Unterschneidheim

Sister cities

• Volvic

History

Unterschneidheim was first mentioned around the year 800 in the Traditiones Fuldenses, which contain descriptions of goods of the monastery in Fulda. In the Middle Ages, it was the domicile of a bailiwick of the Teutonic Order. Thus, the village was later a subordinate to the Teutonic Order as well as the house of Oettingen-Wallerstein. Many other houses also had property in Unterschneidheim through the centuries. Because of secularization and mediatization, Unterschneidheim became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria at the beginning of the 19th century. After the border treaty of 1810, it became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg. In 1810, Unterschneidheim had a population of 735 people, while Oberschneidheim had 301 inhabitants. Since the beginning of the 19th century, Unterschneidheim was subject of the Oberamt Ellwangen. After the Kreisreform during the Nazi period in Württemberg, it became part of the Landkreis Aalen in 1939. Because the village became part of the American occupation zone after World War II, Unterschneidheim was a part of the newly founded federal state Württemberg-Baden, which became Baden-Württemberg in the year 1952. After the Kreisreform on 1 January 1973, Unterschneidheim became part of the new Ostalbkreis.

Geography

Unterschneidheim is located in the valley of the Schneidheimer Sechta, approximately 20 kilometres east of Ellwangen. It lies at the edge of the Nördlinger Ries and borders Bavaria. The European watershedruns through Unterschneidheim – The Schneidheimer Sechta flows towards the Danube and therefore the Black Sea, whereas the river Jagst, which has its official source in Walxheim, a part of Unterschneidheim, flows towards the Neckar and therefore to the Rhine and the North Sea. In the North, the municipality borders Tannhausen, in the East it borders the Bavarian municipalities Fremdingen and Marktoffingen. To the South of Unterschneidheim there is Kirchheim am Ries and Bopfingen, to the Southwest Westhausen and to the West Ellwangen. The municipality of Unterschneidheim consists of 17 villages, hamlets, farmsteads and houses, many of which had formerly been independent municipalities. To the former municipality of Geislingen belongs the village of Geislingen as well as the abandoned village Stetten. The former municipality Nordhausen consists of the village Nordhausen and the hamlet Harthausen. To the former municipality Unterwilflingen belongs the village of Unterwilflingen as well as the hamlet Oberwilflingen, the former municipality Walxheim consists of the village Walxheim and the hamlet Hundslohe. Before 1973, when the first villages were added to the municipality, Unterschneidheim consisted of the village Unterschneidheim, the hamlet Oberschenidheim and the abandoned hamlet Haghof. Part of the former municipality Zipplingen are the village of Zipplingen, hamlets Sechtenhausen and Wössingen, as well as the departed village Rainhof. Part of the former municipality Zöbingen are the village Zöbingen, the hamlet Wöhrsberg, the farms Greuthof and Haidmühle, the…

Most-observed species

• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,711
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,097
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,462
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,336
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,316
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,307
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,216
• Graylag Goose

  Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,892

Most recent

• M 2.7 — 2008-06-14
  3 km S of Diedorf, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-08-22
  5 km SSE of Rain, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-07-18
  1 km ENE of Burgstetten, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2002-02-02
  3 km S of Adelsheim, Germany