Haltingen

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Haltingen
City of Weil am Rhein
Former coat of arms of Haltingen
Coordinates: 47 ° 36 ′ 48 ″  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 45 ″  E
Height : 256 m
Area : 7.78 km²
Residents : 7645  (2015)
Population density : 983 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 79576
Area code : 07621

Haltingen ( Alemannic : Haldige ) is a district of Weil am Rhein in the district of Lörrach with almost 8,000 inhabitants on an area of ​​7.78 km 2 . After the core city, it is the largest district in terms of both population and area.

geography

Haltingen is divided into two main parts by the Rhine Valley Railway . The upper village, the older part of Haltingen, is east of the railway line, the lower village to the west of it. There are different settlements in both parts, such as B. the hillside area in Oberdorf or the area Im Rad , a former railroad workers' settlement , which is surrounded by track systems and whose base is therefore approximately circular. The settlements Burghölzli and Rebgarten also belong to Haltingen.

To the south of Haltingen is the core town of Weil am Rhein, to the northwest, on a foothill of the Tüllinger Berg , the district of Ötlingen . In the north, Haltingen borders the neighboring communities of Eimeldingen and Binzen .

history

Haltingen was first mentioned in 764 as Haholtinga . In 1065 the place came to the bishops of Basel , who later ceded their property to the monastery of St. Blasien . The lords of Rötteln had the place as a fief and so it came first to the Margraviate of Hachberg-Sausenberg and in 1503 to Baden . Since 1733, the district belongs Wüstung Hiltelingen to Haltingen. In the Gewann Im Schlössel was the Hiltelingen moated castle until 1678 .

Haltingen, like Weil, belonged to the Rötteln Oberamt and from 1809 to the Lörrach Oberamt . During the Second World War , the village was almost completely destroyed. For January 1, 1975 Haltingen was the then in Haltingerstrasse Mayor Walter Fribolin in the town of Weil am Rhein incorporated .

politics

Local council

Haltingen has its own local administration. The current mayor is Michael Gleßner (as of June 2018).

coat of arms

The coat of arms, divided into two parts, shows a vine knife pointing to the left with a silver blade and black handle on a red background. Below is a green branch with blue grapes and two leaves on a golden background. The coat of arms has been used since 1902 at the suggestion of the General State Archives.

Culture, sights and infrastructure

Site, buildings

Haltingen water tower

Haltingen is a typical clustered village . Many of the houses in the village center are listed . The Church of St. George is on the eastern edge of the village . It is mentioned for the first time in 1139 in a bull by Pope Innocent II . The patronage of Saint George is mentioned for the first time in 1468. The church was rebuilt in the second half of the Reformation . St. George's Church suffered severe damage both during the Thirty Years' War and in the Battle of Friedlingen in 1702. The current shape of the nave and choir was given to the church in 1718.

The parish has had a Catholic parish church since 1937 . The Church of St. Maria is a five-axis hall building with an immediately adjoining apse . A bell tower with a gable roof rises on the south side .

Haltingen is located in the Markgräflerland , which is known for its wines. In Haltingen there is a wine cooperative whose most famous wine is the Haltinger Stiege . The four-kilometer-long Weinweg hamlet leads through the village and the western slopes of the vineyard area on Tüllinger Berg . Along the way, panels provide information about the vines and the development of viticulture.

One of the most striking buildings is the Haltingen water tower , which is located south of the village center at the marshalling yard and is equipped with a spherical container and was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

  • Catholic Church of St. Mary

  • Evangelical Church of St. George

education

There are two primary schools in Haltingen, the Hans-Thoma-Schule in the lower village and the old school in the upper village, as well as two municipal kindergartens.

fire Department

Haltingen's fire brigade was incorporated into the Weil am Rhein volunteer fire brigade as a department in the course of the incorporation of Haltingen . It has 40 active firefighters. In addition to working in the event of fires , in the rescue service and providing technical assistance for the location, she is also responsible for water rescue on the Rhine and the manning of the measuring group vehicle stationed in Weil am Rhein .

traffic

Street

The federal highway 3 (B 3) leading from Buxtehude to Weil am Rhein runs in a north-south direction through Haltingen. Via the junction (2) Eimeldingen and the temporary exit (3) Binzen , Haltingen is connected via the Dreispitz to the federal motorway 98 (A 98) leading from Weil am Rhein to Stockach . The Weil am Rhein motorway triangle , which connects the federal motorway 5 with the A 98, is in the Haltingen district .

rail

Haltingen train station

Haltingen is connected to the local rail transport of the Rheintalbahn . Historical steam trains of the Kandertal Railway run from Haltingen train station to Kandern every Sunday in summer . The Grand Ducal Baden State Railways laid 1913 their operating workshop, which was located in Basel until then, to Haltingen. The German Bahn AG , it operates as a depot today. The disused hamlet of marshalling yard is also in the Haltingen district.

Air traffic

The EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in neighboring Upper Rhine is around 10 km from Haltingen.

Personalities

Events

The Rebtownrock e. V. annually organizes the metal festival " Metal in de Ränke " with internationally known bands in the gym and festival hall.

The choral society 1842 e. Every year on the third Sunday in September V. Haltingen organizes its wine festival around the "Alte Trotte ".

The Haltingen department of the Weil am Rhein volunteer fire brigade hosts the “Radish Festival” on Ascension Day , above the village in the vineyards.

literature

  • Albert Köbele , Fritz Schülin , Helmut Fehse, Eugen Katzenstein: Ortssippenbuch Haltingen, district Lörrach in Baden. (= Badische Ortssippenbücher. 14). Köbele, Grafenhausen 1965. (Processed period 1586–1964)
  • Fritz Schülin: Haltingen: 767 to 1967; Contributions to the local, landscape and settlement history. Haltingen municipal administration, 1967.
  • Friedrich Kuhn: Kunoldingen. An abandoned settlement in the Haltingen district. in: Das Markgräflerland , 1971, Issue 3, pp. 111–115. ( Digitized version )
  • Fritz Schülin: Hiltelingen, the other place that became part of the Haltingen district. in: Das Markgräflerland , 1971, Issue 3, pp. 115–122. ( Digitized version )
  • Hermann Schaufelberger: The torch fire in Haltingen. in: Das Markgräflerland , 1971, issue 3, p. 135. ( digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Haltingen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gustave Amweg: Histoire populaire du Jura bernois. 1942, p. 149.
  2. ↑ see entry Hiltelingen (Wüstung) on discover regional studies online - leobw
  3. ^ 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. 522 .
  4. ↑ Harald Huber: Wappenbuch Landkreis Lörrach. ISBN 3-87799-046-0 , pp. 131/132.
  5. ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Lörrach (ed.): The Landkreis Lörrach. Volume II: Kandern to Zell im Wiesental. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1994, ISBN 3-7995-1354-X , p. 797.
  6. ↑ Alexander Ebler: Voluntary Fire Brigade Weil am Rhein. In: www.feuerwehr-weilamrhein.de. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
  7. ^ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (Ed.): Official Gazette of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of August 30, 1913, No. 41. Announcement No. 515, p. 279.
  8. ↑ Weil am Rhein: Radish Festival remains a magnet - Jaumann publishing house. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .