11 July 2010 - Dusslingen sign translations

The princely grave

During the late Hallstatt period (around 600 to 450 BC), Celts who settled in the Dußlingen area buried one of their nobles on the Eichenhumpel. For the journey into the afterlife they gave him, among other things, a lance, a bronze cauldron, seven bronze rings, a bracelet and a necklace made of the purest gold. Celtic princes like the von Dußlingen or the even more famous von Hochdorf maintained contacts with the Mediterranean region, from where they imported luxury goods.

The Dußlingen burial mound was uncovered by the farmer Johannes Dorn from Großengstingen in 1896. He found six more graves in the area.

The prince's grave on the Eichenhumpel is the most important, but by no means the oldest archaeological find in the Dußlingen district. In 1969/70 the remains of a Neolithic ceramic band settlement were found behind the church. The term "Bandkeramikersiedlung" comes from the typical decoration of ceramic objects at that time.

[Golden bracelet from the Dußlingen prince's grave around 550 B.C.]
[Seven bronze rings from the Dußlingen prince's grave around 550 B.C.]

The inns

Since the community has built new development areas east of the Reich or Federal Highway, their connection to the town center has become a central urban planning issue. Fatal traffic accidents repeatedly fueled the discussion. To accompany the expansion of federal highway 27 in 1961, the community had a pedestrian walkway built. As part of the four-lane expansion of the federal highway, which has been planned since the 1960s, capping the Dußlingen through-road is intended to help.

A number of inns in Dußlingen benefited from the heavy traffic on the main route from north to south through Württemberg. The Ochsen (Ox), the Rössle (Horse), the Rose and the Lamm (Lamb) settled along it. The Löwen (Lions) Inn temporarily housed a post office where the coachmen could change their horses. The Ochsen's innkeeper Johannes Renz also founded the Steinlachburg brewery and restaurant near the thoroughfare in the 1860s.

[The "Linde" (Linden) 1958.]
[The Restaurant Germania 1958.]
[The "Sonne" (Sun) 1958.]

The JRUS Works

[Founded in 1865 / machine factory and mill construction]
[First awards for our JRUS products]

[accounting department / own track system]

The JRUS Works made Dußlingen known nationwide. They are a typical example of the development of flourishing industrial companies from artisanal beginnings.

Since 1865, Jakob Rilling and his brothers Michael and Johannes had been handcrafting water wheels and equipment for rural grain mills on Dorfstraße. Two years later they bought the "Obere Mühle" (Upper Mill) from Wilhelm Göhner and moved their business there. After his brothers left in 1904, Jakob took over the business and moved it to Bahnhofstraße. Since then, the company has remained under family management, "JRUS stands for "Jakob Rilling and Sons".

Old advertising rhyme:
"Coffee beans large and small made by JRUS mills Turkish-fine."

Since 1908, the company has been producing modern grist and grinding mills with self-made artificial grinding stones in series, thus taking the step towards industrial production. JRUS expanded its product range during the 1920s.

[Roller mill from Alfred Rilling.]