Kirchberg an der Iller

Kirchberg an der Iller is a town on the eastern edge of the Baden- Württemberg district Biberach in Illertal.

3.1 Mayor
3.2 municipal

4.1 Structures

5.1 Road Access
5.2 Education

6.1 freeman

Geography

Community structure

The municipality is located in the east of the Biberach / Riss and belongs to the cross-border planning Danube-Iller region. The eastern boundary of the municipality also marks the course of the border between Baden- Württemberg and Bavaria. The municipality consists of the main town of Kirchberg, the district Sinningen and the hamlets Nordhofen and Ziegelhofstraße.

Municipal area

The municipality covers an area of 1,864 hectares, which is 41% covered by forest. The agricultural areas occupy 48%. The remaining approximately 10 % is used as a traffic or residential areas.

History

Maybe Kirchberg was first mentioned in 806 in a tradition note of the monastery of St. Gallen for the first time, but is controversial in research, whether it really is Kirchberg an der Iller or another place of the same name. The Gallus monastery bequeathed a gentleman of Isenburg in 839 estates in Nordhofen. Later, the men of Kirchberg and Schellenberg occur as the owner of Kirchberg in appearance. In 1356 sell Graf Ulrich von Schellenberg and his wife Anna of Ellerbach with the consent of her son Eglin Schellenberg, who was then pastor of Kirchberg, a share in the village of Kirchberg to the monastery red another acquires a share in the monastery Red 1692nd The now the monastery Red incorporated church to Kirchberg was pastoriert from that time until 1803, by Fathers of Red off. Count Wilhelm von Kirchberg gives goods in 1356 to Heinrich von Freiberg. In the 15th century, the local government is divided between the lords of Rechenberg- Hohenrechberg - Kellmünz and Ulm patricians; later Kirchberg was partly owned by the government Oberbalzheim.

In 1686 the Lords of Rechenberg sell its stake in Kirchberg former convent Good cell, which now shares the ownership of Kirchberg with the monastery red. The wars with France losing the German princes in the peace agreement in 1801 their possessions beyond the Rhine to France and be in goods of the spiritual rulers and monasteries on this side, so the right of the Rhine, compensated. Here, the possession of the monastery repealed Red falls to Count Ludwig von Wartenberg, who inherited it to his nephew, the Earl of Erbach - Wartenberg- red, and whose descendants sell a part of it. When the monastery was good cell in 1803 or 1806, the abbey Good cell come into the possession of the Counts of Toerring - Jettenbach - Good cell and also Württemberg sovereignty; as compensation for their previous linksrheinischen possessions in Gronsfeld who had come through the tyranny of Napoleon to France. Count of Toerring showed the Cistercian Inne north towards very accommodating, in which the sisters were allowed to stay until her death in Good cell.

On January 1, 1972, until then independent municipality Sinningen was amalgamated with its districts to Kirchberg an der Iller.

Policy

Mayor

Parish council

In the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, the following distribution of seats was:

CDU - 58.21 % - 7 seats
Independent List - 41.79 % - 5 seats

Culture and sights

Structures

Catholic parish church of St. Martin: According to the Chronicle, the first church in Kirchberg 866 AD to have been inaugurated in the year in which it is likely to have been a wooden church. Later, two more churches were built. After the discontinuation of the last built architect Joseph Cades from Stuttgart in the years 1898-1900, a three-nave church. The church was declared a monument Baden- Württemberg to the " Monument of the Month May 2006".
Chapel of St. Michael in Sinningen
The Outbound castle Sinningen
Needle seat Kirchberg
Sinninger lake

Economy and infrastructure

The Kirchberg and Sinningen economically significant Illerflößerei was still, if not more to Vienna, operated at the beginning of the 20th century in the great extent as in former times, on the Iller from Kempten to Ulm and from there on the Danube. It was an interesting, but also dangerous work.

The Sinninger lake has become an important recreational area for the environment.

The current economic structure of the community is a mixture of agriculture and commerce.

Transport links

Parallel to the Iller the motorway A 7 runs (Füssen - Ulm - Würzburg - Kassel - Flensburg ) to the connection options in the Old City (AS 125 ) and Dettingen (AS 126 ) are made (both about 10 km away). The municipality is in north-south direction of the road L 260 (Memmingen - Ulm) running through it. It runs in some areas through the eastern area of the settlement area of Kirchberg; the district Sinningen will be avoided. The next possibility of connection to the rail network of the Deutsche Bahn ( route Memmingen - Ulm) is about 5 km from the old town.

Education

The primary and secondary school Kirchberg consists of a single-pass primary school and a single-pass high school, 7-9 visit of the only students in grades in Kirchberg school. The students in grades 5 and 6 visit the main school in Dettingen. From school year 2010/2011 the main school will be merged to Illertal main school under a school board to get close to residential small secondary school.

Personalities

Josef Rief (* 1960 in Illertissen ), grew up in Kirchberg, Member of Parliament for the constituency of Biberach

Freeman

Johann Baptist Miller ( * 1873 in Kirchberg), Monsignor and director retired, great services acquired in the men's pastoral care and devoted himself beyond the settlements.
Vitalis Maier, ( born March 27, 1912 in Kirchberg), studied theology and joined the Abbey Ottobeuren. The confidence of the Convention chose Father Vitalis Maier on May 9, 1948 to the Department of
Ferdinand J. Remlinger, former mayor, who conducted the affairs of the community 32 years. He was handed over to council decision of 21 January 1986, the honorary citizenship papers.

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