Hollerbach (beeches)

Hollerbach City of Buchen (Odenwald)
Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 57 ″  N , 9 ° 16 ′ 49 ″  E
Height :	351 m
Area :	3.41 km²
Residents :	216  (Nov. 30, 2003)
Population density :	63 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	74722
Area code :	06281

Hollerbach is a former municipality and today a district of Buchen (Odenwald) in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg .

Geographical location

Hollerbach is an irregular village settlement about 3.5 kilometers west of the core town of Buchen on the left, east-exposed slope of the Hollerbach of the same name in the Odenwald .

history

Council and school building in Hollerbach (around 1910)

The clearing settlement Hollerbach was first mentioned in 1277 as "Holderbach" (from Elder ). The manorial rule lay with the noble family Dürn . Two thirds came to the Rüdt von Collenberg family via the Amorbach monastery . From 1684, Kurmainz was sovereign in Hollerbach until the place came to the Principality of Leiningen in 1803 . After only three years in the Principality of Leiningen, the place came to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806 . On January 1, 1975 it was incorporated into Buchen.

From 1935 to 1945, Oberneudorf and Unterneudorf Hollerbach incorporated.

The parish church was built in 1626 and redesigned in Baroque style in 1783. Between 1905 and 1915 the members of the Hollerbach painters' colony met. In the 19th competition Our village should become more beautiful over the years 1996-1998, Hollerbach won a state gold medal.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is completely red with a golden crook in the middle and two golden crowns on the left and right. These symbols are reminiscent of Kurmainz and the Amorbach monastery.

Cultural monuments

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Buchen-Hollerbach

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities of the city of Buchen

Web links

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

• Hollerbach on the homepage of the city of Buchen
• Hunting border map from 1593 with Hollerbach as Holderbach , Baden-Württemberg State Archive, Karlsruhe General State Archive

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 485 .
2. ↑ Discover regional studies online, Hollerbach. LEO-BW, accessed February 8, 2015 .