Achstetten
The community Achstetten is the northernmost municipality in the district of Biberach in Baden- Württemberg.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Structures 4.1.1 Castle Achstetten
- 4.1.2 Church of St. Oswald and Agatha
- 4.1.3 Chapel of the Annunciation
- 4.1.4 Landgasthof Rössle
- 4.1.5 Wieland 's Birthplace
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical location
Achstetten is located about five kilometers north-northeast of Laupheim in Upper Swabia in the valley of the Red.
Community structure
The total community Achstetten consists of the following parts of Achstetten, Bronnen, Oberholzheim and Stetten.
History
Achstetten was the first time in 1194 in a document from Pope Celestine III. mentioned. In the 14th century the city came under the rule of the Lords of Freyberg. About other owners - partly the village was divided under various owners - was the country's sovereignty in 1806 to the Kingdom of Württemberg. There it was in 1810 the top Office Wiblingen allocated and came in 1845 to the newly founded Oberamt Laupheim. In the course of district reform in 1938 Achstetten was incorporated with the majority of the upper Laupheim office in the new district of Biberach. see also Burgstetten
Incorporations
The local government reform in Baden- Württemberg, the formerly independent communities of November 1, 1972 ( Bronnen ) and January 1, 1975 ( Stetten ) were 1 March 1972 ( Oberholzheim ), incorporated into the community Achstetten.
Bronnen
Stetten
Population Development
Population development of the community Achstetten including today's districts:
Policy
Parish council
The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the local council.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following council vote and seat distribution:
The turnout was 61.0 %, which was 4.8 percentage points lower than in the local elections of 2004. Belong to the council of twelve men and two women.
Coat of arms
Blazon: Azure, a double row of red and silver geschachteter oblique beams, accompanied by a top, bottom two silver balls.
From the crest of the Barons von Freyberg, who were from 1356 to 1625 local lords, the three silver balls are taken in blue. The red and silver geschachtete " Cistercian bar " is reminiscent of the monastery Good cell, with the gentlemen of Freyberg from 1447 shared the local rule.
Culture and sights
Structures
Castle Achstetten
Already in 1386 a castle in Achstetten was mentioned. A comprehensive Castle moat is handed down from 1449. The castle was destroyed by insurgent peasants during the Peasants' Revolt in 1525. A reconstruction of the castle was mentioned in 1583. The last commander of the German Order of Knights Beat Baron Conrad Reuttner of Weyl had the castle on the site of earlier buildings by the official architects of the German Teutonic Knights, Franz Anton Bagnato, 1794 renovate and rebuilt in the classical style. Bagnatos design consisted of an unadorned, three-story building as a living area and two wings, which were used as farm buildings. The castle is still inhabited by the count's family Reuttner of Weyl.
Church of St. Oswald and Agatha
Achstetten originally belonged to the parish of Laupheim. 1442 donated the Freiherr von Freyberg own parish. She was under the imperial abbey Ochsenhausen. The imperial abbey in 1625 was to cancel the existing medieval church and built the church of St. Oswald and Agatha. 1823 the steeple was raised and installed a new organ in 2001. The portico is divided into two parts: one part for the common people and a second part, the use of which was permitted only the relatives of the Count's family. This segregated compartment for the nobility, is connected to the castle by a corridor that runs on wooden pillars. A similar structure was also present in Laupheim. There is, however, only preserved in fragments.
Chapel of the Annunciation
The Chapel of the Annunciation was built immediately after the Thirty Years War in 1650. Planned as grave laying for the Baron von Freyberg, it performs the same function for the local Count Reuttner of Weyl nowadays. The chapel was built as an externally and internally structured with flat pilasters hall building with a semicircular chancel closed and pointy -roofed west tower.
Landgasthof Rössle
Already in 1449 a tavern in Achstetten was mentioned. 1573 laid down the two village dominions, that there should be no other in Achstetten next to this inn. Even then, the location was used as a meeting place for the community. The present building was built at the beginning of the 18th century, served until 2008 as an inn and is now a residential house. In 2011, the Grade II listed building has been thoroughly renovated and is now run as a craftsman Hotel.
Wieland 's Birthplace
In evangelical rectory of Oberholzheim the poet and writer Christoph Martin Wieland was born on 5 September 1733. In the house there is a small memorial room with a desk and Editions of Wieland's works. On the walls hang a pedigree, engravings and drawings, and a cast of Wieland's death mask. Upon request, inspect the register of baptisms can be taken with the entries to Wieland's birth. To Wieland's 200th birthday on September 5, 1933, a memorial plaque was placed on the doorstep.
Sports
The football club TSG Achstetten rose as champions of the District League in the 2010/2011 season after 10 years of abstinence in the national league 4. Besides that, there in the community Sportfreunde Bronnen.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Christoph Martin Wieland (* September 5, 1733 in the district Oberholzheim; † January 20, 1813 in Weimar), German poet.
- Oskar Ameringer (1870-1943), German - American author and politician.