Heroldstatt
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Heroldstatt | |
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Location of Heroldstatt within Alb-Donau-Kreis district  | |
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| Coordinates: 48°26′47″N 9°40′18″E / 48.44639°N 9.67167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Alb-Donau-Kreis |
| Subdivisions | 2 |
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| • Mayor (2018–26) | Michael Weber[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.81 km2 (8.42 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 770 m (2,530 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,928 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 72535 |
| Dialling codes | 07389 |
| Vehicle registration | UL |
| Website | www.heroldstatt.de |
Heroldstatt is a village in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Geography
[edit]Heroldstatt is located on the Swabian Jura about 25 kilometers west of Ulm.
Neighboring communities
[edit]The municipality borders in the north and east to the town of Laichingen, in the southeast to the town of Blaubeuren , in the south to the town of Schelklingen (all Alb-Donau-district) and in the west to Gutsbezirk Münsingen (district Reutlingen).
Municipality arrangement
[edit]The municipality consists of the two districts Ennabeuren and Sontheim and the allotment Breithülen.
History
[edit]Ennabeuren
[edit]A documentary mention was made in 1092 to a nobleman Egilolf Oninburrin. In 1806, the village had around 300 Protestant and 200 Catholic residents. Ennabeuren lost in 1895 and 1938 a total of 940 hectares - about half of the municipal area - to the military training area Münsingen.
Sontheim
[edit]During the Reformation the village received in 1537 its own parish. By 1800 it had about 420 inhabitants.
Heroldstatt
[edit]The two previously independent municipalities joined as part of the municipal reform on October 1, 1973, together. About halfway between the village centers a new community center with the mountain hall (multi-purpose hall, 1984, extended in 2000) and the town hall (1987) was erected.
Breithülen
[edit]The 77.5 hectare and 64 inhabitants allotment Breithülen was incorporated to Heroldstatt on January 1, 2011.
Lookout
[edit]- The 30 m high Heroldstatt tower is about 2 kilometers northwest of the district Ennabeuren on the former military training area Münsingen and was built in 1981. The tower of the Schwäbischer Albverein is freely accessible (key deposit).[3]
Wind power test field
[edit]Northeast of the town there is a testing ground for Wind turbines. To this belongs a 1989 erected Enercon E-17 with 28 m hub height, 17 m rotor diameter and 80 kW power and a 25 m high Darrieus rotor with 15 m diameter which has an output of 55 kW.[4]
Natural monuments
[edit]- Sontheimer Höhle, the oldest show cave in Germany
- Hintere Kohlhaldenhöhle
Literatur
[edit]- Der Alb-Donau-Kreis. Amtliche Kreisbeschreibung, Band 2, Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Hrsg.), Sigmaringen 1992, ISBN 3-7995-1351-5, S. 307–328
- Karl Schnizer: Reformationsgeschichte von Enabeuren O. A. Münsingen. In: Blätter für württembergische Kirchengeschichte. N. F., 11. Jg. 1907, S. 62–68 (Digitalisat)
References
[edit]- ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
- ^ Schwäbischer Albverein - Heroldstatt-Turm
- ^ EnBW bricht historisches Windrad bei Heroldstatt ab. In: Schwäbische Zeitung, 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
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