Ballrechte-Dottingen
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Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ' N , 7 ° 42' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
| County : | Breisgau-Upper Black Forest | |
| Height : | 332 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 6.62 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2407 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 364 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 79282 | |
| Area code : | 07634 | |
| License plate : | FR | |
| Community key : | 08 3 15 008 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Alfred-Löffler-Strasse 1 79282 Ballrechte-Dottingen |
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| Mayor : | Patrick Becker ( FW ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Ballrechte-Dottingen in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district | ||
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Ballrechte-Dottingen is a municipality in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district in southwest Baden-Württemberg .
geography
location
The municipality Ballrechten-Dottingen is located at the junction of the Markgräflerland region to the Black Forest in front of the Black Forest foothills, the Fohrenberg the north and the Castell mountain in the south, about 20 kilometers south of Freiburg , 40 km north of Basel and 30 km northeast of Mulhouse .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are, starting from the north, clockwise: Staufen , Sulzburg , Buggingen and Heitersheim .
Community structure
The municipality consists of the former municipalities of Ballrechte and Dottingen, which joined together voluntarily in 1971 . The village of Ballrechte and the Ziegelhof homestead belong to the former municipality of Ballrechte. In the area of the former municipality of Dottingen are the village of Dottingen, the hamlet of Oberdottingen, the Zinken Kastelhof and the residential area at the Ballrechte-Dottingen stop and the village of Einlitzigenhofen.
history
Ballrechte is mentioned for the first time in an inventory of the Lorsch monastery from the year 840 as "villa baldrathinga". Dottingen was first mentioned in a document in 1265. In 1457/58 the margrave Karl I of Baden bought the villages of Ballrechte and Dottingen and gave them to the Lords of Staufen as a fief. After the von Staufen dynasty died out, the places were subordinated to the margravial administration in Sulzburg as bailiwick .
In 1806 the municipalities become part of the Grand Duchy of Baden ; from 1811 they are independent communities and belong to the district office of Staufen. In 1937 they came to the Müllheim district office, which in 1941 became the Müllheim district .
On January 1, 1971, the two communities of Ballrechte and Dottingen merged to form the community of Ballrechte-Dottingen.
politics
Municipal council
The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result with a turnout of 72.7% (+ 7.2):
| Party / list | Share of votes | +/-% p | Seats | +/- |
| FWG | 43.9% | - 0.4 | 4 seats | - 1 |
| CDU | 40.4% | - 1.9 | 4 seats | ± 0 |
| SPD | 15.7% | + 2.3 | 2 seats | + 1 |
mayor
- 1948–1977: Alfred Löffler (CDU)
- 1977–1993: Bernd Gassenschmidt (CDU)
- 1993-2003: Christof Nitz (CDU)
- 2003–2011: Bernd Gassenschmidt (CDU)
- 2011–2019: Bernhard Fehrenbach (FDP, previously CDU)
- since 2019: Patrick Becker (FW)
coat of arms
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The municipal coat of arms combines elements of the coats of arms of the formerly independent sub-towns: The blue grape from the coat of arms of Ballrechte reminds of the 1100-year wine-growing tradition of the town. The golden chalice from the Dottinger coat of arms indicates the Lords of Staufen, who were the local rulers until 1602.
Community partnerships
Since 1991 there has been a partnership with the municipality of Beerheide in Vogtland , which since January 1, 1999 has become the city of Auerbach / Vogtl. heard.
Administration union
Ballrechte-Dottingen is a member of the cross- border local special purpose association Mittelhardt-Oberrhein , which promotes cross-border communal cooperation between communities in Alsace and Baden on the basis of the Karlsruhe Convention .
Culture and sights
In the vicinity of the village is the Castellberg, on the summit of which there are still the remains of a Celtic fortress . In addition, the Castellbergturm, a steel observation tower on the Castellberg, which was built in 1962 by the Black Forest Association, with a good view of the Rhine plain and the Markgräflerland (no all-round view) is in the immediate vicinity of the castle ruins. Castle remains and the observation tower are freely accessible.
At the foot of the Kastelberghütte was the court oak, a dead oak that the Freiburg artist Thomas Rees had transformed into a sculpture. On New Year's Eve 2017, it was destroyed by fireworks by strangers.
Not far from there are some segments of the Berlin Wall from Sonnenallee through a private initiative .
Economy and Infrastructure
Like many communities in the Markgräflerland, Ballrechte-Dottingen is a wine-growing community and one of the most important with around 200 hectares of vineyards.
traffic
From 1894 to 1969 the Münstertalbahn connected Ballrechte-Dottingen with Bad Krozingen and Sulzburg . Today the community can be reached by bus from the Münstertalbahn in Staufen or the Rheintalbahnhöfen in Heitersheim or Müllheim . Local public transport is operated as part of the Freiburg Regional Transport Association. The municipality takes part in the KONUS transport concept , which enables guests to use public transport free of charge. The next motorway connection is to the A 5 with the Hartheim / Heitersheim motorway connection point (64 b) about 10 km away.
Educational institutions
The Sonnenberg School is a local elementary school . There is also the St. Marien Catholic kindergarten .
Sons and daughters
- Franz Sales Wocheler , actually Joseph Franz Sales Wocheler (* 1778 in Ballrechte; † 1848 in Überlingen), was a pastor, bibliophile and founder of the Leopold-Sophien-Bibliothek
- Otto Karrer (* 1888 in Ballrechte; † 1976 in Lucerne) - Roman Catholic theologian, ecumenist, religious philosopher and spiritual writer
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: District Freiburg Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 96-98
- ^ 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. 498 .
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office, preliminary results of the 2019 municipal council elections - Ballrechte-Dottingen
- ↑ http://www.gemeinde-eschbach.de/wirtschaftsstandort/glct_goez.php
- ↑ Martin Pfefferle: Ballrechte-Dottingen: Vandalism: Arson attack on court oak: artist Thomas Rees is shocked. Badische Zeitung, January 4, 2017, accessed on January 5, 2017 .
- ↑ 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: In Ballrechte-Dottingen there are eleven meters of the Berlin Wall. Retrieved June 25, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.sonnenbergschule.fr.schule-bw.de/ Sonnenbergschule
