Bellow (Baden-Baden)

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City of Baden-Baden
Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '20 "  N , 8 ° 13' 34"  E
Height : 205.5 m above sea level NN
Area : 3.25 km²
Residents : 1355  (June 30, 2011)
Population density : 417 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1939
Postal code : 76532
Area code : 07221
Bellows seen from the Rain
Bellows from Rain seen from

Balg is a district of the independent city of Baden-Baden in Baden-Württemberg . The place name is derived from to belgan : place that is located on a swelling / elevation of the ground.

geography

Balg has 1332 inhabitants and is at an altitude of 205.5  m above sea level. NN at the transition from the foothills to the northern Black Forest . The district is located on the northwest side of the 375  m high Hardberg .

history

The Romans must have already settled in this place, because the remains of a Roman homestead were found, as well as a votive stone ( consecration stone ), which was dedicated to the god Mercurius , the ancient Roman god of trade and commerce.

Mary statue at the beginning of the Gaßeck
Steinernes wayside cross at the end of the Gaßeck

The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1288 ; It is disputed among historians whether Balg was captured by the Counts of Eberstein at that time , which the two roses in the local coat of arms would speak for, or whether the Margraves of Baden had always exercised their rule.

Belgs peculiarity in the 18th and 19th centuries was the white earth , which was quarried in an extensive underground tunnel system and was used for the manufacture of pottery, which were made in Haueneberstein , Durlach and Strasbourg .

In the 19th century, the complex underground mining was given up again and supplies to the ceramic factories in Durlach and the neighboring Alsace had to be stopped.

It is also known from the 18th century that wine was cultivated in Belg. The fruit trees (orchards) necessary for the production of schnapps characterize the landscape to this day. For several decades there has been a sheep farm and a riding center on the Balger district.

The smallest district in terms of area of ​​Baden-Baden was placed under the authority of the spa town on April 1, 1939, by means of a notification from the Reich governor.

Facilities

Mittelbaden Baden-Baden Balg Clinic
  • Mittelbaden Baden-Baden Balg Clinic (formerly Baden-Baden City Clinic)
  • Baden-Baden-Balg equestrian center
  • Elementary school bellow
  • Kindergarten St. Felix
  • Volunteer fire department bellow

literature

  • Bernhard Stöveken: 100 years of the parish church of St. Eucharius Baden-Baden-Balg. Festschrift, 1979.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albert Krieger, Baden Historical Commission (ed.): Topographical Dictionary of the Grand Duchy of Baden (Volume 1). Carl Winter's University Bookstore, Heidelberg 1904 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Grossh. General State Archives in Karlsruhe, House and State Archives ( Rudolf II )

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