Hachtel (Bad Mergentheim)

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Hachtel
Hachtel's coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 11 ″  N , 9 ° 47 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : approx. 308 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.26 km²
Residents : 306  (Jan. 1, 2018)
Population density : 37 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1974
Postal code : 97980
Area code : 07931
Aerial view from the northeast
Aerial view from the northeast

Hachtel is a district of Bad Mergentheim in the Main-Tauber district in northeast Baden-Württemberg .

geography

The village Hachtel is the only place of the district and is in a straight line over eight kilometers south-southwest of the city center of Bad Mergentheim in the valley of Hachteler Bach , who even before the place Wachbach from the left and south in the same Wachbach flows, as well as in the small side valley of the mouth trench . The houses stand at heights between 290 and 345  m above sea level. NHN .

One to one and a half kilometers further south and upstream, the dam of the Hachtel flood retention basin crosses the basin of the Hachteler Bach, which runs through the limestone, and protects the village from the rare but sometimes devastating floods. Another kilometer southwest of the 0.3 hectare lake, which was permanently dammed behind the dam, there used to be a place Igelstrut , which has fallen into desolation today.

Coming from the southwest from the direction of Rengershausen , the district road K 2845 descends over the Maulgraben into the village and from there continues northwards in the valley to the B 19 in the Wachbach valley .

history

middle Ages

In 1291 the place was first mentioned as Habchtal . In 1342 it was mentioned as Habstal .

Modern times

On December 31, 1974, Hachtel was incorporated into the city of Bad Mergentheim together with Wachbach . As in the context of on 1 January 1973 Württemberg Baden-district reform the county Mergentheim was dissolved, Hachtel part in the sequel to the newly formed Tauber district , which its present name on 1 January 1974 Main-Tauber-Kreis received.

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

Hachteler See

The Hachteler See in spring

The Hachteler See is about one kilometer south-southwest of Hachtel. The Hachteler Bach flows through it.

Ottmar Mergenthaler Museum

Museum with memorial in the former town hall and birthplace of Ottmar Mergenthaler . The watchmaker Ottmar Mergenthaler, born in Hachtel, invented the Linotype typesetting machine in the USA in 1886 . This line typesetting and casting machine for characters, which was revolutionary at the time, significantly accelerated typesetting, especially for books and newspapers. The museum is dedicated to the work of Ottmar Mergenthaler.

Biking and hiking trails

Hachtel is on the Liebliches Taubertal cycle path - the sporty one .

traffic

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b City of Bad Mergentheim: Bad Mergentheim district Hachtel . Online at www.bad-mergentheim.de. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b LEO-BW.de: Hachtel on the website www.leo-bw.de. Accessed March 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ Height according to the contour line image on the background layer Topographic map on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
  4. ^ 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. 469 .
  5. ^ 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. 453 f .
  6. ^ Ottmar-Mergenthaler-Museum. In: bad-mergentheim.de. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .
  7. ↑ "The Sportive" - ​​Tourist Association Liebliches Taubertal. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ 4th stage of the day - Boxberg to Niederstetten - Liebliches Taubertal tourist office. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .

literature

  • Topographical map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6524 Bad Mergentheim and No. 6624 Mulfingen

Web links

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