Gutach im Breisgau

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Gutach im Breisgau
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Coordinates: 48 ° 7 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Freiburg
County : Emmendingen
Height : 293 m above sea level NHN
Area : 24.77 km 2
Residents: 4479 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 181 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 79261
Primaries : 07685, 07681
License plate : EM
Community key : 08 3 16 014
LOCODE : DE GUC
Community structure: 3 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Dorfstrasse 33
79261 Gutach im Breisgau
Website : www.gutach.de
Mayor : Urban Singler
Location of the community Gutach im Breisgau in the district of Emmendingen
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Gutach im Breisgau is a municipality in the Elz Valley in the district of Emmendingen , Baden-Württemberg . It is located at the transition from the Breisgau to the Black Forest, around 20 kilometers northeast of Freiburg im Breisgau .

geography

Geographical location

Gutach in the lower Elztal (back), at Bleibach the Wilde Gutach flows from the left

Gutach lies in the area of ​​a valley spider of the Elz , a right tributary of the Rhine . This main body of water of the municipality, which flows straight to the southwest along a significant fault line, is approached by the Wilde Gutach from the southeast and the smaller Siegelbach from the north-northwest. The municipality extends in a sickle shape from its eastern tip on the summit of the Hörnleberg ( 906.2  m above sea level ) over the valley spider with the northernmost foothill of the Kandel , especially the Siegelbachtal, to the upper reaches of two Elz tributaries further north. The highest point is the summit of the Hörnleberg, which is just under 280  m above sea level. NN deepest is where the border to Waldkirch crosses the Elz. The largest towns are the eponymous main town in the wide, lower Elztal and Bleibach at the mouth of the Wilden Gutach, the smallest of the three village centers is Siegelau in the Siegelbachtal. In addition, there are several other hamlets , Zinken , settlement areas and individual farms , especially in the Siegelbach valley system .

Old manor in Gutach
Catholic Church of St. Michael

Neighboring communities

The immediately adjacent communities are down the Elz and in the south-west Waldkirch with its districts Siensbach and Kollnau , in the west Freiamt , in the north Biederbach , in the north-east Elzach , upstream and in the north-east Winden im Elztal and in the south-east Simonswald .

Community structure

The community Gutach im Breisgau is divided into the districts Bleibach, Gutach and Siegelau. The districts are spatially identical to the earlier communities of the same name.

  • The Bleibach submarket includes the upper section of the Elzstal in the municipality and the edge heights on both sides, far left up to the Hörnleberg. The village of Bleibach, the hamlet of Kregelbach and one part of the hamlet of Stollen as well as the residential areas Berghaus and Bergwerk are located in it.
  • The Gutach submarket, which connects to the southwest and includes the lower section of the Elz Valley in the municipality, includes the village of Gutach im Breisgau, the hamlet of Ottensteg, the other part of the hamlet of Stollen and the Riedern homestead. The Glashof deserted area is also located here , as indicated by a field name.
  • The Siegelau suburb, which is by far the largest by area, includes the village of Siegelau, the hamlets of Mußbach, the Zinken Dobel, Gescheid, Obertal and Untertal, the farms Eckleberg and Zinken and the Schwarzenberg residential area - all of them in the catchment area of ​​the Siegelbach - as well as the hamlet of Oberspitzenbach in Obertal the Spitzenbach, which flows into the Elz directly and above the municipal area.

The Glashof deserted area, which is indicated by a field name, is also located on the Gutacher suburb.

history

The district of Bleibach was first mentioned in 1178 in a papal bull by Alexander II as the property of the St. Margarethen monastery in Waldkirch as Plidach . A church in Bleibach was first mentioned in 1350 as a branch of the parish of St. Peter in Waldkirch.

Siegelau was first mentioned in 1251 as Sigilnowe . In 1360 there was a report of a church in the village.

The first documentary mention of Gutach can be found in 1309 in a topographical dictionary as Guota . In 1316 Gutach and Bleibach came into the possession of the Schwarzenbergs on the Kastelburg , Siegelau to those on the Schwarzenburg . A chapel in Gutach was not reported until 1699.

In the 16th century the municipalities of Gutach, Bleibach and Siegelau became part of Upper Austria . They belonged to the Landgraviate of Breisgau until they were added to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1805 .

Gutach has had the addition of "im Breisgau" since June 27, 1961. Today's community was newly formed on January 1, 1974 by the union of the communities Gutach im Breisgau, Bleibach and Siegelau.

politics

Former town hall of the Gutach im Breisgau community

Until the municipal elections in Baden-Württemberg in 1999, the bogus sub-district election was in effect ; the districts also formed residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code .

