to the early 19th century to the diocese of Konstanz and then the country Chapter Ehingen. Since 1821 they belong to the diocese of Rottenburg, now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The former deanery Ehingen was consolidated in 2008 with the deanery Ulm to new deanery Ehingen-Ulm based in Ulm. In the 19th century and again members of the Evangelical Church moved to Ehingen, later also in the other today Catholic neighborhoods Ehingen. At first they were supervised by the parish Rottenacker. 1848 branch church was in Ehingen decorated and built in 1879 a Protestant church. Since 1889, there is a separate parish. The community center Wenzelstein own parish was created in 1971. Today, the two parishes Ehingen-Nord and Ehingen-Süd form the Protestant parish Ehingen, together with Allmendingen the total parish Ehingen within the church district Blaubeuren of in Württemberg Protestant Church forms. Mundingen district has its own Protestant church community that has existed since the Reformation, because this place then already belonged to Württemberg. The local parish church was rebuilt in 1790. Transportation Train transportation is served by the Ulm–Sigmaringen railway. Twin towns – sister cities Ehingen is twinned with: Esztergom, Hungary Notable people Jacob Bidermann (1578–1639), Baroque playwright Anno of Cologne (1010–1075), Bishop of Cologne and regent of the Holy Roman Empire Michael Glöckner (born 1969), cyclist Karl Rapp (1882–1962), founder and owner of the Munich Rapp Motorenwerke Anton Schlecker (born 1944), entrepreneur, founder of Schlecker drug stores Zoltan Sebescen (born 1975), footballer Jonas Ried (born 2004), racing driver References Alb-Donau-Kreis Württemberg