Ohmden is a municipality in the district of
Esslingen 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
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.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring municipalities are starting from North clockwise:
Schlierbach,
Hattenhofen,
Zell unter Aichelberg
Zell unter Aichelberg is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geographical location
Between Stuttgart and Ulm, on the western edge of the district Göppingen, lies the municipality of Zell unter ...
, all district
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 ...
and
Holzmaden
Holzmaden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany that lies between Stuttgart and Ulm.
Holzmaden is 4 km south-east from Kirchheim unter Teck and 19 km south-east of Esslingen am Neckar. The A 8 runs south from Holzmaden. The town an ...
and
Kirchheim unter Teck
Kirchheim unter Teck ( Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It is 10 km (6 miles) near the Teck castle, approximately ...
, both in the district of Esslingen.
Municipality arrangement
The municipality includes the village of Ohmden and the courtyards Lindenhof and Talhof.
[''Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar.'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, , S. 252–253.]
History
![Ohmden, Andreas Kieser](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Ohmden%2C_Andreas_Kieser.png)
Ohmden is the first time documented under the name "Amindon" in 1125 in San Rotulus Petrinus, a parchment of the monastery of the
Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest
St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest or St. Peter's Abbey, Schwarzwald (german: Kloster St. Peter auf dem Schwarzwald) is a former Benedictine monastery in the village of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Bad ...
. It describes a barter transaction in which
Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen
Conrad I ( – 8 January 1152) was Duke of Zähringen from 1122 until his death and from 1127 also Rector of Burgundy. He spent most of his life stemming the growing power of the House of Hohenstaufen and to this end, allied himself with the ...
assigned the place to the monastery. Later, the village fell to the monastery
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 qu ...
. Ecclesiastical it belonged to Kirchheim unter Teck.
Since 1938 Ohmden belonged to the district
Nürtingen
Nürtingen () is a town on the river Neckar in the district of Esslingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
History
The following events occurred, by year:
*1046: First mention of ''Niuritingin'' in the document of Speyer. ...
, and since 1973 to the district of Esslingen.
Religions
Since 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 ...
Ohmden is Protestant coined. To date, the majority of citizens are Protestant. However, there is since 2002 the Catholic Community Centre St. Markus, where regular Catholic services take place. St. Markus is affiliated to the Church St. Ulrich in Kirchheim unter Teck.
Mayor
*1952–1986 Walter Kröner
*1987–2010 Manfred Merkle
*2010–2018 Martin Funk
*since 2018 Barbara Born
Crest
The coat of arms shows Ohmden in black a six-pointed star with a horseshoe on a yellow shield. What is certain is that the star was a different area to crest with horseshoe symbol that repeatedly returned to Württemberg, introduced only to distinguish and has no historical significance. The current coat of arms was awarded on 11 December 1973 by the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg.
Education
Ohmden has its own primary school. Older students have to go to the neighboring towns to attend secondary schools.
Buildings
Especially worth seeing is the Protestant Church of St. Cosmas and Damian from the 17th century. It contains four altar wings pictures of Thomas Schick, that show scenes from the life of the two
Saints Cosmas and Damian
Cosmas and Damian ( ar, قُزما ودميان, translit=Qozma wa Demyaan; grc-gre, Κοσμᾶς καὶ Δαμιανός, translit=Kosmás kai Damianós; la, Cosmas et Damianus; AD) were two Arab physicians in the town Cyrrhus, and were r ...
and are built around 1500.
Fossil site
Fossils
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can be found at the Museum of Natural History Hauff in Holzmaden.
Sons and daughters of the town
Karl Scheufelen (1823-1902), entrepreneur, founder of Scheufelen paper mill in
Lenningen
Lenningen is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Neighbour communities
Those are in the east Wiesensteig (district of Göppingen), in the south Römerstein and Grabenstetten (both district of Reutlingen), in ...
.
Literature
* Hans Schwenkel: ''Heimatbuch des Kreises Nürtingen.'' Band 2. Würzburg 1953, S. 992–1005.
* ''Der Landkreis Esslingen.'' Hrsg. vom Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg i.V. mit dem Landkreis Esslingen. Band 2, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, , S. 325.
* Walter Kröner: ''Ohmdener Schicksale - 1920 bis 1950.'' Ohmden 1997,
References
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Esslingen (district)
Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg