Harburg (Swabia)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 48 ° 47 '  N , 10 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Bavaria
Administrative region :	Swabia
County :	Danube Ries
Height :	413 m above sea level NHN
Area :	73.16 km 2
Residents:	5561 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	86655
Primaries :	09080, 09085
License plate :	DON, Lower Austria
Community key :	09 7 79 155
City structure:	25 parts of the community
City administration address :	Schlossstrasse 1 86655 Harburg
Website :	www.stadt-harburg-schwaben.de
Mayor :	Christoph Schmidt ( Independent for Harburg )
Location of the city of Harburg (Swabia) in the Donau-Ries district

Harburg (Schwaben) is a town in the Donau-Ries district in Swabia (Bavaria) . This is located in the valley of the Wörnitz on the Romantic Road between Nördlingen and Donauwörth .

Names

Old documents speak of Harburc, Horeburch and Horburc. In Old High German, "horo" means swamp or moor, so the Harburg would be a castle above the swamp. However, the nature of the soil in Harburg speaks against this. Colloquially, the word "Hore" for "horn" is used in Harburg to this day, which rather indicates the shape of the mountain. The Harburg would be a castle on a mountain horn.

Parts of the community and districts

There are 25 officially named parts of the municipality (the type of settlement is given in brackets ):

Brennhof ( wasteland ) Brünsee (village) Bühlhof (wasteland) Ebermergen (parish village) Egermühle (wasteland) Großsorheim ( Kirchdorf ) Harburg (main town)

Harthof (wasteland) Heroldingen (parish village) Hoppingen (parish village) Katzenstein (hamlet) Kratzhof (hamlet) Listhof (hamlet)

Marbach (hamlet) Moors (parish village) Möggingen (village) Mündling (parish village) Obere Reismühle (hamlet) Olachmühle (wasteland)

Ronheim (village) Salchhof (wasteland) Schrattenhofen (village) Sonderhof (wasteland) Spielberg (hamlet) Lower rice mill (wasteland)

The municipality consists of 10 districts that are congruent with the former municipalities:

• Brünsee with Marbach
• Ebermergen with Lower Reismühle
• Großsorheim with Egermühle and Möggingen
• Harburg with Birkenhof ^* , Bühlhof, Harthof, Kratzhof, Listhof, Salchhof and Stadelhof ^*
• Heroldingen with distillery and deep mill ^*
• Hopping
• Moors with Obere Reismühle and Spielberg
• Mündling with Mündling Bahnhof ^* and Olachmühle
• Ronheim with Katzenstein and Sonderhof
• Schrattenhofen

^* The places are not officially named parts of the municipality

history

View from the castle to the city of Harburg and the Wörnitz / Panorama

Harburg

The castle, first mentioned in 1093, was part of the imperial estate together with the settlement in the Staufer period . The place received market rights as early as 1250, but the following year (without the castle) it was pledged to the County of Oettingen . In 1407 the city finally came into the possession of the Oettinger. From 1591, the Society for Leprology a medieval in Harburg data Leprosorium detectable, which was designated as Leprosenhaus and the "See Care" served. The building was later used as a hospital for the poor and was closed in 1903.

The city of Harburg only became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria through mediatization in 1806 . Until then it belonged to the evangelical line Oettingen-Oettingen of the principality of Oettingen and therefore has a Protestant majority to this day.

See also : Wellwart Castle  and Oettingen

Incorporations

The former municipalities of Brünsee and Mündling were incorporated on July 1, 1971. Ronheim was added on July 1, 1972. Hoppingen was incorporated on January 1, 1974. Ebermergen and Großsorheim followed on January 1, 1976. The series of incorporations was completed on May 1, 1978 with the incorporation of Heroldingen and Mauren.

