Hofstetten (Baden)

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '  N , 8 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Ortenau district
Height :	259 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.15 km 2
Residents:	1794 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	99 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	77716
Area code :	07832
License plate :	OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL
Community key :	08 3 17 046
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 5 77716 Hofstetten
Website :	www.hofstetten.com
Mayor :	Martin Assmuth
Location of the community of Hofstetten in the Ortenau district

Hofstetten is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ortenau district .

geography

Hofstetten as seen from Urenkopf

Geographical location

The state-approved resort of Hofstetten is located in the Central Black Forest between 250 and 726 meters in a side valley of the Kinzig valley in a quiet location a little off the federal highway 33 . Almost two thirds of the community area is forested.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the town of Haslach im Kinzigtal , in the east on Mühlenbach , in the south on the town of Elzach and Biederbach (both in the district of Emmendingen ) and in the west on Schuttertal and Steinach .

Community structure

The municipality of Hofstetten includes the village of Hofstetten, the hamlet of Mittelweiler, the Zinken Salmensbach and Ullerst, the farms of Altersbach, Breitebene, Mattenmühle, Schneiben (Schneit) hof, Daughtermannsberg and the residential areas at the white fountain, Biereck, Halden, Ho (c) hmunde and Laugh.

history

Hofstetten was first mentioned in a document in 1353. At that time it was subordinate to the Counts of Fürstenberg . There it belonged to the Upper Bailiff's Office in Haslach since the 16th century. In 1806 the place fell to the Grand Duchy of Baden , where it initially belonged to the now district office of Haslach. When it was dissolved in 1857, Hofstetten came to the Wolfach District Office, which was renamed the Wolfach District in 1939 .

In the Middle Ages , the rulership rights were linked to the Heidburg - with the exception of the Breit plane, which belonged to the margraviate of Baden-Hachberg and Freiamt until 1868 .

In 1933, the NSDAP achieved the worst result in central Baden with 15.6 percent , while the Catholic Center Party received 80.4 percent of the votes. The NS district leader later sent armed SS men to the village to have the center community council arrested because they refused to resign, whereupon they hid in the forest. Since 1973 the place belongs to the newly formed Ortenaukreis.

Religions

Since the Reformation passed Hofstetten, the place is still predominantly Roman Catholic today.

politics

Administrative community

The community is a member of the agreed administrative community of the city of Haslach im Kinzigtal.

Municipal council

The municipal council in Hofstetten has ten members. It consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result:

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 60 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 56.4% 43.6% CDU FW Gains / losses compared to 2014  % p    2    0   -2   -4 ± 0.0  % p ± 0.0  % p CDU FW
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	56.4	6th	56.4	6th
FWG	Free community of voters	43.6	4th	43.6	4th
total		100.0	10	100.0	10
voter turnout		78.4%		66.7%

mayor

Henry Heller was Mayor of Hofstetten from July 1994; he was confirmed in office in 2002 and 2010. On April 22, 2018, Martin Aßmuth was elected as the new mayor and took office in July 2018.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue on a green shield base, a silver church in side view with a tower attached to the rear with an octagonal top."

The church in today's coat of arms shows the St. Erhard parish church completed in Weinbrenner style in 1835 ( see below ). As early as 1685, a seal image in a round shield surrounded by a cloud section shows a church with a tower attached to the rear on the long side, another seal image from 1715 in a similarly framed Baroque shield shows a house with a brickwork protruding at the right corner. The circumferential cloud section is reminiscent of the former belonging to the Fürstenberg region until 1806. Since the middle of the 19th century, the seal of the community has shown the St. Erhard Church, completed in 1835, with the tower at the back on a grass floor. In 1906 the picture was placed on a shield and more recently refined.

Culture and sights

Buildings

Catholic Church in Hofstetten

• St. Erhard: Catholic parish curatorial church in Weinbrenner style , built 1833–1835 by building officer Hans Voss with a rare octagonal bell tower top (top) and spire on a square base, in Baden classicist churches only in St. Johannes Baptist in Oppenau (built by Friedrich Weinbrenner's nephew Johann Ludwig Weinbrenner). The square bell tower symmetrically cuts through the front of the nave and carries the main entrance. This church has been featured in the local coat of arms since the mid-19th century.
• Hansjakobkapelle: burial place of the pastor, writer and politician Heinrich Hansjakob .
• Inn to the "Three Snowballs" from 1493.

Natural monuments

See: List of natural monuments in Hofstetten (Baden)

Sports

The Sportclub Hofstetten eV only has a football department. The first men's team belonged to the Verbandsliga Südbaden , the top division of the South Baden Football Association , for two seasons (2010/11, 2017/18) .

Hansjakobkapelle above Haslach and Hofstetten

Economy and Infrastructure

The main sources of income are agriculture and tourism . There are in the small community still about 20 agricultural commercial farms and twice as many part-time farms .

education

There is a primary and secondary school in Hofstetten . All secondary schools are located in the nearby towns of Haslach and Hausach .

Personalities

Sons and Daughters of the Church:

• Albert Neumaier (1912–1983), pastor and resistance fighter against National Socialism

Other personalities associated with the community:

• Hans Voss (1783–1849), architect and Baden construction clerk; Builder of the Catholic Church of St. Erhard (1833–35)

Web links

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

• Homepage of the community of Hofstetten
• Hofstetten im Kinzigtal at alemannische-seiten.de
• Hofstetten at leo-bw.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 , pp. 332–333.
3. ↑ Broad level - living space. leo-bw.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Hofstetten - old community ~ part of town. leo-bw.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Hofstetten - a Black Forest village with history , hofstetten.com.
6. ↑ Preliminary election results of the State Statistical Office
7. ↑ Praise for Heller at the age of 20. Schwarzwälder Bote , July 24, 2014, accessed on March 21, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Over 97 percent: Martin Aßmuth new mayor in Hofstetten. Offenburger Tageblatt , April 23, 2018, accessed on April 23, 2018 . 
9. ↑ About us. dre-schneeballen.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 . 
10. ↑ The history of Sportclub Hofstetten eV sc-hofstetten.de, accessed on July 17, 2019 .