Municipal council

The local elections on May 25, 2014 resulted in the following results:

CDU 32.1% 4 seats - 1
Free voters 47.8% 7 seats ± 0
Ecological list 20.1% 3 seats + 1

mayor

In March 2014, Urban Singler was re-elected for a second term.

Town twinning

  • Since 1997 there has been an official partnership between Elzach, Gutach, Simonswald and Waldkirch with Worthing in Sussex, England .
  • On June 13, 2002, the inner-German partnership with the Saxon town of Grumbach in the Erzgebirgskreis was sealed.

Economy and Infrastructure

Gutach railway station

In addition to medium-sized industrial companies and tourism with gastronomy, agriculture is the most important economic factor. In particular, the district of Siegelau with its hamlets Oberspitzenbach, Schwarzenberg, Eckleberg, Gscheid, Obertal, Untertal, Dobel and Mußbach has a rural and rural character.

traffic

The community is connected to the regional center of Freiburg im Breisgau (21 km to the city center) via the federal road 294 ( Bretten - Gundelfingen ) . The federal autobahn 5 ( Basel - Karlsruhe ) can be reached in 20 km without having to pass through town.

The Elztalbahn ( Elzach - Freiburg im Breisgau ), on which the SWEG serves the Gutach and Bleibach stations, and several lines of the Südbadenbus connect Gutach to local public transport.

Elztal distillery Weis

Established businesses

  • Gütermann is one of the largest manufacturers of sewing threads and yarn . With over 350 employees in Gutach, the company is one of the largest in the Elztal.
  • The Elztal distillery Georg Weis is one of the largest manufacturers of spirits in Germany.
  • Wasserkraft Volk AG is one of the world's leading manufacturers of small and medium-sized hydropower plants.

Tourism and leisure

Gütermann golf course

Gutach is located in the Southern Black Forest Nature Park , the largest nature park in Germany. The districts of Siegelau, Oberspitzenbach and Bleibach, which is recognized as a state resort, are popular hiking destinations for tours through the nature park.

Gutach is a member of the "ZweiTälerLand" tourism association, which is responsible for the tourist marketing of the communities in the Elz Valley and the Simonswald Valley . For this purpose, Elztal & Simonswäldertal Tourismus GmbH & Co. KG was founded on January 1st, 2000. In addition to Gutach, the shareholders are five other municipalities, which finance the company according to their number of residents and overnight stays. The three-kilometer forest adventure trail on the Hörnleberg in the Bleibach district is a mixture of a nature trail and an “eco-rally”, which is intended to convey knowledge about the forest ecosystem in a playful way.

The Gütermann Gutach Golf Club, a swimming pool, a boules pitch and a sports field complete the leisure program.

education

In Gutach there is a primary school with a former Werkrealschule, and there is also a primary school in the Bleibach district. The Elztal School in Bleibach is responsible as a special needs school for children with learning difficulties .

Culture and sights

St. Georg in Bleibach, ossuary on the right

Buildings

The church of St. Georg in Bleibach is - not only - worth seeing for those interested in art history. The idiosyncratic building combines five style and construction epochs from the late Middle Ages to the modern age, which gave the church a completely new face with the last renovation in 1978. The church leads to the ossuary , which is rare in southern Germany, with the Bleibach dance of death from 1723, which is still completely preserved . a. the Basel dance of death served as a model.

The octagonal columbarium of the Gütermann family, partly made of cast stone, is located in the cemetery . Horst Gütermann , among others, is buried in it.

Personalities

Gütermann columbarium

Sons and daughters of the church

Honorary citizen

  • Adolf Hirtler, first pastor in Gutach, 1963
  • Horst Gütermann, 2002.
  • Alex P. Gütermann, 2002.

Web links

Commons : Gutach im Breisgau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Main statute of the Gutach im Breisgau community of October 23, 2001 ( Memento of March 15, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 399 kB)
  3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Freiburg district Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 , pp. 252-254.
  4. ↑ Bleibach - old community ~ part of town. leo-bw.de , accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  5. ^ Siegelau - Altgemeinde ~ sub-town. leo-bw.de, accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  6. ^ Gutach im Breisgau - Altgemeinde ~ sub-town. leo-bw.de, accessed on June 17, 2019 .
  7. ^ 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. 511 .
  8. ↑ elections , gutach.de
  9. ↑ Mayor election Gutach , staatsanzeiger.de
  10. ↑ Hans Georg Wehrens: The dance of death in the Alemannic language area. "I have to do it - and don't know what" . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7954-2563-0 , p. 234ff.
  11. ^ Church communications from the parishes , in the newsletter of the Gutach community, No. 29/2005 ( memento of April 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), p. 8