Langenenslingen


Langenenslingen is a municipality in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It has a population close to 3,500.

Geography

Location

Langenenslingen is located on the northern edge of Upper Swabia in Old and Young Drift in the district of Biberach. It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route, a tourist route.
The highest elevation of the Biberach district with 801 metres is located in Ittenhausen.

History

Langenenslingen was first mentioned in a document in 935. It originally belonged to the Counts of Veringen. They sold it in 1291 to the House of Habsburg. In 1806 Langenenslingen fell to Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, where it was assigned to Oberamt Sigmaringen, later Sigmaringen district. In 1945 it became a part of the newly formed Württemberg-Hohenzollern and since 1952 it has been part of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Since 1973 Langenenslingen has been located in Biberach district.

Amalgamations

Andelfingen

The place Antolvinga was already mentioned in documents, when local goods from the convent St. Gallen were transferred to the Bishop of Constance.

Billafingen

Alemannic grave finds indicate a settlement already in the 7th century. In the 13th century the city came as Pilofingen to the Counts of Grüningen-Landau, later to Habsburg. In the district reform in 1973 the site was, although formerly belonging to Hohenzollern, assigned to the district of Biberach.

Dürrenwaldstetten

Since 1975 it belongs to the district of Biberach. The village was first clearly identified in 1273 in a document of the monastery Heiligkreuztal. The parish map of Dürrenwaldstetten was first mentioned in 1275. In 1611/2 95 and in 1635/6 43 people died from the plague. During the Thirty Years' War Dürrenwaldstetten was plundered by Swedish troops. In 1803, the monastery Zwiefalten was secularized and the monastery's possessions came to Württemberg. The monastery's parishes, including Dürrenwaldstetten came to the Diocese of Constance. Dürrenwaldstetten came in 1809 to Oberamt Riedlingen.
Dürrenwaldstetten was connected to the electric power grid of the Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke in 1922. The district of Saulgau was dissolved in 1972 as part of the district reform; Dürrenwaldstetten came to the district of Biberach. The village was dominated for a long time by agriculture. Now almost all residents are employed outside of the village in the secondary and tertiary sectors.

Egelfingen

Egelfingen belonged to the Knights rule Unterwilflingen, they were vassals of the Counts of Veringen. In 1487 the location was sold by the Counts of Hornstein to Hans Mulflingen. His heirs sold the place including the castle Schatzberg to the Schenk von Stauffenberg.

Emerfeld

Emerfeld formerly belonged to the imperial rule Gundelfingen, later to the Prince of Fürstenberg. The church was consecrated in 1133 by the Bishop of Constance. For a long time iron ore was mined and smelted in the nearby Lauchert valley.

Friedingen

In 1278 Countess Sophia of Veringen gave an estate from Friedingen to the monastery Heiligkreuztal. In 1286 Count Heinrich von Veringen sold all his possessions from Friedingen to the monastery Kreuztal for 130 silver marks.

Ittenhausen

Ittenhausen once belonged to the Counts of Veringen, after their extinction to the Counts of Rechberg and in 1447 for a short time to the Counts of Württemberg, who sold it again in 1465. With the resolution of the monastery Zwiefalten in 1803 the place with 200 inhabitants fell to the Duchy, later Kingdom of Württemberg.

Unterwilflingen

Documented for the first time in 1086, Unterwilflingen once belonged to the Counts of Veringen or the Count of Gruningen-Landau. Many of the local goods came by purchase or donation to the monastery Heiligkreuztal. The writer Ernst Jünger had his residence in Unterwilflingen in the local Stauffenberg Forsthaus from 1951 until his death in 1998.

Governance

Mayor

The mayor of Langenenslingen is Andreas Schneider.

Council

Mayor Schneider is the head of the council, which besides him has 19 members.

Coat of arms

A divided blade up in red on green Dreiberg three golden deer feet, bottom in gold three red deer antler above the other. The upper half of the shield corresponds to the seal of the Heinrich von Enslingen from the year 1341. The deer antler in the lower half of the shield relate to the Counts of Veringen as Langenenslingen belonged to the County of Veringen in the 14th century. The coat of arms was granted by the Interior Ministry of Württemberg-Hohenzollern on 28 January 1949.

Town twinning

Since 1997 there is a partnership with the Polish community of Brzesko.

Education

Langenenslingen has a primary school.

Attractions

Museums