Ehingen am Ries

Ehingen am Ries ( officially Ehingen a.Ries ) is a municipality in the Swabian district of Donau-Ries and a member of the administrative community Oettingen in Bayern.

  • 4.1 monuments
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 Education

Geography

The village lies on the edge of the Nordlinger Ries and belongs to the planning region of Augsburg.

There are the districts Belzheim and Ehingen am Ries.

History

Ehingen am Ries arose from a Alemannic foundation and belonged to the principality of Oettingen. About half of the village (as well as the hamlet Erlbach ) belonged to the Protestant line of this house and therefore took in 1539 to the new faith. In addition to the other half of the village and the hamlet Niederhofen remained with the Catholic faith. Since the Reformation, the parish church of Ehingen is an interdenominational church - in addition Illschwang in der Oberpfalz one of the few in Bavaria. With the Act of Confederation in 1806 the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The first written mention of Belzheim took place in 1053 as Villa Belle home. The place belonged to the time of the Old Kingdom almost exclusively to the Teutonic Order.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, until then independent municipality Belzheim was incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Erhard Michel (CDU community).

The council consists of eight members:

  • Free Wählergemeinschaft 3 seats
  • New joint list 3 seats
  • New community 2 seats

The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to the equivalent of € 259,000, of which € 17,000 ( net) trade tax revenue.

Attractions

  • Fortified church of St. Ulrich and St. Stephan
  • Anthony Chapel in Belzheim

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

2010, there were according to official statistics 43 persons work at the workplace. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were 334 There were 42 farms with an agricultural area of 1,302 ha, of which 1,183 hectares of arable land.

Education

2011, there were the following facilities:

  • Kindergarten: 50 kindergarten places with 30 children

Personalities

  • Anton Jaumann (1927-1994), from 1970 to 1988 Bavarian State Minister for Economy and Transport, also from 1958 to 1990 Member of the Bavarian Parliament
  • Johannes Hanselmann (1927-1999), from 1975 to 1994 of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria Bishop
Protestant Reformation Confederation of the Rhine Teutonic Knights Alerheim Amerdingen Auhausen Buchdorf Daiting Deiningen Fremdingen Genderkingen Hainsfarth Hohenaltheim Huisheim Maihingen Marktoffingen Marxheim Megesheim Monheim, Bavaria Otting Reimlingen Tagmersheim Wemding Wolferstadt
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