Fridingen on the Danube

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Coat of arms of the city of Fridingen on the Danube
Fridingen on the Danube
Map of Germany, position of the city of Fridingen on the Danube highlighted

Coordinates: 48 ° 1 '  N , 8 ° 56'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Freiburg
County : Tuttlingen
Local government association: Danube Heuberg
Height : 626 m above sea level NHN
Area : 22.47 km 2
Residents: 3174 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 141 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 78567
Area code : 07463
License plate : DOES
Community key : 08 3 27 016

City administration address : 		Kirchplatz 2
78567 Fridingen an der Donau
Website : www.fridingen.de
Mayor : Stefan Waizenegger
Location of the city of Fridingen on the Danube in the Tuttlingen district
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Fridingen an der Donau is a small town in the east of the Baden-Württemberg district of Tuttlingen in Germany .

geography

Location at the Danube breakthrough

Fridingen is located in the middle of the Upper Danube Nature Park , around twelve kilometers northeast of the district town of Tuttlingen, downstream of the Danube, in a valley widening where the Danube breaks through the Swabian Alb . One of the sinking of the Danube occurs in the wide loop of the river , where most of the water is lost through the karst soil to the Upper Rhine .

A few more kilometers downstream you come to the Danube Gorge near Beuron , where the approximately 20 kilometers long breakthrough valley offers the most impressive sight.

City structure

The town of Fridingen on the Danube includes the town of Fridingen on the Danube, the hamlet of Bergsteig , Schloss and Höft Bronnen , the courtyards Stadtmühle and Ziegelhütte and the houses Bärentalhaus, Hammerschmiede, Jägerhaus and Knopfmacher . The abandoned castles Altfridingen , Kreidenstein , Neuhohenberg and Pfannenstiel are in the urban area .

history

prehistory

Between 1964 and 1967, archaeological excavations carried out by prehistorian Wolfgang Taute in the Jägerhaushöhle in the Danube valley below Bronnen Castle revealed ten cultural layers from four meters of earth. Finds were made that point to a continuous settlement of the Upper Danube Valley in the early Mesolithic (see Beuronia ). Tiny stones and splinters were diagnosed as spearheads or as fur scrapers around 10,000 years BC. In addition, other materials such as horn or bone were found, some with barbs for fishing or only fingernail-sized plates, which probably served as jewelry for an ancestor. The finds are in the showcases of the treasury of the Beuron monastery . Another important find and excavation site was the Probstfelshöhle near Beuron .

middle Ages

Fridingen, 1850, city view by Eberhard Emminger
Fridingen seen from the east

Alemannic grave finds on the right bank of the Danube opposite today's town center prove a settlement in the early Middle Ages. The name of the city (cf. -ingen ) also indicates an Alemannic foundation. One of the most important finds is an artfully decorated fibula . Combs, chains and decorative discs were also found.

Two Argentei Minuti , silver coins made in Gaul , from the second half of the 5th century were found near Fridingen .

The name Fridingen was first mentioned in 861 in a document from the St. Gallen monastery . It was elevated to the status of town in 1372. From the high Middle Ages to the Napoleonic period , Fridingen, which was part of the Hohenberg County, was mostly part of Upper Austria . It retained its character as an agricultural town with its simple but functional half-timbered houses that were still preserved and which served as farmhouses, craftsmen's houses and residential houses within the narrow city wall until the early 20th century.

Early modern age

A witch trial in front of the Fridinger church is guaranteed for the year 1671 . This event, from the accusations of the Schörzingen citizens on March 18, 1671 to the judgment at the beginning of September, is considered to be the best-documented trial in the County of Hohenberg. Twelve citizens accused the 70-year-old poor and widowed Anna Bayerin from Schörzingen, based on 19 alleged suspicions of witchcraft . Under torture, the wrongly accused confessed to being "in league with the devil". The verdict was "death by burning - for mercy with previous beheading". She was probably executed in Rottenburg . Bavarian was the last person to be sentenced to death in a Hohenberg witch trial.

In 1672 there was an uprising of the citizens of Fridingen against the rule of the then Obervogtes.

