Uhingen

Uhingen is a city in the German state of Baden- Württemberg, situated about 35 km east of Stuttgart and six kilometers west of Göppingen in the Fils Valley.

• 2.1 Coat of Arms and incorporations
• 2.2 religions
• 2.3 Population development

• 3.1 City Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 traffic 4.1.1 road
• 4.1.2 station
• 4.1.3 bus
• 4.1.4 Air Transport

• 5.1 Museums
• 5.2 Structures
• 5.3 Regular events

Geography

Geographical location

The main town is spread over two mountain slopes ( Haldenberg / Worm Mountain and Water Mountain ) and the Fils Valley between. The city is located in the district of Göppingen and thus belongs to the region of Stuttgart and the Stuttgart Region.

Boroughs

The city is divided into the nucleus Uhingen and in the three districts of Holzhausen, Nassachtal / Diegel mountain ( Baiereck, Diegel Mountain, Nassach, Nassachmühle ) and Sparwiesen.Zu Uhingen includes the formerly independent communities Baiereck, Holzhausen and Sparwiesen. For the former municipality Baiereck include the village and the hamlets Baiereck Nassach and Unterhütt and Outbound village Fliegenhof. For the former town Holzhausen include the village of Holzhausen and Outbound village alder exuberance. For the former municipality Sparwiesen the village belongs Sparwiesen. The municipality Uhingen within the limits of August 31, 1971 include the city Uhingen, the hamlet Diegel Mountain, Nassachmühle, castle and homestead Filseck, the homestead Because Hof and the houses Charlottenhof and gravel.

Waters

From east to west flows the Fils, a tributary of the Neckar. Within the urban area branches off to the north for about 870 m from a channel. The following rivers flow from east to west of the Fils:

• Slough creek left Filszufluss
• Blauenbach right Filszufluss
• Butzbach left Filszufluss
• Under Lochbach right Filszufluss
• Nassach right Filszufluss

At the western end of town is the Epplesee, south, between the core city and Sparwiesen of a conservation area associated Charlottensee.

In 1934 the company began Karl Epple from Bad Cannstatt, reduce Won in Lower Wasen gravel to meet the growing demand for the raw material, which was created by the growing use of concrete as a building material. The lease agreement with the municipality Uhingen dated March 29, 1935. The rent was 75 Pfennig per square meter. This Epple could begin, he immediately paid 5,000 Reichsmarks to the community. Their condition was that Epple should only employ workers from Uhingen except for permanent staff. Even in 1954 came from 18 employees 16 from the site. The exploitation of the land was done in sections. Thus, the community had to await the return for roughly 60 Ar quarterly. Because the church desiring Epples to be able to dig up to the bleaching up, did not want to comply, he continued his activity south of the Fils continued on the tubs Target and Pfingstwasen. The Hildsche bridge struck him in good stead, on which he had put tracks in order to create the dredged by Loren for gravel pit can. The exploited pits filled soon with groundwater, but were replenished. Only just before the sorting, washing and loading facility remained a pond obtained. It took him, so that the operation could work, because it had to be pumped every day about 1.5 million liters of water to clean the gravel funded. In August 1955, the fishing club Uhingen was founded in guest house " train yard ". He leased the fishing rights on " Epplesee ", caused a bank reinforcement with bushes and trees and used with other associations working to prevent the filling of the lake. In 1961 and 1962 presented Epple requests to another site for gravel exploitation. Probably 1963-1965, the excavator has ceased operations. 1965 Epple was released on payment of a transfer fee under the contract.

History

The name of Uhingen goes back to the Merovingian period. He handed the name of a certain Uigo, which in the early history of the place as Elder of the clan, as landlord, or even as a settlement founders played an important role. The settlement is archaeological finds of a burial ground from the 6/7 Century occupied. In contrast to the late medieval place but these are north of the Fils.

The first written mention made ​​in the tithe register of the diocese of Constance from 1275. At that time the largest part of the village belonged to the counts of Aichelberglifte to him in 1332 to their creditors, the County of Württemberg, sold. To Uhinger district initially included other areas. They ranged from Marbach in today Faurndau on cheek Niederwälden and Holzhausen Diegel mountain and on over the sheep farm at Albershausen after Sparwiesen. The fact that Reustadt at Hattenhofen and Bezgenriet in the Middle Ages included ecclesiastical parish Uhingen could be an indication that even these localities are closely associated with Uhingen.

Until the mid-19th century Uhingen formed along with saving meadows and mountain Diegel a staff office, the mayor of the rod, usually a ducal official board. In 1847 was made by the railway, the incentive for some firms to build a factory here. During this time, here began the textile industry with the production in the fields of weaving and textile equipment.

