Bermersbach (Forbach)

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Bermersbach
Forbach municipality
Former municipality coat of arms of Bermersbach
Coordinates: 48 ° 41 ′ 35 "  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 35"  E
Height : 410 m above sea level NN
Residents : 781  (2013)
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 76596
Area code : 07228
View of Bermersbach (in front) from the direction of Rote Lache. Gausbach can be seen in the background.
View of Bermersbach (in front) from the direction of Rote Lache . Gausbach can be seen in the background .

Bermersbach is a district of the municipality Forbach in Baden-Württemberg and is located northwest above the core town on a terrace above the Murgtal . The town hall is about 410 m above sea level. NN .

The mayor is Eberhard Barth (FWG).

geography

The place is in the northern Black Forest about 160 meters above the valley floor on a narrow granite terrace west of the Murg. A country road runs from Forbach via Bermersbach to the 690 m high pass Rote Lache and further west to Baden-Baden .

Especially known in Bermersbach are the so-called Giersteine , three up to 7 × 4 × 4 m large boulders made of Forbach granite on the eastern edge of the terrace with peculiar weathering channels . Folklore has given them all kinds of mystical meanings. The Giersteine ​​have been a protected natural monument since 1940 .

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Bermersbach and the Murgtal

history

On July 1, 1974, Bermersbach was incorporated into Forbach.

coat of arms

The Bermersbach coat of arms can be traced back to the 18th century. It is a red stone block lying on a green background, above it a black paw cross with equal arms hovers in a silver field .

Culture and sights

The symbol of the place is the Catholic parish church, which is consecrated to Saint Anthony of Padua . The conspicuously pointed and green patinated tower can be seen from afar from the Murg valley . The church was built in 1895 and adapted in 1969 by the Freiburg sculptor Bruno Knittel to the requirements of the Second Vatican Council . The stained glass windows are by Valentin Peter Feuerstein and show the history of salvation from creation to the vision of glory in Revelation . The Way of the Cross from 1972 was created by Wilhelm Müller from Munich .

In the festival hall (former school) of the district is the Murg Valley Museum run by the Bermersbach Heimatverein, which deals with the living conditions of earlier generations in the region.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Official Journal of the Forbach municipality , number 31 - population update, Forbach municipality, August 2013
  2. ^ Manfred Schöttle: Geological natural monuments in the administrative district of Karlsruhe . Ed .: State Institute for Environmental Protection Baden-Württemberg. 2000, ISBN 3-88251-079-X , ISSN  0949-0256 , pp. 111–113 ( lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de (PDF; 5.8 MB) [accessed on April 2, 2015]).
  3. ↑ Gotthard wish: The Giersteine ​​in the Bermersbach district , accessed on April 2, 2015.
  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. 483 .
  5. ↑ murgtal.org: Churches in Forbach ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed May 23, 2010  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.murgtal.org
  6. ↑ Landkreis Rastatt and Stadt Baden-Baden (publisher): Art and cultural monuments in the Landkreis Rastatt and in Baden-Baden , Theiss, Aalen 2002, ISBN 978-3806215991 , p. 181