Aglasterhausen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '  N , 8 ° 59'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Neckar-Odenwald district
Height :	197 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.85 km 2
Residents:	4902 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	215 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	74856, 74858
Area code :	06262
License plate :	MOS, BCH
Community key :	08 2 25 002
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Am Marktplatz 1 74858 Aglasterhausen
Website :	www.aglasterhausen.de
Mayoress :	Sabine Schweiger ( CDU )
Location of the municipality of Aglasterhausen in the Neckar-Odenwald district

Aglasterhausen is to Neckar-Odenwald belonging municipality in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the European metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar (until May 20, 2003 the Lower Neckar region and until December 31, 2005 the Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald region ).

geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located in the small Odenwald in northern Baden , borders the northeastern Kraichgau and is about 25 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg .

Community structure

The former communities of Breitenbronn, Daudenzell and Michelbach belong to the municipality of Aglasterhausen . Aglasterhausen within the boundaries of 1971 includes the place Steinzeugwarenfabrik (clay pit) and the houses Neumühle and Weilermühle. The Zellermühle house belongs to Daudenzell.

history

Aglasterhausen

Aglasterhausen town hall with local well

The place name comes from the Old High German agilalstra (Elster). Via agilaster, Aggleisterhusen (1265), Agilsterhusen (1278), Agileisterwiler, Alsterhausen, Agelesterhausen (1406), the place name finally changed to today's Aglasterhausen. During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia .

Aglasterhausen was first mentioned in a document in 1137 in purchase negotiations in connection with the Lords of Kirchheim. The patronage right lay with the von Horneck gentlemen . The brothers Werner and Konrad von Horneck donated these rights together with those from Helmstadt to the Wimpfen monastery in a document dated May 27, 1254 .

Around 1255 a "Who ..." (Werner?) Von Agilasterhusen appears together with an Arnold and Sweneger as a signatory of a document. Presumably at that time there was also a small fortified castle on the Gewann Schlossbuckel, the Aglasterhausen Castle . The system was discovered in 1959 during road construction work. As the owner of the castle, a nobleman from Aglaisterhausen first appears, then a Swicker from Helmstatt , who sold it in 1421, including fields and meadows, to the Lords of Hirschhorn , who had already bought part of the local fief from Diether von Massenbach in 1358 . As village bailiffs, the knights of Hirschhorn administered the episcopal estates in the village. The tithe flowed to the Wimpfen pen in the valley. According to an old description, the office of the bailiffs was on the churchyard wall (probably the Höfer house). Johann von Hirschhorn pledged the place to the Electoral Palatinate in 1416 .

After the Hirschhorn died out in 1632, the Lords of Ehrenberg received the fiefdom. After their extinction, Count Johann Anton Cratz von Scharfenstein , nephew of Bishop Eberhard Cratz von Scharfenstein , received the fief. However, with the preference for his own family, the bishop drew the anger of the Electoral Palatinate. Between 1678 and 1680, these sent their counts to village-like-vogue court meetings and caused plenty of conflicts. After the Scharfenstein counts died out in 1718, the diocese of Worms had the town administered by the bailiff Mr. Valois, based at Ehrenberg Castle . He probably had a lot to do to defend the rights of the bishop against the Palatinate.

In 1803, Aglasterhausen fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden as part of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . In 1862 Aglasterhausen was connected to the Badische Odenwaldbahn ; as a result, the place is said to have seemed deserted. Bakeries, restaurants and blacksmiths had to close, also due to a bad harvest in the same year. The Aglasterhausen station has been the end of this line since 1971. In 1939 there were 1087 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 1338.

Breitenbronn

Center of Breitenbronn

Breitenbronn lies in a side valley of the Schwarzbach. The place was mentioned for the first time in 976 as an accessory to the Mosbach Abbey that Emperor Otto II gave to the Worms Cathedral Monastery. Later the place was electoral Palatinate. Fiefs in the 17th century were the Landschad von Steinach zu Eicholzheim. After 1803, Breitenbronn belonged to the Neckargemünd district office. In 1939 there were 229 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 257. On March 1, 1972, the place was incorporated into Aglasterhausen.

Daudenzell

Like Breitenbronn, Daudenzell was also mentioned in 976 as an accessory to the Mosbach Abbey and later also became part of the Palatinate. Local rulers were u. a. the gentlemen of Gemmingen . Daudenzell belonged to the so-called Stüber Zent of the Electoral Palatinate Oberamt Heidelberg until 1803 , then to the Grand Duchy of Baden and its district or district of Mosbach. In 1939 there were 231 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 249. The place was incorporated into Aglasterhausen on January 1, 1975.

Michelbach

Main street of Michelbach

Michelbach in the valley of the stream of the same name was first mentioned in 1383 and was also owned by the Palatinate under feudal rule a. a. the Lords of Berlichingen , the church patronage lay with the Counts of Löwenstein and the Lords of Helmstatt. The place was electoral Palatinate until 1803 and belonged to the Heidelberg Oberamt and there to the Stüber Zent. In 1939 there were 385 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 411. Michelbach was incorporated into Aglasterhausen on February 1, 1974.

