Anselfingen

Anselfingen City of Engen
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 37 "  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 49"  E
Height :	539 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.37 km²
Residents :	1186  (2019)
Population density :	142 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	78234
Area code :	07733

With 898 inhabitants (as of 2007), Anselfingen is the second largest district of Engen in the Baden-Württemberg district of Konstanz .

geography

Geographical location

Anselfingen lies at the foot of the Hohenhewen , a former volcanic mountain with a ruined castle. Today, the clustered village in Hegau is structurally fused with the town of Engen, which is around one kilometer northeast.

Expansion of the area

The total area of ​​the Anselfingen district is 837 hectares (as of May 27, 1970).

structure

Anselfingen includes the village of Anselfingen , the Aspen (hof) (single farm on the northern edge of the district), the Haldenhof ( Kesselhof ), the Hauserhof , settlements I and II (Aussiedlerhöfe in the northwest of the district), the Hauserhof , settlements III and IV (Aussiedlerhöfe on the Western edge of the district), the Hohenhewen (single courtyard on the northwest slope of the Hohenhewen), Haus Hugenberg , the Talmühle farm , the Wolfsgrube (single courtyard northwest of the village) as well as the opened Hausen am Ballenberg and the abandoned Hohenhewen Castle .

history

As finds outside the village area prove, the district of Anselfingen was a settlement area in prehistoric times. Archaeological excavations on the slope of the Hohenhewen revealed an important settlement area for the region in the Stein, Urnenfelder, Hallstatt and La Tène periods. Finds are also known from Roman times.

Anselfingen originated in the time of the Alemannic conquest, as can be derived from the suffix -ingen of the place name, which means something like settlement of Ansolf. The first documented mention as "Ansolfingen" from the year 965 is probably a forgery from the 12th century. The appearance of a noble family of the Lords of Anselvingen , who named themselves after the village, seems certain around 1100 . One representative of the presumably noble sex is Ernest von Anselfingen. Anselfingen always belonged to the rule of Hewen and shared their fate in terms of ownership. The field name "Vor dem Thurn" ( Anselfingen Castle ) indicates a noble residence .

Anselfingen used to be the lordship of the Öhningen monastery from the donation of Count Kuno von Öhningen and the St. Blasien monastery . In 1270 Hohenhewen Castle was built on the Hohenhewen (Hewen) . It served the Counts of Lupfen as a robber baron's nest. In 1639 she was cremated by Imperial Bavarian troops. Remains of the castle complex are still preserved. In 1398 the rulership rights came to Austria with the Hewen, in 1405 to the Counts of Lupfen, at the end of the 16th century to those of Pappenheim and in 1660 to the Fürstenbergers. The sovereign rights were in dispute with Nellenburg.

The still existing Hewener Hof was mentioned as early as 1500.

With the princely-Fürstenberg rule, Anselfingen came to Baden in 1806 . Anselfingen belonged to the Baden district office Engen from 1807 to 1936 , came to the district office in 1936 and in 1939 to the district of Constance.

In 1924 Hausen am Ballenberg and Hohenhewen were incorporated. Hausen am Ballenberg was named around 1100 as "Husan" (copy of the 12th century) and in 1325 as "ze Husen be Hewen". Parts of the estate came to the Allerheiligen monastery near Schaffhausen around 1100 , and the St. Katharinental monastery also received income . In 1538 it was acquired by the Counts of Lupfen. It was a branch of the parish of St. Martin in Engen-Altdorf.

Due to the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , Anselfingen became a district of Engen on January 1, 1975.

Population development

The population development of Anselfingen between 1852 and today:

date	Residents
1852	432
1871	407
1880	374
1890	390
1900	382
1910	419
1925	493
1933	502
1939	494
1950	612
1956	609
1961	623
1970	641
1999	776
2007	898

religion

The Catholic parish of Anselfingens is part of the Engen pastoral care unit. The evangelical Christians are subordinate to the parish Engen.

politics

Former mayor

• 1800–1821: Sebastian Hirth (Vogt)
• 1821–1831: Georg Engesser (Vogt)
• 1840–1864: Bernhard Berner
• 1864–1865: Ferdinand Traber
• 1865–1871: Josef Dietrich
• 1871–1877: Georg Engesser
• 1877–1886: Lorenz Weh
• 1886–1892: Peter Sprenger
• 1892–1919: August Leiber
• 1919–1928: Karl Bieler
• 1928–1946: Albert Engeßer
• 1946–1948: Kasimir Stump
• 1948–1969: Josef Leiber
• 1969–1975: Herbert Veit

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the formerly independent municipality of Anselfingen shows a star in confused colors on a shield divided by red and gold above and below.

Attractions

• The Catholic Church of St. Nikolaus in Anselfingen was first mentioned in 1507. The late Gothic branch church of Engen was often rebuilt, most recently in the 17th century in the Baroque style as a hall church with a rectangular choir and south tower. It was renovated outside in 1961 and inside in 1994. Patron saint is St. Pelagius.
• The French Cross. on the Ballenberg commemorates the Battle of Engen on May 3, 1800. The original oak cross from 1880 was replaced in 2008.
• The stone cross. at Landesstraße 224 to Watterdingen is a "second use" of a cross that was created for the grave of a boy who died playing with a hand grenade in the last days of the war and was re-erected at this location by his family.
• The wooden memorial cross. on the hiking trail to the Hohenhewen is dedicated to the local researcher and pastor Josef Hoh on the part of his home community Usterbach, who died in the southern fall of the Hohenhewen on September 23, 1950. The cross from 1951 was moved here in 1985 because the mountainside on which it was originally erected threatened to slide.
• The St. Wendelin Chapel is a court chapel near the house courtyards and was built in 1935. The chapel houses a memorial plaque for the fallen soldiers of the surrounding courts in the last wars, which was painted by the Engen painter Emil Dannecker . The figural carving of St. Wendelin was also made in 1935.
• The old school house. in Anselfingen was converted into a community center in 2000.
• Anselfingen Castle
• Hohenhewen ruins

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Anselfingen ( Memento of the original from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 1, 2013. 
2. ↑ Cadastral area of ​​the municipalities  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . The data given refer to the territorial status of May 27, 1970. Data source: State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg.  
3. ↑ See Engen administration area . In: The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg administrative region. ed. from D. Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 , pp. 719f.
4. ^ Statuette of gods discovered in Hegau , press release of the district of Konstanz from December 14, 2011.
5. ^ 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. 519 .
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} See Anselfingen. In: Martina Blaschka (Ed.): Small monuments in the Konstanz district . Verlag Michael Greuter, Hilzingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-938566-12-1 , p. 32. (= Hegau Library Volume 141)

Web links

• Anselfingen on the official website of the city of Engen