HoÃŸkirch

Hoßkirch is a municipality in Baden -Württemberg and belongs to the district of Ravensburg.

2.1 religions

3.1 Coat of Arms
3.2 Mayor

4.1 Structures

5.1 traffic
5.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Hoßkirch lies south of the wooded mountain range car hard Ostrach between the west and the east Altshausen. South of the village is the Königseggsee.

Neighboring communities

Hoßkirch bordered to the east by Eichstegen, to the south Guggenhausen, on the southwest by Königseggwald (all district Ravensburg ), on the west by Ostrach and to the north by Bad Saulgau (both in Sigmaringen ).

Community structure

The commune includes in addition to the eponymous Hoßkirch the districts Hüttenreute (since 1970 ), sand house, Ratzenreute, Milpishaus, Wolfertsreute, Watt / Forestry House and clover fields.

History

By finds a settlement of the local area is occupied in the Neolithic period. Documented the Church of Hoßkirch was first mentioned in 1098 in a document of the monastery vineyard as Husechirche. 1269 the settlement was granted by the Weingarten Abt Hermann von Biechtenweiler city rights. However, the young city did not develop due to insufficient attachment and infrastructure, and by the proximity of the cities Pfullendorf and Saulgau in the expected manner to an urban base of the monastery in the region, so that already in 1286 the Bailiwick Hoßkirch of Rudolf of Habsburg to Ulrich von Koenigsegg was pledged. 1418 the place was, together with the pre-existing two city gates completely destroyed by fire. From 1535 on, the monastery Weingarten left the land Hoßkirch the Lords of Königsegg first as deposit, later sold the place to them.

In 1806 the town was part of the Kingdom of Württemberg and the upper office Saulgau ( from 1934: County Saulgau ) assigned.

During the Second World War a Verpflegungszug from aircraft was blown up near the Hoßkircher lake.

On January 1, 1970, the community was incorporated into Hüttenreute Hoßkirch. The municipality is a member of Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Altshausen based in Altshausen since 1972. In the administrative reform it was the district of Ravensburg slammed 1973.

Religions

Hoßkirch is the seat of the Catholic parish of St. Peter, which belongs to the deanery Saulgau. The evangelical Christians in the community belong to the parish church in the district of Biberach Altshausen.

Policy

Coat of arms

The municipality introduces awarded by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior on September 18, 1968 coat of arms and a flag awarded simultaneously in the colors " yellow-red " (Gold - red).

Coat Description: " In red over a golden ashlar ( yellow ) battlements one with the beard rechtshin lying golden (yellow ) key."

The coat of arms motif plays with the battlements of the medieval collection Hoßkirchs to the city. The key is the attribute of St.. Peter, to whom the parish church is dedicated in Hoßkirch. The coat of arms colors red and gold are the arms of the Lords of Königsegg removed.

The state finished my Hüttenreute had no official coat of arms.

Mayor

Mayor of the municipality is since 2000 Klaus Wlochowitz. In his re-election on November 9, 2008, there was a curious election process: Some citizens did not agree with Wlochowitz ' duties; but since no other candidate had applied for the post of mayor, they urged the honorary mayor of the community Boms, Peter Wetzel, make an unofficial application. On the eve of the election held in Wetzel Hoßkirch ie an information session from, during which he explained to the interested citizens, as well as a non -nominated candidate may be selected for mayoral elections to office. When choosing Wetzel came to 46.2 percent of the vote; the incumbent retained with a More by just 21 votes, which secured him a total of 51.7 percent of the votes cast, the upper hand. Noteworthy is beyond even that Wetzel and Wlochowitz work together as representatives of their respective communities in Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Altshausen.

Culture and sights

Structures

Parish church, with a Gothic choir ribbed vaults, nave from 1974-1976. Facilities include a late-Gothic Madonna and a crucifixion scene of the early 17th century.
Estate Watt, largely preserved closed courtyard of the 18th and 19th century

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Hoßkirch had until 1971 a station on the railway line Altshausen Schwacke Reute and is now connected via bus to the public transportation.

Sons and daughters of the town

Meinrad Amann (1785-1839), abbot of St. Paul in the Lavant Valley pin

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