Ehingen, Middle Franconia

Ehingen is a municipality in the Middle Franconian district of Ansbach and the seat of the administrative community Hesselnberg.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 monuments
  • 4.4 Sport
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Long distance routes

Geography

Geographical Location

Ehingen is located at the foot of Mount Hessel. Neighboring municipalities are ( starting in the north clockwise): Bechhofen, Arberg, Unterschwaningen, Wassertruedingen, Röckingen, Gerolfingen, Wittelshofen, long Furth and Burk.

Districts

The municipality is divided into 16 parts of communes:

  • Bergmühle
  • Beyer mountain
  • Brunn
  • Dambach
  • Ehingen
  • Honor shrinkage
  • Friedrichsthal
  • Forge
  • Hessel Berghaus b.Wassertrüdingen
  • Huettlingen
  • Cold Kreuth
  • Klarhof
  • Clear mill
  • Kussenhof
  • Lentersheim
  • Schwandstrasse mill

History

Remains of the Roman Limes, called the Devil's Wall, are still preserved in the municipal area.

The viscount of Nuremberg and later Margrave of Ansbach acquired in the 14th century, the control of the municipality. From 1418 to 1806 the chief official in Santa Maria possessions of the county Oettingen were managed in place.

The 1792 acquired by Prussia Principality of Ansbach and with him Ehingen fell in the Treaty of Paris ( February 1806 ) by exchange of Bavaria. The municipality was created Ehingen 1818.

Incorporations

On July 1, 1972 Beyer mountain was incorporated. Dambach and Lentersheim were added on 1 May 1978.

Policy

Parish council

After the last local election on 2 March 2008 the council has 14 members. The turnout was 73.3 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Mayor

Coat of arms

The coat of arms description reads: Shared; quartered top of silver and black, topped with a silver silver thistle flower; divided down from silver and red with a growing picket fence in confused colors.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Heritage Museum Sparrow

Structures

  • St. Jacob's Church

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Ehingen ( Middle Franconia )

Sports

  • SV Beyer Mountain, Sports Club
  • Badeweiher in Ehingen and Beyer mountain
  • Shooting Club Edelweiss 1903 eV
  • Vfl Ehingen, Sports Club
  • Ski lift on the northern slope of the mountain Hessel

Economy and infrastructure

Ehingen is a member of Tourism Romantic Franconia.

Traffic

Through the village take the road St2248 and the county road AN49 runs. The public transport is ensured by the regional transport system Nuremberg.

Long distance routes

Passing through the municipality of the German Limes Cycle Route. It follows the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes 818 km from Bad Hönningen am Rhein to Regensburg on the Danube.

Education

  • Primary school Hesselnberg North
  • Kindergarten Beyer mountain
  • Kindergarten Noah's Ark

Personalities who have lived in Ehingen

  • Bruno Gutmann
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