Oestringen
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Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ' N , 8 ° 43' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Karlsruhe | |
| County : | Karlsruhe | |
| Height : | 163 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 53.23 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 13,015 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 245 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 76684 | |
| Primaries : | 07253, 07259 | |
| License plate : | KA | |
| Community key : | 08 2 15 064 | |
City administration address : |
Am Kirchberg 19 76684 Östringen |
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| Mayor : | Felix Geider | |
| Location of the city of Östringen in the district of Karlsruhe | ||
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Östringen is a town in the Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg . The city covers an area of 5322 ha. Östringen is located in the north of the district on the western edge of the Kraichgau between the metropolitan areas of Karlsruhe and Heidelberg / Mannheim . Until the district reform on January 1, 1973, Östringen was part of the Bruchsal district . Due to its central location functions for the surrounding area Östringen 1981 by the state government for the city appointed.
Geography and urban structure
Districts
In addition to the core town of Östringen, the districts of Odenheim , Tiefenbach and Eichelberg belong to Östringen .
geography
Extensive deciduous forests take up about a third of the municipal area . The Freibach flows through the core town of Östringen, while the Katzbach flows through the Tiefenbach and Odenheim districts . The highest elevations are the Kasperhäusel and Tannenbaum tubs near Östringen, the Kapellenberg near Eichelberg, the Schindelberg near Odenheim and the Kreuzberg near Tiefenbach. The total area is between 155 and 302 meters above sea level.
Neighboring communities
The following cities and municipalities border the city of Östringen, they are named clockwise starting in the east: Eppingen ( Heilbronn district ), Kraichtal , Ubstadt-Weiher , Bad Schönborn (all Karlsruhe districts ), Mühlhausen , Angelbachtal and Sinsheim (all Rhein-Neckar- Circle ).
Nature reserves
The area of the city fully houses the Apfelberg nature reserve and the Geigersberg spell forest .
The nature reserves Östringer Erlenwald and Kleiner Kraichbach are in parts of the city. The Östringer Alder Forest is shared with the community of Ubstadt-Weiher . The small Kraichbach with the town of Kraichtal .
history
Early history
Östringen was first mentioned in a document in 764 in the so-called Codex Laureshamensis of the Lorsch monastery . In 769, Odenheim was first mentioned as Otemheim in this codex .
During the time of the tribal duchies , the place belonged to the Duchy of Franconia .
In the 10th and 11th centuries, the large moth Wigoldesberg near Eichelberg was the administrative seat of the Kraichgaugrafen . During their tenure as Gaugrafen, the Counts of Lauffen moved the administrative seat to the Gaugrafenburg near Bretten after 1103 , and Bishop Bruno von Trier founded a monastery with Hirsau statutes around 1110 to 1118 with the consent of his brother Boppo (III.) Von Lauffen on Wigoldesberg . They guaranteed the Counts of Lauffen inheritable bailiwick rights. Before the middle of the 12th century the monastery was moved to its final location in a valley two kilometers away.
The history of the settlements is closely linked to the monastery. In connection with this, the Tiefenbach settlement was first mentioned as Tiephenbach in 1122 and the Eichelberg settlement in 1161. Viticulture, which the monks introduced here, played a major role in economic development. In 1496 the monastery was converted into a secular, noble knightly monastery.
19th and 20th centuries
In the 19th century, a flourishing cigar industry developed in Östringen and Odenheim. In Eichelberg and Tiefenbach, agriculture, especially viticulture, remained predominant.
As part of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , the two municipalities of Eichelberg and Tiefenbach were incorporated on January 1, 1972. On January 1, 1974, Odenheim was incorporated. On July 11, 1981, Östringen was raised to the status of a city by the then Interior Minister of Baden-Württemberg and later Federal President Roman Herzog . In the core town of Östringen, around 7200 inhabitants live on 1624 hectares.
Since 1998 the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft's light rail has been running from Karlsruhe main station via Bruchsal to Odenheim.
Odenheim
Odenheim has around 3700 inhabitants on around 2100 hectares and has belonged to Östringen since January 1st, 1974.
Odenheim is located in the Katzbachtal in the middle of the Kraichgau hill country. Odenheim is first mentioned in documents in 769. The place is located on an old Roman road and was probably a meeting place for district assemblies as early as Germanic times. In the Franconian settlement period, various settlements were founded from Odenheim as the central location, but these have now disappeared except for Tiefenbach and Eichelberg. From the 12th century onwards, the history of Odenheim was closely linked to the nearby Benedictine monastery of Wigoldsberg, which later became the knightly monastery of Odenheim . According to the Nibelungen legend, Siegfried's murder could have taken place near the Siegfriedsbrunnen in Odenheim .