Initially, the medieval Ifflinger Schloss within the city ​​wall was the seat of the Upper Hohenberg administration. The urban, but very remote Fridingen lost its political importance in 1688 with the relocation of the Upper Bailiwick to the village-like, but much more easily accessible Spaichingen .

Württemberg time

In 1806, Fridingen fell from the Austrian Empire to the Kingdom of Württemberg in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Pressburg, and since 1807 it belonged to the Württemberg Oberamt Tuttlingen . With the construction of the single- track Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen line in 1890, the city was connected to the Württemberg railways network . The administrative reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg led to membership in the Tuttlingen district in 1938 .

post war period

After the Second World War, Fridingen was part of the French occupation zone and thus became part of the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947 , which was incorporated into the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

With the district reform in Baden-Württemberg , the city of Fridingen moved as part of the district of Tuttlingen from the administrative district of Südwürttemberg-Hohenzollern to the administrative district of Freiburg .

politics

Municipal council

After the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 , the municipal council in Fridingen will include six applicants each from the list of “Free Citizens” and the list “Free Voters' Association”. The group “Free Citizens” consists of four women, the group “Free Voters' Association” consists only of men.

mayor

Mayor of Fridingen was Stefan Bär until he replaced Guido Wolf in May 2012 as District Administrator of the Tuttlingen district . The election of the new mayor took place on July 1, 2012.

Administrative association

Fridingen is a member and seat of the municipal administration association Donau-Heuberg .

Coat of arms and banner

Banner Fridingen on the Danube
DEU Fridingen an der Donau COA.svg
 Blazon : "In a split shield above silver (white), below red and silver (white) roughened vertically."
Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms last awarded by the Ministry of the Interior on June 19, 1963 is derived from a town seal of the Counts of Hohenberg that has been verifiable since the early 16th century . The coat of arms with a red shield head and a field roughened with red and silver, first awarded in 1938, was changed in 1963 to its present form.
Nanteuiler Bridge, named after the French twin town Nanteuil-lès-Meaux

"The banner is white and red striped lengthways with the coat of arms above the middle."

Partnerships

Fridingen has had a partnership with the French community of Nanteuil-lès-Meaux on the Marne , around 45 km from Paris , since 1987 .

Culture and sights

The municipality is affiliated with the "Donaubergland" tourist association.

Natural monuments

View to the Stiegelefelsen and down to the Danube

Between Fridingen and Beuron , the most beautiful part of the Danube breakthrough through the Swabian Alb, with its towering white limestone cliffs, remains untouched by traffic and is widely believed to be the most beautiful . The designated landscape protection areas and nature reserves are reserves for numerous endangered species of birds and plants. The dry grassland on the numerous limestone cliffs is one of the rare biotopes that has remained largely unchanged since the most recent Ice Age. The Stiegelesfels nature reserve , characterized by the nutrient-poor rough meadows, is characterized by its variety of colors and flowers and, as a result, numerous insects.

Not far from Fridingen there are several infiltration points of the Danube infiltration . In summer and autumn, up to 400 liters of water per second seep into the limestone of the Alb. It reappears in the Aachtopf about 16 kilometers away . The seepage water from the Danube here overcomes the European watershed by over the Bodensee the North Sea flows - as opposed to the actual course of the Danube, in the Black Sea flows.

Buildings

  • The Ifflinger Schloss , which was renovated in the 1980s and built around 1330, is located in the historic city center, which is protected as a monument and is characterized by half-timbered houses .
  • St. Martin's Church was built in the 19th century in a neo-Romanesque style.
  • The Gasthaus Scharfeck at the former Upper Gate from 1554 is one of the most famous half-timbered houses in Fridingen and shows paintings on the history of Fridingen, such as the legend of the button maker rock .
  • The St. Anna Chapel is a baroque chapel from 1745. The first chapel was there as early as 1400, but was destroyed by the Swedes . It was enlarged in the shape of a cross in 1754 after the construction of 1745. A hermitage was built on the south side, in which one hermit lived until 1940. Annually on the last weekend in July, the Annafest takes place with a light procession .
  • About four kilometers down the Danube, on a rocky promontory, is the medieval castle Bronnen , which is privately owned by the Lords of Enzberg and cannot be visited.
  • To the northeast of the city, not far from the mouth of the Bära , are the ruins of Pfannenstiel Castle .
  • The Gansnest Tower stands around 650 m north of the Bära estuary on the 795 m high Gansnest mountain tongue immediately north of the Fridingen city limits on the Kolbingen district . The 18 m high tower was built in the 1920s by Energieversorgung Schwaben in connection with a pumped storage plant. The pumped storage plant was part of the Fridingen power plant . The operation of the pumped storage plant was stopped in the early 1960s due to a lack of profitability, and the tower was bequeathed to the Swabian Alb Association in 1967 as a donation . The building now serves as a lookout tower .
  • In 1960, after the mill was buried by landslides or landslides, only remains of the Bronner mill at the Bronner weir can be seen. The accident claimed three deaths from the Frey family, only one resident was rescued from the rubble after six hours. A memorial stone and the preserved millstone remind of the accident.
  • Buildings

