Westheim

West Home is a municipality in the district of Central Franconia White Castle -Gunzenhausen and a member of the administrative community Hahnenkamm based in Heidenheim.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 5.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 5.3 Formation
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

West home is located in the western region of Middle Franconia, about 14 km as the crow southwest of Gunzenhausen. Other major places of interest are Wassertruedingen ( 6 km) and Oettingen ( 7 km). The Bruck brook, a tributary of the Wörnitz, through the village. Southwest is the nature reserve of lowland forest in West home.

Community structure

West home consists of five districts:

  • Hüssingen
  • Ostheim
  • Page Hard
  • Roßmeiersdorf
  • Western Home

History

In the " flour Buck " was discovered by a three frühmerowingischen cemeteries within the district of West home. It is often seen as the earliest evidence of the Franks in Middle Franconia. The cemetery was for sure though not directly related to the present location west home, but with a settlement in the area of ​​higher ground above the flood plain, where the two ancient Roman roads Geilsheim - Hüssingen and Gunzenhausen Nördlingen crossed. The originally more than 250 graves include men 's, women's, and children's burials, and two horse burials. The cemetery was used not later than the beginning of the 6th century (ca. 520-530 ) to at least the second half of the 7th century. Then, the place seems to be deserted like before the grave goods ends in southern Germany. Striking is the high number typical Franconian weapons, such as Franziska and Ango, and the nine Münzgräber. Among them were three Roman denarii from the 3rd century and five half - Gothic Siliquen of Amalasunta Witiges and Totila, which probably served as Charonspfennige.

Furthermore, the remains of a small early medieval church were discovered on the outskirts of West home. It was built around the year 600 and thus represents together with the Solnhofen in one of the oldest churches in the region dar. Meanwhile, a reconstruction of the church was built, which can be visited. The church was once probably the settlement to which the cemetery is likely to have heard. With the establishment of a royal court in West home, the earlier settlement became less important and was eventually abandoned in favor of the settlement around the church of St. Pancras.

West home belonged to the Principality of Ansbach in 1792 acquired by Prussia, which belonged to the Frankish Empire Circle from 1500. With the Act of Confederation in 1806 the place came to the Kingdom of Bavaria. In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Hüssingen and Ostheim was incorporated.

Population Development

West Town Home

Community westheim

District of West Home

Policy

Mayor Günther Oberhauser ( Wählergemeinschaft ). It was in 2002 sen successor of Frederick Minderlein. ( Wählergemeinschaft ).

Monuments

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

The municipal tax revenue in 1999 amounted to the equivalent of € 548,000, of which € 99,000 ( net) trade tax revenue.

In 1998 there were, according to official statistics in manufacturing and 111 in trade and transport, no social insurance contributions at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 233 people. Social insurance contributions at residence, there were a total of 420 in the manufacturing sector, there was one operation, in construction 1 operation. In addition, in 1999, there were 72 farms with an agricultural area of 1742 ha, of which 1174 ha of arable land and 568 ha of permanent grassland.

Traffic

West Home is crossed by the highway 466 of Gunzenhausen to Nördlingen. The county road WUG 30 leads to Hüssingen, a local road towards Auhausen.

Education

In 1999, there were 50 kindergarten places with 51 children.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Georg Bachmann (1885-1971), politician, member of parliament, president of the Bavarian Raiffeisenverband
  • Baist Gustav (1824-1914), Protestant pastor, founder of several Raiffeisenkassen in Middle Franconia
  • Johann Christoph Schuster (1759-1823), clockmaker and calculators designer
  • Therese Stählin (1839-1928), superior of the Diakonissenanstalt Neuendettelsau
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