Wilburgstetten

Wilburgstetten is a municipality in the district of Ansbach, Middle Franconia. It is the seat of the administrative community Wilburgstetten.

  • 6.1 Economics
  • 6.2 traffic
  • 6.3 Long distance routes
  • 7.1 monuments

Geographical Location

Who the Romantic Road from Würzburg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber and wet cheeks used coming over Dinkelsbühl to Nördlingen, the community Wilburgstetten happens. It is located at the confluence of rotách with the Wörnitz. Neighboring municipalities are (from north clockwise beginning ): Wittelshofen, Weiltingen, Fremdingen, Tannhausen, Stödtlen, Mönchsroth and Dinkelsbühl.

Community structure

Wilburgstetten consists of 17 districts:

  • Beer mill
  • Brennhof
  • Burgstallhof
  • Gramstetterhof
  • Greiselbach
  • Höllmühle
  • Knittel Bach
  • Neumühlestrasse
  • Neuölmühle
  • Rühlingstetten
  • Villersbronn
  • Walkhof
  • Walkmühle
  • Which wood
  • Wilburgstetten

History

The area around Wilburgstetten has been settlement site at a very early time. 1931 excavation work at the B 25 was west a prehistoric grave found seat, which is dated by experts in the period around 2000 BC. The Romans retreated to their fortified border, the limes, in the south of Wilburgstetten. He pervades Wilburgstetten from the west (Baden- Württemberg, Höllmühle / Höllweiher ) Coming, leading ( in approximate position of the southern Einfahrweiche of the station) to the east, in the southern local area. At the national road 25 ( Romantic Road, Section Nördlingen Dinkelsbühl ) is in place a limit memorial stone of 1861, the King Max II had built here. Parts of the Roman fortifications are still visible today and are known as " Devil's Wall " in the vernacular.

In the Middle Ages Wilburgstetten lay in the territory of the Counts of Oettingen. From 1261 there was a separate Wilburgstettner local nobility: the family of Rechenberg. They were stewards of the above counts of Oettingen, and dwelt on the Fixed Limburg. Another branch of the family owned the castle Wilburg middle of the village. She is the namesake of the municipality. The first settlements established in the environment of the two forts on either side of the river. The castles secured thereby the transition of the old imperial road from Dinkelsbühl on the Wörnitz to Nördlingen and further south.

From 1431 to 1805 Wilburgstetten was under significant influence of the free imperial city Dinkelsbühl, which was after the extinction of the local nobility basic and patronage mistress Wilburgstettens and whose coat of arms still adorns the gable of the rectory Wilburgstettener. Dinosaur also had the customs law at the Wörnitzbrücke. In traverse is the bridge of Wilburgstetten team toll and customs goods were due. The Jews are already demanded a toll alone for crossing on foot.

Wilburgstetten forms in ecclesiastical terms, a Roman Catholic enclave in the midst of a Protestant region. The Catholic church is subordinate to the Diocese of Augsburg.

In the 20th century, the Wilburgstettener settlement area expanded sharply to the south from back. Today, the village on the Wörnitz is considered small center with over 2100 inhabitants and - given the size of the village - respectable 900 jobs.

Earlier common names of the place were " Will Burgstetten " and "Wild Burgstetten ".

Incorporations

Policy

Parish council

After the last local election on 2 March 2008 the council has 14 members, all of which include free fraction for group of voters. The turnout was 63.3%. Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Split; front in red, an upright golden rake, rear silver half blue water wheel at the gap.

Partner communities

  • Wittenbach in Switzerland
  • Aignan, a village in Gascony, France
  • Kolin in the Czech Republic

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

Industry (construction and wood) and agriculture dominate in Wilburgstetten. But there are also retail, crafts, catering and other service providers available. The wood-processing enterprises Save Meier here has its headquarters.

Traffic

To achieve Wilburgstetten is on the Federal Highway 6, exits Herzogenaurach ( 35 km), Quick village (21 km) and the Federal Highway 7, exit Dinkelsbuehl Fichtenau (20 km). Wilburgstetten located on the B 25, a part of the Romantic Road. The railway line Nördlingen Dombühl is now used again for freight, mainly for local timber. Furthermore, it is still used by the Railway Museum of the Bavarian Railway Museum between Nördlingen, Dinkelsbühl and wet cheeks.

The increasing truck traffic on the B 25 as an escape reaction before the truck toll has led to protests in Greiselbach because of The sharp rise in noise and exhaust gases by the residents (25 April 2007). There the construction of a bypass is required.

Long distance routes

Passing through the municipality of the German Limes Cycle Route. It follows the Upper Germanic - Rhaetian Limes 818 km from Bad Hönningen am Rhein to Regensburg on the Danube.

Attractions

  • Catholic Church of St Margaret - It was originally built as a private church of the local nobles and dedicated to Margaret of Pisidia, which according to legend, died in the year 304, martyred. The small church, which is detectable after 1602, was enlarged in 1779 to the dimensions of today's transept. In 1900 the church was extended by an attached at right angles to building and decorated in the colorful style of neo-romanticism. Four attempts to increase the original tower in relation to the enlarged church failed. The tower shaft increased by about eight meters and adapted to the changing proportions of the whole building - It was only in 2001 - but against the will of Monuments Office. Here, the pitched roof from 1603 was lifted by a mobile crane and put back on the grown Tower neck after a few touch-ups.
  • Baroque Chapel of the Cross of 1745 on the former castle hill in the meadow land of Wörnitz. It is from there supposedly an underground tunnel under the Wörnitz through to Klösterle in Mönchsroth give (not walkable ).
  • Grimeiß'sches House, the former school house
  • Remnants of the Limes

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Wilburgstetten

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Raban Steward of Wilburgstetten (around 1295-1383 ), Prince Bishop of Eichstätt

Church and the Voluntary Sector

  • Catholic Church of St. Margaret
  • The Protestant inhabitants Wilburgstettens are supervised by the Protestant church Mönchsroth and have their church in the district Greiselbach. Protestant services are held in the Catholic Church of St. Margaretha once a month.

Tourism

  • Large network of hiking trails
  • Game reserve
  • Sports grounds with three tennis courts
  • Numerous swimming and fishing in the nearby lakes
  • Three pensions and other private accommodation
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