Berghülen

Berghülen

Coat of arms
Berghülen

Coordinates: 48°27′50″N 9°45′41″E / 48.46389°N 9.76139°E / 48.46389; 9.76139Coordinates: 48°27′50″N 9°45′41″E / 48.46389°N 9.76139°E / 48.46389; 9.76139
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Alb-Donau-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor Bernd Mangold
Area
 • Total 26.13 km2 (10.09 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,900
 • Density 73/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 89180
Dialling codes 07344
Vehicle registration UL
Website www.berghuelen.de

Berghülen is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography

Berghülen is located 664–732 meters above sea level on the Swabian Jura about 20 km west of Ulm. The municipality borders to the west and north to the town of Laichingen and to their districts Machtolsheim and Suppingen, on the east to Blaustein and on the south to the town of Blaubeuren.

Municipality arrangement

To the municipality includes besides the eponymous Berghülen the two districts •Bühlenhausen with 437 inhabitants,[2] incorporation on 1 January 1972.[3] •Treffensbuch with 83 residents,[4] incorporation is not ascertainable

History

The written history of the municipality Berghülen began with the first written mention of the district Bühlenhausen in a deed of the monastery Ochsenhausen, which was given to St. Blaise Abbey, Black Forest in 1100. Berghülen itself was in 1304 first mentioned in the documents with the donation of Count Henry of Tübingen to the monastery Blaubeuren. 1447 came all subsites together with Blaubeuren to the former county of Württemberg. Both in the Thirty Years' War 1618-1648 and in the Nine Years' War 1688-1697 under general Ezéchiel du Mas, Comte de Mélac Berghülen was taken hard. In 1763 a large part of the town was burned down by carelessness.[5] On January 1, 1972, the until then independent municipality Bühlenhausen was incorporated to Berghülen.

Politics

Hüle in Bühlenhausen
Bühlenhausen; Kutschenmuseum (coach museum)

Council

The council in Berghülen has 10 members. The local elections on 25 May 2014 led to the following official results. The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Crest

The award of arms was on November 17, 1938, by the Reichsstatthalter Wilhelm Murr. Blazon : "In a divided by wave section of gold and blue shield above a black deer rack, below a floating golden three mountain." In the upper half of the shield recalls the black Württemberg deer that Berghülen became part of Württemberg by merging together with the current district Bühlenhausen in 1447. The lower half of the shield makes the coat of arms "talking", the three mountains are for the first, the shaft section and the color blue for the second part of the municipality name (hüle = village pond, livestock watering).

Crests Bühlenhausen

The right to use a coat of arms was awarded to the former community Bühlenhausen on July 30, 1953, by the Regierungspräsidium Nordwürttemberg (Administration of North Württemberg). Blazon : "In divided blade, top in gold a horizontal black deer rack, below in red a silver lying wolf rod. " The Bühlenhausen emblem symbolizes the black deer rack belonging to Altwürttemberg (Old Württemberg). The lying double hook, goes back to an old spot signs and the colors silver and red in the lower panel indicate the counts of Helfenstein.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The largest employer in Berghülen is the fruit juice manufacturer Albi in Bühlenhausen.[6]

Education

In Berghülen there is a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule. More schools are available in Blaubeuren, in Laichingen, Gerhausen and in Ulm.

Points of interest

Museums

Attractions

Regular events

Berghülen (Alb-Donau-district) Mutton running

Teams

Sports

The largest sports club in the municipality is the gymnastics and sports club 1931. It was founded on November 7, 1931 and includes nearly 800 members in seven departments. These are: Volleyball, football, chess, skiing, tennis, table tennis and gymnastics. [13] In addition, there is yet another sports club, the shooting club Berghülen 1923.

Other teams

There are the following additional clubs and associations: Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland abbreviation BUND (Federation for Environment and Nature Conservation Germany), volunteer fire department, singing club, youth club, rural women, rural youth, trombones club, Swabian Jura Club, VdK (social association Germany VdK Germany).[14]

Transportation

As part of the new Wendlingen-Ulm high-speed railway is considered the establishment of a new station Merklingen (Swabian Jura). Berghülen would finance part of the costs of the station.

Sons and daughters of the town


References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 30.09.2016". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1295751_l1/index.html
  3. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1295750_l1/index.html
  4. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1295751_l1/index.html
  5. ↑ Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger: Beschreibung des Oberamts Blaubeuren. Royal-statistic-topographic office, J. G. Cotta, Stuttgart und Tübingen, 1830. Seite 141 und 14.
  6. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/,Lde/homepage/municipality+_+Info/history.html
  7. ↑ http://www.kutschenwagen.de/cms/front_content.php?idart=9&lang=1
  8. ↑ http://www.kutschen-wagen.de/cms/front_content.php?idart=9&lang=1
  9. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1295783_l1/index.html
  10. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1361510_l1/index.html
  11. ↑ http://www.mairock.com/website/mairock.php?p=news
  12. ↑ "Württ. Brüderbund Berghülen" (in German). Retrieved 2010-07-10.
  13. ↑ http://tsv-berghuelen.de/
  14. ↑ http://www.berghuelen.de/servlet/PB/menu/1295787_l1/index.html
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