Eschelbach (Sinsheim)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eschelbach
City of Sinsheim
Coat of arms of Eschelbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ′ 3 ″  N , 8 ° 47 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 170 m
Residents : 2225  (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation : July 1, 1972
Postal code : 74889
Area code : 07265
map
Location of Eschelbach in Sinsheim

Eschelbach is a village in the south of the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg , which has belonged to Sinsheim since 1972 .

history

Finds from early history and the time of the Romans prove an old settlement of Eschelbach, which was first mentioned in 1071 in the Lorsch Codex. The place came in 1232 as a fiefdom of the Diocese of Mainz to the Lords of Hirschhorn , who reformed the place in the 16th century and in 1554 issued a village order. After the death of the last Hirschhorner in 1632, Eschelbach came to Kurmainz . In 1802 the place came to Hesse , which Eschelbach exchanged with other places by state treaty of 1803 in the course of an exchange of territory with Baden for Wimpfen .

In the 17th and 18th centuries, Eschelbach shares the history of many villages in Kraichgau , which often suffered from the effects of the Thirty Years' War , the subsequent period of the French invasions, troop movements and billeting as well as high war cost sharing. Schlupferstatt, east of Eschelbach, was probably destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. All traces of the place have disappeared, the Schlupferstatter fields later became the property of the Eschelbach farmers.

In the 19th century in Baden, a certain calm returned. Eschelbach developed into an artisan and farming village, and the cigar industry also played an important role from 1863 until the 1960s. But the prevailing poverty led to emigration and emigration until there was an economic boom at the beginning of the 20th century. 427 residents left Eschelbach between 1840 and 1892. In 1939 there were 1329 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 1438.

Aerial view of Eschelbach above the Hermannsberg

During and after the Second World War , numerous evacuees and around 400 displaced persons were quartered in Eschelbach . In the post-war period, agriculture fell from around 200 farms to a few.

On July 1, 1972, Eschelbach was incorporated into the city of Sinsheim.

Religions

Eschelbach was reformed in the first half of the 16th century by the Lords of Hirschhorn and was then initially purely Protestant - Lutheran . A Catholic community was formed from the second half of the 17th century, first met in the cellar and in 1894 built its own church on a hill above the village. The Catholic community grew strongly , especially after the Second World War, due to the influx of displaced people.

The Jewish community in Eschelbach existed from the 17th century until 1877.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Eschelbach shows a four-ended, fallen red deer pole in gold.

Buildings

Town hall in Eschelbach
Coat of arms on the town hall of Eschelbach
  • The town hall is a half-timbered building with a former wine press in the basement and was built in 1593 as a mansion by Friedrich von Hirschhorn zu Zwingenberg, whose coat of arms crowns the portal. The building was later temporarily also a Catholic schoolhouse.
  • The Evangelical Church is surrounded by a defensive wall from 1791 and was given its present form in 1898 when the nave was enlarged. In the bell tower there is not only the newer bells but also the big bell from 1484. After the most recent renovations, the interior of the church is very simple and without any historical fittings.
  • The Catholic Church of St. Margareta was built in the neo-Gothic style in 1894 and has essentially its original furnishings.
  • The old schoolhouse at the town hall was built in 1838, the new schoolhouse was built in 1892.

  • Protestant church

  • Catholic Church of St. Margareta

Bicycle traffic

The Kraichgau-Stromberg Castle Tour runs through Eschelbach , an approximately 52-kilometer regional cycle route that connects the town with the surrounding villages of Angelbachtal and Hoffenheim.

Sons and daughters of the place

literature

  • Käthe Zimmermann-Ebert: Large district town Sinsheim - around the Steinsberg. Sinsheim 1990.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 2: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in North Baden
  2. ^ 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 .
  3. ↑ Kraichgau-Stromberg: Castle Tour | Vacation country Baden-Wuerttemberg. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .

Web links

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