Riedlingen

Riedlingen 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 10,000 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 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.
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
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
Those associated with the city
Kaspar of Carp to Pflummern and Talheim (1580), the feudal lord of Pflummern
Richard Lohrmann (1896–1970), forester and conservationists, led from 1946 to 1961, the Forestry Office Riedlingen
John Zwick (1496–1542), pastor in Riedlingen 1522 Reformation attempt
Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), writer, philosopher, officer and entomologist; died in the district hospital Riedlingen
References
Biberach (district)
Württemberg