Heiligkreuzsteinach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '  N , 8 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	261 m above sea level NHN
Area :	19.61 km 2
Residents:	2616 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	133 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	69253
Area code :	06220
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 029
Address of the municipal administration:	Silberne Bergstrasse 3 69253 Heiligkreuzsteinach
Website :	www.heiligkreuzsteinach.de
Mayoress :	Sieglinde Stake ( CDU )
Location of the community Heiligkreuzsteinach in the Rhein-Neckar district

Heiligkreuzsteinach with the Catholic Church

Heiligkreuzsteinach is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Heiligkreuzsteinach is part of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and is located in the southern part of the Odenwald in the Steinach valley , a right tributary of the Neckar . Leutersbach and Lenzenbach flow into the Steinach and the Eiterbach in the main town in the district, which extends 220 to 584 meters above sea level. The highest point in the district, the boot height , is also the highest point in the Rhein-Neckar district .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the Hessian communities Gorxheimertal , Abtsteinach and Wald-Michelbach , in the east on Heddesbach , in the south on the town of Schönau and Wilhelmsfeld , and in the west on the towns of Schriesheim and Weinheim .

Community structure

The community consists of seven districts: Heiligkreuzsteinach, Eiterbach (with a boot hut), Vorderheubach (with a sheep farm), Hinterheubach , Lampenhain , Bärsbach and Hilsenhain . The municipal area is 1961 hectares, of which 1500 hectares are covered with forest. Almost 1,600 of the approximately 2,600 inhabitants live in the main town.

history

Until the 17th century

The villages in the higher elevations of the southern Odenwald did not emerge as Waldhufendörfer until the 12th century . The first written mention of Heiligkreuzsteinach and Bärsbach comes from 1293, followed by Eiterbach and Lampenhain in 1316. The places were clearing settlements that were created by the lords of Hirschberg-Strahlberg in their lordship of Waldeck around Waldeck Castle, which they built in the 13th century . As early as 1200 a small Romanesque parish church was built for the settlements on a rocky promontory above the Steinach, which was consecrated to the Holy Cross and thus gave the today's capital its name: "Heilig-Kreuz- (above) Steinach". Together with Waldeck Castle, located in Vorderheubach, Heiligkreuzsteinach developed into the main and judicial center for the surrounding villages. The Waldeck estate was pledged many times, even after it was acquired by the Electoral Palatinate in 1357 and administered as the " Waldeck Winery ". It was not until 1525 that the area was under the direct sovereignty of the Electoral Palatinate for a long time.

When the Reformation was introduced in the Electoral Palatinate in the middle of the 16th century, the parish church in Heiligkreuzsteinach was also redesigned for Protestant worship. In the course of the re-Catholicization at the end of the 17th century, it fell back to the Catholic community. The still existing Reformed community built a wooden makeshift church and in the middle of the 18th century built the church on Steinachbrücke, which still exists today.

18th and 19th centuries

After the devastation of the Thirty Years' War and the Palatinate War of Succession , the population grew rapidly from the middle of the 18th century. By 1875 the population doubled to 976. However, the majority of the population were poor smallholders with very little land ownership or day laborers, who often sought their fortune by emigrating to North America. The ancestors of the American President Dwight D. Eisenhower were among the emigrants . The spelling of the name was then Eisenhauer .

As a result of the political reorganization of Southwest Germany by Napoleon I. In 1803 Heiligkreuzsteinach and the surrounding villages belonged to the Grand Duchy of Baden . In 1828 Eiterbach tried to become independent and gained some rights such as its own board of directors. But it remained a suburb of Heiligkreuzsteinach. In 1830 Heiligkreuzsteinach received the market rights that still exist today. In 1840 the so-called Obergemeinde, to which Lampenhain, Bärsbach, Vorderheubach and Hilsenhain belonged, was separated from the main town.

20th century

In 1935 Hinterheubach was incorporated into Lampenhain. Eiterbach was fully incorporated into Heiligkreuzsteinach again. With the dissolution of the district of Heidelberg in 1973, the places became part of the new Rhein-Neckar district . Today's community was created on January 1, 1975 through the union of the communities Lampenhain and Heiligkreuzsteinach. The municipality Heiligkreuzsteinach previously included the core town Heiligkreuzsteinach as well as the places "Hohenöd, Siedlung" and the district Eiterbach . The hamlets Bärsbach , Hilsenhain and Vorderheubach , the homestead Hinterheubach and the houses Haumühle and Schafhof belonged to the community of Lampenhain .

Population development

Heiligkreuzsteinach community in the former borders

year	1577	1727	1818	1852	1905	1939	1961	1965	1970
Residents	235	268	552	964	834	709	1166	1447	1358

Heiligkreuzsteinach community within today's boundaries

year	1961	1970	1991	1995	2005	2010	2015
Residents	1607	1885	2719	2873	3121	2919	2592

politics

town hall

Administrative association

Heiligkreuzsteinach belongs to the community administration association Schönau with seat in Schönau.

