Westhausen (Ostalb)

West Hausen is a municipality in the district of Alb in Baden- Württemberg, Germany.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 2.2 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 parks
  • 4.3 Leisure
  • 4.4 Regular events
  • 4.5 Specialty
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Internet
  • 5.3 mobile
  • 5.4 Established businesses
  • 5.5 Education

Geography

Geographical location

West Oberhausen is located in Ostalb and is 10 km from the large district town of Aalen and 12 km from the large district town Ellwangen ( Jagst) away.

To the west the municipality of eels and to the northwest by Ellwangen.

West Oberhausen is located in Jagsttal on the edge of Härtsfelds, the municipal area is 453-723 meters high.

The highest elevation is the Wöller stone with 723 meters above sea level.

European watershed

Transverse to the A 7 motorway (650 m above sea level. NN ) runs the European watershed in the Swabian Alb ( Härtsfeld ).

In northern direction the water flows over the streams and rivers Reichenbach or Egelsbach, Jagst, Neckar and Rhine into the North Sea.

In south direction first run the water lines underground. On the surface, there is at the beginning no visible streams or rivers. Through the limestone karst ground water seeps. About the rivers Brenz or Egau the water flows into the Danube and finally into the Black Sea.

Community structure

The community of West Hausen consists of the districts Reichenbach, Baiershofen, Immenhofen, Westerhofen, Franconia Reute, Jagsthausen, Hardt Buck settlement and Lippach.

History

The place was probably built as early medieval settlement between 700 and 900 AD, and was founded by the Franks. Westhausen comes from the name Westhusen which translates as " houses in the west". First mentioned in the nomenclature of goods of the monastery Ellwangen 1136. During Lippach predominantly belonged to the house Oettingen Westhausen to Prince Provost Ellwangen. As part of the media coverage and the secularization due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss losing both places came to the Kingdom of Württemberg, where they were part of the upper office Ellwangen, which fell to the county Aalen 1938.

After the Second World War, the city grew through the use of the former Collis works on about 3000 inhabitants. Since the district reform in 1973, the community is part of the new Ostalb.

Religions

At Westhausen the Reformation walked past. Even today, there are two Roman Catholic churches in the city. Although the nearly 1,000 evangelical believers have since 1957 with the Cross Church of God a private house, but belong to the Church community leek home.

Incorporations

On January 1, 1972, until then independent municipality Lippach was incorporated into West Hausen.

Policy

The municipality is a member of Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Kapfenburg based in West Hausen.

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was as follows:

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Holy Cross Church ( Protestant)
  • St. Maurice Church ( Catholic)
  • Silvesterkapelle
  • Town Hall with modern extension
  • Fire Station
  • Jagsttal bridge

Parks

  • Recreation area Rainau / Book
  • Reservoir in book

Leisure

  • The heated outdoor pool Westhausen attracts visitors even from surrounding towns.

Regular events

  • The New Year's Eve ride in West Hausen enjoys great popularity every year. Groups of riders from across the Ostalb meet at noon on the 31st of December in West Hausen to ride again through the village. About 200 horses are to look at.
  • A carnival parade is held annually.

Specialty

The most well-known West Hausener specialty called Schlupfer bag, a small, very airy baked brioche. It is so named because it is made from a very soft dough.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

West Hausen can be reached by the Federal Highway 7 junction Aalen / Westhausen, directly via the federal highway 29. The 1987 released for the three-lane traffic Albaufstieg the A 7 to the Agnes Castle tunnel to the field West Stockhausen. In addition, West Hausen has the K 3319 direct transport connection to a large district town Ellwangen and B 290

Further west Hausen has a breakpoint at the Ries Railway ( Aalen- Donauwörth ).

Internet

The community of West Hausen has a nationwide broadband infrastructure. This includes a DSL coverage and a cable internet broadband infrastructure. This is in the municipality of West Hausen broadband Internet connections with data rates of over 100 Mbit / s, based on a fiber optic network through the broadband cable Kabel BW possible.

Mobile

The community of West Hausen also has a nationwide UMTS coverage. This very fast mobile data transfer rates with about 7.2 Mbit / s download and 1.4 Mbit / s upload are possible everywhere over the UMTS / HSDPA network. Furthermore, a nationwide EDGE network coverage available.

Established businesses

A major employer in West Hausen is the tool manufacturer Apex Tool Group, which here has a production plant and head office for Europe.

Education

In Western Hausen there with the Provost's a basic school and secondary school with Werkrealschule, as well as with the school Jagsttal a special school for the mentally handicapped. There are also three municipal and one Roman Catholic kindergarten.

Personalities

  • Franz Feilmayr (1870-1934), politician, member of the Reichstag; was born in the district Westerhofen.
  • Markus Elmer ( b. 1952 ), football player, played in the A- youth for TSV West Hausen.
  • Max Seckler (* 1927 in Westerhofen at West Hausen ), Fundamental Theologian
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