Welzheim

The city Welzheim is a health resort in Welzheimer Forest, 40 km east of Stuttgart.

  • 2.1 Churches and religious communities
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Long distance routes
  • 4.3 Recreational facilities
  • 4.4 schools
  • 5.1 freeman

Geography

Geographical location

Welzheim has a share in the natural areas Schurwaldstrasse and Welzheimer Forest and the Swabian- Franconian Forest.

Boroughs

In the district Welzheim are the core city Welzheim and 24 other districts (Weiler, courtyards and houses ) located separately; the hamlet Aichstrut, Birckachhof ( Birkachhof ) Breitenfürst, Eberhard Weiler, Eckartsweiler, donkeys Halden, Gausmannsweiler, Langenberg, Lettenstich, Colonel a mountain, sheep farm, Seiboldsweiler, stone Bruck, Taubenhof and front Hundsberg, the courtyards wads, Neuhof and Upper Mill and the (single ) Houses Aichstruter Sagmuhle, Ebnisee, Eierhof, blade grinder, Laufenmühle and Leinhalde.

These districts - with the exception of the districts Aichstruter Sagmuhle and Upper Mill - be guided in the main statute of the city Welzheim as neighborhoods. The official designation of the districts is done in the form " Welzheim ... ". In Welzheim the loggerhead part applies according to local election in Baden-Württemberg municipal code, the 23 districts are therefore divided into four residential districts. The residential district I ​​consists of Welzheim with blade grinder and Laufenmühle, Residential District II consists of Breitenfürst with Birkachhof and Neuhof, Residential District III consists of wads, donkeys Halden, Langenberg, Lettenstich, Colonel a mountain, rock Bruck, Taubenhof and front Hundsberg and residential district IV consists of Aichstrut, Eberhard Weiler, Leinhalde, sheep farm, Eckartsweiler, Gausmannsweiler, Seiboldsweiler, Eierhof and Ebnisee.

In the urban area the villages dialed Cunenweiler, Sagmuhle be at Seiboldsweiler, glasses (not sure ), and Rumischweiler » Tierbad ".

History

The story of Welzheim dates back to the time of the Roman Empire: To 150 AD, the Romans built here in the course of the construction of the border plant the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes Kastellort with a civilian settlement. For the 800th anniversary of the city in 1980, the smaller East Fort was reconstructed and supplemented by an archaeological park in 1993; the remains of the castle were built over the West in the 20th century. → See Article forts of Welzheim

The oldest written reference dates from the year 1181 as " Wallenzin ", also called " Wallinzin ". Later forms of the name are then ( in 1355 ) " Wallenzingen " 1446 " Rollers" 1473 " Walzan, " thereto " Welnze " and " Welzen ".

After the departure of the Romans is the history of settlement in the dark. In 1266 Welzheim received its town charter. The place was later referred to as a village or market town. The award of the city law was confirmed on 13 May 1840.

1499 probably the newly built St. Gallus church was consecrated.

On June 13, 1556, burned down large parts Welzheims as well as the castle.

On September 5, 1726 a second major fire disaster destroyed again almost the whole city. The church burned down to the ground; it was built in the sequence again. The town hall was rebuilt in 1731.

The poet Justinus Kerner lived 1812-1816 in Welzheim. From 1807 until the formation of the county of Waiblingen in 1938 - with an interruption from 1810 to 1819, as the seat of the Upper Office was moved to Lorch - was Welzheim fit for the top office Welzheim and until 1977 also a church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg.

During the period of National Socialism, there were often euphemistically referred to as " police prison " in the city's detention camp Welzheim until today. The most prominent prisoner there may have been a Communist and trade unionist Friedrich Schlotterbeck, who belonged to the resistance group Schlotterbeck from Luginsland. Approximately 10,000-15,000 prisoners have passed through the camp. At the cemetery, there are buried there 35 concentration camp victims, a memorial stone to the action.

