Ziemetshausen

Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Gunzburg
Management Community :	Ziemetshausen
Height :	475 m above sea level NHN
Area :	42.94 km 2
Residents:	3122 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86473
Area code :	08284
License plate :	GZ, KRU
Community key :	09 7 74 198
LOCODE :	DE ZMN
Market structure:	12 parts of the community
; Market administration address :	Bgm.-Haide-Str. 1 ; 86473 Ziemetshausen
Website :	www.vgziemetshausen.de
Mayor :	Ralf Wetzel ( CSU )
Location of the Ziemetshausen market in the Günzburg district

Ziemetshausen from the southeast

Place of pilgrimage Maria Vesperbild

Old farm in Lauterbach

Ziemetshausen is a market in the Swabian district of Günzburg and the seat of the Ziemetshausen administrative community .

geography

Ziemetshausen is located in the Upper Swabian region of Donau-Iller .

The municipality has 12 officially named municipality parts (the type of place is given in brackets ):

Roppelshausen ( hamlet )
Schönebach (Kirchdorf)
Seyfriedsberg (castle)
Uttenhofen (Kirchdorf)
Vorderschellenbach (village)
Ziemetshausen ( parish village )

The community has a total area of 42.94 km². Of this, agricultural area is 20.48 km², forest area 20.05 km², commercial area around 150 ha (with newly designated commercial areas)

history

Until the church is planted

The place "Chemaineshusen" is mentioned for the first time in connection with a donation of a tithe from the estate of Duke Heinrich IX, dating from 1020 to 1026 . from Bavaria of the Black to the Augustinian Canons of Rottenbuch . The place can be documented until 1150 under the name "Zemaneshusen".

The historical development of Ziemetshausen is closely linked with the first margravial Burgau and from 1301 with the Upper Austrian rule Seyfriedsberg , whose castle stands three kilometers south of Ziemetshausen on a ridge. There is evidence of a school in Ziemetshausen since 1481. In one of the frequent pledges of the Seyfriedsberg rule, the main town also came into the hands of the Villingers from 1515, who had risen to the nobility in the service of the Habsburgs . The barons Villinger von Schönenberg acquired the place and court in 1515 from Emperor Maximilian I. They died out in 1641. On the imperial advice of Maximilian I, the treasurer Jakob Villinger granted the village of Ziemetshausen market rights around 1515 . Later Ziemetshausen was the upper bailiff of the Counts of Oettingen-Wallerstein.

With the Peace of Pressburg the place became part of Bavaria in 1805. In the course of the administrative reforms in Bavaria , today's community of Ziemetshausen was created with the community edict of 1818 .

19th to 21st century

In 1894, Ziemetshausen and today's district of Uttenhofen received stations on the Dinkelscherben – Thannhausen railway line , which was operated for passenger transport until 1966 and freight until 1999 and was shut down in 2001. In 2007 the tracks from Thannhausen to Dinkelscherben were completely removed down to a few meters, so that now only the embankment is reminiscent of a former railway line.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Muttershofen was incorporated. Lauterbach was added on January 1, 1974. Schellenbach, Schönebach and Uttenhofen followed on May 1, 1978.

Population development

1961: 2439 inhabitants
1970: 2685 inhabitants
1987: 2952 inhabitants
1991: 3002 inhabitants
1995: 3065 inhabitants
2000: 3004 inhabitants
2005: 3044 inhabitants
2010: 2915 inhabitants
2015: 2953 inhabitants
2019: 3214 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018 the market grew from 2,939 to 3,079 by 140 inhabitants or 4.8%.

politics

Market council and mayor

The municipal council has 16 members. Since the 2014 local elections, the seats have been distributed as follows:


Party / list	Local elections 2020	Local elections 2014
CSU	6th	7th
Independent voter community	4th	3
Independent Democratic Citizens List	2	2
Free voter association Schönebach	1	1
Schellenbach Free Electoral Association	1	1
Voting community Uttenhofen	2	1

Ralf Wetzel (CSU) was elected mayor in 2020. His predecessor was Anton Birle (CSU) since 2002. In 2002 (then still Christian Social Center) he succeeded Anton Weber (Independent Voting Association).

coat of arms

The emblem of the market shows in the square “1 and 4 in red a jumping silver horse, in 2 and 3 in silver a gold crowned red lion. All figures are facing each other. "

According to the government report of 1835, the then still manorial market had no coat of arms and no wishes in this regard. In the past, the stately bailiffs on Seifriedsberg had to seal the documents for the residents. It was not until 1882 that the community submitted the application for the award of the coat of arms, which was renewed in 1884 after consultation with the Historical Association of Swabia and Neuburg. One wanted the unchanged transfer of the coat of arms of the barons Villinger von Schönenberg, which was made by Maximilian I. Archduke of Austria, Roman-German King and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. In 1515 they had the place and the court, in 1557 they founded the hospital in Ziemetshausen, around 1586 the place was granted market rights and died out in 1641. The close historical ties between place and family led to the approval of the draft by RHA. and Reichsarchiv. But it was overlooked that the requested colors of the municipal coat of arms differed significantly from those of the coat of arms of the Villingen; its first and fourth field was divided by black and gold, the horse in mixed up colors, the second and third field contained a gold-crowned silver lion (coat of arms of the extinct Schönenberger) in red. The coat of arms was awarded in the wrong colors on December 4th, 1883 by King Ludwig II. Hupp was the first to recognize the mistake, but in his illustration he was just as bound to the award as we are now. Götz wrongly portrayed the lions uncrowned.

Attractions

Pilgrimage church Maria Vesperbild with Mariengrotte
Parish church St. Peter and Paul (designed by the Wessobrunn builder Johann Schmuzer )
Forest botanical castle park Seyfriedsberg
Weaving and carpentry museum with regular demonstrations

Sons and daughters of the church

Joseph Lederer (1733–1796), music director and composer at the Augustinian Canons' Monastery of the Wengen in Ulm
Adolf Philipp (1943–1964), killed on the Berlin Wall
Georg Simnacher (1932–2014), lawyer and politician (CSU)

Economy and Infrastructure

Map of Ziemetshausen

Economy including agriculture and forestry

According to official statistics, there were 1031 employees subject to social insurance at the workplace in 2017. Of the resident population, 1,365 people were in jobs that were subject to compulsory insurance. This means that the number of out-commuters was 334 higher than that of in-commuters. 29 residents were unemployed.

In 2016 there were 52 farms; In 1999 there were 92.

In the local area there are two bakeries and a butcher, an optician, a pharmacy, a grocery store and two hairdressers. In the warehouse of the local Raiffeisen bank there is a drinks market and a trade in pet food products.

The connection to the federal highway 300 ensures a fast bus connection to Krumbach (20 minutes) and to Augsburg (approx. 45 minutes).