Helmstadt-Bargen

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.95 km 2
Residents:	3739 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	134 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74921
Area code :	07263
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 106
LOCODE :	DE HXN
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rabanstrasse 14 ; 74921 Helmstadt-Bargen
Website :	www.helmstadt-bargen.de
Mayor :	Wolfgang Jürriens (independent)
Location of the municipality of Helmstadt-Bargen in the Rhein-Neckar district

Helmstadt-Bargen is a municipality with around 3700 inhabitants in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg . The community belongs to the Waibstadt municipal administration association and the Brunnenregion tourism region .

geography

Geographical location

Helmstadt-Bargen is located at the transition from the Kraichgau hill country in the south to the Kleiner Odenwald in the north, in the far east of the Rhein-Neckar district . Five larger brooks flow in the area, with side brooks indented under the receiving ones:

Schwarzbach
- Wollenbach
  - Upper Hohegraben
  - Gäulbach
  - Busenbach , called Forstgraben in the lower reaches
- Wartschaftbach (Viehtriebbach)

The largest district of Helmstadt lies at the inlet of the Wollenbach to the Schwarzbach, the other larger settlements are in the Wollenbachtal.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring municipalities are Aglasterhausen in the north-northeast, Obrigheim in the northeast, Hüffenhardt in the east (all Neckar-Odenwald district ); Bad Rappenau in the southeast ( district of Heilbronn ); Neckarbischofsheim in the south-south-west, Waibstadt in the south-west, Neidenstein in the west, Epfenbach in the north-west and Reichartshausen in the north-north-west (all Rhein-Neckar district).

Community structure

The municipality of Helmstadt-Bargen consists of the former municipalities of Bargen, Flinsbach and Helmstadt. The house Unter Hohen Graben (Bargener Mühle) belongs to Bargen, the Hobstmühle mill to Flinsbach and the hamlet of Ingelheimerhof and the Weilerhof farmstead to Helmstadt. In the area of the former municipality of Bargen lies the deserted place of Branfelde, mentioned in 773. However, its location is not considered to be secure and cannot be proven in the district of Bargen.

history

Helmstadt

Helmstadt is mentioned for the first time in 782 in a document from the Lorsch Codex . The place was in Elsenzgau and was part of the church of the diocese of Worms , which also exercised jurisdiction and customs sovereignty from the Wimpfen monastery in the places northwest of Wimpfen. The Hohenstaufen brought the former royal estate back into their hands around 1200, whereby Helmstadt and the surrounding towns became part of the judicial district of Stüber Zent , over which the Electoral Palatinate exercised state sovereignty from the 14th century. From the 13th century at the latest, Helmstadt was a seat of the noble family named after him, the Lords of Helmstatt , who, like the Lords of Mentzingen and the Göler of Ravensburg, descended from the Hohenstaufen ministerial Raban von Wimpfen. The local lords had three mansions on site: the moated castle, the Gruseneck castle and the Raban castle. The Lords of Hirschhorn owned another castle on the Schlossbuckel near the hamlet mill. And the Teutonic Order also owned two manors and was entitled to a quarter of the tithe. All of these mansions are gone today.

The place was once divided into an upper and a lower village. In the lower village stood the older church of St. Mauritius, mother church of the churches in Bargen and Flinsbach, over which the Wimpfen monastery exercised the right of patronage . The Lords of Helmstatt built the Church of St. Laurentius in the upper village around 1360, and they appointed the pastor themselves. The church in the upper village was reformed in the 16th century by the lords of Helmstatt , it is today's Protestant church. The Unterdorf went under in the Thirty Years War .

After the death of the childless and feeble-minded Wolf Adam von Helmstatt in 1694, the place was given by the emperor to Johann Philipp von Berlichingen, the husband of Wolf Adam's sister Christine, while the legal successors of the Bischofsheim line of those von Helmstatt sued in vain. With the Raban Castle, part of the Helmstatt's own property, along with the associated goods and rights, also went to Georg Christoph von Auerbach , with whom Wolf Adam's other sister Anna Magdalena was married. The town's moated castle fell victim to the war of the Palatinate Succession , which was raging at the time . Until the middle of the 18th century, Helmstadt was affected by numerous troops moving through and billeting. The Lords of Berlichingen last lived in a mansion at the end of the village in the direction of Asbach, on the site of today's secondary school, which arose from Gruseneck Castle. They are still the owners of extensive estates around Helmstadt that have been managed by tenants for a long time. After the death of Götz von Berlichingen-Rossach in 1922, part of the Berliching property fell back to the Hochhauser line of the Lords of Helmstatt. The Auerbach property first came to von Schmitz and von Kroneck in the 18th century and was then sold into bourgeois hands.

