Beffendorf

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Beffendorf
Former municipal coat of arms of Beffendorf
Coordinates: 48 ° 16 ′ 52 "  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 25"  E
Height : 678 m above sea level NN
Residents : 959  (Jun. 30, 2015)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 78727
Area code : 07423

Beffendorf is a district of Oberndorf am Neckar in the Rottweil district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Beffendorf is located on the eastern edge of the Black Forest above the Neckar valley, about 5 km from Oberndorf am Neckar .

history

There was already a settlement here in the Neolithic , as evidence shows. Finds from Roman times and an early medieval burial ground with more than a hundred finds, such as a Coptic bronze pan, indicate an early settlement. In 769 Beffendorf was first mentioned as "Beffindoraf" in a deed of donation to the St. Gallen monastery.

On January 1, 1975, the previously independent municipality of Beffendorf was merged with the town of Oberndorf am Neckar and the communities of Altoberndorf, Bochingen, Boll and Hochmössingen to form the new town of Oberndorf am Neckar. Aistaig joined them the same day.

coat of arms

The former local coat of arms of Beffendorf shows a green acorn between two green leaves, awakened by gold and black below, in a shield that is split to the left.

Individual evidence

  1. Oberndorf a. N. - Population increases. , Schwarzwälder Bote, May 17, 2016
  2. StiASG , Urk. I 38. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 12, 2020.
  3. ^ 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. 515 f .