  • Ifflingen Castle, which houses the local history museum

  • Bronnen Castle

  • St. Anna chapel with a hermitage attached to the south

  • Goose Nest Tower

Small monuments

Statue for Sybille Kramer, who was the only one of the 18 Jewish people from Tuttlingen who survived the Nazi persecution in a hiding place of the Heni family in the outlying brick hut (farm and garden to the east of the city).

theatre

During the summer months (with the exception of school holidays) , popular open-air theater performances have been taking place since 1963 in the Steintäle natural stage in a narrow rocky valley above the city center.

museum

The local history museum is located in the castle .

Carnival

Fools of the fridingen fool's guild

Due to an anti-Württemberg reflex in the 19th century (which was typical for cities in the former Upper Austria ) and a very pronounced sense of homeland, the customs of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival have been preserved in a largely unadulterated manner. The carnival figures ("fools") wear coarse linen robes, which are often decorated with artistic sewing, and a fox tail. Their masks ("larvae") are hand-carved unique items. The Fridingen fool's guild is a member of the Swabian-Alemannic fool's guild .

Sports

  • Winter sports: The ski lift at the "Antoni", a drag lift, opens up an 800 meter long downhill run that is floodlit. There is also a children's lift available.
  • Cycling: There are numerous well-developed cycling and hiking trails around Fridingen.
  • Swimming: Fridingen has its own swimming pool, which is open and heated over the summer months.
  • Paragliding / Paragliding: In Fridingen there is a wooden launch pad to take off with a paraglider. It is located near Bergsteig.

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

traffic

The train station of Fridingen
The mechanical signal box in Fridingen station is of historical value (2018)

A characteristic of Fridingen is that it is difficult to reach in the Danube basin. A significant improvement in this situation arose with the construction of the Tuttlingen – Inzigkofen railway line in 1890. Fridingen station was created with the construction of this line. The freight yard, privately operated by the Börsig company, is designed for the acceptance and handling of block trains. Today it is the final stop on a Ringzug route and, within the Ringzug concept, plays an important role as a train / bus junction in the eastern Tuttlingen district: the school buses from Buchheim , Irndorf and Bärenthal do not increase directly - in accordance with the concept of Tübingen traffic planner Ulrich Grosse the schools to Mühlheim and Tuttlingen, but to the Fridinger train station, where the pupils change to ring train railcars . The Naturpark-Express also stops here from May to October, and trains from the DB Regio subsidiary DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee between Ulm and Neustadt (Black Forest) stop at Fridingen station, providing a two-hour connection to Sigmaringen , Ulm , Donaueschingen and with Change Freiburg im Breisgau is available.

Fridingen has one of the few train stations that still has a purely mechanical signal box operated on site . The points , the entry and exit signals , as well as the barriers are set and operated by the station officer using cables. The plant has historical value.

In the bus Fridingen is the TUTicket -line 20 (Monday-Friday) after Buchheim and Neuhausen and the SBG -line 50 (Monday-Sunday) after Sigmaringen and Tuttlingen developed.

The major roads still lead past Fridingen today. State road 277 (Tuttlingen-Sigmaringen) and state road 440 (Albstadt-Heudorf) currently run through Fridingen. The Danube Cycle Path plays an important role in tourism .