Municipal council

In addition to the presiding mayor, the municipal council has twelve members. The 2019 local elections led to the following result (+/−: difference to 2014):

Party / group of voters	Voices 2019	Seats 2019	Voices 2014	Seats 2014
CDU	37.6% (+2.2)	4 (± 0)	35.6%	4th
SPD	30.0% (−7.7)	4 (-1)	37.7%	5
Free list Heiligkreuzsteinach (FLH)	32.4% (+5.4)	4 (± 0)	27.0%	4th

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for eight years . In the 2012 election, Sieglinde Pfahl (CDU) prevailed with 51.1 percent. She took office in early 2013. Since the municipality was expanded in 1975 (see above), the following persons have held the office of mayor:

• 1975-1983: Julius Rehberger
• 1983–1988: Rudolf Lützelschwab
• 1988–2012: Karl Brand
• since 2013: Sieglinde Pfahl

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: In a divided shield above in red a floating, straight-armed golden paw cross, at the bottom diagonally roughened in silver and blue.

The coat of arms goes back to a seal from 1636. The diamonds symbolize the Palatinate. The cross stands for the Holy Cross patronage of the parish church. The colors of the upper half come from the coat of arms of the Lords of Strahlberg. At the suggestion of the General State Archives, the municipality adopted the coat of arms in 1901. With the municipal reform in 1975 it lost its validity. However, since the symbols also have expressiveness for Lampenhain, it was re-awarded unchanged for the common location in 1977 by the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district office.

The flag is blue and white and was also awarded in 1977.

Partner municipality

Heiligkreuzsteinach's partner municipality is Teulada in the Spanish province of Alicante .

Culture and sights

Protestant church

Half-timbered house on the market square from 1813

The Catholic church with the characteristic onion dome was built in 1767. The interior is in the neo-baroque style.

The Protestant church goes back to a building of the Reformed community , which was built 1744-1746. The bell tower was built in 1900 and replaced a roof turret.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Heiligkreuzsteinach is on the L 535 . The federal motorway 5 can be reached via Schriesheim or Weinheim. The public transport is operated by the Rhein-Neckar bus service , which offers bus routes to the surrounding towns and to Heidelberg. Heiligkreuzsteinach belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

Streets

→ Main article : List of street names from Heiligkreuzsteinach

Public facilities

There are two old people's and nursing homes and a kindergarten . There is also a multi-purpose hall for sporting events and social events. An artificial turf pitch and a beach volleyball field can be used for sporting activities.

education

There is a primary school in Heiligkreuzsteinach . Secondary schools are available in the surrounding cities.

Local supply

In Heiligkreuzsteinach you can find everything you need for local supplies: two general practitioners, a dentist, a pharmacy, two bank branches (each with an ATM), a small supermarket with a wide range of groceries and almost all everyday goods, a bakery, one Butcher and clothing store.

gastronomy

Heiligkreuzsteinach, Landgasthof Roter Löwe

Home-style regional cuisine can be found in all parts of the village. Mediterranean, Turkish, Greek, Balkan and international specialties also find their place in the restaurants of Heiligkreuzsteinach. The "Roter Löwe" inn from the 18th century is probably the oldest in this region. The lavishly restored half-timbered house on the Steinach is a cultural monument worth seeing.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Friedrich Jacob Zullig (1780–1844), born in Heiligkreuzsteinach, pastor in Heidelberg and member of the state parliament in the second chamber of Baden
• Herman Lehlbach (1845–1904), member of the US Congress between 1885 and 1891
• Karl Friedrich Rößle (1893–1957), professor of business administration
• Otto Mahler (1933–), writer

Personalities who have worked on site

• Friedrich August Lehlbach (1805–1875) was a Protestant pastor and member of the Baden state parliament from 1841 to 1849 (father of Herman Lehlbach).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Heiligkreuzsteinach community - history. In: s416155674.website-start.de. Retrieved December 24, 2016 . 
3. ^ The ancestors of Dwight D. Eisenhower> Stadt Worms. In: worms.de. Retrieved December 24, 2016 . 
4. ^ 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. 487 .
5. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 398-399
6. ↑ District description vol. 2 p. 573: Heiligkreuzsteinach with Eiterbach, without lamp grove and information from the State Statistical Office
7. ↑ Information from the State Statistical Office
8. ↑ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Heiligkreuzsteinach ; Heiligkreuzsteinach municipality: municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; accessed May 30, 2019.
9. ↑ Alex Werschak, Christoph Moll: 51.1 percent: Sieglinde Pfahl becomes mayor ( memento from March 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung November 11, 2012
10. ^ Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Ubstadt-Weiher 1996, ISBN 3-929366-27-4 , p. 60
11. ^ Website of the parish on the Protestant church
12. ^ Heinrich Neu: Parish book of the Protestant Church of Baden from the Reformation to the present. Vol. 2, Schauenburg Verlagbuchhandlung, Lahr (Black Forest), 1939, p. 365.

literature

• State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (ed.): The city and districts of Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description .
  • Vol. 1: General part . Karlsruhe 1966
  • Vol. 2: The city of Heidelberg and the municipalities of the district of Heidelberg . Karlsruhe 1968
• 700 years Heiligkreuzsteinach - A historical description of our place and its people . Heiligkreuzsteinach 1993

Web links

Commons : Heiligkreuzsteinach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Heiligkreuzsteinach  - travel guide

• Heiligkreuzsteinach community
• LEO-BW, discover regional studies online , Heiligkreuzsteinach