Incorporations

• March 1, 1972: Breitenbronn
• February 1, 1974: Michelbach
• January 1, 1975: Daudenzell

religion

Since the Reformation was introduced in the Electoral Palatinate , Aglasterhausen has been predominantly evangelical , but in addition to the two evangelical parish offices there is also a Roman Catholic parish office.

politics

Municipal council

The parish council typically has 18 honorary members who are elected for five years. The number of members is often increased by compensating seats (total 2019: 20 seats). In addition, the mayoress is the municipal council chairwoman with voting rights.

The Unechte Teilorteschahl guarantees the districts a fixed number of seats: at least ten from Aglasterhausen, at least four from Michelbach and at least two from Breitenbronn and Daudenzell each.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
Independent voters' association (UWV)	52.3% (+5.9)	10 (+2)
Green List Aglasterhausen (GLA)	19.7% (+3.9)	4 (+1)
CDU / citizen list	18.4% (−2.9)	4 (± 0)
SPD	9.5% (−7.0)	2 (−1)
Turnout: 61.4% (+6.5)

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for eight years .

• 1981–2013: Erich Dambach
• since April 5, 2013: Sabine Schweiger

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In silver (white) on a green shield base between two green poplars with a black trunk, a red house with a black magpie on the roof."
	Crest Reason: The Wappenbild encountered in similar form in court seal from the second half of the 18th century and is talking to the place name as Elster Hausen is interpreted (from Old High German agile astra = magpie, crow). The red tiled roof between two poplars is supposed to indicate clay deposits on damp ground.

Culture and sights

In the center of Aglasterhausen there is the town hall and the Protestant church with a striking double nave from 1806/07. There is an old oak fountain and a new sandstone fountain on the village square. The rectory is a baroque building from the 18th century. The main road and the country road were rebuilt around 1780 by Elector Carl Theodor . A memorial stone of the Stüber Cent from 1782, renovated in 2006, commemorates him. Along the main road there are various historical properties from the time the road was built, including the historic Drei Könige inn from 1780. Various other historical properties, some with ornamental frameworks (e.g. house Mosbacher Straße 3 ), have been preserved in the village . The Catholic Church dates from 1964. There has been a castle in the village since the high Middle Ages , which was inhabited by the Lords of Helmstatt from 1387 to 1421. The castle ruins were demolished during the construction of federal highway 292 . Furthermore, wall and road remains from Roman times have been found.

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  town hall

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  Evang. church

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  Evang. Rectory

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  Local well

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  Monument to Carl Theodor

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  Three Kings Inn

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  Hist. Half-timbered building

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  Catholic Church

In Breitenbronn , the town hall and the church from 1840 can be seen in the center of the village . There are also historical fountains and several properties, some of which date back to the 18th century.

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  Breitenbronn Church

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  Breitenbronn town hall

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  Village fountain

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  Half-timbered building

In Daudenzell there is a Protestant church with an extraordinary altar and wall paintings from the 13th century in the tower. The Protestant parsonage right next to the church was built in 1735. The town hall has a large-format facade painting with scenes from local history. In addition, the considerable number of comparatively large historical rural properties is remarkable.

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  Evang. church

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  Town hall Daudenzell

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  Evang. Rectory

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  Hist. Half-timbered building

In Michelbach are also located Town Hall , church and village wells and historic half-timbered building.

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  Michelbach Church

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  Village square of Aglasterhausen-Michelbach

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  Michelbach village fountain

Economy and Infrastructure

Aglasterhausen stop of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn

traffic

→ Main article : Aglasterhausen train station

Aglasterhausen is the terminus of the Schwarzbachtalbahn (Baden) from Meckesheim and is integrated into the RheinNeckar S-Bahn with the S 51 line . The trains are tied through to Heidelberg , Mannheim and partially Mainz . The federal highway 292 ( Bad Schönborn - Lauda-Königshofen ) connects Aglasterhausen to the national road network.

Public facilities

• Old brickworks - Caritas day care center for people with dementia
• A retirement and nursing home
• Building land hall

education

In addition to a primary school , the Brothers Grimm School also has a special educational and advisory center with a focus on learning in the Daudenzell district. There are also two communal kindergartens and a Protestant kindergarten in town.

Personalities

• Albert Schreiner (1892–1979), communist politician and historian
• Hans Kissel (1897–1975), major general
• Carl Dornes (1906–1980), lawyer and politician (FDP / DVP)
• Helmut Degen (1911–1995), composer

literature

• Otto Kissel: Aglasterhausen, history of a rural community . Geiger-Verlag, Horb 2000, ISBN 3-89570-641-8 .
• Ludwig Gruppenbacher: Family book 1654-1913 of the Evangelical parish Aglasterhausen (= Badische Ortssippenbücher, 112). Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher, Lahr 2004.

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Aglasterhausen  - travel guide

• Aglasterhausen at LEO-BW
• Aglasterhausen community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 258-260
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Communications of the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 2: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in North Baden
4. ^ 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. 477 .
5. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 485 .
6. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Aglasterhausen ; Municipality of Aglasterhausen: municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 27, 2014: Local election in Aglasterhausen (2014) ; accessed June 22, 2019.