Essingen
Essingen is a municipality in Baden- Württemberg and is located in Ostalb on the western edge of the county town of Aalen.
- 2.1 religions
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Structures
- 4.2 Regular events
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 Long distance routes
- 5.3 Established businesses
- 5.4 Education
- 5.5 energy
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical location
Essingen is due to the Albuch said part of the Swabian Alb in 465-755 meters altitude. The municipal area rises the Rems.
Neighboring communities
The municipality is bordered to the north and east of the county town of Aalen, in the southeast of the city Oberkochen, to the south by Königsbronn and Steinheim, both in the district of Heidenheim, on the southwest by Bartholomew and to the west by the town of Heubach and Mögglingen.
Community structure
The municipality Essingen with the formerly independent municipality Lauterburg include 22 villages, hamlets, farms and houses. The municipality Essingen in the territorial status of 1970 include the village Essingen, the hamlets of Birch Pond, Forestry and Hermann Field, Castle and Homestead High Roden, the courtyards Birkhof, Blümle, Dauerwang, leeks Kling, Lix, Oberkolbenhof, oil mill, Schelhoppen, Schnaitberg, Sixenhof, diving Weiler, Teußenberg, Unterkolbenhof, customs house and Zollhof and dialed villages Dörrenhaus, Streichhof, Prennhof, Schönburr, Albstetten, Schwarzenweiler, Wetigsweiler, Falkenberg (?), Schwägelhof and Baierhof. For the former municipality of Lauterbrunnen castle is the village of Lauterbrunnen castle.
History
The name of the village was first documented in 1090 with a donation of Count Werner von Grüningen to the Hirsau. Today the district Loud Castle was first mentioned in documents in 1128. 1215 Essingen fell to the Staufer. Loud Castle came in 1276, at the latest Essingen 1345 to the Counts of Oettingen. Already in 1358 the area came to the Württemberg, but it lost to the Barons of Woellwarth early as the 15th century. 1697 bought the counts of Degenfeldstrasse a part of Essingen. Under the Act of Confederation, the area in 1802 then went to the Kingdom of Württemberg. After Lauter castle first belonged to the municipality Essingen, it made an independent municipality since 1820.
Essingen long belonged to the upper office Aalen, from 1938, the district was Aalen. With its resolution 1973, the community came to the new Ostalb.
On December 1, 1971, until then independent municipality Lauter castle was incorporated.
Religions
The Barons of Woellwarth 1538 led the Reformation. Since then Essingen is predominantly Protestant. Today, however, there is again a Roman Catholic Church and also an Apostolic congregation.
Policy
The municipality is a member of the Agreed administrative community of the city of Aalen.
Parish council
The municipal elections on 13 June 2004 was as follows:
Coat of arms
Blazon: In the above gold round black part of a chimney on which rust a red flame blazes.
The folk etymology -talking in terms of arms shows a sophistication as name reference to the community.
The municipality flag is red and yellow.
The Esse is first mapped in 1646 on a seal of the market Essingen. The municipality took 1930 on a naturalistic representation of sophistication of this historic seal image in his official stamp, while the Archives Directorate Stuttgart, Württemberg, black and gold colors suggested as a coat of arms of the municipality. 1948, the presentation has been adjusted.
On March 12, 1979, the municipality was awarded by the District Office Ostalb the today valid coat of arms and the flag.
Culture and sights
Structures
- Lady Chapel with late Gothic wall paintings
Regular events
Since the 15th century the Essinger Easter market takes place.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Essingen is linked by the national highway 29 ( Waiblingen- Nördlingen ) to the national road network. The nearest motorway junction is the connection point 115 ( Aalen / Oberkochen ) of the Federal Highway 7 in about 17 km distance on the B29 direction Aalen and the L1084.
At the Rems Railway, 600 meters north of the settlement area, is the Essingen station. There, since the late 1980s no longer hold any passenger trains, but freight trains continue to operate the daily resident scrap recycling company Scholz. The nearest railway station with passengers is the Aalen station at a distance of about 7 km. Here, the IC 61 (Basel SBB - Nuremberg ) run and regional trains to Ulm, Stuttgart, Friedrichshafen, Donauwörth and Munich.
The bus routes of public transport can be used at rates of transport cooperation Ostalb mobile as well as to its own rates of the respective transport company.
Long distance routes
Through the village leads the German Limes Cycle Route. It follows the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes 818 km from Bad Hönningen am Rhein to Regensburg on the Danube.
Established businesses
Essingen is the seat of Scholz AG, a scrap recycling company, which employs more than 3,500 people worldwide.
Education
The Park School Essingen has a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule, which was converted to the school year 2012/ 13 in a community school. There are also two communal, three Protestant and a Roman Catholic school.
Energy
In Essingen there is southeast of Lauter castle since 2006 a wind farm consisting of 5 wind turbines of the REpower MM92 with 100 meters height and 92 meters in diameter axis.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Karl Wolfgang Christoph Schüz (1811-1875), political scientist
- Balthas Bäuerle (1812-1891), mayor in Essingen and Member of Parliament 1845-1848
- George of Woellwarth - Loud Castle (1836-1919), estate owners, state assembly and member of the Reichstag
- Hermann Plock (1858-1920), German painter.
- Uwe Bialon ( b. 1963 ), professional soccer, DFB youth international