Bürchau

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Bürchau
Municipality Small Wiesental
Bürchau coat of arms
Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 49 ′ 37 ″  E
Height : 628 m
Area : 6.12 km²
Residents : 195  (Dec 31, 2007)
Population density : 32 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 2009
Postal code : 79692
Area code : 07629
View from Oberbürchau to Bürchau Sonnhalde

Since January 1, 2009, Bürchau has been part of the Kleines Wiesental municipality in the Lörrach district in Baden-Württemberg .

The municipality of Bürchau belonged to the municipal administration association "Kleines Wiesental" with its seat in Tegernau until it was dissolved . The municipality of Bürchau consisted of the districts of Bürchau, Oberbürchau, Kastel, Rütte and Sonnhalden.

geography

The state-approved resort of Bürchau is 600 to 1000 meters above sea level in the Southern Black Forest nature park in the valley of the Kleine Wiese . Forests take up 75% of the former municipality area. As a street village , it is located on the L139 around four kilometers south of Neuenweg .

history

Local history since it was first mentioned

Bürchau, a high medieval clearing site , was first mentioned in a document in 1278. It remains unclear whether the place belonged in earlier times to the rule of the Lords of Waldeck or to that of the noble free von Rötteln . From 1316 it belonged to the margraviate of Hachberg-Sausenberg and from 1503 to the margraviate of Baden and the margravate of Baden-Durlach . In addition to the sovereigns, the monastery of St. Blasien in particular owned land . The place was initially administered from Tegernau and only received its own bailiff in 1781. Around 1740 part of the population emigrated to Transylvania .

Incorporation

Since January 1, 2009, the formerly independent municipality of Bürchau has been part of the newly founded municipality of Kleines Wiesental. The district also has a local headmistress, Katharina Matzken, and a local council with four members.

coat of arms

A silver birch tree in red on a golden shield base. The talking coat of arms was designed by the General State Archives in Karlsruhe and accepted by the municipality in 1902. The silver birch refers to the original form of the place name Birchowe , which referred to a meadow overgrown with birches. Previously, the community had carried the Baden coat of arms in the seal, which the communities were then prohibited. However, red and gold also appear in the local coat of arms and are a reminder of centuries of belonging to the margraviate of Baden-Durlach .

Culture and sights

Bürchau - sculpture otter by Philipp Flettner

In 1993 the community received the gold medal in the competition "Our village should be more beautiful" . Subsequently, Sonja Bernadotte , the managing director of Mainau GmbH , suggested an annual gardening week in the village. In 1995 the first Bürchau Gardening Week was held, which was carried out from 2005 to 2015 under the name “Meeting of Bürchau Garden Friends”.

Personalities

literature

  • Bürchau. In: Department State Description of the State Archives Freiburg im Breisgau (editor): District descriptions of the State of Baden-Württemberg. The district of Loerrach. Volume IA general part. B. Community descriptions Aitern to Inzlingen. C. Sources and literature . Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate in conjunction with the Lörrach district. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1993, ISBN 3-7995-1353-1 . Pp. 631-639
  • Gudrun Welsch-Weis: In the Kleiner Wiesental: Two mills in the woodland, in Bürchau. In: Das Markgräflerland, Issue 1/2 1978, pp. 59–90, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
  • Rainer Falck: The "Golddorf" Bürchau in the Kleiner Wiesental: Success in the competition "Our village should be more beautiful" In: Regio-Magazin, 10th year 1993, pp. 17-19

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see district description p. 638
  2. ↑ see district description p. 638
  3. ↑ StBA: Area changes on 01/01/2009
  4. ↑ Bürchau district on the homepage of the Kleines Wiesental municipality; accessed on October 27, 2019
  5. ↑ see Harald Huber: Wappenbuch Landkreis Lörrach . Südkurier GmbH, Konstanz 1984, ISBN 3-87799-046-0 . P. 43
  6. ↑ see Fabry