In 1803 the place fell to Baden and from 1810 belonged to the district office Neckarbischofsheim and from 1864 to the district office Sinsheim . The place remained purely agricultural until well into the 20th century. A first industrial company did not settle there until 1930. The Second World War and the post-war period brought an influx of refugees and displaced persons to the place. In 1939 1076 inhabitants were counted, at the end of 1945 there were 1289, in May 1949 there were 1439. In the following three decades there was a gradual structural change in which the farms disappeared except for a few, while more industry and commerce settled in the village . In the period after the Second World War, private investments in residential construction concentrated mainly on new buildings on the outskirts, which gradually led to the decline of the town center.

The center of Helmstadt was extensively renovated in two stages from 1978 to 1990. One of the most important individual measures is the transformation of the old post office into the town hall; the aim was to bring the administration, which had been relocated to the periphery of the town since 1972 for reasons of space, back to the center of the town, thereby promoting the further settlement of trade and commerce. As part of these measures, the Pfarrgasse was little traffic and the parallel, through the bypass from the wide area of the B 292 exonerated former thoroughfare Rabanstraße structurally upgraded with paving and other measures. The second renovation step essentially comprised the maintenance and upgrading of the half-timbered ensemble located southeast of the town hall.

Barges

Bargen was founded after the oldest finds in a Merovingian burial ground around 600 as a Franconian expansion site and was also mentioned for the first time in a document of the Lorsch Codex at the turn of the year 792/93. The place belonged as part of the Stüber Zent from 1380 until the transition to Baden to the Electoral Palatinate. The local rule over Bargen and the hamlet Wollenberg , which originally belonged to Bargen , was transferred to the Lords of Ehrenberg by the Worms Monastery . After the Ehrenberg died out in 1647, Worms transferred the fiefdom of Wollenberg to the Lords of Gemmingen , and that of Bargen to various feudal lords. Worms exercised direct rule over Bargen from 1719 to 1803. In 1803 the place fell to Baden and from 1813 belonged to the Neckarbischofsheim office and from 1857 to the Sinsheim district office. In 1939 there were 524 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 609.

At the end of April 1952, road and sewer works for the construction of the new Bargen schoolhouse were discovered in four graves. The then head of the Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office , Albrecht Dauber, had a further 42 graves uncovered in two excavation campaigns, in which, in addition to the bones of the dead, weapons, jewelry and other objects were found. The archaeologist Ursula Koch dated the beginning of the occupation of the burial ground to the time between 590 and 610; it was used for around 70 years. Information on the burial ground with photographic documentation and excavation finds (replicas) can be found in the Bargen Village Museum.

Flinsbach

The place Flinsbach has been occupied since 1365. From 1380 to 1803 the place belonged to the Electoral Palatinate, local lords were initially proportional, from around 1770 only the lords of Helmstatt. Then Flinsbach came to Baden and from 1811 belonged to the Neckarbischofsheim office and from 1857 to the Sinsheim district office. In 1939 there were 368 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 457.

Helmstadt-Bargen

On January 1, 1970, Flinsbach was first incorporated into Helmstadt. Previously belonging to the district of Sinsheim , the places were attached to the newly formed Rhein-Neckar district during the district reform in 1973 . On January 1, 1975, Bargen was also incorporated and the community was renamed Helmstadt-Bargen. Subsequently, a new town hall, a secondary school and a large sports hall were built in the new municipality and several new development areas were developed.

The following table shows the development of the population for the current territorial status and is based on census results and their official updates.

year	1871	1890	1910	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	2372	2190	2108	1968	3192	2811	3186	3387	3680	3762	3899	3941	3706	3762

politics

Town hall in Helmstadt

Municipal council

In addition to the presiding mayor, the municipal council has 14 members who are each elected for five years.

The local elections in 2019 led to the following result:

a joint list of the SPD and FWV received 50.65% of the votes and thus 7 seats in the municipal council,
a joint list of CDU and independent candidates received 49.35% of the vote and thus also 7 seats.

mayor

1985–2001 Siegfried Kircher (CDU)
2001-2009 Theo Sauer (CDU)
since 2009 Wolfgang Jürriens (CDU)

coat of arms

Historical municipal coat of arms at the old town hall in Helmstadt

Helmstadt

Blazon : In red, a silver spangenhelm lined with red lining with a gold neck jewel and gold fittings.

The coat of arms goes back to a seal of Helmstadt from 1748. The helmet makes the coat of arms for the place name "talking". In 1901 the tinging was determined by the General State Archives and accepted by the municipality. For Helmstadt-Bargen, the coat of arms was re-awarded unchanged on July 20, 1978 by the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district office.

