Warthausen

Warthausen, with around 5,000 inhabitants, the largest rural communities in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 municipal
• 3.3 twinning

• 4.1 traffic

• 5.1 Museums
• 5.2 Structures

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Persons who are in touch with the community

Geography

Geographical location

Warthausen located 4 km north of Biberach an der Riss, and 38 km south of Ulm. The municipality is crossed by the southern Danube tributary tear.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the main town Warthausen Warthausen with Oberhöfen and Roehrwangen and from the part locations Birkenhard and courtyards with Barabein, Galmutshöfen, Herrlishöfen, Rappenhof and Rißhöfen.

History

Incorporations

On 1 January 1973 Birkenhard was incorporated into Warthausen.

The incorporation of farms took place on 1 May 1974.

Policy

Mayor

As the successor of Franz Wohnhaas, who was in office since 1987 and no longer contested the election, Cai -Ullrich Fark was elected mayor of Warthausen 2003. Fark was the time of application a member of Alliance 90/The Greens. However, he left the Greens in October 2008 and joined in December 2008, the CDU. It was preceded by differences of opinion over the future of the main school. On 17 October 2010, he was replaced by Wolfgang Jautz (independent). With 53.73 percent of the vote to Jautz prevailed over the incumbent, who only came to 46.02 percent of the vote. The turnout was 62.9 percent.

Parish council

In the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, the following distribution of seats was:

• FWG - 63.9 % (-1.3 ) - 10 seats ( ± 0)
• CDU - 36.1 % ( 1.3 ) - 5 seats ( ± 0)

Twinning

• Waldenburg ( Sachsen)

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Warthausen is located on the Southern Railway Württemberg Ulm- Friedrichshafen. The former train station now serves as a museum button. Since 2001, there is again a stop for regional trains. Up and Ulm to Bad Schussenried the tariff of the Danube -Iller - transport network is considered.

Connection to the motorway network via the motorway junction Neu-Ulm is on the four-lane national highway 30

Culture and sights

In Warthausen the Oechsle bike path starts after Ochsenhausen, which runs parallel to the road in parts of the Oechsle train.

Museums

• The Button Museum in the former station building was opened in spring 1999.
• The " Oechsle ", a narrow gauge heritage railway, runs from May to October on the weekends, and there are special trips on the route Warthausen - Ochsenhausen.

Structures

The Warthausen Castle (16th century) was since 1696 in the possession of the counts of the stadium. In 1829 it was bought by William of King Warthausen. The castle was inhabited by numerous historical figures, including by Count Anton Heinrich Friedrich von Stadion, Christoph Martin Wieland, Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder, Sophie von La Roche, Friedrich Karl von Koenig - Warthausen. Since 1985, castle and estate owned by Franz Freiherr von Ulm Erbach.

The Warthausen Brewery (founded 1632; closure: 1970 ) was known as the beer supplier for up to 400 inns located throughout Southern and popular tourist destination. Today the brewery building a nursing home is located.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Franz Kober (1821-1897), a professor of Catholic theology at the University of Tübingen
• Friedrich Karl Freiherr Koenig and from Warthausen (1906-1986), born at Castle Warthausen, pilot, lawyer and author (1928/1929 Air World Record Berlin-Moscow with subsequent flight around the world )
• Karl Arnold (1901-1958), born in Herrlishöfen, politician ( center, CDU), Member of Parliament, Member of the Landtag (North Rhine -Westphalia), Minister-President of North Rhine -Westphalia ( 1947-1956 )
• Rüdiger Vogler (* 1942), actor
• Karl Imhof, priest and honorary citizen of Warthausen and Bedernau ( Mindelheim )

People who are connected with the community

The CDU MP Julius Steiner ( * 1924 in Stuttgart, † 1997 in Friedberg, Bavaria ) used the bribe money he had received for his abstention in 1972 at the no-confidence vote against Willy Brandt, to finance his house in Warthausen - Oberhöfen ( see also Steiner Wienand affair).