Large villas

Large villas Oberderdingen municipality Coordinates: 49 ° 2 ′ 44 ″ N , 8 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ E
Height :	227 m
Residents :	980 (2011)
Postal code :	75038
Area code :	07045

Waldenserhäusle in Großvillars

Town hall of Großvillars

Evangelical Church in Großvillars

Großvillars is a small town in the Kraichgau in the district of Karlsruhe and has been part of the Baden-Württemberg district reform, which came into force on 1 January 1973, all the way to community Oberderdingen . Until then, Großvillars was divided into two parts, the larger part of the village belonged to the city of Knittlingen , the smaller part to Oberderdingen.

Großvillars is located on the edge of the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park on the Württemberg Wine Route and, as a wine-growing town, belongs to the Württemberg wine-growing region . The place was founded around 1700 as a Waldensian settlement.

Culture and sights

Museums

The Waldenserhäusle is a craftsman's house from 1864/65 and houses the Waldensian Museum, which opened in July 2005. The house, which was previously approved for demolition, was restored by the Großvillars Citizens' Association. Information about the history of the Waldensians, a Protestant movement from the Middle Ages, and about the founding of the village of Großvillars about 300 years ago by the Waldensians from the Chisonetal , which is in Piedmont near Turin, is provided on glass panels in an informative way . shown.

The Waldenserhäusle has received the sponsorship award in the "Exemplary Local History Museum" competition.

Buildings

Today's Freudensteiner Strasse, which runs long and straight towards the Waldensian Church, is characteristic of the Waldensian village. There are many half-timbered houses on the street . The town hall of Großvillars is a cultural monument.

traffic

The bus routes 143 and 144 of the Karlsruhe transport association connect Großvillars with the train stations Bretten and Flehingen .

Web links

Commons : Großvillars - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ 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. 458 .
↑ Award of the prizes of the competition "Exemplary Local History Museum 2007"

[1] 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. 458 .

[2] Award of the prizes of the competition "Exemplary Local History Museum 2007"