–2002, Lehmeier 24 years from 2002–2026) with the expected rigid structures. After they themselves did not have a majority in the city council, an arrangement was made with the groupings of the committee and a consensus on the lowest common denominator. The loss of a healthy political discourse led to a lack of political ideas and a paralysis of political and urban development.
Town twinning
France : There has been a partnership with the French city of Fère-en-Tardenois in the Hauts-de-France region since 1989 .
coat of arms
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Blazon : "Above the shield base with the Bavarian diamonds split by red and silver, topped with a two-tower, blue-roofed, silver church in a perspective view, standing on the dividing line." |
| Justification for the coat of arms: The church, a symbolic representation of the parish church of St. Martin, can already be found in the oldest city seal from 1297, the Bavarian diamonds were added in 1881 for the Wittelsbach anniversary with the consent of King Ludwig II, as was the division into red and silver. The Bavarian diamonds indicate that the city has belonged to Bavaria since the Conradin donation in 1268. The colors red and silver come from the coat of arms of the Augsburg bishopric and represent the diocesan affiliation. |
Culture and sights
The city is characterized by the medieval, renovated inner city (main street and parts of Schulstraße), which are followed by unattractive areas with great development needs (e.g. Badgasse, Laugnastraße, Augsburger Straße, Dillinger Straße, Zusmarshauser Straße and many more). The slopes on Ebersberg and Geißberg are populated with single-family houses in a crouched, single-storey style with a gable roof in building areas from the post-war period. Recent political decisions have permanently damaged the cityscape: The oversized roundabout on Laugnastraße with its cut-outs for a bridge that has not been built, which are now unsightly wasteland and lead to a strange traffic route. New development areas such as the Eisenbach area with chaotic development or the eastern Geißberg, both on shady northern slopes, form an unsightly outskirts. Likewise, the western Marienfeld, which only consists of a detached house with unfinished traffic areas.
Museums
- Contemporary art collection in the former district court
- Brewery museum in Schwanenbräu
- Swabian oven museum
- Wertinger Radio Museum
- Local history museum Wertingen
Buildings
- the 14th century Wertingen Castle with the local museum - from the time of the Langenmantel and with additions from the time of the Pappenheimer (17th century)
- the parish church of St. Martin , rebuilt in baroque style with Wessobrunn stucco after pillage in the Thirty Years War - it is the only crenellated double-tower church in Germany, it also features the city's coat of arms; late Gothic half-relief with the entombment of Christ
- Bethlehem Church, built in 1950, demolished in October 2006, new building completed in 2007
- Marienbrunnen on the market square
- St. Felizitas Church , built in 1837, in the Roggden district
- Chorturmkirche St. Margaretha in the Bliensbach district
- Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in the Gottmannshofen district
- Castle chapel St. Georg in the Hohenreichen district
- Sculpture path on Via Danubia in the west of Wertingen
Former natural monument
- Napoleonic fir: The spruce on the ridge above Gottmannshofen was planted in 1905 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the battle of the third coalition war near Wertingen on October 8, 1805. The troops came over this mountain at that time in order to have a good view of the battlefield in front of them. Today the site is a lookout point over the Zusamtal and the city. In October 2018, the spruce was felled due to illness.
art
Numerous art exhibitions take place regularly in Wertingen, such as B. the "art in the castle" instead. In addition, the city gallery, the well-stocked Artothek , the Donauried sculpture path and the Martin-Blümel-Stube invite the viewer.
Regular events
- Spring and Autumn Market
- Dance in May (evening of May 1st)
- Setting up the maypole (including Gottmannshofen)
- Volksfest (in May)
- City Festival (August 2017, every 2 years)
- International Guitar Festival (Sept./Oct.)
- Castle Christmas (Advent)
Culinary specialties
- Schübling , a heavily spiced, smoked sausage that is eaten raw, air-dried or cooked with sauerkraut and is only produced in its kind in Wertingen and the Zusamtal.
- Wertinger Bischofskuchen, created by Café Madlon, founded in 1861 on the occasion of the visit of Augsburg Bishop Maximilian von Lingg in Wertingen in 1910 and still baked today according to the original recipe.
- Wertinger Kellerbier (Schwanenbräu): yeast-cloudy special beer, awarded the European Beer Award 2005.
Economy and Infrastructure
education
Wertingen is a national school center. The following educational institutions are located in the city:
- primary school
- Middle school
- State secondary school
- Wertingen high school
- music school
- Montessori school
- Montessori technical college
- Vocational school for nursing in the district hospital
- Technical school for elderly care in the Red Cross Center
- Agricultural school with agriculture and home economics departments
- Bliensbach school camp
Established businesses
Wertingen is a regional center of industry and economy. Most of the companies are concentrated in industrial areas in the city of Wertingen and in the Geratshofen district .
