Weißenhorn

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Weißenhorn


Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Administrative region	Swabia
District	Neu-Ulm
Population	13,260 (December 31, 2003)
Area	53.69 km²
Population density	247 /km²
Elevation	539 m
Coordinates	48°18′ N 10°10′ E
Postal code	89264
Area code	07309, 07306
Licence plate code	NU
Mayor	Wolfgang Fendt
Website	www.weissenhorn.de

Neuffen- and Fugger châteaus in 2005

Weißenhorn is a town in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria. Weißenhorn lies about 22 km southeast of Ulm at the river "Roth".

1 History
2 Religions
3 Politics
4 Economics
- 4.1 Traffic
- 4.2 Education
5 Partnerships between cities
6 Arrangement
7 Neighbour municipalities
8 Culture and Sightseeing objects
9 Personalities
10 Literatur
11 External links

[edit] History

Archaeologic founds occupied, that at the area of Weißenhorn was a settlement of the Alamanni. Also roman founds are proven.

Weißenhorn was first mentioned in 1160 as villa Wizzenhorn. Starting from the 13th century Weißenhorn was seat of a line from the aristocratic house of the Neuffen. When it expired in 1342, Weißenhorn came into possession of the dukes of Bavaria, which had pawned Weißenhorn during the most time. 1473 Duke Ludwig IX. held court in Weißenhorn. At the Landshut succession war Weißenhorn came into possession of Emperor Maximilian I. and became further-austrian land city. Maximilian transferred the possession 1507 to Jakob Fugger, because of Weißenhorns delivered and confirmed again privileges remained the sovereignty rights however with Austria. The Fugger family, which held rule over centuries, contributed the local barchent weaving mill and made Weißenhorn into a flowering commercial town.

In the Peasants' War the town was attacked at 1st April 1525 from 12,000 farmers, led by their Captain Jörg von Ingstetten ("Bauern-Jörgl"), which spared the town after successful defense of the citizen and attacked the neighbouring monastery of Roggenburg. Of course the invasion of the Ingstetters should be mentioned here as well. Fortunately Weissenhorn resisted due to its earlier defense of farmers.

After the Peace of Pressburg in 1805 Weißenhorn became again Bavarian. With the opening of the secondary train line through Senden in 1880 an active structural and economic development began.

[edit] Religions

Roman-Catholics: 88%
Protestants: 11%
Other (Islamic, newapostolic and more): 1%

[edit] Politics

Parties present in the town council:

CSU (Christian-social Union in Bavaria)
SPD (Social-democratic Party of Germany)
WüW (Weißenhorn non-partisan electors)
B90/Grüne (Alliance 90/The Greens)

The parliament has 24 seats, the CSU is the biggest fraction (45%).

[edit] Economics

The economic life was until after 1945 shaped by smallurban structure relating to crafts. After 1945 big indistry companies settled in Weißenhorn. The today biggest employer, the company PERI GmbH (Formwork and Scaffolding), today world market leader, began in 1969.

Also there is the aluminium fusion work "Oettinger" and a multiplicity of medium-size and small companies.

[edit] Traffic

The secondary train line Weißenhorn - Senden (9,6 km) was opened at 15th September 1878 and connected Weißenhorn to the primary line Ulm - Memmingen. The passenger traffic was stopped 1966.

Weißenhorn is connected to Ulm and the region through bus lines and has an exit at the Bundesautobahn 7.

[edit] Education

2 elementary schools
1 primary school
1 promotion school
1 urban six-form high school
The Nikolaus Kopernikus high school
1 urban music school
1 Catholic library in the Christopherus house
1 public library

[edit] Partnerships between cities

Weißenhorn has no official partnership, but maintains through the partnership of the district of Neu-Ulm good contacts to the market municipality Prad am Stilfserjoch in South Tyrol.

[edit] Arrangement

Beside the center town Weißenhorn there are the following quarters:

Attenhofen
Biberachzell (with Asch)
Bubenhausen
Emershofen
Grafertshofen
Hegelhofen
Oberhausen
Oberreichenbach
Unterreichenbach
Wallenhausen (in the valley of the Osterbach brook)

[edit] Neighbour municipalities

Vöhringen
Senden, Bellenberg and Illertissen in the west
Buch and Roggenburg in the south
Bibertal and Ichenhausen in the east
Pfaffenhofen an der Roth in the north

[edit] Culture and Sightseeing objects

[edit] Theatre

Historc town theatre, built in 1876 through the change of a tenth barn from the 16th century. It was reconditioned in 1922 and again in 1979 and is one of the few good kept smallurban citizen-theatres from the 19th century. With only 150 seats it is the smallest in historical condition kept theatre inb Bavaria and is used by groups of laymen and by the south-German chamber opera.

[edit] Museums

Weißenhorner Heimatmuseum, (Local history museum) Collection for the town- and region history, founded 1908, 1992-1996 new conceived
Archaeologic Museum[1], pre- and early-historical collection

[edit] Buildings

The old part of Weißenhorn is mostly kept in historical condition. Medieval citizen houses, some in framework construction, stately pubs and buildings from the 19th century show the tradition of a commercial town. The medieval wall was cleared away until 1837, the Oberes Tor (Upper Gate), the Unteres Tor (Lower Gate) and the Prügelturm (Flogging tower) were however kept.

The church place is framed by many sightseeing objects:
- Upper Gate with two round towers, built around 1470
- City hall, built 1761
- Neuffen Château (Old Château), built 1460
- Fugger Château (New Château), built 1513
- Fugger Brewing House, built 1565
- City Parish Church Mariä Himmelfahrt, built around 1872 in the style of the neoromanic from

Other worth seeing buildings are:
- Schranne (Old City Hall), built around 1390, extended 1584
- Heilig-Geist-Church, built around 1470
- Lower Gate, built around 1470

[edit] Regularly Events

Leonhardi-Ride on 6th November, rider pro assignment in honours of the holy Leonhard of Limoges
Parish party of the Catholic church community in June
Protestantic Community party at the last Sunday before the summer holidays
Carnival-Tuesday-Parade at Tuesday after Rose Monday

[edit] Personalities

Nikolaus Thoman (* around 1457, † around 1545), kaplan and chronicle (Weißenhorn History)
Sebastian Sailer (1714-1777), premonstratensian choir Leader, prayer and swabian dialect poet
Franz Martin Kuen (1719-1771), painter
Konrad Huber (1752-1831), painter
Anton von Henle (1902-1927), bishop of Passau and Regensburg
Wilfried Hiller (*1941), composer