Breitenbach (Ellenberg)

Breitenbach Community Ellenberg Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 7 ″  N , 10 ° 13 ′ 11 ″  E
Height :	473 m above sea level NHN
Residents :	337  (Oct. 2019)
Postal code :	73488
Area code :	07962
The Ellenberg district of Breitenbach

Breitenbach is one of 22 districts of the Baden-Württemberg community of Ellenberg , which is located in the Ostalb district .

geography

The hamlet is traversed by the Reichenbach . This creek is a left tributary of the Gerbaches and ends near the Dietlesmühle into this. Breitenbach is located at an altitude of 473  m above sea level. NN and is about two and a half kilometers from the southern Ellenberg.

history

Breitenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1284 under the name Praitenbuoch . At the end of the Holy Roman Empire , the village was owned by the prince provost of Ellwangen . With the secularization of the priesthood in 1802, Breitenbach was forcibly taken over by the Kingdom of Württemberg and then belonged to the newly created Oberamt Ellwangen . As a result of the administrative reforms carried out in the Kingdom of Württemberg at the beginning of the 19th century , the place became part of the independent rural community of Ellenberg, which also included 18 other villages.

traffic

The connection to the public road network is mainly established by a connecting road that, coming from the north-west of Matzenbach , continues in a south-easterly direction to the state road L 2220 .

Web links

Commons : Breitenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Map of Breitenbach on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( Notes )
• Aerial photo of Breitenbach on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maps of the community of Ellenberg
2. ^ Website of the municipality of Ellenberg , accessed on November 19, 2018
3. ^ History of Breitenbach , accessed on November 19, 2018
4. ↑ Composition of the rural community of Ellenberg , accessed on November 19, 2018