Kappel-Grafenhausen

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 18 '  N , 7 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Ortenau district
Height :	163 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.72 km 2
Residents:	5096 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	198 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	77966
Area code :	07822
License plate :	OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL
Community key :	08 3 17 152
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 2 77966 Kappel-Grafenhausen
Website :	www.kappel-grafenhausen.de
Mayor :	Jochen Paleit (independent)
Location of the municipality of Kappel-Grafenhausen in the Ortenau district

Kappel-Grafenhausen is a municipality in the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

Kappel-Grafenhausen lies in the Upper Rhine Plain and is divided into two neighboring districts.

Kappel, to the west, is a clustered village, which has its historical center on the edge of the Rheinaue on the high bank of the Rhine. The Elz flows through the village . The district itself does indeed meet the Rhine, but a large part of the Rhine floodplains accessible from Kappel is the property of the city of Rhinau on the left bank of the Rhine and thus the French city and forms the municipality-free area of ​​Rheinau .

Grafenhausen to the east is a street village that was built along the old Rheinstrasse between Kappel and Ettenheim, both of which are significantly older. The village is located in the former swampy fracture area between the high bank of the Rhine and the foothills zone, the beginning of the so-called Kinzig-Murg-Rinne , which by westward diversion of the Unditz coming from Ettenheim and once flowing northwards (today " Ettenbach ") and through complex Melioration was drained.

In addition, the municipality includes an exclave at the upper end of the Münstertal east of Ettenheimmünster . This is an uninhabited forest area in the Black Forest that came to the towns of Kappel and Grafenhausen in the 19th century after the Ettenheim forest cooperative, which originated in the late Middle Ages, was dissolved.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Schwanau , in the east on the city of Mahlberg , in the southeast on the city of Ettenheim , in the south on Ringsheim and Rust and in the west on the unincorporated area Rheinau , as well as the Alsatian community Rhinau (formerly "Rheinau"). In the Black Forest there is an exclave of the community that is used exclusively for forestry and adjoins Ettenheim, Ringsheim and Schuttertal in a clockwise direction .

Community structure

Kappel-Grafenhausen consists of the former communities of Kappel am Rhein and Grafenhausen, to which only the villages of the same name belong. On the district of Grafenhausen in the direction of Ringsheim was the Reichenweier desert and on that of Kappel the lost hamlet of Adelnhofen and the former settlement of Trisloch, which is said to have been of Celtic origin.

history

Kappel was first mentioned in 1219 when the Strasbourg bishop Heinrich II signed a treaty with the royal bailiff of Strasbourg, Anselm von Rheinau, on the relapse of the fiefdom of Rheinau and Kappel after his death to the bishop. The place arose much earlier, however, from a settlement of fishermen and farmers on the Elz flowing past the high bank and in the immediate vicinity of the old Rhine crossing. According to legend, during his pastoral work in and around Strasbourg at the beginning of the seventh century, St. Fridolin is said to have given the Alemanni living here consolation during a severe flood and brought them the Christian faith. As a result, a first little church must soon have been built - probably as a separate church of the local Alemannic gentlemen's family. The "Capella", which gives the place its name, can be assumed to have been built around 750, when the Franks, after expropriating the Alemannic lords, probably established an original parish on the royal estate. The remains of a late Roman manor ( villa rustica ) point to an early agricultural use of the Hochgestades near Kappel. The first significant historical traces come from three important Celtic princely graves from the time from 620 to 550 BC. And a Celtic settlement.

Grafenhausen was first mentioned in connection with a donation in favor of the St. Peter Monastery in the Black Forest in 1111 , whose witness was also an Adalbero de Grabenhusen among Zähringer followers . The nucleus of the place was the "Hof zum Graben" located south of the current course of the Ettenbach, a Meyerhof from Franconian times, which was owned by the Strasbourg bishop in the tenth and eleventh centuries. After the Ettenbach (formerly the upper reaches of the Unditz , which ran west of Orschweier to the north into what is now the Kaiserwald), the "unduz graben" led directly towards the Rhine, the prerequisites for reclaiming the swampy rift area between the foothills of the foothills zone were created Orschweier and Mahlberg on the one hand and the high bank near Kappel on the other. For the settlement as well as for the continued existence of "Grauvinhusen" (1225), the village moat, some of which still exists today, was of decisive importance.

The two independent communities Kappel am Rhein and Grafenhausen were united in the course of the community reform in Baden-Württemberg on July 1, 1974.

