Veringenstadt (
Swabian: ''Verenga'') is a town in the
district of Sigmaringen, in
Baden-Württemberg
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Germany
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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.
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Geographical location
Veringenstadt is situated in the valley of the
Lauchert
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, a tributary of the
Danube
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, between
Gammertingen
Gammertingen () is a town in the district of Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 18 km north of Sigmaringen.
Geography Geographical location
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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 ...
. The municipality area is 3125 hectares.
[Ignaz Stösser (ist): ''Zahlen und Fakten.'' In: Ders.: ''Wir in Veringen.'' In: ''Schwäbische Zeitung.'' vom 15. Januar 2011.]
Geology
The municipality Veringenstadt lies on the Lauchertgraben (Lauchert trench). East of Veringendorf a petrified sponge reef can be seen, which was created 140 million years ago.
[''Von Neandertalern und Bohnerzgruben.'' In: ''Wanderbar …die schönsten Routen. Erlebnis Kreis Sigmaringen.'' Landratsamt Sigmaringen, Druckerei Schönebeck, Meßkirch 2004, S. 5–7.]
History
The area of the present municipality Veringenstadt was already settled in early historical times.
The town itself is an ancient settlement which was already mentioned in a document around the year 786. It derives its name from a certain "Fara" or "Faro", was so well earlier "Faringa", about 1130 Veringin, later always Veringen.
[Thomas Fink: ''Materialien zur Geschichte der Stadt Veringen.'' 2016.]
The counts of Veringen were one of the wealthiest and most respected dynasties of the 11th and 12th century in southern Germany.
[Sebastian Locher: Regesten zur Geschichte der Grafen zu Veringen. Sigmaringen 1872] Through targeted resettlement of population from the surrounding hamlets succeeded about 1250 the foundation of the city of Veringen (today Veringenstadt). After the
Thirty Years' War
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(1618–1648) about 1650 farmers from Tirol were recruited for Veringenstadt and settled here.
[Ignaz Stösser (ist): ''Stadtfest Veringenstadt. Historienspiel dokumentiert das Kommen und Gehen.'' In: ''Schwäbische Zeitung.'' vom 24. Juni 2010.] From 1827 to 1925 Veringenstadt belonged to Oberamt Gammertingen. 1850 it became as part of the principality
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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prussian, and belonged to the province of Hohenzollern. Ore was mined in the 18th and 19th century.
Since 1927 the municipality belongs to the district of Sigmaringen. Since 1945, the city belonged to Württemberg-Hohenzollern, which opened in Baden-Württemberg in 1952. By the inclusion of expellees after 1945, the population of Veringenstadt has nearly doubled in the 1950s.
On February 1, 1972 Hermentingen was incorporated. The incorporation of Veringendorf was on January 1, 1975.
Municipality
The municipality combines the main locality Veringenstadt with the two villages Hermentingen and Veringendorf.
Crest
The emblem of Veringenstadt was officially approved 1947. Already 1320 a lion and a deer rod was used as coat of arms. The coat of arms shows a golden shield a red lion under a layer of a red deer rack. The lion comes from the Habsburg coat of arms, the deer bar is derived from the coat of arms of the Counts of Veringen.
Twinning
Veringenstadt maintains since 2012 a partnership with the city of
Zwettl an der Rodl
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in
Austria
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Points of interest
Museums
*In the city hall from 1415 (the oldest city hall of the
Province of Hohenzollern
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), is located upstairs the local museum.
*Strübhaus - house of painting, built around 1500: Former home and studio of the painter family Strüb " Master of Veringen ". The building at Kirchberg is now a museum of medieval painting.
*In the former mill, which has existed since centuries at this point, a private living museum was created. From around 1250 comes the first written document of a mill in Veringenstadt. By 1924, the waterworks also provided the electricity for Veringenstadt. Now Jutta Schmid-Glöckler has established with her family here.
Buildings
Veringenstadt is dominated by a medieval core with half-timbered houses, the castle Veringen and religious buildings:
*The Parish Church of St. Nicholas
*The sanctuary of Maria Deutstetten is also a cemetery chapel. The church was inaugurated 1753. On the forecourt of the chapel are several monuments to the victims of war.
![Veringenstadt - Burg und Peterskapelle - Th-Fink 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Veringenstadt_-_Burg_und_Peterskapelle_-_Th-Fink_02.JPG)
*The City Council of Veringenstadt was built around 1415
1and is still the seat of city government. It is the oldest town hall of Hohenzollern in continuous municipal use.
