Hortigüela

Hortigüela municipality
Hortigüela - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Sierra de la Demanda (Comarca)
Coordinates	42 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 26 ′  W
Height :	930  msnm
Area :	20.66 km²
Residents :	105 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.08 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09640
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09169
administration
Website :	Hortigüela

Hortigüela is a northern Spanish place and a municipality ( municipio ) with only 105 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the Spanish province of Burgos in the autonomous region of Castile-León . The place belongs to the poorly populated region of the Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Hortigüela is a good 44 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Burgos on the north bank of the Río Arlanza at an altitude of about 930  m . The places of interest Covarrubias and Santo Domingo de Silos are only about 13 km west and 29 km south respectively. Despite the altitude, the climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 545 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	405	455	445	132	103

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The community was and is to a large extent characterized by agriculture and livestock farming, which used to be mainly for self-sufficiency ; Mainly wheat and barley are grown . Since the middle of the 20th century, tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes (casas rurales) has become an important source of income for the municipality.

history

Prehistoric finds have been made in the municipality. The Roman road from Uxama Argaela ( El Burgo de Osma ) to Clunia or Asturica Augusta ( Astorga ) ran along the Río Arlanza. The Visigothic church of Quintanilla de las Viñas is only about 11 km northwest. Moorish traces are missing. The place is likely to have arisen in the course of the resettlement or new settlement ( repoblación ) after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the areas north of the Duero in the 10th century.

Hortigüela - Iglesia de la Asunción

Attractions

• The single-nave late Gothic Iglesia Parroquial de la Asunción was built in the 15th and 16th centuries. Century; perhaps during the construction phase a sacristy was added on the south side . The north side is stabilized by buttresses . The church has a rectangular bell tower (campanario) with a side stair tower . The portal is - as usual in the region - on the south side. The nave (nave) contains a Romanesque font (pila bautismal) from the previous building as well as two carved altars (retablos) .

Surroundings

• The ruins of the medieval monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza are worth seeing and are located approx. 5 km southwest.

Web links

Commons : Hortigüela  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hortigüela - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Hortigüela - climate tables
3. ↑ Hortigüela - population development
4. ↑ Hortigüela - History
5. ↑ Hortigüela - Church