Religions

Since the Reformation could not gain a foothold in the towns of Kappel and Grafenhausen, which were then part of the Strasbourg bishopric , they are still predominantly Roman Catholic today. There is a Catholic parish in both places. The community in Mahlberg is responsible for the Protestant residents . Since 2002 she has had a prayer room in Grafenhausen.

politics

Municipal council

Town hall of Kappel, seat of the municipal administration

The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result with a turnout of 53.7% (+ 3.7%) (with differences to the previous 2014 local election):

Party / list	Share of votes	+/-% p	Seats	+/-
CDU	54.8%	+ 1.5	8th	+ 1
Free voters	45.2%	- 1.5	7th	± 0

Compared to the result of the previous election with 14 members, the municipal council now has 15 members.

mayor

In the election for mayor in 2008, Jochen Paleit won by 26 votes. In 2015 he was confirmed in office with 86 percent of the valid votes and a turnout of 39 percent.

Administrative community

The community belongs to the agreed administrative community of the city of Ettenheim.

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  Chapel

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  Grafenhausen

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community is a combination of the coats of arms of the formerly independent communities Kappel and Grafenhausen. The coat of arms of Kappel showed three silver fish lying on top of each other on a red background, flanked by two golden oars, and thus referred to the earlier importance of fishing in this community. Grafenhausen's coat of arms showed a silver angel standing on a green background on a blue background, holding a black St. Andrew's cross in front of him .

Parish partnership

Kappel-Grafenhausen maintains a partnership with the French community of Rhinau in Alsace .

Culture and sights

St. Cyprian and Justina in Kappel

St. Jakobus in Grafenhausen

Churches

There are two churches worth seeing in the two places of the parish:

• The Catholic parish church in Kappel St. Cyprian and Justina was built in the years 1730–1733, but was not consecrated until 1737 on the same day as the Rust Church by the auxiliary bishop of the Strasbourg diocese . After it was no longer able to accommodate the rapidly growing community, the church was rebuilt and expanded from 1826 to 1828 according to plans by the Weinbrenner student Hans Voss . The previous nave remained as a choir, and a new, larger nave and a new tower were added. After it was destroyed at the end of the Second World War , it was rebuilt from 1947 to 1949 under the direction of the Freiburg architect Gregor Schroeder, slightly modified, whereby the classicist shape that Voss had given the church was retained. In 1955 the bells of the new five-part chime were consecrated, which was created by the important Heidelberg bell founder Friedrich Wilhelm Schilling .
• The Catholic parish church of St. Jakobus in Grafenhausen was built from 1787 to 1789 by the Freiburg architect Anton Hirschbühl and contains elements of classicism in addition to baroque forms . This church was also damaged in World War II and repaired again from 1951. It houses a late baroque organ by the master organ builder Blasius Schaxel , which was expanded in 1890 by organ builder August Merklin to include four stops and a second manual. The oldest and largest bell of the four-part ringing is the St. James bell, cast by Matthäus Edel in Strasbourg in 1767.

Museums

In the Grafenhausen district there is a historic oil mill with a unique mill technology from the 17th century. The mill also houses a small farm museum.

Natural monuments

The nature reserve Taubergießen lies between Kappel-Grafenhausen and the Rhine.

Economy and Infrastructure

Rhine ferry Kappel / Rhinau

Funny World is an amusement park right on the Alsace border .

traffic

Kappel-Grafenhausen is one to three kilometers away from the Ettenheim junction on federal motorway 5 . The federal highway 3 ( Buxtehude - Weil am Rhein ) is also easily accessible at a distance of two to four kilometers. The next train station is Orschweier (city of Mahlberg) on ​​the Rhine Valley Railway Karlsruhe - Basel . From December 22nd, 1893, Kappel had a railway connection through the local railway Rhein-Ettenheimmünster, which however experienced a break at the end of the First World War (closure of the line to the Rhine). Planning before the outbreak of war even provided for a connection with the overland tram in what is now the French Rhinau / Alsace and further to Strasbourg. The municipality is connected to the Alsatian neighboring municipality of Rhinau by the "Rhenanus" ferry .

education

In both districts there is a primary and secondary school , namely the Taubergießen School in Kappel and the Ferdinand Ruska School in Grafenhausen. Realschule and grammar school are located in the neighboring town of Ettenheim. For the youngest there are two communal and one Roman Catholic kindergarten .

In the district of Kappel there was also a bilingual school of the ABCM Bilingualism, which left the place after various legal difficulties.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Wilhelm Keller ((1895–1976), appointed 1962), local pastor and holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class.
• Raimund Halter ((1945–2016), appointed 1998), former mayor of the municipality.
• Walter Batt (appointed 2015), local politician ( CDU ) and former principal of the school in Grafenhausen.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Joseph Richter (1801–1865), Baden politician, freedom fighter and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Erhard Richter (1812–1865?), Beer brewer and freedom fighter in Achern, brother of Franz Joseph Richter , emigrated to the United States of America, where he later died alone.
• Ernst Stumpp (1897–1978), engineer, professor of electrical engineering in Magdeburg
• Albert Köbele (1909–1982), genealogist and local history researcher .

