Ellhofen
Ellhofen is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden- Württemberg.
- 2.1 religions
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms and Flag
- 3.4 Partner community
- 4.1 Regular events
- 5.1 Viticulture
- 5.2 traffic
- 5.3 Established businesses
- 5.4 Media
- 5.5 Education
- 6.1 freeman
- 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
Ellhofen lies in the valley of the Sulm, about seven kilometers east of Heilbronn, in Gipskeuper. Geographically, the town is still in the Swabian-Franconian Forest mountains. The highest elevation is 253 m high mountain heretic, a reed sandstone foothills of Löwenstein Mountains that provides a panoramic view of Weinberg Valley.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring cities and municipalities are vineyard in west and north, the east and Obersulm Lehrensteinsfeld in the south, all belonging to the district Heilbronn. A small Ellhofener exclave (only forest ) is located northeast of the actual community between Vineyard Wimmental, Obersulm and Bretz field ( Hohenlohe ). Together with Eberstadt, Lehrensteinsfeld and vineyard forms Ellhofen the Gemeindeverwaltungsverband "Space Vineyard " located in the vineyard.
Community structure
To Ellhofen There are no other districts or places in a geographical sense. On the Ellhofener district, the Outbound, now-defunct place Burkhard meadows was but sooner ( perhaps on the boundary Weinberg).
History
Ellhofen is mentioned in the letter Öhringer Foundation on the establishment of Öhringer Canons by Bishop Gebhard II of Regensburg in 1037 for the first time. Half Ellhofens was at that time already in possession of this pin. Court and Bailiwick, and thus the authority over Ellhofen lay before the mid-14th century in the men of New Stone, the 1354 three-quarters sold the Öhringer pin on the court and in the Bailiwick. The remaining quarter came in 1356 on Wolf von Stein, who had inherited it from his father Conrad of New stone at Engelhard of the vineyard.
After removing the pin in the Reformation its goods and thus its local share of Ellhofen were managed by the Count of Hohenlohe, who had previously represented, as governors in the pen Ellhofen. The Weinberger share finally went in two stages in 1412 and 1450, first in the Palatinate and 1504 in Württemberg, which increased its share in 1755 to the upper office vineyard then assigned. Although only in the possession of the lower proportion of Ellhofen, but was able Württemberg, his rights in Ellhofen to expand more and more. After decades of disputes between Hohenlohe and Württemberg, the lordly and high authority over Ellhofen was granted the Wurttembergers in Weinberger farewell to the year 1567. In the aftermath, there was, however, repeatedly dispute between the two local gentlemen.
In the course of mediatization came the Hohenlohe part Ellhofens 1806 Württemberg. After the dissolution of Oberamt vineyard site in 1926 then assigned to the upper office and later the district of Heilbronn.
Religions
In Ellhofen there are a Lutheran church (since 1952, previously branch of Weinberger church ), the church was mentioned in the 14th century the Holy Cross, St. Peter and St. Genevieve, and Apostolic church with its own church building. For Catholics, the Roman Catholic church is responsible Wimmental. With the 1967 consecrated Holy Cross Church there in Ellhofen but a private catholic church building.
Population Development
Policy
Parish council
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
- Free electoral association Ellhofen 47.6 % ( 3.2 ) - 6 seats ( =)
- CDU 26.6 % ( - 2.9 ) - 3 seats ( =)
- SPD 25.9 % ( - 0.2 ) - 3 seats ( =)
Another member of the council and its chairman is the mayor.
Mayor
Mayor or ( prior to 1 December 1930) Schultheiße Ellhofens were since the beginning of the 20th century:
Coat of arms and flag
The blazon of the coat of arms Ellhofener is: Azure, two diagonally crossed silver key with swept down and away beards. The municipal flag is white and blue.
The key is the attribute of St. Peter. In the Ellhofener community sealing, the key can be observed since 1844. They can be related to both Peter as co-patron of the Ellhofener Church and the pen in Öhringen, which since the 11th century in Ellhofen had possession and was dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. 1938 were the key figures of the coat of arms for the first time to Ellhofener coat of arms. The coat of arms colors have also been suggested in 1938 by the Württemberg Archives Directorate. Coat of arms and flag colors were awarded the municipality on 25 March 1963 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior.
Partner community
After first contacts in 1986 is since 1988 the Italian Volterra ( Pisa Province, Tuscany ) partner community Ellhofens. In Ellhofen the association takes care of the maintenance of international relations to the care of the partnership.
The Church of the Holy Cross, St. Peter and Genevieve is the Protestant parish church Ellhofens. It houses the Ellhofener altar, a significant carved from the 16th century.
Regular events
The Ellhofener Carnival Association, the Sulmtalnarren with their symbolic figure Till, held every year at carnival time a move as well as various ceremonial sessions. On the first weekend of the month of September, the Musikverein Ellhofen organizes Ellhofener Straßenkärwe around the church square. On the 1st weekend after May 1 will take place, organized by clubs spring festival in and around the community.
Economy and infrastructure
Viniculture
Ellhofen is a traditional wine-growing village in the wine region of Baden- Württemberg, which documents belong to the large-scale situations Staufenberg and salt mines in the area Württembergisch sub country. Viticulture in the place has survived since 1264. The Ellhoferin Petra Seiter was 1989/90 Württemberg wine queen.
Traffic
Ellhofen located at the motorway junction vineyard of the A81 (Würzburg to Singen (Hohentwiel ) ), exit Vineyard / Ellhofen. The Federal Highway 39 and the railroad Heilbronn- Crailsheim, today drive on both the rail Heilbronn as well as regional express trains pass through the town; Stadtbahn Heilbronn goes to Öhringen. Ellhofen has the two stops Ellhofen (train station) and Weinberg / Ellhofen commercial area.
Established businesses
The largest employer in Ellhofen the company Edeka southwest, the of the German Spar Handels AG whose decades in the common commercial area with vineyard entertaining warehouse took over (as well as a Euro savings market ) in 2005. Only 370 out of the original (as of mid-December 2005 ) more than 700 jobs were meanwhile left; to September 2006, the number was but again risen to 540 by June 2008 to about 600
Media
About the events in Ellhofen report the daily newspaper Heilbronner Stimme in its issue for Weinberg Valley (WT ) and the weekly Official Journal Ellhofener home show.
Education
In Ellhofen the Johann Dietz Elementary School is located. In addition, there are three kindergartens (one each municipal, Protestant and Roman Catholic kindergarten). An Evangelical Community Library is open a few hours per week.
Personalities
Freeman
- Klaus Trender ( * 1938 ), longtime deputy mayor (awarded 2006)
- George Michl (* 1950 ), longtime mayor (awarded 2010)
Sons and daughters of the town
- Alfred Arnold (1888-1960), politician ( NSDAP), Member of the Landtag of Württemberg and member of the Reichstag