Goetzingen

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Goetzingen
Götzingen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 49 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 33 ″  E
Height : 318 m
Area : 11.99 km²
Residents : 1119  (May 27, 2005)
Population density : 93 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1974
Postal code : 74722
Area code : 06281

Götzingen is a former municipality and today a district of Buchen (Odenwald) in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg .

Geographical location

The cluster village Götzingen is located in the Rinschbachtal in building land , about 5.5 km southeast of the core town of Buchen. The desolations of Rönningen and Buklingen, which have been preserved as field names to the west and south-west of the town, lie within the boundaries of the district.

history

Early Celtic burial mounds in Götzingen and their grave goods are the oldest witnesses of settlement. The Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes ran just a little to the east of today's Götzingen, and the remains of Roman guard posts are still hidden in the ground.

The first documentary mention as Gezenkeim comes from the year 1280. In 1296 Götzingen came first half, 1309 completely to Kurmainz . In the course of secularization , the Principality of Leiningen became the owner of Götzingen in 1803 , which became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806 .

On October 1, 1974, the city of Buchen was combined with Götzingen, Hainstadt, Hettigenbeuren and Hettingen to form today's city of Buchen.

Götzinger Linden

The linden tree is not only the coat of arms tree of the Buchen district of Götzingen - the coat of arms created in 1908 for the municipality, which was independent until 1975, shows a linden tree with a coat of arms on a silver background - but is inextricably linked with Götzingen's history. For many generations the legendary, linden tree-lined Thingstätte from the Germanic era stood above Götzingen as a striking memorial and natural monument that characterizes the village.

Emil Öppling wrote in his “Forum Götzingen” in 1935 “... from Alemannic-Franconian times the old linden trees still greet the valley today and announce that here in the distant past a thing site united our Germanic ancestors for advice, sacrifice and judgment ...”.

With the Germanic peoples the thing took place under linden trees . Citizens' assemblies and court hearings were also preferred to be held in the shade of these mighty trees of freedom. Götzingen also owed its "thousand year old linden trees" to this fact.

Five giant trees formed and shaded the thing and cult site in a prominent location high above the village. Today none of them are left.

The first two had to make way for the school building in 1893/94 - back then there were no conservationists and no citizens' initiatives. The question that arises today is whether it was a happy decision to build the school at this place of worship and sacrifice and to cut down two of the giant trees. In the foundation stone record of June 5, 1895, it is documented: “... When choosing the building site, the main consideration was to get a suitable, healthy and cheap place. The choice fell on the beautiful, free square belonging to the community, charmingly situated by the thousand-year-old linden trees. How excellent this choice was will be shown by experience in later years… ”.

When the school building was first expanded in 1913/14, the remaining three trees could still be preserved, but two more fell victim to the renovation and expansion in 1963/65. However, one of them was already in a hopeless condition and could not be saved. Götzingen lost his fifth and last linden tree in 1985. It was so badly damaged that it could not be saved even by tree surgeons, and even posed a danger to playing children. The fifth linden tree fell on April 9, 1985.

However, nobody knows how old the "thousand-year-old" linden trees actually were - really over 1000 years or maybe not quite yet.

Stone cross

In the middle of this place was the oldest sign of Christian faith on the Götzingen district - a heavily weathered stone cross in Latin form. From the 15./16. Dating back to the 19th century, it shows damage that made it difficult to interpret. The symbol in the crossing of the cross underlines the Christian background of the monument.

This shows a raised carved circle, which can be seen in remnants, presumably with spokes, which should indicate the six-spoke wheel as the emblem of the Archbishopric of Mainz. A wagon wheel would also be conceivable as a professional symbol of a Wagner or as an indication of an accident with a car.

The vernacular, however, defines the original location of the cross as the place "... where someone, presumably a gypsy, is said to have been buried alive because of his crimes". The verse “Benedickdich, duck into the hole”, uttered earlier when passing this place, could be a confirmation of this tradition. In any case, this warning sign points back far into the history of the village.

After several changes of location in the wake of the school buildings, it is now very close to its original location - now, however, together with a huge sandstone boulder as a memorial - under the branches of a young linden tree, which in 1987 on the occasion of the home days and the city hall inauguration as a reminder of the past giant trees and the former thing site was planted.

coat of arms

The exact heraldic description of the coat of arms designed in 1908 on the proposal of the General State Archives reads: “The linden tree with its black trunk grows out of a green three-mountain. The background is in silver. The trunk of the linden tree is attached with a red coat of arms in which a six-spoke silver wheel (based on Kurmainz) can be seen. "

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

As part of the German Limes hiking trail , the Limes hiking trail of the Swabian Alb Association crosses the district. From Miltenberg to Osterburken , this path is looked after as the Eastern Limes Path by the Odenwald Club.

Attractions

Götzingen town hall is a half-timbered house from 1612.

Personalities

literature

  • Götzingen im Bauland - From the village history . Published on Heimattag 1953, published by the Götzingen community.
  • Götzingen 1256 to 1987 - history and development of our home village . Published on Heimattag 1987, edited by Walter Jaufmann and Willi Biemer on behalf of the Götzingen local authority.
  • "Forum Götzingen" (No. 29 of the FORUM TUBERANUM series), a first detailed description of the Götzingen wayside shrines, published on Christmas 1935 by Dr. Emil Öppling (killed in World War II ).
  • Walter Jaufmann: The linden tree - Götzingens coat of arms tree .
  • Anniversary newspaper "Slow Motion" of the neighborhood elementary school Götzingen, published for the 100th anniversary of the school in 1996.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discover regional studies online, Götzingen. LEO-BW, accessed February 1, 2015 .
  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. 485 .