In the 1920s, the engine paved the way for the growth of the metal industry in the region. After the end of the Second World War, the economic strength of the room and the wide spread of products gained strong. The city rights were Uhingen awarded on 1 June 1997.

Coat of Arms and incorporations

Religions

It includes

• 53.4 % of the inhabitants of the evangelic,
• 31.1 % of the inhabitants of the Roman Catholic and
• 5.8 % of the population of an Islamic religious community.

Population Development

The population trend between 1837 and 2005.

Policy

City ​​council

The council currently has 29 members Uhingen. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following result:

The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the local council.

Mayor

The mayor is elected for a term of eight years. Previous ministers:

Coat of arms

Blazon: ". In red a silver wave beam and a right silver Obereck "

As a spot sign which had been carved on landmarks, was built in the 18th century a " Gänsfuß " mentioned. The current coat of arms is based on a proposal from the Archives Directorate Stuttgart from 1912. It connects the red shield with the silver Obereck - the coat of arms of the Counts of Aichelberglifte who owned most of the town to 1332 - with the wave beam as a symbol of the Fils, which flows through the town.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Road

To achieve Uhingen is on the highways 10, which passes right on the spot, and 297 ( Lorch Tübingen).

Station

Uhingen also has its own railway station on the Filstalbahn (Stuttgart -Ulm ). Besides the two main tracks towards Stuttgart and Ulm several sidings are available, which were used until the mid- 1990s every day. In addition, the company Allgaier has its own railway siding, which is often used today to transport raw materials or finished components; this is a Köf as shunting available. By mid-year 2005 was still a third track with platform available. DB Netz built it from, how many tracks and switches in recent years, which are not required during normal operation. This leads to increased transmission and amplification of delays, as now can hold no more moves in Uhingen to be overhauled. This is now only at Göppingen station and the train station Ebersbach ( Fils) possible.

Bus

Uhingen is the hub of regional transport. Here not only keep the regional trains of the DB, but also all regional bus lines in the lower Fils Valley. After Göppingen lead, inter alia, the regional lines 261, 7672, 178, Ebersbach one quickly comes to the bus lines 261 and 7673, according to Kirchheim by line 178, and in the districts Nassachtal and Diegel mountain with the lines 7672 and 7673rd After Hattenhofen about Sparwiesen leads the line 22 and to Holzhausen or Albershausen leads each even line 2 These lines are all integrated in the traffic community Stauferkreis (as timetable period 2008/2009).

Since 22 December 2008, the Bürgerbus ULi drives ( Uhinger line) every hour on three different routes through Uhingen. A single ticket costs regardless of the distance 1 €. The passengers are transported by volunteer drivers. Premises of the ULi is from Bürgerbus Club Uhingen, which is financed by membership fees. The logo was designed in a student -AG, the name selected from the submissions of a citizen survey.

Traffic

The route from Uhingen to Stuttgart International Airport is about 35 km.

Established businesses

Largest company in the place is the company Allgaier, which manufactures tools, pressed parts and components for the automotive industry as well as screening and treatment plants. This company is also known for its manufactured in earlier times tractors.

Nationally known is the Adolf Bosch KG, manufacturer of the Swabian baked good Wibele.

It can be found in Uhingen mainly medium -sized and small industrial enterprises in various fields. In total there are approximately 3,700 jobs.

Public institutions

• 7 Churches ( main town: 2)
• Outdoor pool
• Haldenberg hall with indoor pool
• Haldenberg Stadium

• City Hall Uditorium with a large ( approximately 600 seats) and a small (180 seats) theater
• City ​​Library

• Rettungswache of Malteser
• 6 firehouses the volunteer fire brigade ( Uhingen, Baiereck, Diegel Mountain, Holzhausen, Nassach, Sparwiesen )

Education

• Hieber school Uhingen: Elementary and secondary school with Werkrealschule
• Primary school Holzhausen
• Primary school Sparwiesen
• Primary school Nassachmühle
• Haldenberg -Realschule
• Filseckschule ( special school for children with learning difficulties )
• School of Music
• Community College
• 11 kindergartens with 21 groups and 520 seats ( main town: 6, 10 groups, 245 places)
• 1 daycare with 4 groups and 86 places

Culture and sights

Museums

• Museum of Local History
• Photo Historical Museum

Structures

Regular events

For " Kandel Hock ", the largest community event of the clubs in Uhingen, always thousands of visitors come every year, always on the last weekend in June, according to Uhingen.

Personalities

• Martin Cleß (1491-1552), priest and reformer
• John Hieber (1862-1951), liberal politician and President of Württemberg
• Dieter Hundt ( born 1938 ), employers President and CEO of the company Allgaier
• Jörg F. Zimmermann ( born 1940 ), glass artist
• Simon Schempp (* 1988), German biathlete, grew up in Uhingen.