Bittelbronn (Haigerloch)

Bittelbronn City of Haigerloch
Coordinates: 48 ° 23 ′ 5 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 22 ″  E
Height :	536 m above sea level NN
Area :	6.13 km²
Residents :	622  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	101 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1973

St. Clement's Church

Bittelbronn is a district of Haigerloch in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ). The place is northwest of Haigerloch.

The Bittelbronn district includes the village of Bittelbronn and the hamlet of Henstetten.

history

Bittelbronn was first mentioned in a document in 1297 and belonged to the Haigerloch rule , which finally came to the County of Zollern in 1497 . Count Eitel Friedrich II. Von Zollern (1452-1512) exchanged his rule of Rhäzün for the rule of Haigerloch and all sovereign rights there.

On January 1, 1973, Bittelbronn was incorporated into the town of Haigerloch.

economy

The Stehle Orgelbau company has been located in Bittelbronn since 1894 and has delivered over 230 organs all over the world. Therefore the organ pipes result in the coat of arms of the former municipality of Bittelbronn.

Buildings

• Catholic parish church of St. Clement
• Water and observation tower on the southern outskirts

literature

• Erhard Lazi (Ed.): The Zollernalbkreis . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-8062-0205-2 , p. 294.

Web links

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

• Bittelbronn on the website of the city of Haigerloch

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 529 .