Owen, Germany

Owen [' aʊ̯ən ] is a small town in the district of Esslingen in Baden- Württemberg. Owen is with his entire district part of the biosphere area Swabian Alb.

  • 2.1 Place name
  • 2.2 religions
  • 2.3 Population development
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor / in
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 flag
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Established businesses
  • 4.3 educational institutions
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Regular events
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 Persons who have lived and worked in Owen

Geography

Owen is in the Lauter valley below the castle Teck, about seven kilometers south of Kirchheim unter Teck. The city is located in the central foothills of the Swabian Alb and covers an altitude of 362-775 m above sea level. NN. Owen is with his entire district part of the biosphere area Swabian Alb.

Boroughs

To include the city of Owen Owen and the castle Teck and dialed villages Schupenhof and Säubad.

Neighboring communities

Adjacent communities are in the north Dettingen unter Teck, in the east Bissingen an der Teck, in the south Lenningen ( district Saarbrucken) and Erkenbrechtsweiler and west Beuren (all in the district of Esslingen ).

History

In the western part of the district finds from the Neolithic period have been made, but it is not sure that was then settled there already. The Teckberg was used in the Bronze Age and the Hallstatt period and the early Middle Ages. In the second century AD a Roman estate was on owener district. How old the settlement is in fact, can not be resolved safely.

Since many places in southern Germany had similar names, the first documentary mention in 1261 can only be safely based on Owen. This mention is about a servant of the masters of Teck called evil knight. The research assumes that by the mid-13th century, above the old village across the Lauter the present city was founded, an approximately rectangular settlement with three major goals and Bernhard chapel on the marketplace. The road led through the city. Remains of the moat and the ramparts are still available. The church of the ancient village outside the city walls, St. Mary's Church ( 1267 on record ), was the grave place of the Dukes of Teck. Built with the city's founding city palace of the Dukes was destroyed, probably 1638/1639, in its place the present Town Hall was built in 1837.

1385, the city finally came to Württemberg and now belonged to the Bailiwick of Kirchheim.

Place name

The name is pronounced Owen floodplain, which is also printed on some maps in parentheses as a suffix. Floodplains means water-rich alluvial plain. Owen is the old German spelling for it and is retained in place names to this day. Because of the unusual pronunciation of the place is also listed in the Duden spelling dictionary. Mnemonic: " floodplain say the smart, Owen the Dork. "

Religions

Since the Reformation, Owen is dominated Protestant. The evangelical church has about 2,100 members Owen ( 2005). The services are held in the 600-year old St. Mary's Church.

The Catholic Christians belong to the nearest church in Lenningen. Owen has a Catholic community center, where a Mass will be celebrated weekly.

Population Development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates by the State Statistical Office ( primary residences only ).

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Owen has 14 members. The turnout at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was 66.98 %, and resulted in the following distribution of seats:

The council consists of the elected volunteer councils and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the local council.

Mayor / in

  • To 1972 Otto Heinz
  • 1972-2008 Siegfried Roser
  • Since 2008 Verena Grötzinger

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Argent, the black latin capital letter O. "

The well of a spot sign herkommende, the initial of the name significant capital letter appears on seals since the 15th century. As a coat of arms it is demonstrably since 1535. From the late 17th to the 20th century was about him the Württemberg Hirsch rod. In the 19th century temporarily stepped on a quartered shield: in section 2, and 3, the diamonds of Teck, in box 1, a spade, in box 4, an ear of wheat. In 1931 they returned with official approval but back to the original from 1535 back and let the deer rod away.

Flag

Black and White ( confirmed 1956)

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Owen is connected to the national rail network by the Teckbahn ( Wendlingen - Oberlenningen ). The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building in 1899 as a unit train station of type IIIa. There are also bus services to the neighboring communities.

By Owen B leads 465 of Kirchheim unter Teck to Blaubeuren. The A8 motorway is accessible via the five kilometers to junction Kirchheim unter Teck -east.

Established businesses

In Owen, the Leuze group has great economic importance. The Group has production sites worldwide. Its subsidiary Leuze electronic manufactures sensor technology.

The distilleries of Christian Gruel and Thomas Rabel, in addition to a distillery in Koengen Tübingen and the only production of grain whiskey in Germany.

Mack & Schühle is an important wine trading company.

Educational institutions

Owen has with the Sibyl - of - the -Teck - school has its own primary school. There are also two kindergartens in the city.

Culture and sights

Structures

  • The Teck castle on the Teckberg was in the 12th century the headquarters of Zaehringen, later the Dukes of Teck and came in the 14th century Württemberg. The castle was destroyed in 1525 during the Peasants' War. As developed, the castle from the late 19th century to a popular destination, a large youth hostel was there until the 1950s.
  • The Gothic St. Mary's Church was the grave lay the Dukes of Teck and was built in its present form mainly in the late 14th century. It was heavily damaged in World War II and rebuilt until 1952.
  • Bernhard chapel, now used for civic events.
  • In the former hermitage Begin the city Owen has set up the owener Historical House since 2011. In December 2011 the Landesdenkmalamt Baden -Württemberg has declared the Begin Klause to the monument of the month.

Regular events

  • The owener May Day is traditionally held on the last Tuesday in May.
  • Annually from 1988 to 2006 the owener Rock Night held at the Teckhalle.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Friedrich Christoph Stein Hofer (1706-1761), theologian, one of the fathers of the Swabian Pietism
  • Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz (1761-1799) was a German composer.
  • Ferdinand Friedrich Freiherr von Biedenfeld (1764-1834), Major-General Baden
  • Karl Friedrich Strobel (1836-1897), Württemberg Rollmaus
  • Hermann Kling (1880-1957), Member of Parliament, Member of the Reichstag
  • Fabian Gutbrod (* 1988), handball players

Those who lived and worked in Owen

  • Eduard Moerike (1804-1875), German poet, was 1829-1831 Protestant parochial vicar in Owen.
  • Wilhelm Zimmermann (1807-1878), Deputy, was in 1872 a Protestant pastor in Owen.
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