Ochsenhausen () is a city in the district of Biberach,

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. It is located between the city of Biberach and

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. it has a population of 8,916. The mayor of the town is Andreas Denzel.

History

For many centuries, Ochsenhausen Abbey (''Reichskloster Ochsenhausen''), first mentioned in 1093, was a self -governing prince-abbey within the

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ruled by a prince-abbot. In 1803, in the course of the

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, the abbey was secularized and erected into a secular principality that was then granted to Count Franz Georg Karl von Metternich in compensation for the loss of his immediate fiefs on the left bank of the Rhine after the whole area was annexed by revolutionary France. In 1806, the short-lived principality was annexed to the

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, which in 1871 became part of the German Empire. The abbey still dominates the town from a hill. Ochsenhausen is called a "Baroque Kingdom of Heaven" (''"Himmelreich des Barock"'') because of the monastic architecture.

Attractions

Every year the ''Öchsle-Fest'' takes place. It is named after a historical narrow gauge railway called ''Öchsle'' which ran from Ochsenhausen to Warthausen.

Buildings

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''Kirche St. Georg'' * Stream '' Krummbach'' * '' Rathaus'', 1606 * ''Gasthof zur Post'', 1650 * ''Klosterapotheke'', 1736 *

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''Gottesackerkapelle St. Veit'', 1679 * Music and cabaret stage ''Scharfrichterhaus'' *

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''Dr.-Hans-Liebherr-Sporthalle'', 2010

Notable people

* Anton Schranz (1769 – 1839), head of the Schranz family of artists who worked in Minorca, Malta, Egypt, Athens, Greece and Turkey Celebrating 200 years of Schranz; Fondazjoni Patrimomju Malta ed G Bonello Malta 2017 * Joseph Ersing (1882–1956), politician (

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, CDU), Member of Reichstag, Member of Landtag (

Württemberg-Baden Württemberg-Baden was a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was created in 1945 by the United States occupation forces, after the previous states of Baden and Württemberg had been split up between the US and French occupation zones. ...

) * Josef Hecht (1882–1956), teacher and conservationist * Hans-Karl Riedel (1893–1967), entrepreneur and local politician * Karl Norbert Schmid (1926–1995), organist and composer * Werner Simmling (born 1944), politician (FDP), member of Bundestag 2009–2013 *

Hanns-Friedrich Kunz Hanns-Friedrich Kunz (born 21 February 1945) is a German choral conductor. Life and career Born in Ochsenhausen, Kunz first studied music at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart. He then moved to Freiburg where ...

(born 1945), singer and choir conductor * Gerhard Baur (born 1947), mountaineer and camera man * Hans J. Briegel (born 1962), theoretical physician *

Matthias Dolderer Matthias Dolderer (born 15 September 1970 in Ochsenhausen, Baden Württemberg) is a German professional race pilot. He is the 2016 champion of the Red Bull Air Race. Flying career Beginnings Dolderer, who once colourfully compared the precis ...

(born 1970), race pilot *

Sandro Cortese Alessandro "Sandro" Cortese (born 6 January 1990) is a former German motorcycle racer, who last competed in 2020 World Superbike Championship for Team Pedercini. Cortese won his first world title in the Moto3 class, in ., and his second in the Su ...

(born 1990), motorcycle racer * Nicole Rolser (born 1992), football player

References

External links

www.ochsenhausen.de
{{Authority control Towns in Baden-Württemberg Biberach (district) Württemberg