Beuron (
Swabian: ''Beira'') 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
Sigmaringen
Sigmaringen ( 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 is renowned for its castle, Schloss Sigmaringen ...
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
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
. Beuron is known for the
Beuron Archabbey
Beuron Archabbey (in German Erzabtei Beuron, otherwise Erzabtei St. Martin; in Latin ''Archiabbatia Sancti Martini Beuronensis''; Swabian: ''Erzabtei Beira'') is a major house of the Benedictine Order located at Beuron in the upper Danube va ...
and the
Beuron Art School
The Beuron art school was founded by a confederation of Benedictine monks in Germany in the late 19th century.''The Revival of Medieval Illumination: Nineteenth-Century Belgium Manuscripts and Illuminations from a European Perspective'' by Thomas C ...
for religious art.
Geography
Beuron is divided into subdistricts (german: Ortsteile):
* Hausen im Donautal
* Langenbrunn
*
Neidingen
* Thiergarten
Mayors
In June 2011 Raphael Osmakowski-Miller was elected mayor.
[Hermann-Peter Steinmüller (hps): ''Kopf-an-Kopf-Rennen bleibt aus.'' In: '']Südkurier
The Südkurier is a regional daily newspaper in Germany serving the regions northwest of Lake Constance, Hochrhein and Black Forest with its headquarters Konstanz, Germany. The paper appears with a circulation of around 130,000, six times per w ...
'' vom 21. Juni 2011[''Chefwechsel im Beuroner Rathaus''. In: ''Südkurier'' vom 4. September 2011]
* 1979–1995: Fidel Matthias Fischer
* 1995–1998: Arndt Neff
* 1998–2000: Gerhard Huhn (temporary)
* 2000–2003: Herbert Bucher
* 2003–2011: Robert Rauser
* since 2011: Raphael Osmakowski-Miller
References
External links
Official Website of district BeuronThemenpark Umwelt
Sigmaringen (district)
Populated places on the Danube
{{Sigmaringen-geo-stub
