Country Germany Admin. region Tübingen Elevation 613 m (2,011 ft) Area 59.96 km² Local time Wednesday 12:00 PM Dialling code 07352 | State Baden-Württemberg District Biberach Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Population 8,866 (31 Dec 2008) Postal code 88416 Administrative region Tübingen | |
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Ochsenhausen is a city in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located between the city of Biberach and Memmingen. As of 2002 it has a population of 8,916. The mayor of the town is Andreas Denzel.
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- Sam ochsenhausen blog 1
- Map of 88416 Ochsenhausen Germany
- Ochsenhausen
- History
- Attractions
- Notable people
- References
Map of 88416 Ochsenhausen, Germany
Ochsenhausen
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 Biberach.