Grave (Großerlach)

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Community Großerlach
Coat of arms from grave
Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 34 ′ 39"  E
Height : 511 m
Residents : 389  (Aug 18, 2010)
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 71577
Area code : 07192

Grab is a part of the community Großerlach in the Rems-Murr-Kreis . The village has 389 inhabitants and is 511 m above sea level. NN.

history

Grab was first mentioned in 1471. The name is derived from the Limes moat that runs directly through the village. At first, Grab, like most of the districts of the former community, was owned by the Lords of Weinsberg and came to Württemberg via the Counts of Hohenlohe and Count Palatine in 1504 as a result of the Landshut War of Succession . Grab then belonged to the Oberamt Weinsberg .

The municipality of Grab was founded in 1848 and belonged to the Oberamt , since 1938 the district of Backnang . The amalgamation of the communities Grab and Großerlach to form the new community Großerlach took place on July 1, 1974. Until then, the community included the village Grab, the hamlets Frankenweiler, Hohenbrach, Mannenweiler, Morbach, Schönbronn, Schöntalhöfle (also Schertelhöfle) and Trauzenbach as well as the Butzberg residential areas , Platte, Schöntalsägmühle and Schweizerhof. Before the incorporation, the municipality had an area of ​​14.95 km². Today the former rural community forms a town within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code with its own six members existing Ortschaftsrat .

About 500 meters south of the village on the Heidenbuckel there is a reconstructed section of the Upper German-Raetian Limes with palisade , rampart and moat and at 536 meters above sea level. NN the reconstructed watchtower Wp 9/83 .

coat of arms

The blazon of the former municipal coat of arms reads: "In a blue field on a green hill, a golden masonry watchtower."

Infrastructure

traffic

The district roads K 1902 and K 1903 lead through the village. The next motorway junction is junction 11 (Heilbronn / Untergruppenbach) of the federal motorway 81 , about 30 km away via Mainhardt, the B 39 and the L 1111.

Local public transport is ensured by the Stuttgart Transport and Tariff Association.

The next train station is in Murrhardt , approx. 9 km away on the K 1902 on the Waiblingen – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental railway line .

Long-distance cycle routes

The German Limes Cycle Route runs through the village . It follows the Upper German-Raetian Limes over 818 km from Bad Hönningen on the Rhine to Regensburg on the Danube .

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Grave in the description of the Oberamt Backnang from 1871  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The community of Großerlach and its suburbs ; Retrieved August 18, 2010
  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. 463 .
  3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 . Pp. 554-556
  4. ↑ Main statute of the community Großerlach from November 25, 2004 (PDF; 50 kB)