Westhausen (Württemberg)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 53 '  N , 10 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Ostalbkreis
Height :	474 m above sea level NHN
Area :	38.46 km 2
Residents:	6025 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	157 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	73463
Area code :	07363
License plate :	AA, GD
Community key :	08 1 36 082
Address of the municipal administration:	Jahnstrasse 2 73463 Westhausen
Website :	www.westhausen.de
Mayor :	Markus Knoblauch (independent)
Location of the community Westhausen in the Ostalbkreis

Westhausen is a municipality in the Ostalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .

geography

Geographical location

Westhausen is in the Ostalbkreis and is in the Jagsttal on the edge of the Härtsfeld . The municipality borders Aalen to the west and south and Ellwangen to the north. It borders on Rainau to the northwest and Lauchheim to the east. The municipality extends over an area of ​​3847 hectares and is between 453 and 723 meters high.

The town of Aalen (core town) is 6 km from the municipality and the town of Ellwangen (core town) is 7 km away.

The Wöllerstein is 723  m above sea level. NHN the highest elevation, which borders on the neighboring Braunenberg .

European watershed

The European watershed on the Swabian Alb (Härtsfeld) runs across the A 7 motorway ( 650  m above sea level ).

In the north, the water flows over the streams and rivers Reichenbach or Egelsbach, Jagst, Neckar and Rhine into the North Sea.

To the south, the water veins initially run underground. At the beginning there are no visible streams or rivers on the surface. The water seeps through the limestone karst soil . The water flows via the Brenz or Egau rivers into the Danube and finally into the Black Sea.

Community structure

The municipality of Westhausen consists of the following 13 districts: Reichenbach, Westerhofen, Baiershofen, Immenhofen, Wagenhofen, Frankenreute, Jagsthausen, Forst and Vogel, Beerhalden, Lindorf, Lippach, Finkenweiler and Berg

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Early history

The place probably originated as an early medieval settlement between 700 and 900 AD and was founded by the Franks. Westhausen comes from the name Westhusen, which means something like "houses in the west". The first documentary mention in the list of goods of the Ellwangen monastery is from 1136. While Lippach mainly belonged to the House of Oettingen , Westhausen was part of the prince provost of Ellwangen .

19th and 20th centuries

As part of the mediatization and secularization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , both places came to the Kingdom of Württemberg , where they belonged to the Oberamt Ellwangen . During the district reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg , the places came to the Aalen district in 1938 .

On April 22, 1945, when units of the 12th US Armored Division were passing through the district of Lippach, there was a violation of international martial law . Some disinhibited GIs killed 36 prisoners in uniform of the Waffen SS, most of whom were very young. This event was later referred to as the Lippach massacre .

In 1945 the places became part of the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

After the Second World War , Westhausen grew to around 3,000 inhabitants through the use of the former Collis works - an armaments factory during World War II.

Lippachs coat of arms

Incorporation and district reform

On January 1, 1972, the previously independent community of Lippach was incorporated into Westhausen. Since the district reform in 1973 , the community has belonged to the new Ostalb district.

Religions

The Reformation passed Westhausen by. Even today there are still two Roman Catholic parishes. The parishes of St. Mauritius in Westhausen and St. Katharina in Lippach belong to the Kapfenburg pastoral care unit of the Ostalb deanery . The almost 1000 evangelical believers have had their own church with the Kreuzkirche since 1957, but belong to the parish of Lauchheim (since 2008: parish of Lauchheim-Westhausen).

politics

town hall

Administrative association

The community is a member of the Kapfenburg community administration association based in Westhausen.

Municipal council

The local elections on May 29, 2019 brought the following result:

1. CDU / Free Citizens 48.0% - 8 seats
2. Free citizens' association 20.2% - 3 seats
3. SPD 18.8% - 3 seats
4. Free Greens 13.0% - 2 seats

mayor

1985–2018: Herbert Witzany, he was first elected mayor in November 1985 with 67.7% of the vote and was confirmed in office in 1993, 2001 and 2009. After 32 years in office, he did not stand for re-election.

since February 15, 2018: Markus Knoblauch, he was elected on November 19, 2017 with 70.7% of the vote.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Kreuzkirche

St. Mauritius Church

• Kreuzkirche (Protestant)
• St. Mauritius Church (Catholic)
• New Year's Chapel
• Town hall with modern extension
• Fire station
• Agnesburg tunnel
• Jagsttal Bridge
• Wöllersteinhalle (large sports hall)
• heated outdoor pool (only in summer)
• heated indoor pool (only winter operation)
• highest house in the Ostalb district (69 m)

Parks

• Local recreation area Rainau / Buch
• Reservoir in book
• Local recreation park in Silversterstrasse

leisure

• The heated outdoor pool in Westhausen also attracts visitors from the surrounding areas.