The flag is white and red and was also awarded in 1978.

Barges

The coat of arms of Bargen shows a red shed on gold and a golden key on red divided in the middle. The shed makes the coat of arms "talking", since the place name is derived from the Middle High German word Parac (cf. Baracke ). The key is the coat of arms symbol of the diocese of Worms. From 1758 to 1950, the community had the Latin capital letter B - from 1900 in the silver-blue (Palatine) diamond shield - in its seals as a coat of arms. In 1950 the council adopted the current coat of arms. The award was made by resolution of the President of the Baden District No. 9400 of January 3, 1950.

Flinsbach

The coat of arms of Flinsbach shows a black raven over a blue stream on silver. The brook makes the coat of arms "talking", the raven is the heraldic animal of the Lords of Helmstatt. The coat of arms has been proven since 1805.

Helmstadt coat of arms
Bargen coat of arms
Flinsbach coat of arms

Culture and sights

Buildings

The renaissance draw well is one of the landmarks of the place

Helmstadt

From the Old Palace in Helmstadt, a former water castle, are only fragments visible. The castle was destroyed in 1694, then a manor was partly built on the old foundations, the main building of which dates from 1757. Some of the farm buildings erected around 1900 have inscriptions or coats of arms that the Lords of Berlichingen name as builders. In the middle of the courtyard there is a draw well reconstructed around 1900 in the Renaissance style.

The Evangelical Church goes back to the Lauentius Church of the upper village, built around 1360 by the Lords of Helmstatt. With her there is a war memorial for the war of 1870/71.

The town hall opposite the Protestant church goes back to the former post office of the town known as Kling'sches Estate . The two-wing baroque building was expanded to include a new wing in the course of the town center renovation; the entire complex was given its current purpose in 1983.

The old town hall , next to which the present one stands, has a large historical municipal coat of arms above the portal.

The ensemble in the center of the village is complemented by a baroque building from 1779, which the Raban pharmacy has been using since the renovation in 2006. In Helmstadt there are also some stately half-timbered houses , some of which go back to the 17th century. A stone lion on a pedestal serves as a memorial to the fallen from 1939–45.

The Catholic Church of St. Laurentius is a modern, functional building from the post-war period and was built above the old schoolhouse on the outskirts.

Old town hall Helmstadt
Evangelical Church Helmstadt
Catholic Church of St. Laurentius
Fallen memorial

Bargen Catholic Church

Barges

Evangelical church in Bargen, built in 1800
Bargen Catholic Church, built in 1904
Historic Stern inn in Bargen
Village museum in the old town hall, managed by the Bargen Citizens' Association
Book tower as a public bookcase in a historic transformer station on the corner of Rathausstrasse. Rebuilt and looked after by the Bargen Citizens' Association.

Bargen Evangelical Church
Town hall from 1841 in Bargen
Historic Stern inn
Village well in Bargen
Exterior view of the Bargener Bucherturm 2019
Book shelves inside the book tower

Landmark from 1780 in Bargen

Flinsbach

In the historic center of Flinsbach are the Evangelical Church, the Old Town Hall as well as several historic inns and agricultural properties.

At the northern end of the Hoheberg ("Schlossbuckel") east of Flinsbach is the castle stables of Flinsbach Castle.

Center of Flinsbach
Old Town Hall
Half-timbered building

theatre

Puppet Theater-FEX: The Zapperdockel and the Wock

The Puppet Theater FEX has existed in Helmstadt since May 2008 . The theater shows a mixture of drama, figure, shadow, mask, narrative and object theater for children and adults. It also offers workshops in all theatrical areas. In particular, addiction prevention projects and workshops based on Augusto Boal are offered, as well as therapeutic puppet shows. The theater is a touring theater with performances throughout Germany and neighboring countries. There has been a permanent venue since February 2011: the workshop stage in the Banspach House. There are regular theater performances once a month. A workshop, rehearsal and seminar room are connected to the theater.

Sports

The largest club is TSV Helmstadt 1912 with 875 members in the football , hiking , aerobics , badminton , gymnastics and Nordic walking departments . The footballers in Bargen are organized in SV Fortuna Bargen. In Flinsbach there is the only tennis club in the community, the TC Flinsbach. The first men's volleyball team of VSG Helmstadt, the youngest sports club in the municipality, is now back in the association league after a trip to the third highest German division (regional league).

Bargen boules pitch on the Sängerlindenplatz below the primary school

The state competition “Our village has a future” resulted in a public boules pitch with two lanes on the Lindenplatz below the elementary school in Bargen, which is open to all friends of boules.

