Westerheim (Swabia)

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Unterallgäu
Management Community :	Erkheim
Height :	602 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.16 km 2
Residents:	2219 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	105 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	87784
Area code :	08336
License plate :	MN
Community key :	09 7 78 214
Community structure:	6 parts of the community
Association administration address:	Marktstrasse 1 ; 87746 Erkheim
Website :	www.gemeinde-westerheim.de
Mayoress :	Christa Bail (citizen of Westerheim)
Location of the municipality of Westerheim in the Unterallgäu district

Unterwesterheim from the northwest

Main street in Oberwesterheim

Timber builder

Westerheim is a municipality in the Swabian district of Unterallgäu and a member of the Erkheim administrative community .

geography

Westerheim is about ten kilometers east of Memmingen in the Donau-Iller region in Central Swabia .

Expansion of the municipal area

The municipality consists of the districts of Westerheim and Günz .

Westerheim has 6 officially named municipal parts (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Oberwesterheim and Unterwesterheim have grown together structurally, so that the name “Westerheim” is often used for both places together.

history

Until the church is planted

Westerheim belonged to the imperial abbey Ottobeuren and came with the imperial deputation main conclusion of 1803 to Bavaria. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria, today's municipality was created with the municipal edict of 1818 .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent municipality of Günz was incorporated.

Population development

1961: 1486 inhabitants
1970: 1697 inhabitants
1987: 1679 inhabitants
1991: 1833 inhabitants
1995: 1947 inhabitants
2000: 2060 inhabitants
2005: 2086 inhabitants
2010: 2105 inhabitants
2015: 2182 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018 the municipality grew from 1,719 to 2,214 by 495 inhabitants or by 28.8%.

politics

Bundestag election 2017

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46.5%

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7.2%

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Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 2013

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-3.1 % p

Otherwise.

Mayoress

Mayor since 2008 is Christa Bail (* 1960) (citizen of Westerheim); she was confirmed in office on March 15, 2020 with 74.11% of the votes for a further six years.

Municipal council

The election on March 15, 2020 had the following result:

Citizens of Westerheim: 8 seats
Colorful list (BL): 4 seats
Günz voter group: 2 seats

Compared to the 2014 election, the Günz group of voters lost a mandate to the Bunte Liste.

coat of arms

The coat of arms was approved on March 7, 1955 by decision of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior .

Blazon : “Split between gold and black; in front a silver dove floating above a red Maltese cross with two transverse arms, behind a golden rosette. "

The Ottobeuren Benedictine Abbey, which had had goods in Westerheim since 1213 at the latest, and which had previously belonged to the Ochsenhausen Monastery in the 15th century, was particularly decisive for the town's past. In addition, the court at Unterwesterheim was bought in 1451 with Zwing, Bann and Taferne; Until the secularization in 1803, the districts of Oberwesterheim and Unterwesterheim remained with the Ottobeuren monastery, which was directly part of the empire. Besides him, the upper hospital of the Kreuzherren at Memmingen in Westerheim became of great importance from 1364. At that time it acquired Vogtrecht and feudal lordship and finally also received the incorporation of the parish church in Unterwesterheim. Spiritual members of the upper hospital took care of the parish from 1464; a change in these conditions did not occur until the secularization of 1803. In view of these historical circumstances, the red double cross floating above the Holy Spirit dove for the Holy Spirit, the upper hospital of the Kreuzherren in Memmingen as the patronage and church rule and the golden rosette from the convent coat of arms of the Benedictine monastery Ottobeuren as the basic and State rule added.

The design comes from Memminger Walter Braun and the design was done by Emil Werz from Munich.

Assumption Day

Architectural monuments

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were six in the field of agriculture and forestry in 1998, 162 in the manufacturing sector and 14 in the trade and transport sector at the place of work. In other economic sectors 49 people were employed at the place of work subject to social security contributions. There were a total of 689 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There were five companies in the manufacturing sector and five in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 49 farms with an agriculturally used area of 1240 ha, of which 389 ha were arable land and 851 ha were permanent green space.

education

In the municipality of Westerheim there are two kindergartens with a total of 90 kindergarten places and one elementary school.

Personalities

Josef Hebel (* 1894; † 1972), entrepreneur
Andreas Haisch (* 1901; † 1969), member of the state parliament and district administrator

Web links

Commons : Westerheim - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on the coat of arms of Westerheim (Swabia) in the database of the House of Bavarian History

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 ).
^ Community Westerheim in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 15, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b ^c 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. 782 .
↑ Second votes, according to the source www.wahlen.bayern.de, accessed on March 4, 2018

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BY-1] "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 ).

[2] Community Westerheim in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bavarian State Library, accessed on August 15, 2019.

[Gemeindeverzeichnis1970bis1982-3] 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. 782 .

[4] Second votes, according to the source www.wahlen.bayern.de, accessed on March 4, 2018