Staig is a municipality in the district of

Alb-Donau Alb-Donau-Kreis is a (district) in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Biberach, Reutlingen, Göppingen and Heidenheim, the two Bavarian districts Günzburg and Neu-Ulm, and the city o ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, 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 i ...

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. The community belongs to the Gemeindeverwaltungsverband-Kirchberg Weihungstal with headquarter in

Illerkirchberg Illerkirchberg is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Unterkirchberg (Lower Kirchberg) had a Roman castrum built around 40 AD as part of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes to secure the street along the south sh ...

Geography

Staig is located on the plateau between the

Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...

and

Iller The Iller (; ancient name Ilargus) is a river of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube, long. It is formed at the confluence of the rivers Breitach, Stillach and Trettach near Oberstdorf in the Al ...

south of

Ulm Ulm () is the sixth-largest city of the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with around 129,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 60th-largest city. Ulm is located on the eastern edges of the Swabian Jura mountain range, on the up ...

. The districts Steinberg and Altheim lying on the ridge of both sides of

Weihung Weihung is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Wain and Illerkirchberg, and flows into the Danube near Ulm. See also *List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg A list of rivers of Baden-Württemberg, Germany: A *Aal (Kocher) ...

valley. The other districts are in the valley of the Weihungon or in a side valley. The community thus belongs to the landscape of the

Holzstöcke The Holzstöcke is an elongated, densely forested, mountain range running from north to south in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is up to about Landschaftsteckbrief Holzstöcke– BfN (deutlich weniger ausführlich; etwas andere Grenzz ...

Neighboring communities

The municipality is bordering to the north to district Unterweiler of Ulm, on the east to

, in the southeast to

Illerrieden Illerrieden is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and th ...

, on the south to

Schnürpflingen Schnürpflingen is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the ...

and on the west to

Hüttisheim Hüttisheim is a municipality in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. The municipality is a member of the local government association Kirchberg Weihungstal headquartered in Illerkirchberg. Geography Hüttisheim lies bet ...

Municipality arrangement

The municipality Staig consists of the six districts Altheim, Essendorf, Harthausen, Staig, Steinberg and Weinstetten.

History

Staig was first mentioned as "Steiga" in 1127, Altheim followed in 1194. The eldest district however is Harthausen, which appeared in a document already 1093. The other districts followed in the 14th century. On April 1, 1972, the municipality of Steinberg was incorporated into Weinstetten, which was renamed Staig on October 9, 1972. On January 1, 1976 Altheim ob Weihung was being added. Dorfkirche in Steinberg

References

Alb-Donau-Kreis Municipalities in Baden-Württemberg {{AlbDonau-geo-stub