Hüttisheim

Hüttisheim is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.The community is a member of the local government association Kirchberg Weihungstal headquartered in Illerkirchberg.GeographyHüttisheim lies between the Danube and Iller about 8 km from Laupheim and about 17 km south of Ulm on the " Schmiehe ". Hüttisheim has a subsite : Humlangen.Neighboring communitiesThe municipality is bordered to the north to the city of Ulm, on the east by Staig and Schnürpflingen in Alb-Donau-Kreis, to the south with the district Bihlafingen the city Laupheim in Biberach district and on the west by Achstetten, also in the district of Biberach.HistoryThe first documentary mention in 1152 as Hittinishaim comes from the monks of Rot an der Rot. Both the Monastery Rot an der Rot and the Wiblingen monastery had through donations and purchases property in the village. From about 1450 the entire village was then owned by the Benedictine monks from Wiblingen until the monastery was dissolved in the year 1806. The high courts, the supremacy so, but always stayed with the Count of Kirchberg, the founders and Vogt gentlemen of the monastery Wiblingen. To date, the Abtsstab recalls the arms of the approximately four hundred years of belonging to the monastery.