Kuchen, Baden-Württemberg
Cake is a municipality in Baden -Württemberg and belongs to the district of Göppingen.
- 2.1 religions
- 2.2 Population development
- 3.1 Coat of Arms
- 3.2 municipal
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Educational facilities
- 5.1 building
- 5.2 Sports
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Cake is in the Fils Valley in 390-720 meters altitude.
Community structure
For cakes include the village of cake and the house Süddeutsche Baumwolleinindustrie and dialed localities top mountain ( Castle), Böldlinshof and Seelhofen.
History
The first traces of human settlement date back to the urnfield time (from 1200 BC to 800 BC). Roman traces of settlement are not yet known, but evidenced by archaeological findings, a Merovingian burial site north of the Fils. Unclear Fund are messages that you may a second burial ground near the village occupy south of the Fils. The place name cakes could be related to the iron smelting, incurred in the pie-shaped slag. Corresponding findings exist in the adjacent Old Town ( Geislingen ).
An important aspect for development cake, however, the plant was the castle mountain peak that is legally may be regarded as the successor of the ring wall Huns castle. Their dating is so far unclear ( enlightening discoveries of illegal excavations have disappeared in private ownership). Cake was created as a planned city. The historic floor plan, become unclear by the main road and new buildings today can recognize the former city facility. Until a few years ago still remains a fitting with wall and moat were visible. Away from the main axis is the James church. There walled relief spolia come from a previous church, but have nothing to do with a previously postulated Germanic sanctuary.
It was not until 1228 cake was first mentioned in a document. It was at that time under the Counts of Helfenstein. Since 1356 the market is right handed. 1396 was the place under the rule of the free imperial city of Ulm. Kam cake after the media coverage due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss circuit initially in 1806 to Bavaria, it was ceded to Württemberg due to a swap area in 1810. There it was assigned to the upper office Geislingen. In 1938, the municipality of cake came to the district of Göppingen.
Religions
With the introduction of the Reformation in Ulm also cake 1531 Protestant. Long as there was no Roman Catholic population more in place, but due to the influx of displaced persons after the Second World War, the number of Catholics has almost reached that of the Protestants.
Population Development
The population development of the community between 1837 and the end of 2010.
Policy
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Shared by red and silver, on top of a mountain four golden border Silver Elephant, below a goldbebutzte red rose with green sepals. "
While the elephant recalls the Counts of Helfenstein, the rose is taken from the coat of arms of Geislingen.
The white- red flag of the town was awarded on February 16, 1959 by the Home Office.
Parish council
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following distribution of seats (18 seats):
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Cake is connected through the Filstalbahn (Stuttgart -Ulm ) to the national rail network.
Through the municipal area the federal highway 10 Stuttgart -Ulm runs.
Educational institutions
With the Gottfried -von- top mountain - school cake has a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule. In addition to the community based kindergartens - SBI Kindergarten in the former working class neighborhood and kindergarten Kirchgasse, there is also a Roman Catholic kindergarten and an evangelical kindergarten.
Culture and sights
Building
- The Jakobuskirche
- Castle Top Mountain
- The Past 'settlement cake was built by the former owner of the company the nation's largest cotton spinning and weaving for their workers from 1857 to 1869. It was equipped for that time with exemplary and progressive culture, leisure, utilities and health care facilities. Part of the settlement was after the bankruptcy of the company Süddeutsche cotton Industrie AG cake ( ESBI ) from 1987 renovated for about 20 million DM.
Sports
In cake there are two major sports clubs:
- The gymnastics and sports club cake 1872 e.V.
- And the FTSV (Free Gymnastics and Sports Association ).
The AFC cake mammoth, the American football department of the FTSV cakes were 2008 champion in the fifth division Baden- Württemberg, and thus play from 2009 in the Oberliga Baden- Württemberg.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Nicholas BANTLEON (1838-1928), farmer, member of the Reichstag
- Christin- Désirée Rudolph (born 1966 ), writer