Bissingen an der Teck

Bissingen an der Teck is a municipality in the district of Esslingen. It belongs to the marginal zone of the metropolitan region of Stuttgart. Bissingen is a large part of his district ( 73.5 %) part of the biosphere area Swabian Alb.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Music
  • 4.4 orchards as formative landscape
  • 4.5 Natural Monuments
  • 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 5.2 personalities who were active in Bissingen an der Teck

Geography

Geographical location

Bissingen lies at the foot of the Swabian Alb, the smaller Ochsenwang on the Swabian Alb. The municipality covers an altitude of 384 m on the border with nabern to 830 m in Brucker Hölzle, which is also the highest point of the district of Esslingen.

Structure

The community Bissingen an der Teck consists of the nucleus Bissingen and the village Ochsenwang.

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are Kirchheim unter Teck in the north, Weilheim an der Teck in the east, Neidlingen the southeast, Lenningen in the south, west and Owen in Dettingen unter Teck in northwestern (all the district of Esslingen ).

History

As one of the first places in the district of Esslingen Bissingen is documented in the year 769, it appears in the written tradition of the Lorsch codex on. From the 11th to the middle of the 12th century belonged Bissingen the Zähringers, then the Dukes of Teck. In Württemberg the place came in 1326 with the acquisition of the Austrian half of the reign of Teck.

Bissingen belonged to the upper office Kirchheim, this was in 1938 in the district Nürtingen. In the course of district reform in 1973 came Bissingen for the district of Esslingen.

On the eastern outskirts of the village are the remains of the moated castle Bissingen.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1975 Ochsenwang was incorporated into Bissingen.

Population Development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates by the State Statistical Office ( primary residences only ).

Policy

Parish council

The council has 14 members in Bissingen. The turnout at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was 62.71 %, and resulted in the following distribution of seats:

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

Coat of arms

Blazon: In red on a green mountain single-tower a silver (white ) castle ( tower with conical roof on the left).

Since 1911, the municipality performs as a local coat of arms in several times altered representations in the red shield silver Teckturm on green wooded mountain. The municipality flag is white and red ( silver-red ). The coat of arms in its present form and the flag in 1975 awarded by the Ministry of Interior.

Culture and sights

Museums

In Ochsenwang is the Moerike house Ochsenwang.

Structures

The location southeast of Bissingen castle ruins Hahnenkamm was a satellite of the castle Teck.

Music

Bissingen has a Musikverein Musikverein, divided into youth and master chapel. The " Farrenstall " in parish road serves as the headquarters 16 On 21 May 2006, the Musikverein at the state competition in the context of the country music festival in Villingen -Schwenningen national champion in high school and in May 2007 at the National Competition in Würzburg Vice Federal Champion in high school was. On 16 May 2010 the title of " national champion in high school " was successfully defended at the National Music Festival 2010 in Metzingen.

Bissingen owns adjacent to said musical community also has a glee club. The MGV ( Men's Choir ) is divided into a children's choir (the " Kibize " ), a mixed choir ( " Fresh Wind " ) and a male chorus.

Orchards as formative landscape

Bissingen is surrounded by extensive orchards. In order to maintain these habitats, the Horticultural Association Bissingen enforces the care of old tree populations to ensure that landscape and varieties are preserved for future generations. This is done inter alia through the care community 's own orchards and the establishment of a Altsorten - mother garden.

Natural Monuments

The edge Ecker Maar in the district Ochsenwang is a former volcanic vent of the Swabian volcano, which also created the conditions for the emergence of the adjacent Schopflocher Moors.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Viktor Gruol the Elder (1766-1836), an organ builder
  • Johann Viktor Gruol the Younger (? -1871 ), An organ builder
  • Georg Ehni (1828-1904), member of the Reichstag
  • Robert of Gaupp (1836-1908), State Councillor, Member of Parliament
  • Friedrich Goll (1839-1911), an organ builder
  • Wilhelm Ederle (1901-1966), physician

Personalities who were active in Bissingen an der Teck

  • Ignaz Speckle (1754-1824), 1789-1795 administrator of Pfleghofes of St. Peter in Bissingen, then the last abbot of the Benedictine monastery of St. Peter in the Black Forest
  • Eduard Moerike (1804-1875), lived from 1832 to 1833 in Ochsenwang
  • Adolf Burkhardt (1929-2004), a Lutheran minister and president of the International Christian Esperanto League, worked 1972-1991 as pastor in Bissingen an der Teck
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