Eschbach (Waldshut-Tiengen)

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Eschbach
District town of Waldshut-Tiengen
Coat of arms of Eschbach
Coordinates: 47 ° 37 '59 "  N , 8 ° 10' 53"  E
Height : 450 m
Area : 2.99 km²
Residents : 460  (2014)
Population density : 154 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1971
Incorporated into: Waldshut
Postal code : 79761
Area code : 07751

Eschbach is a district of the district town of Waldshut-Tiengen in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

location

Eschbach is located in the southern Black Forest at the transition to the High Rhine, in the valley of the Liederbach , a direct tributary of the Rhine. The district extends over the central part of the Liederbach valley, which runs from north to south, to the heights of the mountain ridges in the east and west. The place itself is in the valley, about 3 km northwest of the Waldshut district, at about 463 m above sea level. NN.

Local division

The hamlet of Ziegelhütte belongs to the village of Eschbach .

history

The place first appears in documents in 1150 , so the village celebrated its 850th anniversary in 2000. At times Eschbach had its own local nobility. In connection with the renunciation of a fiefdom of a farm in Warmbach in 1269 and 1270, a Walther von Eschbach is named, and again in 1273 as a guarantor for a property in Bellikon.

Eschbach was also involved in the saltpeter riots in the 18th century. The best known among the Eschbach saltpeterers was Johann "the Preuss" Marder, at that time Müller von Eschbach.

Eschbach was incorporated into the city of Waldshut on July 1, 1971. This merged on January 1, 1975 with Tiengen / Hochrhein to form the new town of Waldshut-Tiengen.

Population development

Population of Eschbach including the hamlet of Ziegelhütte .

year Residents
1871 286
1900 246
1925 264
1939 237
1950 293
1961 324
1970 399
2005 464
2014 460

politics

Eschbach is a place within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal law. The locality thus has a very limited self-government . The organs of this self-administration are the local council and the local councilor .

Local council

The local council consists of 6 local councils.

Mayor

Since the incorporation into the large district town of Waldshut-Tiengen , the head of the local administration has been given the title of local director . The mayor is Matthias Schupp.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transport links

A municipal road that leads to the Waldshut district serves as a transport link to the town of Waldshut-Tiengen . There is also a connection to the federal road 500 (part of the Black Forest High Road ) running directly on the eastern edge of the town, which connects to the B 34 in Waldshut when coming from the B 531 in Triberg in the Black Forest.

Buildings

  • cath. Pankratius Church with baroque furnishings:

The current chapel owes its appearance and furnishings to the Feinlin family , who provided the Austrian governors in Waldshut in the 17th century . Her sculptures are the work of Gregori Allhelg from Baden / Switzerland (1661). The feast of St. Pancras on May 12th is a great day of pilgrimage for the surrounding villages.

  • Mill , mentioned in a document as early as 1288 as owned by the St. Blasien Monastery .
  • Schwarzwaldhof , approx. 200 years old, with a historical facade and wooden arcade.
  • Wasserschloss , (part of the Schluchseewerke pumped storage network on the reel ).
  • Parish hall with wine press ("Moschte"), slaughterhouse and festival room ("Gfrüri-Beiz")

Attractions

  • Fruit tree nature trail along a hiking trail between Ziegelhütte and the neighboring village of Gaiß .
  • Haspel , Eschbach's local mountain to the east with a panoramic view of the High Rhine Valley, the Swiss Jura and the Alps.
  • Waldshut : suburb of Eschbach with a medieval townscape.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 28, Document No. 48 and 53
  2. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 28, Beuggener Kopialbuch Urk. Nr. 58 - This, however, refers to Eschenbach in the Canton of Lucerne, which is questionable
  3. ^ 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. 505 and 524 .