Trochtelfingen

Trochtelfingen is a town in the Swabian Alb in the district of Reutlingen in Baden- Württemberg, about 25 km south of the district town of Reutlingen.

• 2.1 religions
• 2.2 Amalgamations
• 2.3 Population development

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms 3.3.1 The coat of arms of the former municipalities

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Sport
• 4.3 Regular events
• 4.4 Structures

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Education

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 People who worked in the city
• 6.3 freeman

Geography

Geographical location

Trochtelfingen lies in the valley of the river Seckach. This leads to the south of the city in the Lauchert.

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border on the city Trochtelfingen ( clockwise from the north):

Kleinengstingen, Hohenstein, Pfronstetten, Gammertingen, Burladingen and Sonnenbühl.

They belong to on Gammertingen ( Sigmaringen ) and Burladingen ( Zollernalbkreis ) to the district of Reutlingen.

Boroughs

The city consists of five boroughs: Hausen, Mägerkingen with the castle Stallburg Hielock, Steinhilben, Trochtelfingen and Wilsingen. The official designation of the districts is done in the form " Trochtelfingen ... ". The hamlet Haid is within the boundaries of the city Trochtelfingen before the municipal reform in Baden -Württemberg and is bordered to the north by the municipality Kleinengstingen, the district Trochtelfingen consists of the district Trochtelfingens before the municipal reform without the hamlet Haid, the rest of the city are physically identical to the to the municipal reform independent municipalities of the same name. In Trochtelfingen the municipal council is elected according to the system of non-genuine part of local choice, so the neighborhoods form designated as a residential district constituencies. In the four districts Hausen, Mägerkingen, Steinhilben and Wilsingen villages were set up for the purposes of Baden-Württemberg municipal code, each with its own mayor and Ortschaftsrat as its chairman.

For Hausen district includes the village of Hausen and the houses Lauchertmühle to the other districts each include only the same hamlets, villages and the core city Trochtelfingen.

In the urban area there are several Outbound, now-defunct towns and castles; the place Wettishausen in Steinhilben district west of the road to Meidelstetten in today's hallway Wettling Hausen, probably originated in the 14th century, was in 1379 and 1477 mentioned as Wetißhusen. In the north of the city Trochtelfingen before the municipal reform is the Outbound castle Haideck, it was destroyed in 1311. A little north of the central city is located in the hallway Eidlingen the deserted village Nidlingen or Ridlingen. The above-mentioned 1369 as Ridlingen and 1421 as Nidlingen village was probably abandoned after the founding of the city. In the hallway Aufhöfen the west lies the Outbound place Uffhofen. see also Castle Steinhilben

History

The area around Trochtelfingen was settled a long time, in 2007, Celtic tombs were found during excavation work. The name Trochtelfingen suggesting an early Alemannic founding of the oldest settlement at the site and an associated person's name, this first village is well to suspect below the church at the Seckach. Trochtelfingen was first documented in 1161 as Truhdolvingin.

From 1182 to 1219 Pfalzgraf Rudolf von Tübingen was the Lord of Trochtelfingen. The property changed from the Count Palatine of Tübingen on the counts of Gammertingen to the Counts of Hohenberg. Finally, the city came to Württemberg in 1310. 1316 bequeathed Count Eberhard I Trochtelfingen his daughter Agnes and his son, Count Heinrich von Become mountain Trochtelfingen - Sigmaringen. In 1534 came the reign of Anna of becoming a mountain, the mother of Count Joachim, to the Counts and later Princes of Fürstenberg. With the mediatization 1806, the rule Trochtelfingen was part of the Principality of Hohenzollern - Sigmaringen. 1850 Trochtelfingen became Prussian Hohenzollern as part of the country. Until 1861 it was the seat of the Hohenzollern upper Bailiwick Office Trochtelfingen. Subsequently, for Trochtelfingen to Oberamt Gammertingen. When this was dissolved in 1925, Trochtelfingen came to the district of Sigmaringen. The city charter was revoked in 1883 and 1952 re- awarded.

In the era of National Socialism is one of five camps of the female Reich Labor Service (RAD ) was in Trochtelfingen in the former district of Sigmaringen.

1972 Trochtelfingen was assigned to the district of Reutlingen. The current district Wilsingen belonged, however, to the district reform in Baden- Württemberg in 1973 to the district Münsingen and came from there to the Reutlingen district. Squatting at the Lauchert and Mägerkingen contrast belonged previously to the district of Reutlingen. The Teilort Steinhilben, the front of the district reform was as Trochtelfingen to Sigmaringen County, will be released on November 1, 1247 on a certificate of the Knight of Wurmlingen.

In the 1970er/1980er-Jahren a town center redevelopment took place in Trochtelfingen.

Religions

The districts Trochtelfingen, Steinhilben, Wilsingen and Haid are mainly dominated Roman Catholic. They belong to the deanery Sigmaringen. Wilsingen belongs to the deanery Reutlingen - Zwiesel. The rest of the city are dominated Protestant.

Incorporations

Population Development

¹ census results, other numbers at each year end.

Policy

Parish council

The council has 19 members in Trochtelfingen. The turnout at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was 54.3 % and showed the following distribution of seats:

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

Mayor

The mayor is elected for a term of eight years. The current third term of Friedrich Bisinger ends in April 2015.

