Unterwaldhausen

Unterwaldhausen is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg in Baden- Württemberg.

January 1, 1972, the municipality is a member of Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Altshausen based in Altshausen.

  • 2.1 Religion
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 5.1 Music
  • 5.2 Attractions
  • 5.3 Regular events

Geography

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Unterwaldhausen and upper Waldhausen and the hamlet turn Reute, hospital courtyards and Schnaidhöfe.

History

1246 Unterwaldhausen was first mentioned in documents as Walt Husen. In Unterwaldhausen and upper Waldhausen (superior Walt Husen ), the Benedictine Abbey of Weingarten had possession.

The parish church of All Saints in Unterwaldhausen was first mentioned in 1275 in a control register. 1353 was the parish under the patronage of Ravensburger patrician family Maienberg. In 1508 it was incorporated to the monastery vineyard.

The jurisdiction over Unterwaldhausen and upper Waldhausen was exercised by the Counts of Koenigsegg. 1693 came from this jurisdiction in exchange for the hamlet Wolfertsreute to the monastery vineyard. The possessions of the monastery were summarized in the "Official Unterwaldhausen ".

In the course of the secularization of the place came in 1806 with the Kingdom of Württemberg. Unterwaldhausen first belonged to the upper office Saulgau ( from 1934: County Saulgau ) before it was added to the district of Ravensburg in the course of municipal reform on 1 January 1973.

Religion

The municipality is the seat of the Catholic parish of All Saints, which belongs to the deanery Saulgau.

The evangelical Christians of the community belong to the parish church in the district of Biberach Altshausen.

Policy

Parish council

The council includes eight volunteer in the local elections of 7 June 2009 by majority vote elected citizens. Among them are two women.

Mayor

16 November 2008 Josef Schill was re-elected as honorary mayor. He was reelected unopposed and no votes against 100% of the valid votes cast for a third term. The turnout was 72.5 percent.

Coat of arms

On August 22, 1980, the municipality of a municipal coat of arms and a flag was presented in green - yellow.

Blazon: " Growing In Gold ( yellow) of green Dreienberg in the form of a Abtsstab - crookedness by heraldic left curved green linden branch sprouting from the five green linden leaves ".

The coat of arms combines features the coat of arms of the monastery of Weingarten ( the one like a Abtsstab curved vine shows ) and the seal of the Ravensburger patrician family Maigenberg ( the linden leaves shows ).

Culture and sights

Music

  • The Musikverein Unterwaldhausen was founded in 1921 and performs at festivals and concerts in Unterwaldhausen and environment. In addition, the 52 active members go (as of 2004) of the brass band of the association regularly on concert tours have taken her to France, Canada, the USA and Brazil.

Attractions

  • The parish church of All Saints in Unterwaldhausen is a building of Gothic architecture, the tower is older. The church interior is dominated by a neo-Gothic main altar from 1879, which was extensively renovated by 2005.
  • Trinity Chapel from 1790 in Upper Waldhausen

Regular events

  • Spring Festival
  • Brotherhood hard
  • Swabian- Alemannic carnival with the " Narrenzunft Rambassler "
  • Ska Festival
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