Gruol

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Gruol
City of Haigerloch
Former municipal coat of arms of Gruol
Coordinates: 48 ° 20 ′ 47 "  N , 8 ° 46 ′ 32"  E
Height : 470 m above sea level NN
Residents : 1654  (December 31, 2018)
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 72401
Area code : 07474

Gruol (pronounced: Gruhl) is a district of Haigerloch in the Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg , Germany .

The village is located in a valley on the Stunzach river in the southwest of the municipality. With 1653 inhabitants, Gruol is the second largest district of Haigerloch.

Place name

The meaning of the place name is probably due to "place in the green meadow valley". The place name could, however, also be related to an earlier nobleman, Gozzolt von Groeren , who had to do with the deed of donation from Gruol.

history

Gruol was first mentioned in a document in 1094. Gruol was formed from small individual farms that gradually grew together, the oldest district is Kroppenhofen. Later the place in the former Oberamt Haigerloch was part of Hohenzollern , in 1850 Gruol came to Prussia as part of the Hohenzollerische Lande . On January 1, 1975, despite partial resistance from the population, it was incorporated into the city of Haigerloch. In 1994 the celebration of "900 years of Gruol" took place.

education

There is a primary and secondary school in the village. Since the 2010/2011 school year, the secondary school has been relocated to Stetten and the primary school has been expanded to become an all-day school.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • Catholic parish church St. Clemens : built from 1846 to 1849, the height of the steeple is 46.70 meters and is one of the largest churches in the Zollernalb district . The church offers around 1200 seats. The Big Bell was cast in Esslingen in 1429.
  • Vituskapelle: (Friedhofskirche) The correct name: Our Lady Church . It was first mentioned in a document in 1374. When the St. Clemens Church was rebuilt, it was given the spire of the steeple.
  • Heiligkreuzkapelle: was built in the 13th century and expanded until 1480.
  • Schlössle: It was first mentioned in a document in 1608.
  • Gruol monastery barn: built in 1743
  • New town hall with fire station : built in 1978
  • The Red House: One of the oldest residential buildings, it is over 300 years old.
  • Gasthaus Krone: The Gasthaus Krone is also over 300 years old. However, there has been no catering there for a few years, but occasionally events are still held there.
  • Bakery and wash house: Both were built around 1843/44. The bakehouse is still used today.
  • The lower mill: It was built in 1348. During the Second World War, heavy water was stored there as a moderator substance for the Haigerloch research reactor .
  • Old school house: It is more than 100 years old and was built in 1908.
  • Loretto Chapel: It is also not in the Gruol district and yet it was once a Gruolese who built it around 1655.
  • Jewish cemetery: Located in the forest, above the vineyard dump. Most of the tombstones are still there. They are under monument protection.
  • Others: St. Clemens parish hall: 1905/06; Gasthaus Löwen (meanwhile demolished) and Traube: were all built in the second half of the 19th century, but are no longer in operation; Gasthaus Rössle was operated as a youth center until 2013 and has since been demolished; Upper Mill; Saw; Brewery (around 1865)
  • Löwensaal: Formerly the hall of the Gasthaus Löwen, now an event hall operated by the local association.

Natural monuments

  • Hausertaleiche: The 30 meter high oak with a floor circumference of 8.80 meters is over 500 years old and is called "thick oak". It was entered in the natural monument book in 1935.
  • Oak near Gruol with a BHU of 6.90 m (2015).

Regular events

Every year on the first weekend in September one of the largest motorcycle meetings in southern Germany takes place in Gruol near Weinberghalde. Bands like Axxis , UDO , Krokus , Bonfire , Pretty Maids and Doro have already performed there. In 2015 Edguy headlined, 2017 Primal Fear and 2018 Grave Digger .

Individual evidence

  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. 540 .
  2. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017