Ohmden is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in

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Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are starting from North clockwise: Schlierbach, Hattenhofen,

Zell unter Aichelberg Zell unter Aichelberg is a municipality in the district of Göppingen (district), Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geographical location Between Stuttgart and Ulm, on the western edge of the district Göppingen, lies the muni ...

, all district

Göppingen Göppingen (; or ) is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen (district), district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace ...

and

Holzmaden Holzmaden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany that lies between Stuttgart and Ulm. Holzmaden is 4 km south-east from Kirchheim unter Teck and 19 km south-east of Esslingen am Neckar. The A 8 runs south from Holzmaden. The town a ...

and

Kirchheim unter Teck Kirchheim unter Teck (, ; Swabian German, Swabian: ''Kircha'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, in the Esslingen (district), district of Esslingen. It is located on the small river Lauter (Neckar), Lauter, a tributary of the Neckar. It i ...

, both in the district of Esslingen.

Municipality arrangement

The municipality includes the village of Ohmden and the courtyards Lindenhof and Talhof.''Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band III: Regierungsbezirk Stuttgart, Regionalverband Mittlerer Neckar.'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, , S. 252–253. Ohmden in ES

History

Ohmden is the first time documented under the name "Amindon" in 1125 in San Rotulus Petrinus, a parchment of the monastery of the

Abbey of Saint Peter in the Black Forest St Peter's Abbey in the Black Forest or St. Peter's Abbey, Schwarzwald () is a former Benedictine monastery in the village of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History The monas ...

. It describes a barter transaction in which

Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen Conrad I ( – 8 January 1152) was Duke of Zähringen from 1122 until his death and from 1127 also Rector of Burgundy. He spent most of his life stemming the growing power of the House of Hohenstaufen and to this end, allied himself with the ...

assigned the place to the monastery. Later, the village fell to the monastery

Adelberg Adelberg is a municipality in the district of Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Adelberg lies in the Schurwald forest, at an altitude of around 334 to 473m. Climate The annual rainfall of 1045mm is within the top qu ...

. Ecclesiastical it belonged to Kirchheim unter Teck. Since 1938 Ohmden belonged to the district

Nürtingen Nürtingen (; ) is a town on the river Neckar in the district of Esslingen (district), Esslingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. History The following events occurred, by year: *1046: First mention of ''Niuritingin'' in ...

, and since 1973 to the district of Esslingen.

Religions

Since the

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Ohmden is Protestant coined. To date, the majority of citizens are Protestant. However, there is since 2002 the Catholic Community Centre St. Markus, where regular Catholic services take place. St. Markus is affiliated with the Church St. Ulrich in Kirchheim unter Teck.

Mayor

*1952–1986 Walter Kröner *1987–2010 Manfred Merkle *2010–2018 Martin Funk *since 2018 Barbara Born

Crest

The coat of arms shows Ohmden in black a six-pointed star with a horseshoe on a yellow shield. What is certain is that the star was a different area to crest with a horseshoe symbol that repeatedly returned to Württemberg, introduced only to distinguish and has no historical significance. The current coat of arms was awarded on 11 December 1973 by the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg.

Education

Ohmden has its own primary school. Older students have to go to the neighboring towns to attend secondary schools.

Buildings

Especially worth seeing is the Protestant Church of St. Cosmas and Damian from the 17th century. It contains four altar wings pictures of Thomas Schick, that show scenes from the life of the two

Saints Cosmas and Damian Cosmas and Damian ( – or AD) were two Arabs, Arab physicians and early Christian martyrs. They practised their profession in the seaport of Yumurtalık, Aegeae, then in the Roman province of Cilicia (Roman province), Cilicia. Cosmas and ...

and are built around 1500.

Fossil site

Fossils A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved ...

can be found at the Museum of Natural History Hauff in Holzmaden.

Ohmdenosaurus ''Ohmdenosaurus'' () is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic epoch in what is now Germany. The only specimen – a tibia (shinbone) and ankle – was discovered in rocks of the Posidonia Shale near the village of Ohm ...

is named after the municipality.

Sons and daughters of the town

Karl Scheufelen (1823–1902), entrepreneur, and founder of Scheufelen paper mill in

Lenningen Lenningen (; ) is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Neighbour communities Those are in the east Wiesensteig (district of Göppingen), in the south Römerstein and Grabenstetten (both district of Reu ...

Literature

* Hans Schwenkel: ''Heimatbuch des Kreises Nürtingen.'' Band 2. Würzburg 1953, S. 992–1005. * ''Der Landkreis Esslingen.'' Hrsg. vom Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg i.V. mit dem Landkreis Esslingen. Band 2, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, , S. 325. * Walter Kröner: ''Ohmdener Schicksale - 1920 bis 1950.'' Ohmden 1997,

References

{{Authority control Esslingen (district) Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg