Wiesensteig
Wiesensteig is a town in the district of Göppingen ( Region of Stuttgart ) in Baden- Württemberg, in the extreme southeast of the Stuttgart Region.
- 2.1 Population development
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Education
- 5.1 Structures
- 5.2 Natural Monuments
- 5.3 Sport 5.3.1 TSV Upper Fils
- 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
Geography
Geographical Location
Wiesensteig is in the upper Filstal in 575-750 meters above sea level in the district of Göppingen. At the edge of the city of Albaufstieg the A 8 runs in the direction of Ulm.
Boroughs
To Wiesensteig include the city Wiesensteig, the courtyards Bläsiberg, Eckhöfe, Heidental, Reußenstein and Ziegelhofstraße and the houses Lämmerbuckel and paper mill and the dialed villages Michelbuch and sheep house.
Neighboring communities
Adjacent communities are Gruibingen in the north, Mühlhausen im Dales in the north- east, Drackenstein in the east, High city in the southeast, Wester Home (Alb -Donau-Kreis ) in the south, Roman stone ( Reutlingen district ) in the southwest and Lenningen in the west and Neidlingen (both the district of Esslingen ) in the northwest.
History
Wiesensteig 861 is first mentioned in a document, as there is a Benedictine monastery was founded in the 1103 Canons was established, which existed until the secularization in 1803. However, the traces of settlement date back to the Stone Age.
The city law since 1356 has the place already. It was at that time under the Counts of Helfenstein. Since 1512 the rule Wiesensteig was assigned to the Swabian kingdom Circle within the Holy Roman Empire.
Count Ulrich of Helfenstein XVII (1524-1570) and his brother Sebastian († 1564) led the 1555 Lutheran Confession in Wiesensteig one. 1562/63 took place in the reign Wiesensteig instead of a large witch trials, in which at least 63 women and men were executed as " witches and monsters ." 1567 returned Count Ulrich XVII back to the Catholic confession and took a Counter-Reformation.
In 1648 the town of Swedish soldiers was almost completely burned down. After the extinction of Helfensteiner 1627 Empire County Wiesensteig falls (over three Erbtöchter ) to two -thirds in 1642 was sold to the Electorate of Bavaria and one third to the princes von Furstenberg, who also sell its stake in 1752 to the Electorate of Bavaria. Through a land swap in 1806, the city comes to the Kingdom of Württemberg and is the seat of the Oberamts Wiesensteig.
Population Development
The population trend between 1837 and 2010.
Policy
Together with Mühlhausen im Dales, Drackenstein, Gruibingen and chief town is the city since 1972 Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Upper Fils, based in Wiesensteig.
Mayor
For full-time mayor Gebhard Tritschler (independent) was elected in 2010.
Coat of arms
The coat of arms shows " in red, a growing mountain of golden Five Silver Elephant ". The first evidence comes from the year 1482 from a footprint of a city seal, showing a growing out of a sloping mountain four elephants, the heraldic animal of the city's former masters, the Counts of Helfenstein. While the growing elephant always in all the following representations ( eg the first colored illustration from the year 1560) to find the city arms, the number of coupling between one and five changed. In one case, the elephant occurs even directly out of the plate edge. Since 1930, however, is certain of the Five Mountain as a crest motif. Until 1958, the flag colors were green - red. However, since this combination violates the Heraldic color rules, the colors were white-red given by the Home Office on February 4, 1959.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
About the country road 1200 Wiesensteig connection has to the highway 466 and Federal highway 8 Wiesensteig is located on the Swabian Alb Route. Above the village takes you past the Albaufstieg the A8 motorway.
From 1903 to 1968 Wiesensteig was tethered by the Tälesbahn of Geislingen to the railway network. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building as a unit train station of type IIIb.
Education
By Franz Xaver Messerschmidt School Wiesensteig has a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule.
Culture and sights
Structures
- Residential castle of the Helfenstein ( 1551 )
- Collegiate Church of St. Cyriacus ( 1466 ) with historical WEIGLE organ of 1849
- Marketplace with Elephants Fountain, and half-timbered houses
- Cross Chapel north of Wiesensteig on the Swabian Alb. The walk to the chapel is lined with Stations of the Cross
- Ruin Reußenstein, about 5 km north- west of Wiesensteig
- U.S. military radio tower Wiesensteig ( Geographical coordinates: 48 ° 33 ' 45 "N, 9 ° 38' 25 " O48.56259.6402777777778 )
Natural Monuments
- Filsursprung, about two kilometers southwest of Wiesensteig
Sports
TSV Upper Fils
The TSV Upper Fils was founded on June 24, 1972 by the merger of the two clubs TSV Wiesensteig and TSV Mühlhausen. Sports facilities are the Club at the sports ground in Wiesensteig, the school gymnasium and the old gym in the center of meadow trail. It also be used as the town hall and the old sports ground in Mühlhausen.