Odenheim came to Baden due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and the dissolution of the Hochstift Speyer in 1803 and was the seat of the Odenheim office from 1803 to 1807 .
Today's townscape of Odenheim is characterized by the St. Michaelskirche standing on the Kirchberg and the old town hall in the middle of the town.
Odenheim is the only district in the municipality of Östringen to have a train station . The S 31 line of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV) runs every hour on the Odenheim-Karlsruhe route. Every 20 minutes during rush hour.
Tiefenbach
The wine town of Tiefenbach was incorporated into Östringen on January 1, 1972. It is embedded in the Kraichgau hilly landscape between mixed forest, vineyards and arable land. Tiefenbach was first mentioned in 1122 in connection with the Wigoldesberg monastery, today's nearby Stifterhof. With a total area of approx. 917 hectares and over 1300 inhabitants, Tiefenbach is the third largest part of the entire city of Östringen. The highest point is the Kreuzberg at 290 meters. The townscape is shaped by the Catholic parish church of St. Johannes. In addition to wine and fruit growing, the place is mainly known for its varied gastronomy, a golf course and the ideal recreational opportunities. The idyllic Kreuzbergsee invites you to hike and relax. Thanks to a well-developed network of cycle paths, Tiefenbach is a popular destination for families and amateur athletes. Since 1990, the "Tiefenbacher Village Festival" has been held every two years.
Eichelberg
The municipality of Eichelberg was incorporated into Östringen on January 1, 1972. Until it was incorporated, Eichelberg was part of the Sinsheim district. In Eichelberg, around 700 people live on 673 hectares. Like Tiefenbach, Eichelberg is one of Odenheim's settlements. Wine-growing was also traditionally practiced in the village, the local wine press has been documented since the middle of the 16th century.
Denominations
Östringen is traditionally shaped by Roman Catholicism . Even today, each of the four suburbs has its own Catholic church. There is also a Protestant congregation in Östringen and Odenheim .
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council has 22 honorary members (2014: 27) who are elected for five years. The municipal councils use the designation city council. In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.
The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):
| Municipal Council 2019 | ||||
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| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats | ||
| CDU | 31.4% (−8.5) | 7 (−4) | ||
| SPD | 29.1% (−5.5) | 6 (−3) | ||
| Independent List (ULi) | 17.0% (+0.4) | 4 (−1) | ||
| FDP / Free Citizens List | 14.0% (+5.1) | 3 (+1) | ||
| Green | 8.5% (+8.5) | 2 (+2) | ||
| Turnout: 56.6% (+5.1) | ||||
mayor
- 1949–1959: Ferdinand Bender
- 1959–1979: Hermann Kimling ( CDU )
- 1979–2003: Erich Bamberger (CDU)
- 2003–2011: Walter Muth (CDU)
- since June 2011: Felix Geider
coat of arms
Blazon of the city coat of arms of Östringen: "In a silver blue Kesselring, is a faceted, sechsstrahliger gold star."
Flag: blue-silver (white); Interior Minister Viktor Renner awarded the flag on October 16, 1958.
Town twinning
- Abergavenny , Wales (since 1968)
- Rozenburg , Netherlands (since 1974)
- Thiviers , France (since 1989)
- The district of Odenheim has a partnership with Itter in Tyrol .
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
Östringen is connected to the national road network through the federal road 292 ( Bad Schönborn - Lauda-Königshofen ).
The Katzbachbahn (to Ubstadt and from there to Bruchsal ), on which the S 31 of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund runs, connects the district of Odenheim with the rail network. Until it was closed, the railway continued to Hilsbach via Tiefenbach (until 1975) and Eichelberg (until 1960) .
Established businesses
The most important employers are:
- the largest nylon fiber plant in Europe, built in 1963 by Invista (formerly DuPont and ICI ), which was closed at the end of 2010, and
- the fiber composite manufacturer Cytec .
ICI's nylon fiber plant was the world's first user and, at the same time, the development platform for the corporate software from SAP .
Viticulture
Viticulture continues to play a major role. Well-known locations such as Östringer Ullrichsbruch, Odenheimer Königsbecher, Tiefenbacher Stiftsberg or Eichelberger Kapellenberg are grown on around 230 hectares of vineyards.
education
In Östringen, the entire school offer of the tripartite school system is available: At the Leibniz Gymnasium , the Abitur can be taken. In the city center there is also the Thomas- More -Realschule and the Silcher- Grundschule . With the Carl-Dänzer-Schule, the district of Odenheim has its own elementary and technical secondary school and Tiefenbach has its own elementary school.
Sports
Handball
Handball plays a very important role in Östringen. Oestringen's first team played for a long time in the 2nd handball league. After a merger with the team from Kronau in 2002, SG Kronau / Östringen rose to the handball Bundesliga for the first time in 2003.
Since the 2005/06 season , the club has played its home games in the newly built SAP Arena in Mannheim . Since 2005 the team has been called " Rhein-Neckar Löwen ". The current squad includes the 2016 European champion Steffen Fäth , the runner-up and runner-up European champion Mads Mensah Larsen , the 2013 world champion and 2018 European champion Gedeón Guardiola , the 2008 Olympic silver medal winner Alexander Petersson and the five-time MVP of Handball Bundesliga Andy Schmid .
Milestones so far have been reaching the last four of the DHB Cup in the years 2006 to 2011 and 2014 to 2017, which could be won for the first time in 2018, as well as reaching the European Cup final in 2007. In the 2008/09 season the first succeeded Entry into the Champions League. There they reached the semi-finals, where they had to admit defeat to THW Kiel. In the handball Bundesliga, the greatest successes were the runner-up title in the 2013/14 season , when they only had to admit defeat to THW Kiel due to a two-goal worse goal difference. In addition, the team was also German runner-up in the 2014/15 and 2017/18 seasons.
The Rhein-Neckar-Löwen celebrated their first title on May 19, 2013 by winning the EHF Europe Cup .
The club celebrated its greatest success by far in the 2015/16 season with the first German championship title in the club's history. This success was repeated in the following season.
This season the Rhein-Neckar-Löwen are playing in the Champions League.
Soccer
Another important sport in Östringen is football. FC Östringen is currently playing in the Central Baden regional league.
The highlight of the club's history so far was winning the North Baden Association Cup and the associated participation in the first round of the DFB Cup in the 1979/80 season. The draw gave FC Östringen the dream ticket FC Bayern Munich , a sporting highlight that has not been forgotten to this day. The home right could be bought from the dream opponent and the event of the century could be held in Östringen. Structural measures increased the audience capacity from 5,000 to 10,000 in record time. The game was lost by 1:10.
Attractions
Museums
- Östringen local history museum in the old town hall, built in 1786
- Gustav Wolf Art Gallery in Östringen (see also Gustav Wolf )
Buildings
Oestringen
- The most important building in the area is the neo-Romanesque parish church of St. Cäcilia . Outside of the village there is the ruin of an old Ulrich chapel in the Ulrichsbruch .
Oestringen town hall
Parish Church of St. Cäcilia Östringen
Local history museum Östringen
Zopfkapelle Östringen
Odenheim
- The parish church of St. Michael in Odenheim is a baroque church completed in 1778 , which towers over the town on a hill. The Protestant Church of Thanks in Odenheim was built in 1967 according to plans by the Bretten architect Baumgärtner.
- The town hall of Odenheim is a massive sandstone building from 1903 with a painted facade. There are also numerous historical half-timbered buildings as well as various small monuments such as wayside crosses, sculptures and fountains.
- In the Lower Abbey Street , a memorial stone commemorates the former synagogue located there.
- The remains of the Benedictine monastery Wigoldesberg in the area of the Stifterhof between Odenheim and Eichelberg include two towers and a storage building from the 15th century.
- Outside of Odenheim is the Siegfriedsbrunnen , which takes up the handwriting C of the Nibelungen saga (sheet 38, stanza 1013, 1-4), in which a well in Otenhaim is named as the scene of the murder of Siegfried.
Eichelberg
- In Eichelberg the local town hall is on foundations from 1604, the neighboring wine press has been in existence since 1556. The Catholic Church of St. Jakobus is from 1711. The town's schoolhouse from around 1900 is still striking, and an old one that has existed since 1700 is nearby Draw well stands. Opposite is a contemporary village fountain. Several crucifixes can be seen in the village , including a modern one from 1963 on the way to the simple Michael's chapel above the village .
Eichelberg wine press
Eichelberg Schoolhouse
Catholic Church Eichelberg
Eichelberg village fountain
Tiefenbach
- In Tiefenbach there is the Catholic Church of St. Johannes from 1852 and the Kreuzberg Chapel from 1872 with Ostlandkreuz . There is a village fountain and a sculpture by the town hall .
