Deggingen
Deggingen is a municipality in Baden -Württemberg and belongs to the district of Göppingen.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 3.3 partnerships
- 4.1 traffic 4.1.1 road
- 4.1.2 railway
- 4.1.3 wheel
- 4.1.4 Air Traffic
- 5.1 associations
- 5.2 building
- 5.3 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical location
Deggingen is located approximately in the middle of the Upper Filstals on the ascent to the Swabian Alb in 470-520 meters altitude.
Community structure
The municipality Deggingen the formerly independent municipality of Reichenbach heard in the Dales. The municipality Deggingen within the limits from 31 December 1974, the village Deggingen, the hamlet Berneck, Church and Convent Ave Maria include ( Tugstein ) and the houses beer cellar and Nordalb and Outbound village arc hamlet. For the former municipality of Reichenbach in the Dales include the village of Reichenbach im Dales and the homestead Gairen and Outbound castle Gerenberg.
History
On 1 January 1975 Reichenbach was incorporated in the Dales after Deggingen .. see also ruined castle Berneck with Buschelkapelle
Population Development
The population development of the village just between 1837 and 2010.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal election held on 13 June 2004 showed the following distribution of seats:
The next municipal election will be held on June 7, 2009. In Deggingen the loggerhead part of local election applies.
Coat of arms
In the coat of arms of the town, a white elephant head with underlying yellow, six -pointed star is seen on a red background. The elephant was the heraldic animal of the Counts of Helfenstein, who owned the place until its extinction in 1627. The star is probably just a distinctive additional motif. Elephant's head and star are first occupied in 1551 as a court seal of the market Deggingen. 1954, a different looking city relief was attached to the town hall, which connects the Helfenstein Coat of Arms with the local nobility. At the request of the municipality, the Interior Ministry gave on 30 June 1959, the original coat of arms with the Helfensteiner colors white and red
Partnerships
Partner Municipality of Deggingen is Obercunnersdorf in Upper Lusatia. There were other partnerships were considered, which were never realized.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Road
Deggingen is divided in its north-south axis through the federal highway 466. The highway passes through the entire Upper Fils Valley and thus connects the motorway 8 with Geislingen. Every day this street is frequented by commuters and freight.
Train
Deggingen was from 1903 to 1983 by the branch line Geislingen - Wiesensteig ( " Tälesbahn " ) connected to the rail network. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building as a unit station type IIb.
Wheel
The area of the former railway embankment has been converted into a cycle path. Thus the Upper Fils Valley has a well -developed bike trails and is part of the " Filstalroute ".
Traffic
In the hamlet Berneck is a gliding site.
Culture and sights
Deggingen is located on the Swabian Alb Route, which passes by many sights. In the north of Deggingen is the " Nordalb ", which provides an excellent view in the Upper Fils Valley.
Clubs
Building
- Baroque parish church
- Sanctuary of Ave Maria
- Near Deggingen the remains of a Roman fortification was found in 1976; see: Castle Deggingen
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Georg Martin Dursch (1800-1881), a Catholic professor of aesthetics and writer
- Ulrich von Kirch Bach ( born 1956 ), Mayor of Culture, Youth and Social Affairs and the city of Freiburg im Breisgau
- Monika Müller ( * 1971 in Reichenbach ), multiple German champion in synchronized swimming
- Christian Ulmer ( born 1984 ), ski jumpers