Ziertheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 39 '  N , 10 ° 24'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Dillingen on the Danube
Management Community :	Wittislingen
Height :	460 m above sea level NHN
Area :	20.82 km 2
Residents:	1019 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	49 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	89446
Area code :	09076
License plate :	DLG, WHO
Community key :	09 7 73 186
Community structure:	3 parts of the community
Association administration address:	Marienplatz 6 89426 Wittislingen
Website :	www.ziertheim.de
Mayor :	Thomas Baumann ( CSU / Voting Association Reistingen)
Location of the community Ziertheim in the district of Dillingen on the Danube

Ziertheim is a municipality in the Swabian district of Dillingen on the Danube and a member of the Wittislingen administrative community .

geography

The community is located in northern Swabia in the Egautal on the edge of the Swabian Alb , about nine kilometers north of Lauingen . The municipality boundary in the north is also the state border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg . In the west, about half of the Ziertheimer municipality area, lies the Dattenhauser Ried , the largest wetland in the Swabian Alb .

Ziertheim has three officially named parts of the municipality , which are also localities :

• Dattenhausen ( parish village )
• Reistingen (parish village)
• Ziertheim (parish village)

Aerial view of Ziertheim and Dattenhausen

history

The place was first mentioned as Zurtin in 1232 , and in 1471 it is called Zürtheim .

19th century

As part of the Reichsstift Neresheim , Ziertheim came to the Princes Thurn and Taxis through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 , whose property was then mediated by the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 . In 1810 the area of ​​the former Reichsstift, with the exception of Ziertheim, was ceded to the Kingdom of Württemberg .

Incorporations

On May 1, 1978, the previously independent communities Dattenhausen and Reistingen were incorporated.

Population development

• 1961: 1207 inhabitants
• 1970: 1186 inhabitants
• 1987: 1083 inhabitants
• 1991: 1079 inhabitants
• 1995: 1076 inhabitants
• 2000: 1062 inhabitants
• 2005: 1026 inhabitants
• 2010: 1005 inhabitants
• 2015: 0985 inhabitants

Between 1988 and 2018 the population decreased from 1,071 to 1,004 by −67 inhabitants or −6.3%.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council has twelve members. Since the 2014 local elections , the seats have been divided into the following lists:

Party / list	Local election 2020	Local election 2014
CSU	3	3
Dattenhausen voter community	3	3
Voting community Reistingen	3	3
CSU / Free Voter Association Ziertheim	3	2
Green	-	1

mayor

Mayor has been Thomas Baumann (* 1965, CSU / WGD / WGR / FWVZ) since May 2014; it was confirmed on March 15, 2020 without competitors with 94.7% for a further six years.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: Above the base of the shield, split by red and silver, split by gold and red, at the front a blue oblique left bar covered with three six-pointed golden stars, at the back a golden and a silver key.

Attractions

Catholic parish church St. Veronika in Ziertheim

• Catholic parish church St. Veronika in Ziertheim
• Catholic parish church St. Vitus in Reistingen
• Catholic branch church St. Martin in Dattenhausen

Architectural monuments

→ Main article : List of architectural monuments in Ziertheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Economy including agriculture and forestry

In 1998, according to official statistics in the manufacturing industry and in the trade and transport sector, there were no employees subject to social security contributions at the place of work. In other sectors of the economy this figure was 36 people. There were 378 employees at the place of residence subject to social security contributions. There was none in the manufacturing sector and one in the construction sector. In addition, in 1999 there were 30 farms with an agricultural area of ​​1141 ha, of which 859 ha were arable land.

In 2013 the municipal tax revenue amounted to € 567,000, of which € 118,000 (net) was accounted for by trade tax .

education

In 2016 there were the following institutions:

• Kindergarten: In Ziertheim with 31 places. A new building costing 1.2 million euros was inaugurated in September 2016.
• The primary and secondary school responsible for the community is located in Wittislingen, around 5 km away .

traffic

The state highway 2032 crosses the municipality in North-South direction. Via this there is a connection to the federal highway 16 in the south .

From 1906 to 1972 the place had a small train station on the abandoned Härtsfeldbahn from Dillingen on the Danube to Aalen . Today the Härtsfeld cycle path runs along the route.

Web links

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

• Ziertheim: Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

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 of Ziertheim in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on August 30, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{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. 771 .
4. ↑ Results of the municipal council election for the municipality of Ziertheim. Retrieved April 2, 2020 . 
5. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Ziertheim  in the database of the House of Bavarian History
6. ↑ Thomas Balbierer: construction of a new kindergarten in Ziertheim. "The future belongs to the children". In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de ).