Asbach (Obrigheim)

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Asbach
community Obrigheim
Asbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 30 ″  N , 9 ° 1 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 224 m
Area : 6.07 km²
Residents : 822  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density : 136 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Asbach (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Asbach

Location of Asbach in Baden-Württemberg
Asbach town center
Asbach town center

Asbach is a village in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg , which has belonged to Obrigheim since 1973 .

geography

Asbach is about seven kilometers west of Obrigheim at the transition from Kraichgau to Kleinem Odenwald at about 224  m above sea level. NN in the valley basin and on the flat slopes of the Schwarzbach tributary Asbach .

history

Asbach was first mentioned in a document in 1100. Asbach Castle was located in the Gewann Burggärten, where allotment gardens are today .

In the 14th century, the noble family von Obrigheim held the place as a Speyer fief. Asbach came under Electoral Palatinate sovereignty in 1380 and was administered by the Obrigheim Office. In 1803 the place came to Baden .

In 1944, external commandos of the Neckarelz concentration camp and the associated tunnels were established in Obrigheim in Asbach at the train station and in the Mörtelstein tunnel.

On January 1, 1973 Asbach was incorporated into Obrigheim.

Demographics

In 1939 there were 609 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 660. In 2013, 849 people lived in Asbach. In 2018 there were only 822.

Buildings and monuments

Boundary stone 1558
  • The Protestant church probably goes back to a medieval building. Over a previous building from the 12th century, a new choir tower was erected in the 15th century with ogival twin arcades (biphoria) walled in. The nave was rebuilt in 1752. Fragments of the painting in the choir from around 1420/30 have been preserved. A stone pulpit with the von Habern coat of arms is adorned with Mannerist-Late Gothic ornaments and bears the year 1563. The font essentially dates from 1619 and was renovated in 1997.
  • The Catholic Church of St. Maria was built from 1890 and consecrated on August 9, 1892.
  • The school building from 1839 has a striking double portal. There are other historical buildings in the village, including the Gasthaus Adler .
  • The administrative center is a functional building from the late 20th century. The village fountain is from 1895.
  • In the center of the village there is a boundary stone from 1558 with the inscription: "155 - 8 Ott - HPC". The boundary stone marked the border between the Kurpfälzischen Cameralwald, which belongs to Obrigheim, and the Stüber Zent , to which Asbach belonged, and points to the ruling regent in 1558: Elector Ottheinrich (1502–1559).
  • A plaque in the center of the village commemorates Philipp Gaa (1785-1851), evangelical pastor in Asbach 1844-1851, who is said to have fallen victim to the Baden revolution.
  • Until recently, there was a 169 meter high meteorological measuring mast south of the TECHNO industrial park at 49 ° 20'30 "north latitude and 09 ° 02'47" east longitude. This mast has meanwhile been dismantled and a prefabricated concrete cell phone tower was built in its place.

  • school

  • Ev. Asbach Church

  • Catholic Church of St. Mary

  • Gasthaus Adler

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obrigheim community site
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 477 .
  3. ↑ Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 2: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in North Baden
  4. ^ City of Obrigheim: Obrigheim in figures, data and facts. Retrieved November 18, 2018 .
  5. ^ Günter Wittmann: Inauguration of the Catholic Church in Asbach 110 years ago . In: Obrigheim yesterday and today 12 , Obrigheim 2002, p. 31/32.
  6. ^ Günter Wittmann: 444-year-old boundary stone in the Asbach village center . In: Obrigheim yesterday and today 12 , Obrigheim 2002, p. 24.

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