Freudenbach (Creglingen)

Freudenbach City of Creglingen
Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '25 "  N , 10 ° 5' 48"  E
Residents :	213  (December 31, 2016)
Incorporation :	February 1, 1972
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Freudenbach is a district of Creglingen in the Main-Tauber district in the Franconian north-east of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

 Map with all the coordinates of the living spaces in the Freudenbach district: OSM

Freudenbach is a heaped village in a hollow into which streets flow from all sides. The village of Freudenbach ( ⊙ ) and the hamlets of Erdbach ( ⊙ ) and Schön ( ⊙ ) belong to the district of the former municipality of Freudenbach .

history

middle Ages

The place was first mentioned in 807 as villa Fridunbach . In 1230 there was another documentary mention as Vritenbach . It was probably a personal name, because a Diepoldus von Freudenbach is mentioned in documents, who was named as a Hohenlohe Ministeriale in 1230 . Freudenbach once belonged to Hohenlohe-Brauneck and Frauental Abbey . In 1448 the place fell with the rule Brauneck to Brandenburg-Ansbach and with the monastery Frauental to Brandenburg-Bayreuth .

Modern times

At the time of the Thirty Years War Freudenbach was completely deserted from 1638 and thereafter and was only settled again later. The place fell to Prussia in 1791 , then to Bavaria in 1806 and finally to Württemberg in 1810 and since then has belonged to the Mergentheim Oberamt and since 1938 to the Mergentheim district , which became part of the newly formed Main-Tauber district on January 1, 1973.

On February 1, 1972 Freudenbach was incorporated into the city of Creglingen.

Population development

The population of Freudenbach and the surrounding residential areas developed as follows:

year	total
1961	468
1970	457
2016	330

On December 31, 2016, 330 people lived in the Freudenbach district of Creglingen. These were distributed over the following places: Freudenbach (213 inhabitants) with Schön (52 inhabitants) and Erdbach (65 inhabitants).

politics

The blazon of the Freudenbach coat of arms reads: In the shield, which is diagonally divided by silver and blue, a millstone each in mixed up colors.

religion

Up to 1341 Archshofen was a branch of the parish church Freudenbach. The Reformation was introduced by Ansbach in 1534. The Catholics belong to Creglingen.

The Protestant parish Freudenbach comprises the Freudenbach district including the associated residential area Schön in the city of Creglingen. In the 14th century the place became Ansbach. From there the Reformation was introduced. The Evangelical Parish Office in Freudenbach also looks after the Evangelical parishes of Frauental and Archshofen.

Culture and sights

View of the Protestant church in Freudenbach

Cultural monuments

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Freudenbach

Protestant church

The Protestant parish church in Freudenbach is a hall building with a medieval tower. It was built in 1796 by Gustav Vorherr. Remains of an old cemetery wall still exist.

traffic

Freudenbach can be reached from the west and from the north via the K 2894 , which runs past the site as a bypass road.

→ Main article : List of street names in Creglingen

Personalities

→ Main article : List of personalities from the town of Creglingen

Web links

Commons : Freudenbach (Creglingen)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Freudenbach on the website www.leo-bw.de
• Freudenbach on the website of the city of Creglingen at www.creglingen.de
• Freudenbach on the website www.taubertal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} City of Creglingen: Numbers, data and facts in an overview . Online at www.creglingen.de. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} LEO-BW.de: Freudenbach - Altgemeinde ~ Teilort . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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. 453 f .
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. 453 .
5. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from June 6, 1961 (municipality register)
6. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from May 27, 1970 (municipal register)
7. ↑ Updated data from the city of Creglingen based on the 2011 census in the European Union (census)
8. ↑ LEO-BW.de Church (Freudenbach 62, Creglingen) . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved January 5, 2020.