Ochsenhausen

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

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Ochsenhausen
Town
Ochsenhausen Abbey
Coat of arms
Location of Ochsenhausen within Biberach district
Location of Ochsenhausen
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Coordinates: 48°4′20″N 9°56′53″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Biberach
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2023–31)	Philipp Bürkle^[1]
Area
• Total	59.96 km² (23.15 sq mi)
Elevation	613 m (2,011 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	9,301
• Density	155.1/km² (401.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	88416
Dialling codes	07352
Vehicle registration	BC
Website	www.ochsenhausen.de

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 Prince (until then Count) Franz Georg Karl von Metternich (father of Prince Klemens von Metternich and father-in-law of Duke Ferdinand Frederick Augustus of Württemberg) 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.

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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

Pius Bonifacius Gams (1816–1892), a Benedictine ecclesiastical historian.^[3]
Joseph Ersing, (DE Wiki) (1882–1956), politician (CDU), Member of Reichstag, Member of Landtag (Württemberg-Baden)
Josef Hecht, (DE Wiki) (1882-1956), teacher and conservationist
Hans-Karl Riedel, (DE Wiki) (1893–1967), entrepreneur and local politician
Karl Norbert Schmid (1926–1995), organist and composer
Hanns-Friedrich Kunz (born 1945), singer and choir conductor
Gerhard Baur, (DE Wiki) (born 1947), mountaineer and camera man
Hans Jürgen Briegel (born 1962), theoretical physician

Sport

Matthias Dolderer (born 1970), race pilot
Sandro Cortese (born 1990), motorcycle racer
Nicole Rolser (born 1992), footballer, played 150 games and 2 for Germany women

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