In Breitenfürst has on the evening of May 26, 2010 caused a whirlwind of destruction. Fallen trees damaged, among other things, a garden shed, also a shelter at a bus stop and a caravan was torn away.

Churches and religious communities

In addition to the evangelical St. Gallus and the Catholic Christ the King Church, there is a YMCA, the Süddeutsche community, several free church communities ( Evangelical Free Church congregation - Baptist, Methodist Church, New Apostolic Church, Protestant brothers club ) and a mosque.

Policy

Parish council

Since the last municipal election held on 7 June 2009, the council has 21 members. The turnout was 50.81 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member of the council and its chairman is the mayor. Since June 1, 2010, this is Bernlöhr Thomas, who took over the office of Hermann Holzner.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: "In silver on green hill a green fir tree ."

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Welzheim was since 1911 endpoint of the Wieslauftal line of Schorndorf. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building as a unit train station of type IIIb. Today it is approached only on Sundays and holidays weather from May to October and during the Advent season of tourism trains to a specific timetable.

Through the community, the country roads L 1080, L 1150 and L lead 1155th The nearest motorway junction is the junction Mundelsheim the federal highway 81 in about 40 km distance on Backnang.

The public transport is ensured by the Transport and Tariff Association Stuttgart.

The nearest train stations located in Lorch and Waldhausen, both about 14 km away on the Rems Railway (Stuttgart - Aalen ).

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.

Recreational facilities

The center of the town is the church square with the Protestant St. Gallus Church. Welzheim has many inns, sports facilities, a city park, a jogging path at 2.6 km across the layer nearest to the city park forest area, as well as a self-governing youth center, which is operated by the Welzheimer Youth Initiative eV. The area is dominated by agriculture and forestry as well as smaller reservoirs. On the eastern edge is a gliding field.

Train

In Welzheim there are two primary schools ( Bürgfeldschule and Hofgarten school), special education ( Janusz Korczak school), high school ( Bürgfeldschule ), a Werkrealschule ( Bürgfeldschule ), a junior high school ( fort -Realschule ) and high school ( Limes Gymnasium). As part of the introduction of all-day schools a canteen was built ( Christian Bauer Mensa ) in 2007.

Personalities

  • Justinus Kerner was 1812-1815 practitioner in Welzheim
  • Marie Kerner (1813-1886), Justinus Kerner's daughter, was born in Welzheim
  • Friedrich Fritz (1906-1979), politician
  • Thomas Horn Auer ( born 1960 ), media entrepreneur
  • Rüdiger Gamm (born 1971 ), computer genius
  • Anja Hitzler (* 1983), Archer

Freeman

The honorary citizen of the city Welzheim was awarded eleven times since 1886.

List of honorary citizens with the year and at the presentation:

  • Carl Wilhelm von Heinz (1816-1887), in 1886 for his services as a longtime bailiff in Welzheim
  • Wilhelm Krauss (1859-1938), in 1921 for his long- standing commitment to tourism
  • John Hieber (1862-1951), already received in 1912 an honorary citizen for his contributions to the construction of the Wieslauftal line, this was withdrawn in 1933 and 1947, awarded again
  • Gottlob Bauknecht (1892-1976), 1952 for his services as an industry pioneer Welzheimer forest
  • Reinhold Maier (1889-1971), 1955 for his close personal and political ties with Welzheim
  • Friedrich Bauer (1888-1970), 1958 economic for his pioneering work and its connection to Welzheim
  • Otto Aichele (* 1914 ), 1978, mayor from 1948 to 1978, was chairman of several associations and by the association of water supply Menzlesmühle
  • Helmut Glock (1919-2000), in 1997 for his commitment as a local historian
  • Eberhard Braun (born 1944), 2007 was 33 years pastor in Welzheim
  • Hermann Holzner ( * 1947 ), 2010, 1978-2010 Mayor of Welzheim
  • Helmut Hutt ( * 1920 ), 2010, entrepreneur company Christian Bauer
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