Bitz

Bitz is a municipality in Zollernalbkreis in the district of Tübingen in Baden- Württemberg ( Germany ). The municipality Bitz except the homonymous village There are no other villages.

2.1 Early History
2.2 Middle Ages
2.3 Modern Times 2.3.1 20th century

3.1 Mayor
3.2 Coat of Arms

4.1 religions
4.2 Museums
4.3 Natural Monuments
4.4 Sport
4.5 Regular events

5.1 traffic
5.2 Established businesses
5.3 Formation

Geography

Geographical location

The municipality is situated on the plateau of the southwestern Swabian Alb 850-930 m above sea level. NN.

Geology

The geology of Bitz is composed primarily of rock from the Upper Jurassic.

Expansion of the municipal district

The district includes 882 acres of Bitz.

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border on the community Bitz, they are listed clockwise starting in the north: Burladingen, Neufra ( Sigmaringen ), Winter Lingen, Albstadt.

Climate

The climate is typical of a village in the Swabian Alb. On 1 March 2005, the coldest ever recorded in Baden- Württemberg temperature of -36.1 ° C was recorded at the weather station on the immediately adjacent airfield Albstadt- Degerfeld. With an average of 1887 sunshine hours per year Bitz is one of the sunniest places in Germany.

History

Early History

As early as the Stone Age, Neolithic and Bronze Age, the area was around the present Bitz hunting and grazing land. From the Hallstatt period come first settlement places, for example in Won Kritter with pottery finds and grave sites. They are associated with a simultaneous necropolis on the Degerfeld approximately 1.5 kilometers northwest of the Gewanns Kritter.

In ancient times, led by Laiz on the Danube Coming over Winter Lingen and on about Hermann village a Roman road to the castle Burladingen to the so-called Alblimes. Finds of Roman gold coins at the Dorfhülbe the Hindenburgplatz are witnesses this time. The Romans used a water point beside the road. From the Latin for cistern pucio ( Italian: puzzo ) is not only the word puddle but also the current place name derives Bitz.

Around 260 AD, the Alemanni arrived in the area and settled in the area of today's Staigle and Zeppelinstraße. About the names of the former settlement nothing is handed down.

Middle Ages

In the early Middle Ages, the lands were around Bitz for Lichtsteiner rule. They named their village Bütze. The residents of Bitz were first mentioned in 1337 on a document of the monastery Beuron as Bützer. On November 5, 1386 Schweickhardt of Lichtenstein Bitz sold for 210 pounds Heller ( a silver coin, which at that time not counted, but was weighed ) to the town of Ebingen.

Modern Times

In the Thirty Years' War Bitz was totally devastated, the few survivors moved in 1641 to Ebingen. 1648 began 65 people with the reconstruction of the village.

In 1750, the first private business appeared. Many stocking weavers worked for Ebinger champion. 1779 Bitz was repeatedly affected by diseases, about nine to eleven people died each year from smallpox. In 1786, 31 people died in the " high fever " (welding fever), notes the Chronicle " The death loss were often horribly disfigured, blind, deaf or deprived of the use of their limbs ."

On September 26, 1832 Bitz bought for 23,000 florins of Ebingen free. The farmers indebted high, but were now living in an independent municipality. 1878 Nadelwerk (later Groz -Beckert ) founded in Bitz.

20th century

The town continued to grow in 1971 found 802 people working in the needle factory. 1975, Bitz could successfully defend against an annexation to Ebingen. 1994 closed the needle factory in Bitz. Many workers were further employed in Ebingen.

Policy

Mayor

Hubert Schiele

Coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms shows a golden plate under the main one lying black deer rod, a silver swan wings on a blue background. The white swan wings on blue background led light Steiner in her shield. It was created in 1958 integrated into the municipal coat of arms.

Culture and sights

Religions

Evangelical Church of St. Nicholas
Catholic Church of St. Michael

Museums

Bitzer History Museum on the top floor of the old school house

Natural Monuments

Luthereiche

Sports

In Bitz are sports and tennis facilities, a new two spacious sports hall, a new festival hall, a ski slope, a skater or skating rink and an extensive cross-country and signposted hiking and cycling trails.

Regular events

Craft fair
May 1: Fixed with maypole tradition
Every four years the Schnoga Festival ( most recently in July 2012), Town Festival
Spring and winter concert of the band Bitz eV

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The national road 448 connects the municipality with Albstadt.

Immediately northwest of the municipality is located two kilometers away from the nucleus of the airfield Albstadt- Degerfeld.

The public transport is guaranteed by the integrated transport system Neckar -Alb -Donau ( NALDO ). The municipality is located on the honeycomb limit 336 /337.

Established businesses

As in the area, dominated in Bitz especially textile industry, but there are also manufacturers for medical devices, electrical products, plastic and metal processing. Largest based company is the Mey men's underwear GmbH & Co. KG.

Education

In the village there is a public school. This carries since 2003 the name Lichtenstein school Bitz and is both primary and secondary as well Werkrealschule. In summer 2005 she was awarded the elementary school with sports and bewegungserzieherischem focus, which was confirmed with action Walker Road 2007. Also, the fact that the school has both a modern sports hall as well as an indoor pool, shows the sporty commitment. On 7 June 2008, a movement landscape was also inaugurated.

Also located in Bitz a branch of the community college Albstadt.

Bitz has three kindergartens and a nursing home for the elderly and a community library.

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