Freiamt (Black Forest)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ' N , 7 ° 55' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
County : | Emmendingen | |
Height : | 322 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 52.92 km 2 | |
Residents: | 4163 (December 31, 2018) | |
Population density : | 79 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 79348 | |
Area code : | 07645 | |
License plate : | EM | |
Community key : | 08 3 16 054 | |
Community structure: | 5 districts | |
Address of the municipal administration: |
Sägplatz 1 79348 Freiamt |
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Mayoress : | Hannelore Reinbold-Mench | |
Location of the municipality of Freiamt in the district of Emmendingen | ||
Freiamt is a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, about 25 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau .
geography
Geographical location
Freiamt is located in the Middle Black Forest at an altitude of 255 to 744 meters. The 744 meter high Hünersedel is located in the municipality .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are (clockwise): Schuttertal ( Ortenaukreis ), Biederbach , Gutach im Breisgau , Waldkirch , Sexau , Emmendingen , Teningen , Malterdingen and Kenzingen .
From the Freiamt district of Keppenbach there is a road connection to Gutach im Breisgau, located in the Elztal , over the Gscheid pass .
Community structure
The municipality of Freiamt consists of the five districts Ottoschwanden, Mußbach, Reichenbach, Keppenbach and Brettental. A total of 62 villages, hamlets , Zinken , farms and houses belong to the community . The localities Reichenbach, Keppenbach and the center of Ottoschwanden have a village character. Mußbach and Brettental are more characterized by scattered farms and individual settlement areas .
In the Freiamt part of the municipality are the abandoned villages of Bromshart, Büttenkropf (possibly identical to Busengraben), Gutenrode, Hagstal, Hofen, which may have merged into Keppenbach, Holinstein, Nordbrechtsberg, Schönnenbrunnen, Brettenhardt and Mutterstegenhof.
climate
Monthly mean values for Freiamt-Ottoschwanden (481 m), 1961 to 1990
Source: DWD Climate Data Germany
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history
In the Middle Ages, the area of today's Freiamt was subject to the influence of the three power bearers, Lords of Keppenbach , Tennenbach Monastery and Margraves of Hachberg . With the takeover of the Landgraviate of Breisgau and the Bailiwick of the Tennenbach Monastery, the Hachbergers finally enforced the state rule. In 1344 Ottoschwanden was sold by the Andlau monastery to Hachberg, from 1356 to 1386 parts of today's Freiamt were pledged to Martin Malterer . With the end of the margraviate of Baden-Hachberg in 1415, the area of today's Freiamt came to the Baden margrave Bernhard I and from then on belonged to all of Baden's successors. In 1952 it started in the newly founded state of Baden-Württemberg.
The municipality was formed on July 1, 1971 under the name Ottoschwanden-Freiamt through the voluntary amalgamation of the municipalities of Ottoschwanden and Freiamt and renamed Freiamt on August 16, 1972. Alt-Freiamt was the second largest municipality in terms of area in the old state of Baden .
Religions
In the Hochberger Land, to which Freiamt and Ottoschwanden belonged, the Reformation was introduced in 1556. The place is still evangelical today. There are two parishes in Freiamt: Mußbach / Keppenbach / Reichenbach with the parish center in Mußbach and the parish Ottoschwanden / Brettental, whose main focus is in Ottoschwanden. There is also a New Apostolic congregation that built its congregation house in the Mußbach (Eckacker) district.
On January 1, 2013, the Roman Catholic parish of Emmendingen-Teningen was established, to which - apart from the patients in the clinic pastoral care - over 13,000 Catholics in Emmendingen, Freiamt, Sexau and Teningen belong.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council in Freiamt has 14 members. It consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairperson. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.
The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following preliminary result:
Parties and constituencies |
% 2014 |
Seats 2014 |
% 2009 |
Seats 2009 |
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FW | Free community of voters | 44.5 | 6th | 43.9 | 6th | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 29.7 | 4th | 28.0 | 4th | |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 25.8 | 4th | 28.2 | 4th | |
total | 100.0 | 14th | 100.0 | 14th | ||
voter turnout | 59.7% | 57.6% |
mayor
In May 2017 Hannelore Reinbold-Mench was re-elected for a third term with 99.3% of the votes.
coat of arms
The current coat of arms of the community combines elements of the coat of arms of Alt-Freiamt and the formerly independent community of Ottoschwanden. In a Baden coat of arms - a golden field divided by a red sloping bar as a sign of long membership of both places in the margraviate of Baden - the fir tree from the Freiamt coat of arms can be found in the lower right field and the crescent moon and the two stars from the Ottoschwanden coat of arms in the upper left.
Community partnerships
The municipality has a partnership with the municipality of De Pinte in Belgium .