- The internationally active roof tile manufacturer Creaton has its headquarters with a factory in Wertingen and another factory in the Roggden district of Wertingen .
- Buttinette Textil-Versandhaus GmbH: nationwide shipper of handicraft supplies and carnival articles
- EM Erwin Müller Group : B2B mail order company for the hotel and catering industry (brands: VEGA, Hotel Wash Erwin Müller, Jobeline, Pulsiva, Lusini)
- Schüco International KG : international manufacturer of windows, doors, facades and solar solutions.
- Georg Wagner KG : Supplier of classic and renewable thermal fuels and wholesaler for operating supplies and lubricants for industry in the Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Munich regions
- The Johann Demmler KG is based in Wertingen. The company, which was founded in 1898, has specialized in vehicle construction for agricultural purposes.
- Spedition Stefan Eisenhofer Transports and freight brokerage
- Killisperger Spedition und Mineralölvertrieb GmbH
- Holz Denzel KG : one of the largest timber traders in southern Germany in terms of area
Previous companies
- The Wertfleisch company from Wertingen came under fire nationwide for relabelling meat waste and delivering rotten meat to Berlin for the kebab production at the lowest price.
- The shipping company Gebrüder Lackner was unable to implement its expansion plans in Wertingen due to a lack of attractive commercial land, but it will remain in the Zusamtal with its headquarters in Buttenwiesen.
- Buhl Gastronomie Personnel Solutions : The temporary employment agency for hotels and catering relocates its headquarters to Neusäß near Augsburg due to a lack of development opportunities at the location.
- The pohltec facades GmbH closes its plant in Wertingen in favor of the company headquarters.
- Metallbau Krauss went bankrupt in 2003 despite a municipal loan
- Metal construction MBS Straub GmbH
- The construction machinery company Fischer und Schweiger GmbH relocated to Wollbach near Zusmarshausen in 2010 because of better transport connections and better commercial areas.
Transport links
From Wertingen connecting roads lead to the surrounding cities of Dillingen an der Donau , Höchstädt an der Donau , Donauwörth and Augsburg . In Zusmarshausen , 20 km south, there is a connection to the federal motorway 8 ( Munich - Stuttgart ). The train station in Meitingen is 13 km east of the city (Augsburg - Donauwörth line). The poor transport connection to the train station has been a discussed and unsolved problem for years. Local public transport in Wertingen and the surrounding area is handled by the Augsburger Verkehrsverbund (AVV). The local transport supply on weekends is very unsatisfactory.
Wertingen is on State Road 2027 , which connects Wertingen with Donauwörth and the A8, and on State Road 2033 , which connects to Heidenheim, Dillingen and the greater Augsburg area. At the connection of the city to the state road near Geratshofen, a large, multi-armed roundabout was built in 2015, which was the subject of bitter debates in advance. The bridge spanning the roundabout (called "Overfly") could not be realized here. However, the cutouts for this are still present.
Until 1997 Wertingen was the terminus of the Mertingen – Wertingen railway line . However, passenger traffic was stopped in 1981. On July 9, 2020, the line was named as a test case of a railway line to be reactivated in the position paper of the VDV . It bears the number 5311. This could make a rail connection for Wertingen a reality again.
Personalities
- Johann Christoph von Beer (1690–1760), pastor of Gottmannshofen and author of important theological and educational writings
- Wilhelm Berchtold (1926–2015), entrepreneur, deputy mayor, honorary citizen and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Karl-Heinz Brodbeck (* 1948), German philosopher, creativity researcher, economist and business ethicist
- Alexander Kolb (* 1975), teacher and local politician
- Christian Lukes (* 1969), German ice hockey player
- Joseph Mindler (1808–1868), German philhellene
- Anton Rauch (1916–2006), former district administrator and honorary citizen
- Anton Trauner (born October 14, 1922 in Wertingen / † October 14, 2017 in Busan), missionary priest in Busan / South Korea and founder of a community of sisters
- Hans Wertinger , called Swabian painter, from Landshut with ancestors from Wertingen (around 1465–1533), painter, draftsman and illuminist
- Gabriele Wittek (* 1933), founder of the religious movement Universal Life
- Johann Baptist von Zenetti (1785–1856), State Councilor and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Roland V. Wegner (* 1975), founder and federal chairman of the V party³
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ^ Wertingen municipality in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 30, 2019.
- ^ Image of the east pillar of the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. Retrieved May 19, 2013 .
- ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 594 .
- ^ 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. 770 .
- ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Wertingen in the database of the House of Bavarian History
- ↑ The "Old Madlon" was celebrated. In: Augsburger Allgemeine, Wertingen local section, from May 4, 2011.
- ^ VDV: reactivation of railway lines. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Report on the 2015 home visit , accessed on April 24, 2016
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