The mayor of the city Trochtelfingen:

• Anton Zeiler (CDU )
• Franz Roggenstein ( FWV )

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Split of red and silver, pale as a front ( upright ) golden deer rack, rear a Latin cross with black rechtshin curly toe. "

The golden deer cane on a red background indicates the membership of the House Württemberg. The silver and black come from the earlier Hohenzollern districts Steinhilben and Trochtelfingen.

The coat of arms of the former municipalities

Mägerkingen *

Trochtelfingen (old coat of arms )

Steinhilben *

Wilsingen

(*)

Twinning

• Steinhilben: Máriahalom (Hungary ), since 1997
• Trochtelfingen: Wehlen (Saxony), since June 29, 2012

Culture and sights

Trochtelfingen located on the Hohenzollern road that leads past many sights.

Museums

• Museum of the History and Folk Society Trochtelfingen
• Beer mug and coasters Museum in Albquell Brewery

Sports

The ski lift Henn stone is a t-bar near Trochtelfingen for beginners and advanced. In the suburb Hausen is the ski lift Hausen, who runs from 500 to 1500 meters in length allows under floodlights.

Regular events

• Sickle Henke Wilsingen cultural and traditional events ( 3 4. Weekend of September in even years )
• Oldtimertreffen Wilsingen (1st week of September in odd-numbered years )
• Beach Party Beach Volleyball Tournament Wilsingen ( first summer holiday weekend )
• Albabtrieb with traditional peasant dance (second weekend in September )
• Relocation of fools association " cry -Au " ( carnival Monday)
• Martini market (second Monday in November )
• Trochtelfinger Christmas Market ( on the second weekend of Advent )
• Motorcycle meeting of the motorcycle club Wilsingen 1983 eV ( the first weekend in July )
• Rock and band music at Lake of the Musikverein Mägerkingen 1910 eV (second weekend of July )
• Christmas concert by the town band Trochtelfingen ( 2nd Christmas Day; 26.12. )
• City Festival in the core city - every 2 years -
• Augstbergfest Steinhilben (first weekend in September )

Structures

Some houses of the old town date from the 15th and 16th centuries. Much of the old city walls and a turret is obtained.

• Parish Church of St. Martin, built around 1200
• Henn stone chapel, built in 1422
• Castle of the Counts of Berg, built in 1450: As the four-storey roof had many blemishes and a grenade leading to a supporting pole and then cut out pieces of battens and Dissipated in wartime struts were missing, it was renovated in the years 2011 and 2012. The up to 16 meters long spruce woods were probably emporgehievt in the 15th century without mechanical assistance in heavy labor with ox - or horse-drawn carriage on trains.
• Haidkapelle, in Haid district, built around 1470
• Castle Chapel, St. Mary's Chapel built in 1660 at the castle site castle Trochtelfingen
• Christ - Ruh- chapel built in 1700
• Numerous town houses with Franconian half-timbered 17th century
• Augstbergturm, in Steinhilben district was inaugurated in 1963. It is 30 m high and stands at 849 meters above sea level.
• St. Pancras Church in Steinhilben, built in 1699
• Mentioned St. John's Chapel in Steinhilben, for the first time in 1363
• Built Chapel of the Holy Fourteen Holy Helpers in Steinhilben, 1744
• 1363 first mentioned Cemetery Chapel St. Erhard and a large area equipped in 1430 by the local Henry Gretzinger with frescoes.

Economy and infrastructure

On the grounds of the former Eberhard- Finckh barracks communities Kleinengstingen, Hohenstein and Trochtelfingen have founded in 1994 the business park Haid.

Traffic

The town lies on the national road 313 ( Plochingen - Stockach ). This connects the districts of Mägerkingen, Trochtelfingen and Haid in the north and in the south with Reutlingen with Sigmaringen. The county road K 6736 leads to the district Steinhilben and from there on to the K 6739 Wilsingen. The district Hausen is connected through the country road with 385 Mägerkingen.

The railway line Gammertingen - Kleinengstingen the Hohenzollern state railway runs through the neighborhoods Mägerkingen and Trochtelfingen. In the context of related planning tramtrain Neckar -Alb, there are plans on the track to set up an S -Bahn line.

The public transport is guaranteed by the integrated transport system Neckar -Alb -Donau ( NALDO ). The city is located in the comb 226

Education

• If Bergschule Trochtelfingen, primary school and secondary school work.
• Theodor- Heuss-Schule Mägerkingen, primary school
• Primary school Steinhilben
• Thomas Hart hostage - kindergarten Steinhilben
• Public Municipal Library

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• John Thorn ( Haid ) ( 1853-1925 ), economist, archaeologist and antiquary
• Thomas Geisel Hart ( Steinhilben ) ( 1811-1891 ), Catholic priest, founder of the orphanage in Nazareth Sigmaringen
• Otto Keinath (Hausen ) ( 1879-1948 ), German politician ( MdR )
• Philipp Friedrich Mader ( Mägerkingen ) ( 1832-1917 ), German theologian
• John Schmid (1891-1968), chief editor of the Swabian newspaper, local historian
• Franz Schoser, former member of the National Regulatory

Those who worked in the city

• Johann Baptist Bommer (1705-1778), flat and Faßmaler

Freeman

• 2004: John Martin Schoser