Heddesbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Heddesbach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 29 '  N , 8 ° 50'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	204 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.21 km 2
Residents:	450 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	55 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	69434
Area code :	06272
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 027
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 2 69434 Heddesbach
Website :	www.heddesbach.de
Mayor :	Volker Reibold
Location of the municipality of Heddesbach in the Rhein-Neckar district

Heddesbach

In terms of population, Heddesbach is by far the smallest municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Heddesbach, which belongs to the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region , is located in the Ulfenbachtal in the Odenwald . The district extends at a height of 180 to 460 meters and is part of the Neckartal-Odenwald nature park .

The community borders in the north on the Hessian community Wald-Michelbach , in the east on the district Brombach of the city of Eberbach , in the south on the district Langenthal in the Hessian city Hirschhorn (Neckar) , in the southwest on the district Altneudorf in the city of Schönau and in the west Heiligkreuzsteinach .

history

Settlement of the area probably did not begin until the end of the 12th century. On behalf of the Bishop of Worms , Bligger III. von Steinach established the Harfenburg and founded the line of the Lords of Harfenberg . With the decline of the Harfenbergs after 1300, the Electoral Palatinate acquired the castle together with the local rule over the settlement, which is first mentioned in 1322 as Heddesbach . The place was administered from Heiligkreuzsteinach, ecclesiastically it initially belonged to Neckarsteinach . The Heddesbacher Kirche was the mother church for the branches in Langenthal, Brombach and Schönmattenwang.

After moving to Baden in 1803, Heddesbach became independent in 1810. It belonged to the district of Heidelberg . During the municipality reform in Baden-Württemberg, the place became part of the newly formed Rhein-Neckar district, in which Heddesbach has been the smallest independent municipality in terms of population since 1975.

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Residents	150	134	287	378	366	342	417	412	429	476	534	494	463	475

politics

Administrative association

The community belongs to the community administration association Schönau with seat in Schönau .

Municipal council

In addition to the presiding mayor, the municipal council consists of eight members who are directly elected every five years. In the 2019 municipal council elections, the only list to stand up was a voters' association that won all eight seats (voter turnout: 68.1%).

mayor

In 2019, Volker Reibold (independent) was elected mayor of Heddesbach. He replaced Hermann Roth (non-party), who in 2015 replaced Herwig Klein (non-party), who had been in office since 1985.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: In red a silver harp.

The coat of arms was worked out in 1911 by the General State Archives. It alludes to the Landschad von Steinach , who wielded the harp in their coat of arms. The municipality accepted the coat of arms, but initially did not want to purchase a new seal. That is why it has only been used since a municipal council resolution from 1950.

Partner municipality

Heddesbach maintains a partnership with Obernberg am Brenner in Austria.

Culture and sights

Peterskirche

Heddesbach attracts with its natural environment, many forest hiking trails and offers space for various sporting activities. In addition, there is an above-average club life. The streets and canals in the historic town center, some of which date from the first years of the 20th century, were renovated in 2004. The church square redesigned in 1986, including St. Peter's Church and Elfnerhaus, is also located in the center of the town. The Elfnerhaus was acquired by the community and serves as the venue for the annual Heddesbacher Kirchweih (Kerwe). It also houses a youth room.

The Protestant St. Peter's Church was laid out as a fortified church in the 13th century . The choir tower dates from this time. In the 18th century the nave and the onion hood were added. The frescoes in the choir date from the 15th century and were painted over during the iconoclasm in 1556. They were rediscovered and restored in the 20th century. The church is equipped with an Overmann organ from 1804 and a baroque pulpit.

The school and town hall was built in 1904 in Art Nouveau style and is a listed building. The elementary school was closed in 1972 and the building is now also used as a community center.

Only sparse remains of the Harfenburg have survived . It was probably built in the 12th century and was one of the oldest castles in the southern Odenwald. It was the headquarters of the Harfenberger and ruled the villages of Heddesbach, Brombach and Langenthal. With the decline of the Harfenbergs, the castle fell to the Electoral Palatinate around 1300, which it pledged to the Lords of Hirschhorn in 1314 . In 1340 Engelhard von Hirschhorn was asked by the Count Palatine to repair the "great damage" he had done to the castle. It is not clear whether this happened. From the 15th century the castle is only mentioned as a field name.

The menhir, which was probably set in the 14th century on the border with Brombach, is classified as a natural monument.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The L 3105 leads through Heddesbach to Hirschhorn, where it connects to federal road 37 ( Heidelberg - Mosbach ) or federal road 45 ( Sinsheim - Wöllstadt ). The BRN operates a bus line that leads to Hirschhorn and Wald-Michelbach. In Hirschhorn there is a train station of the S-Bahn RheinNeckar . Heddesbach belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

education

There is a kindergarten co-financed by Heddesbach in Langenthal, two kilometers away. Since the school reform in 1972, the elementary school in Hirschhorn, Hesse, can be attended after the local school was closed.

literature

• State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (ed.): The city and districts of Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description .
  • Vol. 1: General part . Karlsruhe 1966
  • Vol. 2: The city of Heidelberg and the municipalities of the district of Heidelberg . Karlsruhe 1968

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg: Municipal Council Elections 2019, Heddesbach ; Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung: Local election 2019. This is the new local council in Heddesbach ; accessed May 30, 2019.
3. ^ Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Ubstadt-Weiher 1996, ISBN 3-929366-27-4 , p. 58
4. ↑ Website of the parish for St. Peter's Church

Web links

Commons : Heddesbach  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Heddesbach community
• LEO-BW, discover regional studies online , Heddesbach