Eschenbach 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

Göppingen Göppingen ( Swabian: ''Geppenge'' or ''Gebbenga'') is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the b ...

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Geography

Geographical location

Eschenbach is located in the valley of the river of the same name, at the foot of the

Swabian Jura The Swabian Jura (german: Schwäbische Alb , more rarely ), sometimes also named Swabian Alps in English, is a mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, extending from southwest to northeast and in width. It is named after the region of ...

. The district town

is 6 kilometers away.

Overview

With an area of 480 ha Eschenbach is one of the smallest villages in the district of Göppingen. Through its location in the area before the Swabian Jura the municipality has however developed from a farming community to a municipality with around 2,200 inhabitants.

Neighboring communities

Since 1970, the municipality forms together with the neighboring community Heiningen the ''Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Voralb''. (Administration Unit Voralb). Eschenbach in GP

Municipality arrangement

Eschenbach includes the village Eschenbach, the hamlet Lotenberg (also to community Heiningen) and the homestead Iltishof and the dialed villages Hag and Bürstenhof.

History

Early history

The probable beginning of settlement for the place is between the 9th and 13th centuries. Eschenbach means ash-trees at a river. The eponymous Eschenbach springs beneath the "Weisse Mauer" (white wall) on the Fuchseck mountain. The first written reference does not refer to the place, but to the church on the Lotenberg. In 1228, in a document of the

Abbey of St. Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...

, a pastor, and thus a church, is mentioned on the Lotenberg. The group of houses on the Lotenberg still conveys the image of a castle building.

Middle Ages

Especially Eschenbach is first mentioned in 1379 in a deed of sale of the Counts of Helfenstein. It changed hands of several owners and was finally divided from 1476: two thirds from Iltishausen (Iltishof) and Lotenberg belonged to the barons of Liebenstein, the rest was owned by the monastery of

Adelberg Adelberg is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Adelberg lies in the Schurwald forest, at an altitude of around 334 to 473m. Climate The annual rainfall of 1045mm is within the top q ...

and after the

Reformation The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...

since 1534 by the

Duchy of Württemberg The Duchy of Württemberg (german: Herzogtum Württemberg) was a duchy located in the south-western part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was a member of the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1806. The dukedom's long survival for over three centuries ...

. Until 1867 Eschenbach was administered by Adelberg, later by the Oberamt Göppingen.

20th century

The place was until after the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

dominated by agriculture. The place lived mainly from the animals: cattle, horses and sheep, especially because the arable soils were not very productive. An important role played also the fruit growing, particularly encouraged by the pastor Johann Christian Engel, the father of Dr. Theodor Engel.

Population development

The inhabitants of the community: Development 1837-2010. *Date Population *1837, 508 *1907, 401 *May 17, 1939 392 *September 13, 1950 643 *May 27, 1970 1,023 *December 31, 1983 1,687 *December 31, 2005 2,232 *March 31, 2010 2,181

Space division

*309 ha farmland area *71 ha forest area *61 ha building area *28 ha transportation area *11 ha other area According to data of the State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart, as of 2014.''Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar.'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, . S. 335–336

Politics

Council

The council of Eschenbach has 10 members. The local elections on 25 May 2014 led to the following official results. The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. *BAE Citizen Action Eschenbach: 53.24% = 5 seats *FWV Free Voters Association Eschenbach: 46.76% = 5 seats

Economy and infrastructure

The ''Gewerbepark Göppingen-Voralb'' an association of the city Göppingen and the municipalities Eschenbach and Heiningen, has erected the industrial park Göppingen-Voralb with approximately 29 ha.

Education and culture

Preschools

The kindergarten is located in the Theodor Engel meetinghouse. Since 1992 the civic community has a further kindergarten. Thereby, the municipality is able to offer at any time every three-year-old child a place in a kindergarten in the community.

Schools

The primary school includes the primary classes 1 to 4; currently are visiting over 100 students primary school. The

Hauptschule A ''Hauptschule'' (, "general school") is a secondary school in Germany, starting after four years of elementary schooling (''Grundschule''), which offers Lower Secondary Education (Level 2) according to the International Standard Classification ...

is located in the neighboring municipality Heiningen. Schools of all types are available in Göppingen.

Regular events

The annual herb festival recalls the earlier significant herb cultivation.

Personality

Sons and daughters of the town *Theodor Engel, (1842-1933), theologian and geologist *Rudolf Bilfinger, (1903-1996), the lawyer was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment for involvement in war crimes after the Second World War. After that he was an official, he was suspended in 1965 because of his involvements in war crimes

External links

References

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