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[8] Station 8 - Former shield restaurant

Inn Zum Ochse
Inn "Zum Ochsen"
Condition in 1914 at an anniversary celebration of the choral society
Inn "Zum Ochsen"
Hauptstr. 21
current state

Description

The "Zum Ochsen" inn, the 5th fief of the Reutlingen hospital and the only inn in Wannweil.

The marriage of Johann Jakob Wollpert to Anna Barbara Kemmler, daughter of the Jettenburg innkeeper, in Wannweil in 1791 also marked the birth of the Wannweil "Ochsen". Wollpert was now able to take over the legacy of his father, who had died young. It was part of the fifth feudal estate worth 1000 guilders. Just like his eldest son Johann Jakob, his grandson Johann Georg and later his great-grandson Georg continued to run the inn until the beginning of the Second World War.
The shield keepers belonged to the village gentry and were of a higher status than the farmers. They often also held the office of Schultheiß (mayor) or, like our Johann Jakob, judge and curator. He was also able to fulfil the conditions for obtaining a shield-keeping licence; the innkeeper had to offer accommodation for guests and horses and was only allowed to offer warm, fresh food in comparison to the pubs. Another condition was that blacksmiths, wainwrights and saddlers had to be based in the village, which was situated on a thoroughfare. This was the beginning of a period that today would be described as an upswing. When the country became politically calmer after the 1848 revolution, plans to build a railway got underway. In 1861, the first railway passed through the town and the two textile factories were built almost at the same time. In 1890, the population had doubled compared to 1824. The Reutlingen chronicler Carl Bames writes in his poem about the railway construction:
By the waggon, our gullets, carried much gravel and stone,
they earned our town of Wannweil many a bright thaler.
I think a few of them also rolled into the coffers of our innkeeper.

Opposite the "Ochsens" was a running well with a double trough for watering the cattle. The area next to the troughs was paved for the horses and cattle. In the 19th century, this was the only passable bridge over the Echaz to the other fief farms and the fields to the left of the river.

Further information:
Link: https://simonwolperth.blogspot.com/2013/11/gasthaus-zum-ochsen-ehemalige.html

Major fire in the barns https://simonwolperth.blogspot.com/2008/12/grobrand-am-28september-1937.html