Riedlingen
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Riedlingen within Biberach district
Riedlingen Show map of Germany Riedlingen Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°9′19″N 9°28′22″E / 48.15528°N 9.47278°E / 48.15528; 9.47278
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Tübingen
District	Biberach
Subdivisions	7
Government
• Mayor (2021–29)	Marcus Schafft[1]
Area
• Total	64.97 km2 (25.09 sq mi)
Elevation	540 m (1,770 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,741
• Density	170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	88499
Dialling codes	07371
Vehicle registration	BC
Website	www.riedlingen.de

Riedlingen (German: [ˈʁiːtlɪŋən] ^ⓘ) is a town in the district (Kreis) of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, in the south-west of Germany. It is one of the destinations of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. Riedlingen has approximately 11,000 inhabitants.

Geography

The town is situated on the river Danube. Furthermore, there it lies in a dale which is created by the extensions of the Swabian Alps. Around Riedlingen there are seven villages which are part of the urban district. These are called Neufra, Daugendorf, Grüningen, Pflummern, Zwiefaltendorf, Zell and Bechingen.

History

Riedlingen is probably an Alemannic foundation. The first written reference dates back to 835. The medieval city was built 1247–1255, situated east of the hamlet of the Earl of Veringen. It was a typical town with its foundations kept in rectangular and square roads with the marketplace as the centre.

Even in the late 13th century the city was in possession of the Habsburgs, but which they pledged later. In 1314 the city belonged to the Counts of Hohenberg, later to the lords of Ellerbach 1384 and finally to the Steward of Waldburg [2]. The Reformation in the 16th century initially found strong support by the urban population. However, it could not prevail against the Catholic Church's Counter Reformation. From 1654 to 1658 Riedlingen a Capuchin monastery was built. In 1680 the city was claimed by Austria.

Culture

In Riedlingen there are many sports clubs, such as the football club TSV Riedlingen which plays in the German "Kreisliga A". The carnival group called "Gole" has many followers. In the town centre there are several bakeries, cafes, and a cinema which acts as a theatre, stage and cafe within the same building.

The writer Ernst Jünger used to live close to Riedlingen in the Jünger-Haus Wilflingen.

Economy

The main employers in Riedlingen are the metalworking companies "Silit" and " Feinguss Blank".

Transportation

Train transportation is served by the Ulm–Sigmaringen railway.

Famous people from Riedlingen

In the history of the city of Riedlingen, eleven people have been honoured so far. Wilfried Steuer and Winfried Aßfalg are the current living honorary citizens.^[3]

• 1914: Adolf Gröber (1854–1919), Member of the Reichstag and Landtag (Centre Party)
• 1917: Carl Buz (1853–1919), professor
• 1926: Franz Xaver Maier (1859–1931), mayor
• 1953: Theodor Selig (1874–1967), priest
• 1959: Josef Kohler (1879–1967), tax official
• 1964: Kilian Fischer (1886–1975), mayor
• 1967: Franz Zeller (1879–1953), teacher
• 1967: Odilo Burkart (1899–1979), general director
• 1981: Albert Burkart (1898–1982), painter
• 1992: Wilfried Steuer (born 1933), former district counsilior, politician (CDU) and former manager in the energy industry
• 2010: Winfried Aßfalg, museum director, author, photographer, local historian

Notable people

• Schweikhard of Helfenstein (1539–1599), president of the Reichskammergericht and there imperial governor of Tyrol, also author, publicist and promoter of the Catholic Reform
• Andreas von Jerin (1541–1596), Bishop of Breslau
• Agatha Mahler (born 1604), was the last woman executed in a witch-hunt
• Franz Joseph Christian (1739–1798), sculptor
• Joseph Anton Sauter (1742–1817), religious law expert and university teacher
• Conrad Graf (1782–1851), piano maker
• Frederick Miller (1824–1888), founder of the national brewer Miller Brewing Company in Milwaukee
• Adolf Gröber (1854–1919), politician, leader of the Centre Party in the Reichstag
• Gustav Merk (1874–1954), Catholic priest and archivist
• Maria Caspar-Filser (1878–1968), painter
• Willy Missmahl (1885–1964), surgeon
• Wilhelm Broeckel (1887–1957), bank and association director
• Josef Keller (1887–1981), confectioner, considered one of the inventors of the Black Forest gateau
• Emil Münch (1891–1961), local politician, District Chief Executive in Tettnang (1947–1957)
• Albert Burkart (1898–1982), artist
• Ludwig Walz (1898–1989), mayor and Righteous Among the Nations
• Franz Freiherr von Bodman (1908–1945), Obersturmführer and camp doctor in several concentration camps
• Hans-Peter Missmahl (1920–2008), internist
• Helmut Schlegel OFM (born 1943), Franciscans, Priest, meditation teacher, author and lyricist of new sacred songs
• Hans-Peter Mayer (1944), European delegate of the CDU for Niedersachsen
• Eugen Münch (born 1945), entrepreneur, founder of the Rhön-Klinikum
• Franz Schmidberger (born 1946), Catholic priest and Superior of the Society of Saint Pius X
• Wolfgang Schneiderhan (born 1946), officer, former Inspector General of the Bundeswehr
• Peter Schneider (CDU) (born 1958), politician (CDU), Member of Parliament, President of the Savings Banks Association of Baden-Württemberg
• Wolfgang Amann (born 1959), mayor of Geislingen (1998–2014)
• Thomas Tress (born 1966), CEO of Borussia Dortmund, finance and organization
• Mario Gómez (born 1985), VfB Stuttgart and German football player

References

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