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Town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Ochsenhausen
Town
Ochsenhausen AbbeyOchsenhausen Abbey
Coat of arms of OchsenhausenCoat of arms
Location of Ochsenhausen within Biberach district
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Coordinates: 48°4′20″N 9°56′53″E / 48.07222°N 9.94806°E / 48.07222; 9.94806
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictBiberach
Subdivisions3
Government
 • Mayor (2023–31) Philipp Bürkle
Area
 • Total59.96 km (23.15 sq mi)
Elevation613 m (2,011 ft)
Population
 • Total9,261
 • Density150/km (400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes88416
Dialling codes07352
Vehicle registrationBC
Websitewww.ochsenhausen.de

Ochsenhausen (German: [ˈɔksn̩haʊ̯zn̩] ) is a city in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located between the city of Biberach and Memmingen. As of 2022 it has a population of 9,261. The mayor of the town is Philipp Bürkle.

History

For many centuries, Ochsenhausen Abbey (Reichskloster Ochsenhausen), first mentioned in 1093, was a self -governing prince-abbey within the Holy Roman Empire ruled by a prince-abbot.

In 1803, in the course of the German mediatisation, 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 Kingdom of Württemberg, 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

  • Basilica Kirche St. Georg
  • Stream Krummbach
  • Rathaus, 1606
  • Gasthof zur Post, 1650
  • Klosterapotheke, 1736
  • Chapel Gottesackerkapelle St. Veit, 1679
  • Music and cabaret stage Scharfrichterhaus
  • Gym Dr.-Hans-Liebherr-Sporthalle, 2010

Notable people

Hans Jürgen Briegel, 2012
Nicole Rolser, 2017

Sport

References

  1. Bürgermeisterwahl Ochsenhausen 2023, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
  3. Leclercq, Henri (1909). "Pius Bonifacius Gams" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6.

External links

Towns and municipalities in Biberach (district)
Coat of arms
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