Bottenau

Bottenau City of Oberkirch
	Coordinates: 48 ° 31 '28 " N , 8 ° 2' 39" E
Residents :	1010 (December 28, 2013)
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	77704
Area code :	07802

Bottenau is a district of the city of Oberkirch in the Ortenau district in Baden-Württemberg . The place is 2 km west of the core area of Oberkirch.

history

Bottenau was not formed as an independent municipality until 1935. The eponymous place was first mentioned in 1296 as Botnowe and belonged to the municipality of Durbach until 1935. The hamlets of Diebersbach (mentioned in 1381 as Diepolczbach) and Schlatten (in 1381 as "in the Slatten") belonged to the municipality of Butschbach until 1935 and Meisenbühl (mentioned in 1432 as "uff der Egesen") to the dissolved municipality of Herztal. Herztal (first mentioned in 1346 “zu Hetzelis” and today part of the Nussbach district) has been the name of the Meisenbühl community since 1846, when it was newly formed from several hamlets.

In the Middle Ages, probably as early as the 14th century, the front part of Bottenau belonged to the Landvogtei Ortenau. Within the Landvogtei it was part of the Appenweier Regional Court.

Bottenau was incorporated into Oberkirch on January 1, 1975.

Attractions

St. Wendelin Chapel

The St. Wendelins Chapel stands on a hill west of Bottenau. In the Middle Ages, there was a previous building next to today's chapel. This was demolished at the behest of the Appenweir bailiff Simon Bruder in the middle of the 18th century and replaced by a new building, today's chapel. The St. Wendelin Chapel was built in 1756. It is used to worship St. Wendelin .

Fürsteneck castle ruins

To the northeast of Bottenau are the ruins of Fürsteneck Castle , a hilltop castle that was built at the end of the 12th century.

Brandstetter Chapel

The Brandstetter chapel stands on the top of the pass from Bottenau in the direction of Durbach.

Geigerskopfturm

The Geigerskopfturm is an observation tower that stands on the 436.2 m high Geigerskopf . The tower belongs to the Black Forest Association and has been freely accessible since 2000.

Traditions

Farmer's dish

The traditional Bottenau farmer's dish meets on December 28th each year. Since the closure of the Weinbergblick restaurant, the farmer's dish has been held exclusively in the Hotel Rebstock. On December 28, 2014, Bottenau celebrated the 300th anniversary of the farmer's court.

literature

1100 years of Appenweier. Edited by Karl Maier, Oberkirch 1984.

Web links

Information about Bottenau on the homepage of the city of Oberkirch.
Information about the Geigerskopfturm on the Alemannische Seiten website.
Website of the primary school Bottenau

Individual evidence

^ 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. 514 .
↑ St. Wendelin Chapel, Oberkirch-Bottenau. In: freizeit.regioguide24.de. HFB-Press, accessed on December 19, 2018 .

[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. 514 .

[2] St. Wendelin Chapel, Oberkirch-Bottenau. In: freizeit.regioguide24.de. HFB-Press, accessed on December 19, 2018 .