Helfenberg (Ilsfeld)
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Helfenberg
Ilsfeld municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ′ 34 ″ N , 9 ° 18 ′ 40 ″ E
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| Residents : | 309 (Jan 31, 2019) |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1973 |
| Postal code : | 74360 |
| Area code : | 07062 |
 View from the castle hill of the same name over Helfenberg
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Helfenberg is a hamlet belonging to the Ilsfeld district of Auenstein in the Heilbronn district , Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).
geography
Helfenberg is located in the southeast of the Heilbronn district, around 5 km east of Ilsfeld at the southern foot of the Helfenberg ( 364 m above sea level ), on which the Helfenberg castle ruins stand. Viticulture has always been practiced on the slopes around Helfenberg .
history
The name Helfenberg goes on today existing only as a ruin, in the time of Staufer built castle Helfenberg and became 1259 first mentioned. The place at the southern foot of the mountain was initially called Finkenbach and was probably named after the original mansion on the mountain in the course of the construction of a second mansion in the village around 1600. The place was with both castles as a Württemberg fiefdom in the possession of different noble families and shares the history of its castles and their owners. The entire rule of Helfenberg came in 1746 to the von Gaisberg family , who came from the Rems Valley , from the knightly canton of Kocher , to which Helfenberg belonged until 1806. The castle on the mountain was destroyed in the Thirty Years War and quickly fell into disrepair after its restoration, whereas the baron family lived in the lower castle in the center of the village.
After the repeal of the imperial knighthood, Helfenberg came to the Württemberg community of Auenstein , but the baron family continued to be a determining factor in the place. Titles and validity were not replaced until 1850. Around 1900 Gaisberg's real estate comprised 216 acres. The estate was administered from 1906 by Marie Freiin von Gemmingen-Guttenberg (1867–1950), the widow of Hans Ulrich Freiherr von Gaisberg and granddaughter of Johann Friedrich Cotta . The palace and estate as well as 19 other buildings in the village were destroyed in a bomb attack in April 1945. The parish hall was later built on the site of the castle, and a new building area was developed in the former castle garden.
With Auenstein , which merged with Ilsfeld on December 31, 1973, the place became a new municipality of Ilsfeld. In 2006, Helfenberg had a total of 257 inhabitants.
Attractions
The castle ruins of Helfenberg are located north of the village . In 1968 the Hofgut square was through the church that after the acquisition community center on the obtained basement of the Lower Castle built in 1985/86 and expanded. At the parish hall there is still a historic fountain and a gate post from the former estate. Other distinctive buildings in Helfenberg include a bakery that is still in operation and the old wine press , built in 1819 as a tithe barn , which was owned by the municipality from 1883 to 2004. A functional fruit press from the 1920s has been preserved in the wine press, and the building is now used as a studio and horse stable.
Parish hall
Memorial plaque in front of the parish hall
Village fountain
Old wine press
Bakehouse
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 465 .
literature
- Eugen Härle : From the story of Helfenberg . In: Ilsfeld in past and present. A home book for Ilsfeld, Auenstein and Schozach . Ilsfeld municipality, Ilsfeld 1989.
- Hermann Ehmer: Helfenberg. History of the castle, palace and hamlet , Ostfildern: Thorbecke 2019, ISBN 978-3-7995-1458-3 .
Web links
- Historical information about Helfenberg ( Memento from June 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive )