Aichen (Waldshut-Tiengen)

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Aichen
District town of Waldshut-Tiengen
Aichen coat of arms
Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 33 "  N , 8 ° 15 ′ 43"  E
Height : 563 m above sea level NN
Residents : 309  (Dec 15, 2015)
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Incorporated into: Tiengen / Upper Rhine
Postal code : 79761
Area code : 07741
Aichen, in the background, beyond the Schlüchttal, the Weilheimer Berg and the Schwarzatal.

Aichen is the main town of the village of Aichen-Gutenburg and a district of the district town of Waldshut-Tiengen in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg . Aichen was an independent municipality until 1974.

geography

Aichen is located in the south-eastern foothills of the southern Black Forest , Upper Rhine region , above the steep slopes of the Schlücht (Schlüchttal), which runs from north to south . The village is about halfway between the ravine and the nearby elevations, in the side valley of a ravine tributary. The main town itself is 563  m above sea level. NN , the district of Allmut located 2.6 km to the north at approx. 590  m above sea level. NN and the district of Gutenburg located 4 km to the south at 440  m above sea level. NN . The district of Aichen (former municipality area) extends from the Schlüchttal (lowest point approx. 385  m above sea  level ) to the heights of the ridge (highest point approx. 706  m above sea  level ) that separates the Schlüchttal from the Steinatal in the east.

history

The oldest known document that mentions Aichen as a place dates back to 1275. A chapel in the area of ​​today's place was documented as early as 1160. In 1297 a church is reported; this burned down a good 100 years later; its reconstruction in 1454 was inaugurated.

Old parish church 1454–1972

The place name varies over the course of history and is sometimes given as Eichain (1275), Aichan (1297) and Aychen (1538).

In the early Middle Ages, Aichen belonged to the knight family of the Lords of Allmut , who had their castle high above the steep slopes of the Schlucht in the district of the same name. At the end of the 13th century, this family perished. The property went to the lords of Lupfen and finally in 1352 as a pledge under Eberhard von Lupfen to Dietheim von Mundelfingen . After further pledges and disputes over the property between Götz am Stad zu Schaffhausen and Junker Johann von Heudorf , Wilhelm von Heudorf is named as the landlord in 1450 . This was ultimately so in debt that he first had to sell a quarter of the Allmut rule to the barons of Reischach in 1466 . In 1468, during the siege of Waldshut, the Swiss destroyed Allmut Castle down to its foundation walls. In 1473 Wilhelm von Heudorf had to hand over the remaining three quarters of the Allmut lordship to the knight Dietrich von Rumelang, who was neighboring on the Gutenburg (Upper Rhine), for a small price . Between 1495 and 1501 the administration of the place was transferred to the monastery of St. Blasien .

The old town hall was built in 1840 .
1857 Reopening of the real economy Zum Löwen , today's Landgasthof Löwen In
1886 the Wendelinskapelle was built in Allmut.

At the beginning of the 1970s, the town hall was housed in the newly built multi-purpose hall. At the same time the old parish church was demolished and rebuilt except for the tower and the choir .

Aichen was an independent municipality until June 30, 1974. After that, in the course of the Baden-Württemberg administrative reform of the 1970s, it was initially incorporated into the independent city of Tiengen / Hochrhein, which in turn was merged with the city of Waldshut on January 1, 1975.

Population development

Population of the main town including the suburbs Allmut and Gutenburg.

year Residents
1871 330
1900 280
1925 283
1939 342
1950 414
1961 363
1970 337
2004 369
2010 328

coat of arms

The former municipal coat of arms of Aichen shows three acorns with a stem, which, with the stem in the center, diverge in a star shape. Between the acorns there are again three oak leaves with a stem, which also diverge with the stem in the center. Acorns and oak leaves are green and are placed on a silver coat of arms.

Economy and Infrastructure

Industry and commerce

The only industrial company in the village of Aichen is located in the district of Gutenburg. Today's fiberboard factory GUTEX was founded as an electricity company (water power from the Schlucht) in 1902 and started producing pulp for a paper mill in 1922. Finally, in 1932, Europe's first production line for wood fiber insulation boards was set up.

Transport links

The main traffic connection is the district road 6556, which, coming from the road 158 in the Schlüchttal, reaches Aichen after 4 km and leads over the ridge past the Berghaus to Krenkingen and to the L 159 in the Steinatal .

Buildings

  • cath. church
  • Landgasthof Löwen, historical building
  • Tithe shy
  • Multipurpose hall

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Waldshut-Tiengen: Facts & Figures , accessed on March 26, 2018
  2. ^ 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. 523 f .