*The freely accessible ruins Veringen were probably a creation of Count Marquard of Veringen around the year 1100/30. She was owned by the Counts of Veringen, the
House of Württemberg
The House of Württemberg is a German dynasty and former royal family from Württemberg.
History County
The House probably originated in the vicinity of the Salian dynasty. Around 1080 the ancestors of modern Württemberg, which was then called ...
and the Prince of Hohenzollern.
*Besides the ruins there is the Peter chapel from the 10th or 11th century with frescoes from 1515 by Peter Strüb the younger from Veringenstadt.
*Neanderthal sculpture on the lower Lauchertbrücke, created in 1965 by Eduard Raach-Döttinger.
*The Church of St. Gallus in the district Hermentingen dates from the 14th century. It was rebuilt in the 17th century.
*The Church of St. Michael in the district Veringendorf is the oldest church of Hohenzollern.
Electrical works (Brothers Haux 1902) in Veringendorf
*The waterworks Hermentingen prepares the water of the Gallus source, the largest karst spring of Hohenzollern, to drinking water.
*Childhood home of cardinal
Karl Lehmann
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Teams
In Veringenstadt are more than 30 clubs. With currently 450 members, the TSV is the largest. (as of 15 January 2011).
Economy and Infrastructure
Transportation
The municipalities Veringenstadt and Veringendorf were connected to the rail network by the Kleinengstingen-Sigmaringen railway. The ''Göpfelstein'' was tunneled at Veringenstadt. The 91-meter long tunnel was built by Italian workers. The first train passed through the tunnel Veringen at Christmas, 1907, the line was opened in 1908.
[Ignaz Stösser: ''Gesperrt: Bund saniert Veringer Tunnel. B32-Verkehr rollt durch Veringer Ortsmitte – Inneringen und Bingen ebenfalls betroffen.'' In: ''Schwäbische Zeitung'' vom 18. Juni 2011.]
The Federal Highway 32 led originally through the Veringenstadt center. Between 1975 and 1980, a road tunnel was built. Today daily drive around 5000 vehicles through the Schlossberg tunnel.
The Public transport is guaranteed by the Verkehrsverbund Neckar-Alb-Donau (NALDO). The community is located in the comb 442.
Established businesses
The Schwörer Haus maintains in Veringenstadt a factory making fort massif houses, ceilings, precast concrete, chimneys.
Education
There are two schools in the nucleus. A primary school and since the school year 2010/2011 a branch of the Werkrealschule Gammertingen.
The school building of the Alb-Lauchert School in Veringenstadt, an elementary school, was built in 1953. In Veringenstadt there is a day care center with full-day care, in Veringendorf a kindergarten, which also accommodates children under three years.
Freemen
*Adolf Rosch (1869–1962), theologian and a doctorate in law, studied in
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...
and
Eichstätt
Eichstätt () is a town in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Eichstätt. It is located on the Altmühl river and has a population of around 13,000. Eichstätt is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese ...
, was appointed in 1932 vicar general in the diocese of Freiburg, previously Member of Parliament. On January 2, 1933 he became a freeman
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*Ildefons Deigendesch (1880–1953), born in Veringenstadt, a missionary of the Abbey St. Andrè in Belgium, in 1932 appointed to vicar general of Rio Branco Brazil. He became a freeman on January 2, 1933,
*Stefan Fink (1908-2000), mayor from 1945 to 1966 and entrepreneur, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit.
![1962 Stefan Fink Bürgermeister von Veringenstadt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/1962_Stefan_Fink_B%C3%BCrgermeister_von_Veringenstadt.jpg)
*Herbert Krapf, (born 1941), former mayor
*Erwin Zillenbiller (born 1925), honorary professor at the University of Stuttgart in the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning with doctorate, author and head of Strübhaus, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit and the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Sons and daughters of the city
*Egid Hochstein (1720–1769) painter and sculptor. After his apprenticeship he founded in 1754 a workshop in Veringenstadt
[Hohenzollerische Heimat. Hrsg.Hohenzollerischer Geschichtsverein e.V. Ausgabe 1971 - Der Bildhauer Egid Hochstein. 21 (1971) S. 90-9]
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*Nikolaus Allgaier (1800–1880) lithographer. He founded in Veringenstadt the "Lithographic Institute Nikolaus Allgaier". Originally also from Veringenstadt Lithograph Alfred Dobler (1799–1879) joined with Nicholas Allgaier together.
*Franz Saurer (1806–1882), entrepreneur, born in Veringendorf
Literature
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References
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