Munderkingen

Munderkingen is the smallest town in the Alb -Donau-Kreis in Baden- Württemberg.

2.1 religions
2.2 Amalgamations

3.1 Mayor
3.2 municipal
3.3 Town twinning

4.1 traffic
4.2 Public bodies

5.1 Museums
5.2 Structures 5.2.1 Danube Bridge
5.2.2 Old hospital
5.2.3 churches

6.1 daughters and sons of the city

Geography

Geographical location

The historic town is located in a loop of the Danube about 33 km southwest of Ulm, but has extended to both sides of the river.

Neighboring communities

The city is bordered to the north by the town of Ehingen, to the east by Rottenacker, to the south Unterstadion, Emerkingen and Hausen am Bussen, and to the west by Obermarchtal and Untermarchtal.

History

Finds from the Roman period indicate that the area of the present town Munderkingen was settled in late antiquity. From a continuous settlement until the early Middle Ages can not be assumed.

Munderkingen first time was mentioned in the year 792 in a document of the monastery of St. Gallen. The town charter was granted Munderkingen in 1230 by the Lords of Emerkingen. End of the 14th century, the Habsburgs Munderkingen pledged to the Steward of Waldburg. The city joined with the then also pledged to the Stewards cities quantities Riedlingen Saulgau Waldsee and the Alliance of Danube Cities together. 1680 they managed to shake off the mortgage rule and to come back directly under Austrian rule. With the Peace of Pressburg Munderkingen in 1805 to Württemberg. Was Munderkingen formerly dominated by trade and crafts, so led the connection to the Donautalbahn 1870 for establishment of industries. In 1900 the mills were converted on the Danube to the generation of electricity, today is the city a larger electricity and substation EnBW. 1945 Munderkingen was first occupied by American troops and handed over a short time later the French military administration. Munderkingen remained as part of the French zone of occupation.

Religions

Munderkingen is dominated Catholic from time immemorial. Although there was during the Reformation Protestant efforts here, but were opposed by city leaders. Today, the denominations distribute so: Catholic 73%, Protestant 16 %, Muslim 5%.

Incorporations

Policy

Munderkingen is the seat of the company founded in 1973 local government association management community Munderkingen, the next to the city's communities Emeringen, Emerkingen, Grundsheim, Hausen am Bussen, Lauterach, Obermarchtal, Oberstadion, Rechtenstein, Rottenacker, Untermarchtal, Unterstadion and belong Unterwachingen.

Mayor

The mayor is elected for a term of eight years. In the mayoral elections on 22 April 2007 Michael Lohner was confirmed with a score of 98.8 % in his office.

Parish council

The local elections of 7 June 2009 yielded the following result:

Twinning

Since 1987 there is a partnership between the cities Munderkingen and the French city of Riedisheim in Alsace.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Munderkingen is located on the Donautalbahn from Donaueschingen to Ulm. There is an hourly service to Ulm and Sigmaringen and a two -hour intervals to Tuttlingen, Donaueschingen and Neustadt (Black Forest). Munderkingen is connected to the Danube -Iller - Nahverkehrsverbund.

Public institutions

Munderkingen features depending on a primary, junior, intermediate and special school. A school does not exist in Munderkingen, although the city formerly had its own grammar school. The next college towns are Ehingen (Donau) and Biberach an der Riss. Adult education is organized by the town's folk high school.

Culture and sights

Munderkingen is on the main route of the Upper Swabian Baroque Road and the Danube Bike Path from Donaueschingen to Vienna. Munderkingen is so especially in summer a popular resting point for many cyclists.

Museums

The Municipal Museum is housed in the former Heilig-Geist -Spital. It is dedicated to the Romans and Alemanni, the city's history, the craft of Munderkinger brush makers Menne and Bremen villages, postal history, Munderkinger personalities wheel hoods and dolls.

Structures

Danube Bridge

The so-called " New Danube Bridge " 1893 was the first massive concrete arch bridge that was built with three-hinged arch and with a arch span of more than 50 m: Engineering Leibbrand from Stuttgart was the builder, the work was carried out by the contractor Buck from Ehingen. The construction technology of Munderkinger Danube bridge is presented today as an outstanding bridge performance in the Deutsches Museum in Munich. The bridge was at war's end, on 22 April 1945 by retreating German pioneer troops, under the supervision of an SS unit, blown up. Reconstruction began immediately after the war. In June 1948, the re- created Danube bridge was inaugurated by the occupying power of the French zone.

Old hospital

The 1889/90 established historicist building is one of the townscape buildings in the city in the Alb - Donau district. The art historian Guido Hinterkeuser praised it as " significant monument ", " eye-catcher of the building, the two-story main show front extends along the Schiller Street, is a striking tower, which also embodies a piece of identity for many Munderkinger. With a half-timbered floor played a native of Ehingen architect Joseph Breig on the traditional Munderkinger construction, while the neo-Gothic Articulated helmet can be interpreted as a loan from the Rhenish Gothic. Thus, the tower turns out to be a typical representative of the historicist architectural style. The geböschte ground floor and the irregular Eckquaderung along the wall edges give him fortification. The portal combines elements of Gothic and Renaissance, a special accent put here the protruding corbels. "

Churches

The Catholic parish church of St. Dionysius combines medieval Gothic buildings with changes from the time of the Renaissance and Baroque. Choir and nave were decorated in 1700 entirely new in the Baroque style. Some panel paintings of the former Gothic high altar can be found today on the side walls. The Church and the jobs created by the unnamed master of Munderkinger altar images of this Gothic altar are now seen as a special attraction of the Alb- Donau district.