Großweier

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Großweier
City of Achern
Großweier coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 2 ′ 49 ″  E
Height : 134 m
Residents : 1570  (December 9, 2015)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 77855
Area code : 07841
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Location Großweiers as a district of Achern
Aerial view of Großweier from the south
Parish Church of St Martin

Großweier is a district of the large district town of Achern in Baden-Württemberg . The population is around 1570.

Großweier is a village within the meaning of Baden-Wuerttemberg Municipal Code , that is, there is one of the voters in each municipal election to be elected Ortschaftsrat with a mayor as chairman. Only the village of the same name belongs to the Großweier district.

Until its incorporation in 1973, Großweier was an independent municipality in the Ortenau district .

geography

Großweier is located in the Rhine valley around 30 kilometers south of Baden-Baden and around 30 kilometers north of Offenburg . Strasbourg in the west of Alsace on the French side of the Rhine is also around 30 kilometers away.

history

Großweier was first mentioned around 1115 as Crosvvilare . Like Gamshurst, it was an extension of Sasbach. It was called Croschweier until the 19th century.

Around 1236, a moated castle was built on the site of today's cemetery . The knight dynasty sitting on the former moated castle was devoted to the landed gentry and Count von Eberstein. Junker Johann von Crosvilare was mentioned by name in 1236. In Großweier there was a castle after which a family was named. They had the place from the Margraves of Baden as a fief. After the family died out, Großweier passed to the Lords of Seldeneck, whose heirs finally sold it back to Baden in 1583. The moated castle was then the seat of the Baden office or bailiff until the castle was destroyed in 1689 by the troops of the French "Sun King" Louis XIV . Then Bühl became the seat of the office.

Between 1575 and 1630 eight people got into witch trials and two men were executed. The place was depopulated and devastated during the Thirty Years War .

In 1797 the place was occupied by French troops for about a year. The population began to become poor. From 1843 to 1852 many impoverished residents emigrated to America, the population decreased from about 800 to 600 people.

In 1902 the parish church of St. Martin was completed. In the First World War, Großweier had 29 dead and missing persons to mourn, in the Second World War 83 dead and missing persons.

In 1958 the motorway construction reached Großweier. The agricultural and forestry property was reorganized in 1961 through a land consolidation . On January 1, 1973, the previously independent community Großweier was incorporated into Achern. In 2005 celebrations took place on the occasion of the first mention 850 years ago.

literature

  • Rolf Federle: Großweier local family book . 2nd edition, Lahr-Dinglingen: Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher 2004 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 115), processed period 1650–1950
  • Rolf Federle / Ewald Hall: Field name book Großweier (ed.): City of Achern / Ortsverwaltung Großweier 2014, 111 pages
  • Rolf Federle: Alt - Großweier - Historic buildings and their owners. (Ed.): Local administration Großweier - working group "Historik Großweier". 2016, 1st edition with 167 images.

Web links

Commons : Großweier  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Burkart: Witches and Witches Trials in Baden , Durmersheim 2009, pp. 308–389
  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. 495 .