Sports

• The large sports club TSV Westhausen has 10 departments and around 1,800 members. The soccer department plays in the district league A. Some of the youth teams play in a game community with the club in the neighboring community of Lauchheim . The tennis department plays with its active team in the district relay and with the senior teams even in higher divisions (association relay / league). The best player in the table tennis department plays in performance class 4 at international tournaments and took 15th place at the TTV Mettingen.
• Westhausen has a successful chess club with 6 members. You won the Baden-Württemberg Cup in Stuttgart in 2014 and took 45th place in the 2009 European Championship in Frankfurt.
• In the local rifle club , archery is offered , among other things, which can be practiced on your own archery range.

Regular events

• The New Year's Eve ride in Westhausen is very popular every year. Groups of riders from all over the Ostalb region meet at noon on December 31st in Westhausen to ride the New Year's Eve band three times and thus keep an old vow. Over 200 horses and riders but also a few carriages and many pilgrims are there.
• A carnival parade takes place annually.
• The local motorsport club MSC Neumühle usually organizes the all-day tractor pulling event Bremswagaziaga every year .

Culinary specialties

Probably the best-known Westhausen specialty is called Sackschlupfer , a small, very lightly baked yeast plait . It is braided from two strands that are crossed.

Sack slip

The traditional Maultaschen (called “Mauldasche” in Swabian) can be bought in every restaurant in Westhausen. They have a coarse meat filling and their own dough coating, the recipe of which is not generally known, but is only passed on from generation to generation in inns.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Westhausen can be reached via the Aalen / Westhausen junction on the Aalen / Westhausen motorway , directly on the 29 federal highway . The three-lane Alb ascent of the A 7 with the Agnesburg tunnel, which was opened to traffic in 1987, is located in the Westhausen area. Westhausen also has a direct traffic connection to the large district town of Ellwangen and the B 290 via the K 3319 .

Westhausen also has a stop on the Riesbahn (Aalen– Donauwörth ), which is served every hour in both directions during the day. In the morning and in the evening there is a direct connection from / to Munich without changing trains .

Shopping

Westhausen has broad coverage , especially in the area of full-range and discounters in the food retail sector . The local stores Aldi , Lidl , Netto , Edeka , NKD and dm-drogerie ensure the entire local supply for the community and the wider area.

Internet

The municipality of Westhausen has a comprehensive broadband infrastructure. This includes a cable internet broadband infrastructure. Thereby, in the municipality Westhausen broadband Internet connections at data rates in excess of 1000 Mbit / s, based on a fiber optic network through the TV - cable connection of Unitymedia possible. Furthermore, a VDSL / ADSL -Netzabdeckung present.

In addition, the entire commercial area is covered by FTTB / FTTH fiber optic connections. The fiber optic network was built in 2009 as part of a unique pilot project, which was implemented for the first time in East Württemberg in an industrial area. This fiber optic infrastructure enables data transmission rates that are technically almost unlimited.

Cellular

The municipality of Westhausen also has extensive LTE and UMTS network coverage. This enables very fast mobile transmission rates of over 375 Mbit / s area-wide via the LTE mobile network.

Established businesses

An important employer in Westhausen is the tool manufacturer Apex Tool Group , which has a production site and the main branch for Europe here. GEO DATA GmbH also operates its European headquarters in the Waage industrial park. OstalbPA provides many jobs. The company is known for its large stages for large events.

education

In Westhausen there with the provost school since 2012 a community school and with the Jagsttal school , a special school for the mentally handicapped. There are also three parish and one Roman Catholic kindergarten .

Personalities

• Franz Feilmayr (1870–1934), politician, member of the Reichstag; was born in the district of Westerhofen.
• Markus Elmer (* 1952), soccer player, played in the A-youth for TSV Westhausen.
• Max Seckler (* 1927), fundamental theologian

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Figures / data / facts - Westhausen community
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Westhausen.
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. 445 .
5. ↑ media touch http://www.mediatouch.de : Westhausen municipal council election on May 26, 2019. Retrieved on June 25, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Home. Retrieved June 25, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Archery. In: Schützenverein Westhausen 1964 e. V. Accessed June 25, 2019 (German). 
8. ↑ MSC-Neumuehle - Bremswagaziaga 2016. In: msc-neumuehle.de.tl. Retrieved January 6, 2017 . 
9. ↑ Popular "Market Square" Westhausen Schwäbische Post, October 16, 2019.
10. ↑ VDSL availability query
11. ↑ First comprehensive fiber optic network in East Württemberg for an industrial park
12. ↑ LTE availability query Deutsche Telekom - In der Waage 1
13. ↑ UMTS availability ( memento from August 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

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

Wikisource: Westhausen in the description of the Oberamt Ellwangen from 1886  - sources and full texts

• Website of the community of Westhausen
• Geographical information portal about the community of Westhausen