Kreuzberg chapel near Tiefenbach
Wayside cross at the beginning of the way of the cross
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Schindelberg
- At the highest point of the hamlet of Schindelberg is the Schindelberg chapel, built by the residents in 2002/03 . Up until the construction of the chapel, there was a water reservoir built in the 1930s at this point.
Natural monuments
- Soil monument sulfur spring Östringen in the Krummbach forest
- Recreation area Kreuzbergsee: 1974 created 200,000 m² lake in Tiefenbach
- Fruit, forest and wine trail at the Kreuzberghalle in Tiefenbach
- Extensive natural monument "Silzbrunnen" in the Odenheim area
- Extensive natural monument "Spiegelberg" between Tiefenbach and Elsenz.
- Extensive natural monument "Hohle am Hatzelberg"
- Extensive natural monument "Hohle zum Kaspershäusle"
- Extensive natural monument "Hohle Weißer Weg"
- Extensive natural monument "Kapellenberg" near Eichelberg "
Sulfur source
Kreuzbergsee
Hollow White Path
Silzbrunnen
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Regular events
- Annual fair in Östringen on the first weekend in July
- Annual fair in Odenheim on the second weekend in October
- Carnival Saturday parade in Östringen
- Östringer Kerwe in November
- Every two years the street festival in Odenheim alternates with Tiefenbach
- The castle festival of the Odenheim Carnival Society takes place every year on the first weekend in August in Odenheim
- Annual musical production by the Thomas-More-Realschule
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town:
- Carl Ludwig August Dänzer (1820–1906), b. in Odenheim, freedom fighter from Baden 1848/49, member of the constituent state assembly, founder and publisher of German-language newspapers in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- August Habich (1869–?), Racing cyclist and entrepreneur
- Hermann Steinacker (1870–1944), b. in Odenheim, anarchist and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
- Hermann Hecht (1877–1969), b. in Odenheim, shipping entrepreneur, General Director of the Rhenania Group
- Ludwig Basnizki (1885–1957), b. in Odenheim, high school professor
- Gustav Wolf (1887–1947), painter and graphic artist
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- Günther Hepp (1909–1937), b. in Odenheim, first ascent with the German Himalaya Expedition of three giants: Simon (6545 m), Nepal Peak (7100 m), Siniolchu (6897 m); died in an ice avalanche on Nanga Parbat
- Jakob Scheuring (1912-2001), b. in Odenheim, athlete, European champion 1938 over 4 × 100 meters
- August Vogel (1927–2015), b. in Odenheim, architect, archbishop building director
- Rudolf Hoffmann (* 1935), football player
- Theodor Hoffmann (1940–2011), football player
- Hermann Dischinger (* 1944), local poet
- Heribert Rech (* 1950), politician (CDU), Member of the State Parliament (Baden-Württemberg), former Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ List of protected areas - selection of profiles. Retrieved October 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Ludwig H. Hildebrandt: The counties of Elsenz and Kraichgau in the high Middle Ages, their counts and their castle seats with special consideration of Bretten . In: Bretten Yearbook for Culture and History . NF 5. Bretten 2008, p. 58-62 .
- ↑ Hansmartin Schwarzmaier: The foundations of the monastery of Gottesaue and Odenheim and the Hirsauer form . In: Archives for cultural history . Festschrift for Hermann Jakobs on his 65th birthday. tape 39 / supplement, 1995, p. 219 .
- ^ 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. 482 .
- ↑ Hodecker 1962, pp. 48-65.
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 473 .
- ^ City of Östringen: Main Statute, §3 ; accessed July 9, 2019.
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, City of Östringen ; City of Östringen: Local council election 2019 (PDF) ; accessed July 9, 2019.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
literature
- Theodor Brauch: Östringen. History of a city . Östringen 1982
- Ralf Fetzer: Conflicts between subjects in the knight's monastery in Odenheim from the end of the Middle Ages to the end of the Old Kingdom , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2002, ISBN 3-17-017334-0 .
- Franz Gehring: On the history of the parish church and monastery Odenheim. 870 years of Odenheim Abbey. Festschrift for the 200th anniversary of the parish church in Odenheim, 125 years of the parish church in Tiefenbach, 265 years of the church in Eichelberg . Published by the Catholic parishes of Odenheim, Tiefenbach and Eichelberg. Krusedruck, Philippsburg 1979
- Friedrich Hodecker: Odenheim. A hike through 2000 years of Odenheim history . Mosbach / Baden no year (1962)
Web links
- Official homepage of the city of Östringen
- Local history working group Odenheim
- Sights in Odenheim on "Baukunst Baden" (badischewanderungen.de)
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