Beuron (
Swabian: ''Beira'') is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen (Swabian German, Swabian: ''Semmerenga'') is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen (district), Sigmaringen district.
Sigmaringen is renowne ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Beuron is known for the
Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube va ...
and the
Beuron Art School
The Beuron art school was founded by a confederation of Benedictine monks in Germany in the late 19th century.''The Revival of Medieval Illumination: Nineteenth-Century Belgium Manuscripts and Illuminations from a European Perspective'' by Thomas C ...
for religious art.
Geography
Beuron is divided into subdistricts (german: Ortsteile):
* Hausen im Donautal
* Langenbrunn
*
Neidingen
Neidingen is a German village with approximately 100 inhabitants
and part of the municipality of Beuron, in Baden-Württemberg. The village is historically important as health retreat and place of death of Emperor Charles the Fat (d. 888) whose d ...
* Thiergarten
Mayors
In June 2011 Raphael Osmakowski-Miller was elected mayor.
[Hermann-Peter Steinmüller (hps): ''Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen bleibt aus.'' In: '']Südkurier
The Südkurier is a regional daily newspaper in Germany serving the regions northwest of Lake Constance, Hochrhein and Black Forest with its headquarters Konstanz, Germany. The paper appears with a circulation of around 130,000, six times per w ...
'' vom 21. Juni 2011[''Chefwechsel im Beuroner Rathaus''. In: ''Südkurier'' vom 4. September 2011]
* 1979–1995: Fidel Matthias Fischer
* 1995–1998: Arndt Neff
* 1998–2000: Gerhard Huhn (temporary)
* 2000–2003: Herbert Bucher
* 2003–2011: Robert Rauser
* since 2011: Raphael Osmakowski-Miller
References
External links
Official Website of district BeuronThemenpark Umwelt
Sigmaringen (district)
Populated places on the Danube
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