In 1909, the Württemberg state parliament discussed the course of a new railway line that was originally intended to open up the Heuberg from Spaichingen . The alternative route of this Heubergbahn , brought into play in particular by the municipality of Bärenthal, should instead branch off the existing route through the Danube Valley at Fridingen and run via the then Prussian town of Bärenthal to Reichenbach am Heuberg and on to Wehingen and Gosheim . Both Prussia and the Württemberg state , however, refused the route guidance.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Joschka Fischer and the Fridinger coat of arms

Former Federal Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer chose the colors of the Fridingen city arms red and white for his coat of arms, which he adopted in 1999, because he assumed that his family came from Fridingen. In the meantime, however, it has been proven that the genealogy company commissioned had researched incorrectly and that Fischer's ancestor Jakob Fischer had certainly not emigrated to Hungary from Fridingen on the Danube, but rather from Friedingen near Langenenslingen .

Web links

Commons : Fridingen an der Donau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Fridingen an der Donau  - travel guide
Wikisource: Fridingen  - in the description of the Oberamt Tuttlingen from 1879

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 648-650
  3. ↑ excursion. Group dares to look into the treasury . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from May 26, 2009
  4. ↑ Alamanni in view. Exhibition in the museum . In: Südkurier of July 14, 2008
  5. ^ Vera Romeu: Pre- and early history. A rarity awaits behind armored glass . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from December 14, 2009
  6. ^ Ulrich Klein: Fund coins from Württemberg . Pp. 20–30, here: p. 25. In: Dieter Planck (Hrsg.): Archäologische Ausgrabungen in Baden-Württemberg 1985 . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0465-9
  7. ↑ Michael Hochheuser: Spectacle: “Witch” experiences no mercy. Medieval festival in Fridingen becomes a highlight of the anniversary celebrations. In: Schwäbische Zeitung from July 25, 2011
  8. ↑ Wilma Schmalbach: On the play “Fridinger Hexen Trial of 1671” ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) from July 21, 2011; Retrieved July 26, 2011
  9. ↑ 1150 years of Fridingen aD festival weekend July 23rd, 2011 . (PDF; 647 kB) Anniversary leaflet; Retrieved July 26, 2011
  10. ↑ it-service-aichach.de ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ Johannes Dillinger, Thomas Fritz, Wolfgang Mährle: Damned to the fire: The witch hunts in the county of Hohenberg, the imperial city of Reutlingen and the priesthood of Ellwangen . In: witch research . tape 2 . Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-515-07304-3 ( full text in the Google book search).
  12. ^ The Fridinger Riots . In: Südkurier of September 10, 2011
  13. ^ Information brochure of the city of Fridingen
  14. ^ Spaichingen coat of arms
  15. ^ Flag of the city of Fridingen on the Danube
  16. ↑ Habitat, flowery poor meadow . In: Scroll. Bulletin of the Krauchenwies community with the districts Ablach, Bittelschieß, Ettisweiler, Göggingen and Hausen. Number 23. 51st year . dated June 11, 2010
  17. ↑ State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes ) - Property information property cadastre
  18. ↑ Information from the Swabian Alb Association
  19. ↑ hw: 50th anniversary commemoration . In: Südkurier , October 21, 2010
  20. ^ Albverein. Hikers experience beautiful scenery . In: Südkurier , October 28, 2010
  21. ↑ R. German: The landslide at the Bronner mill in the Danube valley . In: Jh. Ver. Naturkde. Württ. , 1961, 116, pp. 77-83, 4 illustrations; Stuttgart.
  22. ↑ (Heimatkreis): Monument to the Ziegelhütte. ( Memento of September 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) .
  23. ^ Schuster, Hans-Joachim: "Eisenbahnwahn" on the Upper Danube and in the Baar - unrealized railway projects from the 1860s to the 1920s in the Tuttlingen region . In: Tuttlinger Heimatblätter 2013 . tape 76 . City administration Tuttlingen, 2013, ISSN  0564-5549 , p. 137-164 .
  24. ↑ Construction of the Spaichingen-Nusplingen railway (Heubergbahn) and planned continuation to Ebingen (with petitions) . In: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Transport Department (Hrsg.): Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Main State Archive Stuttgart, archivist unit E 57 . E 57 Bü 21 (1864-1920).
  25. ↑ Collected essays on the history of Fridinger , 2005