Personalities related to Kappel-Grafenhausen

• Joseph Vitus Burg (1768–1833), Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Mainz , was pastor in Kappel am Rhein from 1809 to 1827 and from 1810 dean of the Ettenheim chapter.
• Peter Anton Schleyer (1810–1862), theologian and clergyman, was pastor in Kappel after his release from the University of Freiburg
• Michael Joseph Hennig (1836–1915), dean of the Lahr regional chapter and center member of the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly , was a Catholic pastor in Kappel am Rhein from 1890 until his death.
• Emil Georg Bührle (1890–1956), Swiss industrialist , art collector and patron , was the son of the shoemaker and later tax officer Josef Bührle and Rosa Bührle, born in Kappel am Rhein. Benz.
• Thomas Kaiser (* 1961), German nature photographer, lives in the village.
• Matthias Oomen (* 1981), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), lobbyist, journalist, said he grew up in the village.

Others

Following irregularities in the 2006 mayoral election, which Armin Klausmann won, the Mannheim Administrative Court decided that the election had to be repeated. In 2007 Klausmann withdrew his proceedings before the Federal Administrative Court and renounced the office of mayor, in return the District Office discontinued the initiated disciplinary proceedings.

literature

• Michael Joseph Hennig : History of the Landkapitels Lahr , Lahr 1893 (new print, Osnabrück 1983).
• Albert Köbele : Ortssippenbuch Grafenhausen , 2nd edition, Lahr-Dinglingen: Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher, 1971 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 25), processed period 1680–1970.
• Albert Köbele : Ortssippenbuch Kappel am Rhein , 2nd edition, Lahr-Dinglingen: Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher, 1991 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 4), processed period 1699–1968.
• Tobias F. Korta: Kappel on the Rhine in the Middle Ages. Taking into account Grafenhausen and Alt-Rhinau , Ettlingen 2018.
• Claus Reader: Kappel History , Kappel-Grafenhausen 1983.

Web links

Commons : Kappel-Grafenhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official homepage of the municipality
• History working group Kappel-Grafenhausen
• Kappel-Grafenhausen: Impressions and local history

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. 311-312
3. ^ Wilhelm Wiegand (ed.): Document book of the city of Strasbourg , Vol. 1, Strasbourg 1879, p. 142 f. ; The contract is written in Latin, a German summary can be found in Alfred Hessel, Manfred Krebs (ed.): Regesten der Bischöfe von Strassburg , Volume 2, Innsbruck 1928, p. 22 .
4. ↑ Tobias F. Korta: Kappel am Rhein in the Middle Ages , Ettlingen 2018, pp. 42, 58, 70, 74.
5. ↑ Josef Naudascher: Surprising find in Kappel: Roman wall remains discovered , in: Lahrer Zeitung of December 30, 1988.
6. ^ Rolf Dehn, Markus Egg and Rüdiger Lehnert: The Hallstatt-era princely grave in Hill 3 of Kappel am Rhein in Baden , Mainz 2005.
7. ^ Albert Köbele: Dorfgraben and Dorfhag in Grafenhausen , in: Geroldsecker Land, Heft 3, 1960/61, pp. 130-133.
8. ^ 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. 513 .
9. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Results of the 2019 municipal council elections - Kappel-Grafenhausen
10. ^ State gazette for Baden-Württemberg - Mayoral election 2015 in Kappel-Grafenhausen
11. ↑ Josef Sauer, "The Church Art of the First Half of the 19th Century in Baden (Continuation)", in: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv, Vol. 58 (1931), pp. 247–249; see. also: Architecture in Baden ( Memento of the original dated November 4, 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. with detailed building description 
12. ↑ Listen to the ringing of bells
13. ^ Website of the congregation: Kirchen
14. ↑ Listen to the ringing of bells
15. ↑ The Ortenau: Journal of the Historical Association for Middle Baden (48th annual volume. 1968) (UB Freiburg, H 519, m) - Freiburg historical holdings - digital - Freiburg University Library. In: dl.ub.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved July 6, 2016 . 
16. ^ Badische Zeitung: Kappel-Grafenhausen: The first mayor of the new double community - badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved July 6, 2016 . 
17. ^ Badische Zeitung: Kappel-Grafenhausen: Walter Batt becomes an honorary citizen - badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved July 6, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Die Ortenau, 78th year volume 1998, pp. 187–194 .
19. ↑ Thomas Kaiser’s website. With information on the Kaiser's place of residence.
20. ↑ derFahrgast, magazine of the Fahrgastverband Pro Bahn eV  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. With author information on the former place of residence Oomens on page 21  
21. ↑ Heilbronn voice (from September 21, 2007)