Aglasterhausen 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 Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, 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 ...
,
Germany
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.
History
Aglasterhausen is first mentioned in the records of the
Bishop of Worms
The Prince-Bishopric of Worms, was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Electorate of the ...
in 1143. It had its own nobility as early as the middle of the 12th century.
In 1416, the town was ceded to the
Electorate of the Palatinate, but with the death of
Friedrich von Hirschhorn in 1632, that line ended, and the ownership reverted to the bishopric of Worms. This continued until 1803, when Aglasterhausen was given to
Baden.
Mayors
* 1981–2013: Erich Dambach
* 2013–2021: Sabine Schweiger
* since 2021: Stefan Josef Kron
Personalities
*
Albert Schreiner (1892-1979), Communist politician and historian
*
Helmut Degen (1911-1995), composer
*
Hans Kissel (1897-1975), major-general
References
Official Web site
Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
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