Adelmannsfelden 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 ...

in the

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state of

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

Ostalbkreis The Ostalbkreis is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the east of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on the border to Bavaria. Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Schwäbisch Hall, Ansbach, Donau-Ries, Heidenheim, Göppingen and Rems-M ...

district.

Geography

Adelmannsfelden is located in the landscape

Ellwangen Hills The Ellwangen Hills (german: Ellwanger Berge) are a hill ridge, up to , in the counties of Landkreis Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall and Ostalbkreis in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The name of the range comes from the town of Ell ...

in the

Natural region A natural region (landscape unit) is a basic geographic unit. Usually, it is a region which is distinguished by its common natural features of geography, geology, and climate. From the ecological point of view, the naturally occurring flora an ...

Swabian-Franconian Forest.

Municipality division

The municipality of Adelmannsfelden includes 18 villages, hamlets, yards and houses. There are four villages: Adelmannsfelden, Bühler, Haid and Stöcken. The three Hamlets are called Mittelwald, Ottenhof and Vorderwald. The yards include Dollishäusle, Eichhorn, Kuderberg, Mäder, Metzelgehren, Ölmühle, Papiermühle, Patrizenhaus and Wendenhof. The houses include Sägmühle and Schleifhäusle. Furthermore, the municipality includes the abandoned yards Altenwinden, Kunhof, Härzern, Limperg, Scheytenmühle, Breitengehren, Finkenhaus, Vorhardsweiler, Herzert, Herrenmühle and Rot diu Mul.

Area division

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Statistisches Landesamt.

Neighboring municipalities

The municipality borders Rosenberg in the Northeast, Neuler in the East, Abstgmünd in the South,

Sulzbach-Laufen Sulzbach-Laufen is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in ...

in the West and

Bühlerzell Bühlerzell is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall (district), Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. References

Schwäbisch Hall (district) Württemberg {{SchwäbischHall-geo-stu ...

in the North.

History

The municipality was first mentioned in the Ellwanger annals around 1118. At this time, a castle was built. The castle stood at the place where the Adelmannfelden Castle is located today. Descendants of the Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden family live in Adelmannsfelden Castle until today. The municipality was under changing clerical and secular rule until it became part of the

Kingdom of Württemberg The Kingdom of Württemberg (german: Königreich Württemberg ) was a German state that existed from 1805 to 1918, located within the area that is now Baden-Württemberg. The kingdom was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which existe ...

in 1806. Specifically, it was under the Oberamt of Aalen, which became the

Landkreis In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a '' Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia ...

Aalen (District of Aalen) during the district reforms in the NS era. Between 1945 and 1952, Adelmannsfelden belonged to the federal state of Württemberg-Baden, which was established in the US occupation zone. In 1952, it became part of the newly established federal state of

. The Landkreis Aalen was dissolved during the district reforms in 1973 and Adelmannsfelden now belongs to the district

Notable people

Franziska von Hohenheim Countess Franziska Theresia von Hohenheim (10 January 1748 in Adelmannsfelden – 1 January 1811 in Kirchheim unter Teck) was a German noblewoman. From birth she was a Baroness von Bernerdin and from 1765 onwards Baroness Leutrum von Ertingen. S ...

(1748–1811), second wife of

Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg Charles Eugene (German: ''Carl Eugen''; 11 February 1728 – 24 October 1793), Duke of Württemberg, was the eldest son, and successor, of Charles Alexander; his mother was Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis. Life Born in Brussels, h ...

Religion

In 1561, the Reformation was introduced in Adelmannsfelden. Since then, the village has been

protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

dominated. The protestant community of Adelmannsfelden is part of the Kirchenbezirk Aalen. After World War II, many Catholic refugees and displaced people came to Adelsmannsfelden. The Catholic inhabitants of the Municipality have access to a Catholic Church in Ottenhofen as well as Chapels in Bühler and Stöcken which are being spiritually cared for from Abtsgmünd.

References

External links

* Ostalbkreis Württemberg {{Ostalbkreis-geo-stub