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14-519: Aulendorf exists of the town itself along with the incorporated villages Tannhausen, Bloenried and Zollenreute. Aulendorf is well known in Upper Swabia for its catholic all-day high school "Studienkolleg St. Johann" founded by the Styler Missionaries. It was once the capital of the historic German statelet of Königsegg . Aulendorf is a local train hub for three lines: Aulendorf is located on

28-460: Is today called Upper Swabian Baroque. It lasted from ca. 1650 until the French Revolution . The nobility, whose territories were mostly of a small or only modest size, converted its dwelling places to Baroque style, utilising existing structures. Some new buildings were erected by the nobility, the result of which, however, often did not come close to the quality and extent of those erected by

42-540: The Danube and Lake Constance , about halfway between Sigmaringen and Ravensburg . It lies on the brook of the same name, which passes through a narrow pass between the glacial moraines left by the Rhine Glacier at the end of the last ice age . The landscape is hilly and wooded. Abandoned quarries to the north and south of the village of Jettkofen have created small lakes. The first mention of Ostrach occurs in 851. In

56-564: The Upper Swabian Baroque Route and the Schwäbische Bäderstrasse . Aulendorf is twinned with: Upper Swabian Baroque Route The Upper Swabian Baroque Route ( Oberschwäbische Barockstraße ) is a tourist theme route through Upper Swabia , following the themes of " nature , culture , baroque ". The route has a length of about 500 km (approximately 310 miles). It was established in 1966, being one of

70-735: The 13th century, the area passed gradually from the Holy Roman Empire into the hands of the monastery of Salem . On 21 March 1799 the Austrian and French troops fought a battle at Ostrach. In 1803, in the German Mediatisation , Ostrach and Bachhaupten passed into the hands of the house of Thurn und Taxis , and in 1806 they were incorporated into the lands of the house of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . The railway line Altshausen-Ostrach-Pfullendorf opened in 1875. The last freight train passed through Ostrach on 31 July 2002. On 1 January 1975

84-539: The 20th century, efforts have been made to save and restore these monuments of the past. Some of the main attractions on the route are: There are four routes of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route: the main route, the west route, the south route and the east route. The main route is circular, starting and terminating at Ulm. It passes the following villages and cities: The West route starts at Riedlingen and terminates at Meersburg on Lake Constance. It passes

98-600: The artistic works were carried out by monks themselves. The re-organization of Europe under Napoleon at the beginning of the 19th century (also known as German Mediatisation ), however, meant that the Imperial Abbeys , the Free Imperial Cities and the territories ruled by Imperial Knights ( Reichsritter ) lost their independence and their income. Many buildings were converted into barracks , schools , psychiatric hospitals or even manufacturing sites. Only in

112-408: The clergy. This was due to the nobility's lack of financial means. The monasteries, on the other hand, did have larger funds at their disposal as their respective territories were considerably larger than those of secular lords which meant that they could employ more dependants for the constructions work under the rules of feudal obligations ( socage ). Also, the monks themselves were unpaid and some of

126-695: The first theme routes in Germany . There is an extension to the route into Switzerland and Austria around Lake Constance . Its logo depicts a yellow putto on a green background, putti being typical of the Baroque Era. After the end of the Thirty Years' War and its ravages in 1648, followed by the Counter-Reformation instigated by the Catholic Church , an explosion of building works took place in

140-469: The following villages and cities: Kressbronn am Bodensee, Schleinsee , Wasserburg , Lindau , Bregenz , Bildstein , Dornbirn , Hohenems , Altstätten , Trogen , St. Gallen , Arbon , Romanshorn , Münsterlingen , Kreuzlingen , Konstanz , Mainau , Meersburg. The east route is the shortest route, starting at Rot an der Rot and terminating at Kißlegg, thereby partly extending into the Allgäu . It passes

154-518: The following villages and cities: Riedlingen, Altheim , Heiligkreuztal , Ertingen , Herbertingen , Bad Saulgau , Sießen , Ostrach , Habsthal , Krauchenwies , Sigmaringen , Meßkirch , Kloster Wald , Pfullendorf , Heiligenberg-Betenbrunn , Weildorf , Salem Abbey , Überlingen , Birnau , Seefelden , Baitenhausen , Meersburg. The south route leads around Lake Constance. It starts at Kressbronn am Bodensee , passing through Austria and Switzerland before terminating at Meersburg. It passes

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168-483: The following villages and cities: Rot an der Rot, Berkheim , Bonlanden , Binnrot , Haslach , Tannheim , Buxheim (Swabia) , Memmingen , Ottobeuren , Legau , Bad Grönenbach , Kronburg , Maria Steinbach , Legau , Frauenzell , Leutkirch im Allgäu , Rötsee , Kißlegg. Ostrach Ostrach is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany . Ostrach lies between

182-460: The region of Upper Swabia. Immigrants to depopulated areas within Upper Swabia contributed to an economic upturn, which made it possible even for the owners of the smallest villages to secure sufficient funds to restore, extend and enhance the already existing buildings in Baroque style. This included monasteries as well as secular buildings such as castles and commercial buildings. The result of this

196-410: The surrounding villages of Burgweiler (with Dichtenhausen, Hahnennest, Ochsenbach, Waldbeuren, Ulzhausen, Egelreute), Einhart, Habsthal (with Bernweiler), Jettkofen, Kalkreute, Laubbach, Levertsweiler, Magenbuch (with Lausheim), Spöck, Tafertsweiler (with Bachhaupten, Eschendorf, and Gunzenhausen), Wangen, and Wirnsweiler were incorporated into Ostrach. This Sigmaringen district location article

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