Görwihl

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Görwihl
Görwihl
Map of Germany, position of the municipality of Görwihl highlighted

Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 5'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Freiburg
County : Waldshut
Height : 612 m above sea level NHN
Area : 50.42 km 2
Residents: 4273 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 85 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 79733
Area code : 07754
License plate : WT
Community key : 08 3 37 038
LOCODE : DE GWL
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Hauptstrasse 54
79733 Görwihl
Website : www.goerwihl.de
Mayor : Carsten Quednow
Location of the community of Görwihl in the district of Waldshut
Aare Landkreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Landkreis Lörrach Landkreis Konstanz Landkreis Tuttlingen Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Albbruck Bad Säckingen Bernau im Schwarzwald Bonndorf im Schwarzwald Dachsberg (Südschwarzwald) Dettighofen Dogern Eggingen Görwihl Grafenhausen Häusern Herrischried Höchenschwand Hohentengen am Hochrhein Ibach (Schwarzwald) Jestetten Klettgau (Gemeinde) Küssaberg Lauchringen Laufenburg (Baden) Lottstetten Murg (Hochrhein) Rickenbach (Hotzenwald) St. Blasien Stühlingen Todtmoos Ühlingen-Birkendorf Waldshut-Tiengen Wehr (Baden) Weilheim (Baden) Wutach (Gemeinde) Wutöschingen Schweiz Rheinmap
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Görwihl is a municipality in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg .

Oberwihl district on an aerial photo from January 31, 2015, the Hornberg basin in the background
Rotzingen district on an aerial photo from January 31, 2015

geography

Geographical location

Görwihl is located in the Hotzenwald , the south-eastern part of the Black Forest , on the edge of the Alb valley . The landscape of the Hotzenwald is characterized by plateaus of various sizes that slope down to the south in terraces. Most of the districts are on such plateaus.

About 60 percent of the community area consists of forest.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Ibach and Dachsberg , in the east on Albbruck , in the south on the city of Laufenburg and in the west on Rickenbach and Herrischried .

Community structure

The municipality of Görwihl includes the municipalities of Engelschwand, Hartschwand, Niederwihl, Oberwihl, Rotzingen, Rüßwihl, Segeten and Strittmatt, which were independent until the 1970s.
Only the villages of the same name belong to the former communities Engelschwand, Hartschwand, Oberwihl and Strittmatt. The village of Görwihl, the Zinken Freudenberg and Grünnetsmättle and the houses Kirchgrund belong to the municipality of Görwihl within the boundaries of before the municipality reform in the 1970s. The village of Niederwihl, the Zinken Schildbach and the Sägehof house belong to the former municipality of Niederwihl. The villages Rotzingen and Burg, the Zinken Eichrütte and the houses Krembach belong to the former municipality of Rotzingen. The villages of Rüßwihl and Tiefenstein belong to the former municipality of Rüßwihl . The village of Segeten, the Hetzlenmühle farm and the Säge house belong to the former municipality of Segeten.
In the municipality, the Scheckenwihl deserts are in the area of ​​the former municipality of Niederwihl and Wolpringen in the area of ​​the former municipality of Strittmatt.

history

Görwihl around 1897

Görwihl was first mentioned in 1193 as Gerswillare . Like most places in the Hotzenwald, Görwihl belonged to the County of Hauenstein and thus to Upper Austria for centuries . It developed into the center of the Hotzenwald unions and played a role in the saltpeter riots . In 1806 Görwihl came to the newly created Grand Duchy of Baden . From 1838 to 1839, the Catholic Church of St. Bartholomew, which was destroyed by lightning and fire, was rebuilt by Friedrich Theodor Fischer while preserving the old tower. Unfortunately, the altars of the plasterer Jodok Friedrich Wilhelm have not survived .

As part of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg , today's municipality was re-formed on January 1, 1975 by the union of the municipalities of Görwihl, Engelschwand, Niederwihl, Oberwihl, Rüßwihl, Segeten and Strittmatt. Rotzingen was incorporated into Görwihl on July 1, 1971. Hartschwand was incorporated into Görwihl on July 1, 1972.

  • Coats of arms of the earlier municipalities

  • Görwihl

  • Rüßwihl

  • Hartschwand

  • Engelschwand

  • Niederwihl

  • Oberwihl

  • Rotzingen / Burg

  • Segete

  • Strittmatt

  • Deep stone

In the district Tiefenstein are the remains of castle Iburg , the castle Tiefenstein and an early Wallenburg, the Wallburg Tiefenstein .

Origin of the place name Görwihl

Görwihl is derived from Ger- Weiler . The part of the name 'Ger', Old High German for spear , was chosen because Görwihl had the shape of a spearhead when it was created.

Population development

year 1880 1900 1925 1933 1950 1961 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Residents 4,278 3,719 3,227 3.224 3,463 3,491 3,912 3,915 4,433 4,532 4,343

politics

Municipal council

Görwihl Town Hall

The municipal council in Görwihl has 14 members. It consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result.

Parties and constituencies %
2019 		Seats
2019 		%
2014 		Seats
2014
Local elections 2019
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
33.2%
35.6%
31.2%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-14
-16
-14.9  % p
+ 0.9  % p
+ 14.0  % p
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 33.2 5 48.1 7th
FW Free voters Görwihl e. V. 35.6 5 34.7 5
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 31.2 4th 17.2 2
total 100.0 14th 100.0 14th
voter turnout 68.4% 60.1%

Culture and sights

Albtal near Tiefenstein
Protestant church
  • The Görwihl local history museum shows exhibits on the saltpeter boiling plant in the Hotzenwald; a special attraction is an automatic loom .
  • In Görwihl, a public library was opened on November 9, 2008, sponsored by the Catholic community. It is open to all interested readers.
  • The Albtal waterfalls
  • The Gugelturm with a wide view of the Alps (in the area of ​​the municipality of Herrischried)
  • Martini market (on a Saturday in autumn)
  • Tiefenstein in the Alb valley
  • Krai-Woog-Gumpen, a glacier mill with a small waterfall of the Schwarzenbach

Others

Görwihl-Segeten was the sunniest place in Germany in 2011.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

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. 976-979
  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. 501 and 524 .
  4. ↑ Population statistics State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg
  5. ↑ Preliminary results of the 2019 municipal council elections at the State Statistical Office
  6. ^ Krai-Woog-Gumpen. Retrieved August 10, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Dominic Samuel Fritz - first EU citizen as mayor of a large city in Romania. Retrieved November 20, 2019 .

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