Bitzfeld
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Bitzfeld
Bretzfeld municipality
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| Area : | 6.56 km² |
| Residents : | 1834 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 280 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Area code : | 07946 |
 Location of Bitzfeld in the municipality of Bretzfeld
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 Evangelical Parish Church of St. Laurentius
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Bitzfeld is a district of Bretzfeld in Hohenlohekreis in northern Baden-Württemberg .
Local division
The former municipality of Bitzfeld includes the village of Bitzfeld and the hamlet of Weißlensburg as well as the abandoned villages of Laubach and Hapbach.
history
The first written mention of Bitzfeld comes from the year 1255. The place was then called Bettevelth and Bitzefeldt . The name ending in -feld suggests that it was founded in the manorial era, although row graves also point to older origins at the time of the conquest . It is possible that an abandoned older settlement was repopulated in the high Middle Ages. The place was part of the estate of the Lords of Weinsberg , who sold the place to the Electoral Palatinate in 1450 . In particular, the Öhringen Abbey and the Lichtenstern Monastery , but also the Hohenlohe House, owned land on site . After the Landshut War of Succession , the place fell to Württemberg in 1504 and was subordinated to the Weinsberg Office (from 1806: Oberamt Weinsberg ). Due to the fragmentation of the property, Württemberg had only a small amount of property in Bitzfeld, which only increased in 1701 through an exchange of goods and rights with Hohenlohe. In 1845 the hamlet of Weißlensburg was attached. With the dissolution of the Oberamt Weinsberg, Bitzfeld came to the Oberamt Öhringen in 1926 (from 1938: Landkreis Öhringen ). In 1972 it moved to the newly formed Hohenlohe district .
On January 1, 1975, Adolzfurt , Bitzfeld, Bretzfeld , Dimbach , Geddelsbach , Scheppach , Schwabbach , Siebeneich , Unterheimbach and Waldbach merged to form the new municipality of Bretzfeld.
coat of arms
The blazon of the former municipal coat of arms reads: In blue, a sixteen-pointed star alternately faceted with silver and red.
Parish Church of St. Laurentius
The Protestant parish church of St. Laurentius was mentioned when the place was first mentioned in 1255. The late Romanesque basement of the tower dates back to the Middle Ages and today contains the sacristy, while the east-facing Gothic choir with cross-ribbed vaults in the 15th century and the nave, extended in the Renaissance style, as a transverse church with the pulpit on the southern long side and corresponding orientation of the Stalls and the tower structure were built in 1624 by Friedrich Vischlin , the ducal church builder from Stuttgart. The baptismal font dates from 1727. Land architect Johann Adam Groß the Elder raised the nave in 1747 so that circulating galleries, some of them two-story, could be built. The gallery with the "official or gentleman's chair" was accessed from the south side with an external staircase that has since been removed. The organ gallery was built above the choir arch. In 1750, Johannes Stiegler from Prague painted the interior of the church in the style of rural baroque: the pulpit, the gallery parapets with themed images from the Old and New Testaments, the covings and the ceiling painting in the style of French bandwork. This design was whitewashed in 1860 and exposed again in 1956 during the total renovation and restoration under the architect Heinz Klatte. During the renovation in 1956, the late Renaissance pulpit from 1624 was moved from the center of the south wall to its current location (directly south of the east gallery), with the base of the pulpit and staircase removed. Architect Hans-Joachim Wiegand carried out the last renovation in 1992.
Among the other historic buildings of the town are the old wine press , the old rectory , the former administration building of 1824 with a Doric portico and the former advice and schoolhouse from 1846-47.
traffic
The Crailsheim – Heilbronn railway runs southeast of the town. Since December 2005, Bitzfeld has had a stop that is served by the S4 of the Heilbronn Stadtbahn . Trains run to Öhringen and via Heilbronn and Schwaigern to Karlsruhe every 20/30 minutes.
The federal motorway 6 runs north of the village, the closest driveway, No. 39 Bretzfeld, is in the neighboring district of Schwabbach.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Status: December 31, 2018, annual report 2018 of the municipality of Bretzfeld (PDF) municipality of Bretzfeld. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume 4: Administrative region of Stuttgart, regional associations of Franconia and East Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 , pp. 173-179.
- ^ 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. 466 .
- ↑ Rosemarie Grieb: The Laurentius Church in Bitzfeld. Church leader for the 750th anniversary of Bitzfeld in 2010 ; ed. Evangelical Church Community Bitzfeld 2010
- ↑ Otto Friedrich: Evangelical churches in the deanery Weinsberg - picture reading book ; ed. Evangelical Dean's Office Weinsberg, 2003, page 6 f
literature
- Jürgen Hermann Rauser: Brettachtaler Heimatbuch. From the local history of the old communities Adolzfurt, Bitzfeld, Bretzfeld, Dimbach, Geddelsbach / Brettach, Rappach, Scheppach, Schwabbach, Siebeneich, Unterheimbach, Waldbach (= Hohenlohekreis local library. Vol. 14). Jahrbuch-Verlag, Weinsberg 1983.
Web links
Adolzfurt | Bitzfeld | Brettach | Dimbach | Geddelsbach | Rappach | Scheppach | Schwabbach | Siebeneich | Unterheimbach | Waldbach