Steinheim am Albuch

The community Steinheim is located on the northeastern end of the Swabian Alb am Albuch in which about 15 million years ago caused by a meteorite impact Steinheim Basin.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 2.2 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 community partnerships
  • 4.1 educational institutions
  • 5.1 Museums
  • 5.2 Structures
  • 5.3 Natural Monuments
  • 5.4 energy
  • 5.5 Regular events

Geography

Geographical location

Steinheim and Teilort Sontheim lie in the Steinheim basin, a caldera 503-718 meters high with a rim diameter of 3.5 km. This has arisen before about 15 million years ago by the impact of a meteorite.

It is believed that the meteorite was part of a larger meteorite that formed by its impact the Ries crater .. Amid the boiler - between Steinheim and Sontheim - is the Steinhirt ( Meteor Crater central peak ). On it are the popular climbing rock Wäldlesfels and a pond. At the western foot of the Steinhirts is the sand pit, archaeological site of numerous fossils.

More than half of the municipal area is covered by forest. There are also 400 ha grazed heathland on the crater ridge, for example, in the West Neuselhalder Heath, in the east the Steinheim heath and to the south the moors on the castle stables and the Knillberg. The crater floor is devoid of forest. It is well suited for the cultivation of potatoes and cereals, whereas fruit hardly thriving.

Community structure

The municipality Steinheim with the formerly independent municipality Söhnstetten includes 14 villages, hamlets, farms and houses. For the former municipality Söhnstetten include the village and the hamlet Söhnstetten Dudelhof and dialed Binau villages, hermitages, Herspach, Nordheim, Zinaw and Countess reason. The municipality of Steinheim in the area as of December 31, 1970 include the village of Steinheim, the hamlet Gnannenweiler, Irmannsweiler, cloister, Küpfendorf, Neuselhalden, Sontheim Stubental and Lower brick hut, the courtyards Bibersohl, Middle brick hut and Sontheimer Wirtshäusle and the house Upper brick hut and the disposed villages Adelgotzweiler ( Argotzweiler ) Babenwang, Erchenbrehtesberc, Felgenhof, Gaisbühl, Gerold Weiler, Haslach, Hitzingsweiler, Hohenberg, Hohensol, Machalmeswilare, Ostheim, computational cell, Saxony Hart, Scheffheim and stock home and Wenelenwilare and in Steinheim leavened place West home. The main statute of the community calls the following ten districts: Steinheim, Söhnstetten, Sontheim Stubental, Küpfendorf, brick huts, Gnannenweiler, Irmannsweiler, Neuselhalden, Dudelhof and Bibersohl, form the three residential districts within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code. For residential district I ​​belong Steinheim and brick huts, the residential district II Söhnstetten and Dudelhof and residential district III Sontheim Stubental, Küpfendorf, Neuselhalden, Gnannenweiler, Bibersol and Irmannsweiler.

History

A first colonization of Steinheim probably took place in the Hallstatt period 800-480 BC. Testify single grave mound. Early 5th century settled by the Alamanni. The formerly existing grade West home in the West and in the East Ostheim merged into Steinheim, while the left southbound Südheim changed his name to Suntrust home and later in Sontheim.

Documented Steinheim was first mentioned in 839 in a base directory of the monastery of Fulda. At this it was probably through a donation by the Frankish King Pepin or Charlemagne. 1190 was founded on the mountain monastery by the brothers Wittegow and Berengar of Albeck an Augustinian Canons, which later fell to the counts of Helfenstein. The Roman- German King Albrecht I bought it in 1302 and handed it over with all rights and ownership to the newly founded Cistercian monastery Königsbronn. In the 15th century the cloister was abandoned and farmers took over the management. In the Thirty Years' War, the village was destroyed two-thirds.

Religions

Immediately after the Second World War "Hungary German " were - settled - still under Mayor Hahn. Since these were mostly from the Roman Catholic denomination, was also a Roman Catholic church. This is now part of Catholic Deanery Heidenheim the Diocese of Rottenburg -Stuttgart. Previously, there were about two or three Roman Catholic families in the otherwise Protestant place.

Incorporations

On 1 January 1971 Söhnstetten was incorporated. The community Söhnstetten had about 1800 inhabitants. In Söhnstetten there is a sports, music and Horticultural Association and the volunteer fire department. The primary and secondary school goes up to grade 6. Söhnstetten is surrounded by juniper heath, has its own ski lift and a disc golf course. 2008 Söhnstetten was the venue of Disc Golf Championship. To Söhnstetten there are many biking and hiking trails.

Policy

Parish council

( Election on 13 June 2004, 23 instead of 22 seats)

  • FWG 41.1% (-2.0 ) - 10 seats ( ± 0)
  • CDU 30.6 % ( 1.2 ) - 7 seats ( 1)
  • SPD 28.3 % ( 0.8 ) - 6 seats ( =)

Mayor

Community partnerships

  • Colombelles (France, 1986 )
  • 1980 took over the sponsorship of the now living descendants throughout the world of displaced persons from wine village (Hungary ), the municipality Steinheim.

Economy

Until the 19th century prevailed weaving and agriculture; Nowadays, prefabricated, crafts, medium-sized industry and agriculture.

Educational institutions

With the Hiller school named after Philipp Friedrich Hiller there is a primary, and junior high school in the capital.

The new building of the Steinheim school center also houses a municipal music school.

In the district Söhnstetten there is a further primary and secondary school.

The primary school in Sontheim existed until 1973, then with all four primary classes in a school room. In the former school building now houses the Meteor Crater Museum.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Heimatstube on the mountain monastery
  • Meteor Crater Museum in the district Sontheim.

Structures

Is already visible from the tower of St. Peter's Church.

Natural Monuments

The Wental is a dry valley with remarkable dolomite rocks. In a southerly direction to seamlessly connect to the Gnannental and Hirschtal. The Stag Rocks marks the end of the 3-valley course. End of 2008, the nature reserve " Wental with side valleys and open island Klösterle " was reported. The upper portion of wentals located in Ostalb.

The Hülbe on Märtelesberg is 0.2 acres with probably the smallest nature reserve in Germany. Already by Regulation of 14 July 1967, the Hülbe was put under protection.

Energy

In Gnannenweiler there is a wind farm with eight turbines of the type Enercon E -82 with 2 MW capacity each ( Rotor diameter: 82 m, axis height: 99 m).

Regular events

Sportfreunde run geologists run. Friends of Beer on the other hand sit on the Söhnstetter Hock.

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