Population development

Between 1988 and 2018, the population fell from 5,674 to 5,535 by 139 inhabitants or 2.5%.

politics

City council

town hall

Since the last local elections on March 16, 2014 , the city council has been composed as follows:

Party / list	Seats	G / V
CSU	8th	+ 1
SPD	4th	± 0
PWG / BG / Free Voters	8th	+ 4
total	20th	-

As of May 1, 2020 ( local election on March 15, 2020 ) the city council will be composed as follows:

Party / list	Seats	G / V
CSU	5	- 3
SPD	4th	± 0
PWG / BG / Free Voters	5	+ 3
WG Mündling	2	+2
WG Mauren	2	+ 2
Alliance 90 / The Greens	1	+ 1
Flat share Großsorheim / Möggingen	1	+ 1
total	20th	-

10 of the 20 city councilors are elected to the body for the first time.

mayor

The mayor of Harburg has been working full-time since 1972:

Adolf Härtl	SPD	1972-1976
Hans Schneider	CSU	1976-1984
Anton Fischer	SPD	1984-2002
Wolfgang Kilian	CSU	2002-2020
Christoph Schmidt	independent	from 2020

Christoph Schmidt (Independent for Harburg) was elected First Mayor in the runoff election on March 29, 2020 and has been in office since May 1, 2020.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In the shield on a golden background a red-armored, black eagle without a crown." A seal first attested to in 1290 AD shows the eagle as an indication of the early character of the place as an imperial property .

Town twinning

Harburg has a partnership with the French community of Gouville sur Mer in Normandy .

Attractions

Franz Guillery : Harburg

→ Main articles : Harburg Castle  and list of architectural monuments in Harburg (Swabia)

Above the city of Harburg is the castle of the same name, an extensive medieval complex from the 11th / 12th. Century. The condition of the 18th century has largely been preserved. The castle belongs to Prince Wallerstein.

Harburg already had five wooden city gates around 1500: the Bruckor (by the bridge), the Egelseetor (leads to the Egelsee), the Nördlinger Tor or Tief Tor, the Vesttor (leads to the fortress or castle) and the Griestor or Donauwörther Tor . To prevent unwanted people such as thieves, robbers, beggars and highwaymen from entering the city, the gates were closed every evening. A city wall was largely unnecessary as the city was almost completely enclosed by house walls. Between 1861 and 1863 all gates were torn down - officially because of dilapidation, excessive maintenance costs and health risks for the residents. However, it is now known that people simply no longer liked them. Memorial plaques are now attached to the former locations of the gates.

traffic

In Hoppingen , Harburg and Ebermergen there are train stations on the Augsburg – Nördlingen railway line . Mündling is on the Donauwörth – Treuchtlingen railway line , but no longer has a stop. Harburg can be reached by car via Bundesstraße 25 , which passes under Harburg in a tunnel near Harburg. Harburg is centrally located in the Donau-Ries district and is connected to the other most important cities in the district by state roads. Harburg can also be reached by cyclists via the Romantic Road long-distance cycle route. Numerous other cycle paths cross in and near Harburg. When it comes to long-distance hiking trails , Harburg is the end point of the Franconian Way and a stage on the Bavarian-Swabian Way of St. James .

Companies

(Selection)

Cement factory

The headquarters of the Märker Group, with its tall lime kilns and other production facilities, shape the view from the southeast. In addition to the Märker Group, there are mainly smaller craft businesses. Shops are gradually disappearing from the cityscape.

geology

Harburg is located on the southeastern edge of the Nördlinger Ries . Between 1920 and 1950 Joachim Schröder (paleontologist) made geological recordings of Harburg.

District

Partial view of Harburg with the cath. Parish church

For centuries, Harburg has been divided into several districts by the Wörnitz. The core is the old town, with its historic streets and former city gates. East of the Wörnitz a new building area arose over the course of time, which today is also part of the city center, and at the ends of which more new housing estates are still being built. In the 1990s, the residential districts to the west of the mountain, Heide and Stadelhof, were very popular.

Web links

Commons : Harburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City of Harburg (Swabia)
• Harburg (Swabia): Official statistics of the LfStat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Data 2" sheet, Statistical Report A1200C 202041 Population of the municipalities, districts and administrative districts 1st quarter 2020 (population based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ^ City of Harburg in the local database of the Bavarian State Library Online . Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, accessed on November 4, 2020.
3. ^ City of Harburg (Swabia): City of Harburg (Swabia) - districts. In: www.stadt-harburg-schwaben.de. Retrieved September 2, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Erhard Nietzschmann: The free ones in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 40.
5. ↑ Documentation: Medieval leprosories in today's Bavaria, first in the magazine “Die Klapper”, accessed March 18, 2018 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 450 .
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. 792 f .
8. ↑ City Council (Council information). Harburg municipality (Swabia), accessed on August 13, 2020 . 
9. ^ Entry on the coat of arms of Harburg (Swabia)  in the database of the House of Bavarian History