Varnhalt

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Varnhalt
City of Baden-Baden
Varnhalt Coat of Arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 5 "  N , 8 ° 10 ′ 48"  E
Height : 191 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.16 km²
Residents : 2018  (Dec. 31, 2008)
Population density : 485 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 76534
Area code : 07223

Varnhalt is a district of Baden-Baden with around 2000 inhabitants.

Geography and history

The village is located at an altitude of 204 m on the western slope of the Yberg ( 520  m ), southwest of Baden-Baden. Viticulture and wine trade have been one of the residents' main sources of income for centuries. The Nägelsförsterhof winery has existed since 1588. Mainly Riesling wines with the well-known names "Steingrübler" and "Klosterbergfelsen" are grown . There is an extensive network of trails between the individual vineyards, from which you can see the Vosges and the Palatinate Forest when the visibility is good .

Along with Steinbach and Neuweier, Varnhalt is one of the so-called Rebland communities that were incorporated into Baden-Baden in 1972. All four wine villages are on the Ortenau Wine Trail (marking: red diamond with blue grapes on a white background), which extends from Gernsbach to Diersburg . The vineyard area cultivated by the four municipalities is one of the largest closed wine-growing areas in Germany with its 325 hectares.

In addition to the towns of Steinbach with detour and Neuweier, Varnhalt has had the right to bottle wine in Bocksbeuteln since the 18th century . This right was granted by the Würzburg bishop in the 18th century ; the three places are the only places outside Franconia in Germany that are allowed to do so.

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Varnhalt and the Rhine Plain as seen from the vineyards at the foot of the Yberg .

Association

The music association Varnhalt ("Varnhalter Winzerbuben") was founded in 1909 by the then 1st director Karl Graf, his deputy Karl Huck, Anton Liebich as secretary and Bernhard Mast as treasurer.

Personalities

  • Wilhelm von Apell (1892–1969), German lieutenant general in World War II; lived last and died in Varnhalt

literature

  • The Baden-Badener Rebland under the Yburg - Steinbach, Neuweier, Varnhalt , ed. from the Historical Association for Central Baden (Yburg member group), Baden-Baden 1989.
  • Ulrich Coenen: The Catholic parish church Herz-Jesu in the Baden-Baden district of Varnhalt. A late work by Albert Boßlet. In: The Ortenau. Journal of the Historical Association for Mittelbaden 88 (2008), pp. 355–364.
  • Clemens Kieser et al.: Art and cultural monuments in the Rastatt district and in Baden-Baden , ed. from the district of Rastatt and the city of Baden-Baden, Stuttgart 2002, p. 126 f.

Web links

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

Individual proof

  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. 493 .