Economy and Infrastructure
In addition to Black Forest tourism, handicrafts and, above all, agriculture and forestry shape the life of the community. As a bioenergy village, Freiamt supplies itself with energy from renewable sources and also exports electricity.
education
There is a primary and secondary school in the district of Mußbach , with the primary school branch having a branch in Ottoschwanden.
Culture and sights
Museums
A local history museum in the district of Ottoschwanden presents the local history. It is u. a. in a former Leibgeding housed, that was before he moved to the Freihof in Ottoschwanden the so-called atrium, an Won between City Hall and Reichenbach. The "Bäule" is also the setting for a farmers' market on Friday.
There is also a private tower clock museum in the Freihof.
societies
There is a large number of clubs in Freiamt.
music
There are singing and music clubs in Keppenbach / Reichenbach, in Mußbach / Brettental and in Ottoschwanden. The community has three associations each, of which the organizations belonging to the old Freiamt appear together (choir community and music associations "Harmony" and "Friendship").
Sports
The situation is similar for the sports clubs, although there the borders of the old communities Freiamt and Ottoschwanden are created by a game community between the Sportclub Freiamt 1959 e. V. and the sports club Ottoschwanden 1960 e. V. are blurred in the soccer teams.
Others
There is also a trade association with a total of 51 members in Freiamt.
Buildings
- On October 2, 2004 , a viewing tower was opened on the Hünersedel (744 m) in the Brettental district, the highest mountain in the municipality. The 29 meter high tower, which was built with the help of private donations (€ 200,000), offers a panoramic view of the Upper Rhine Plain to the Vosges and the Middle Black Forest and the adjacent valleys ( Schuttertal , etc.).
- In addition to an indoor swimming pool, the Kurhaus in Freiamt offers a hall and a meeting room in which regional artists exhibit their works on a monthly basis. The spa administration is also located there.
- Keppenbach Castle, possibly built in the 12th century to protect the silver mines in Freiamt, is located northwest of Reichenbach above the Brettenbach valley .
Natural monuments
See: List of natural monuments in Freiamt (Black Forest)
The Kreuzmoos nature reserve is partly within the Freiamt district.
Regular events
- Since 1999, the largest beach party in southern Baden with more than 4,000 visitors has been held in Freiamt every year at the end of June, organized by SC Freiamt. From 2006 to 2009 a “Miss Beach Party” election was also integrated into it.
- Every year the SC Freiamt organizes a sports week with a soccer pitcher tournament .
- The Musikverein Freiamt organizes an Herbsthock in August or September in the Reichenbach district.
- The Landjugend Freiamt organizes a four-day rural youth festival in uneven years.
- On the first Saturday in November, the three Freiämter Musikvereine organize an autumn concert in the Kurhaussaal.
- Every year on April 30th and May 1st, the Ottoschwanden Music Association organizes the May Festival on the "Rollberg".
Personalities
Sons and Daughters of the Church:
- Émile Rupp (1872–1948), organist; born in Ottoschwanden
- Gottlieb Reinbold (1892–1985), farmer and politician (BCSV, CDU); born in Ottoschwanden
Personalities associated with the community:
- Rolf Schweizer (1936–2016), organist, composer and cantor; lived in Freiamt
- Alfred Haas (* 1950), politician (CDU) and former member of the Bundestag ; grew up in Freiamt
- Heinrich Meier (* 1953), philosopher; grew up in Freiamt
- Dennis Bührer (* 1983), soccer player and coach; grew up in Freiamt-Ottoschwanden
literature
- Albert Köbele : Ortssippenbuch Freiamt, district Emmendingen in Baden, 1637–1953 . Grafenhausen: Köbele 1977 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 3)
- Albert Köbele: Ortssippenbuch Ottoschwanden, district Emmendingen in Baden . 2nd Edition. Grafenhausen: Köbele 1993 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 15)
Web links
- Official website
- Freiamt at alemannische-seiten.de
- Freiamt at leo-bw.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: District Freiburg Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 221-224
- ↑ German Weather Service
- ↑ a b c Freiamt - Altgemeinde ~ Teilort. leo-bw.de, accessed on July 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Ottoschwanden - old community ~ part of town. leo-bw.de, accessed on July 16, 2019 .
- ^ 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. 495 .
- ↑ Homepage of the Roman Catholic parish of Emmendingen-Teningen
- ↑ Preliminary results of the 2014 municipal council elections ( Memento from September 10, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Hannelore Reinbold-Mench wins mayoral election with 99.3 percent ( memento from July 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), Badische Zeitung , May 14, 2017, accessed on June 13, 2017.
- ^ Tower Clock Museum ( memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 5, 2015.
- ^ Homepage of the SG Freiamt-Ottoschwanden