Regular events

Every year on the third Wednesday in August the Helmstadt Sauerkraut Market ("Helmschder Krautmarkt") takes place. Even in the foolish times, Helmstadt-Bargen is well looked after. On Schmotzige Thursday the Helmstadt Schwarzbachhalle is the meeting point for over 1000 fools from all over the region. Bargen has its own carnival club, the Carneval Club Bargen (CCB). Its ceremonial meetings attract the population to the Bargener school gym every year when it says “In Barge, die Arge, hellau”. The Helmstadt Christmas market has also been established in the town hall courtyard for several years . In mid-March, archers from numerous clubs meet for the “Klaus Rössner Memorial Tournament” in the Schwarzbachhalle.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The most important street in the municipality is the federal road 292 , which passes Helmstadt to the west and enables connection to the federal motorway 6 in the south . The state road L 530 leads through the village from Lobenfeld to Haßmersheim .

Helmstadt is on the Schwarzbachtalbahn (Baden) ( Meckesheim - Aglasterhausen ), which is integrated into the network of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn . This means that connections to Heidelberg and Mannheim are free of charge .

Several bus lines connect Helmstadt-Bargen with the surrounding communities and with nearby larger cities such as Sinsheim and Bad Rappenau . Helmstadt-Bargen belongs to the tariff area of the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

media

The most widely read newspaper in Helmstadt-Bargen is the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , based in Heidelberg. The Heilbronner Voice and other daily newspapers can also be obtained from Helmstadt-Bargen. Since Helmstadt-Bargen is a member municipality of the Waibstadt municipal administration association, the weekly official gazette also appears here.

education

Former school in Helmstadt

There are kindergartens in the districts of Helmstadt, Flinsbach and Bargen. Helmstadt has a new type of elementary, secondary and technical secondary school, the Grafeneckschule. There is a primary school in Bargen.

Civil protection

The Helmstadt-Bargen volunteer fire brigade with the Helmstadt, Flinsbach and Bargen departments provides basic protection under the Fire Brigade Act of the state of Baden-Württemberg. Around 90 members are active in the three emergency departments, plus youth fire departments and honorary departments in all three districts.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

The municipality of Helmstadt-Bargen has granted the following people honorary citizenship:

ubk .: Wilhelm Senges
2020: Wolfgang Schieck

Sources from the lifetime of the legendary Georg (or Jörg) Faustus indicate that he came from Helmstadt.

literature

Wilhelm Senges: History of the Kraichgaudorfes Helmstadt . Helmstadt 1937
Ursula Koch : The Franconian grave fields of Bargen and Berghausen in North Baden . Stuttgart: Theiss, 1982, ISBN 3-8062-0762-3
Helmstadt: Helmstadt 782–1990 . Home book for the 1200th anniversary in 1990
Adolf M. Hirn, Gabriele Süskind (ed.), Jürgen Schütz (ed.): The Rhein-Neckar district . Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0597-3
Municipality of Helmstadt-Bargen: In Barge, the Arge wuhne . Heimatbuch 1993
Alfred Götz: Schober and key. On the settlement history of Bargen . In: Kraichgau. Contributions to landscape and local research , volume 13, 1993, pp. 147–157.

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).

^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 418-420

↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2569, March 12, around 800 - Reg. 1716. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 172 , accessed on January 6, 2018 (due to an inconsistency in the copy of the Lorsch Codex, the exact year cannot be verified - see explanation at the end of the document text, p. 173.).

↑ Glöckner, Karl [Hrsg.]: Codex Laureshamensis (Volume 3): Kopialbuch, Part 2, Certificate 2569 - Reg. 1716. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 53 , accessed on January 18, 2018 (Latin, for the ambiguity of the year see footnote to document 2569.).

↑ ^a ^b ^c Communications of the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 2: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in North Baden

^ Community of Helmstadt-Bargen (ed.): Ortskernsanierung Helmstadt-Bargen 1978–1990. Documentation , Helmstadt-Bargen 1990.

↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2447 December 31, 792 - Reg. 2411. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 139 , accessed on April 17, 2015 .

^ 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. 487 .

↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office

^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Helmstadt-Bargen ; Helmstadt-Bargen municipality : municipal council election 2019 ; accessed May 30, 2019.

↑ The Bargen Village Museum. In: buergerverein-bargen.jimdo.com. Retrieved March 19, 2017 .

↑ Frank Baron: The Myth of the Faustian Devil's Pact . De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston 2019, ISBN 978-3-11-061307-0 , pp. 16-22 .

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