Eichtersheim

Eichtersheim is a formerly independent municipality that was merged with the Michelfeld municipality to form the new Angelbachtal municipality in 1972 . The place in the northern Kraichgau belongs to the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg .

history

View from the castle park to the church, castle church and Rentamt in Eichtersheim

Castle in Eichtersheim

Eichtersheim was first mentioned in 838 as Uhtritesheim in the Lorsch Codex . Around 1200 the village belonged to the Knights of Steinach . In the 14th century Eichtersheim was a fiefdom of the Palatinate . From 1509 to 1538 the Lords of Bach and from 1541 the Barons of Venningen ruled the land . From 1779 the place belonged to the knight canton Kraichgau . In 1806 Eichtersheim came to Baden and from 1807 to 1810 belonged to the Oberamt Waibstadt , then to the District Office Neckarbischofsheim , from 1813 to the Office Wiesloch and from 1850 to the District Office Sinsheim . In 1939 there were 654 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 887.

On April 1, 1972, Eichtersheim merged with Michelfeld to form the new community of Angelbachtal.

Jewish community

→ Main articles : Eichtersheim Jewish community , synagogue  and Eichtersheim Jewish cemetery

Attractions

• Protestant church
• Castle with castle church
• Rent Office

Sons and daughters of the church

• Friedrich Hecker (1811–1881), revolutionary
• Karl Hecker (1812–1878), surgeon and university professor
• Otto Bender (1897–1988), German politician (NSDAP)

literature

• Leonhard Dörfer: Jewish life in Eichtersheim . Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2011, ISBN 978-3-89735-678-8 .
• Josef Seitz: Eichtersheim and its inhabitants, 1699–1903 . A local family book , community Angelbachtal, 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816932-0-1 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 163).

Web links

Commons : Eichtersheim  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Angelbachtal community
• LEO-BW, discover regional studies online , Eichtersheim

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2621, February 24, 838 - Reg. 3295. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 187 , accessed on February 3, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Genealogical table of the von Bach family , from: Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Oberbadisches gender book , Volume 1, Heidelberg, 1898, p. 26
3. ↑ Communications from 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. 479 .

Coordinates: 49 ° 14 ′ 0.7 ″  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 31 ″  E