Ibach (Black Forest)

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	Coordinates: 47 ° 45 '  N , 8 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Waldshut
Height :	964 m above sea level NHN
Area :	21.39 km 2
Residents:	354 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	17 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	79837
Area code :	07672
License plate :	WT
Community key :	08 3 37 059
Address of the municipal administration:	Hofrain 1 79837 Ibach
Website :	www.ibach-schwarzwald.de
Mayor :	Helmut Kaiser
Location of the community of Ibach in the district of Waldshut

Ibach

District map of Ibach (1871)

Ibach is the smallest independent municipality in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . The municipality belongs to the St. Blasien municipal administration association with its seat in St. Blasien .

geography

Geographical location

The state-approved resort of Ibach is located between Sankt Blasien and Todtmoos in the Hotzenwald in the Southern Black Forest Nature Park . The community lies in a wide valley formed by the Feldberg Glacier during the Ice Age at an altitude of 870 to 1215 meters.

More than 65% of the community area consists of forest.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Bernau , in the east on the city of St. Blasien and Dachsberg , in the south on Görwihl and Herrischried and in the west on Todtmoos.

Community structure

The municipality of Ibach includes the villages of Oberibach and Unteribach, the hamlets of Mutterslehen, the Lindau homestead and the Ibachersäge house. The Neuenzell desert lies in the municipality .

history

Ibach was founded around 1240 as "New Cell" or "Neuenzell" by monks from St. Blasien on a clearing of the Tiefensteiner by settlement by monks from the St. Georgen monastery , with the same patron saints: St. George and Cyrill. It later became a provost, and from 1699 Maria Magdalena was added as the patron saint. After the abolition of the St. Blasien monastery , the settlement around the parish church was renamed "Unter-Ibach".

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Ibach has eight members. It consists of the voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, the local council was elected by majority vote. Majority voting takes place if no or only one nomination has been submitted. The applicants with the highest number of votes are then elected. The turnout was 81.9% (2014: 80.3%).

Parish partnership

Ibach has had a partnership with Pohrsdorf since 1990 , which is now part of the town of Tharandt in Saxony.

economy

A resident company is the log band saw and planing plant Kaiser in Mutterslehen.

However, Ibach became known nationwide through the Hotzenblitz : From 1989, under the direction of Thomas Albiez and in cooperation with a Swiss racing car designer, the Hotzenblitz 2000 (actually EL SPORT ), an innovative light electric vehicle, was developed in Ibach (European Environment Prize, World Champion Tour of Sol 89). It was produced by Simson (company) . The company went bankrupt in 1996 because the money needed for the planned series production could not be raised. The naming rights were acquired by a private consortium with the aim of resuming production.

The district of Lindau became known because of the Fiat Lux sect active there .

tourism

Due to the relatively snow-sure location, it is tourist season almost all year round . In winter, the wide high valley is well suited for cross-country skiers . Friends of alpine winter sports get their money's worth on the edge of the valley. In summer, the extensive forests and small raised bogs with rare animals and plants attract nature lovers. Since January 1, 2012, Ibach has been one of the four members of the Southern Black Forest tourism cooperation for the health resorts and resorts of Höchenschwand, Dachsberg, Weilheim and Ibach. It also belongs to the tourism cooperation Ferienwelt Südschwarzwald , which was founded on July 1, 2012 and consists of the 14 towns of Albbruck, Bad Säckingen, Bernau, Dachsberg, Görwihl, Herrischried, Höchenschwand, Ibach, Laufenburg, Murg, Rickenbach, Todtmoos, Wehr and Weilheim.

Attractions

Neuenzell

One of the oldest continuously inhabited castle complexes in the southern Black Forest is in Ibach. It was probably built as a residential tower in the 12th century by the Lords of Teufen , a once powerful noble family who are better known in this area as the Lords of Tiefenstein. In 1240 Diethelm von Tiefenstein converted it into a monastery cell, and in 1241 he donated the "New Cell" to the St. Georgen monastery in Stein am Rhein , which he entered as a monk. This gave rise to disputes between his brother Hugo and Rudolf von Habsburg , the future German king, who at that time wanted to develop his possessions in the southern Black Forest into a coherent center of power. As a result of this dispute, Tiefenstein Castle was besieged and destroyed in 1272 . Hugo von Tiefenstein was lured into an ambush and murdered.

legend

• Count Rudolf von Habsburg and the pastor of Ibach

When the snow melted in the spring of 1268, the Ibach flooded after a snowy winter. During this time the Zellbrühlbauer was dying. The footbridge over the Ibach was torn away by the flood and the pastor of Ibach could not come to him to provide him. Getting over seemed impossible. Two horsemen came up. It was Count Rudolf and his servant who were hunting. Count Rudolf got off his horse and gave it to the pastor so that he could cross the stream, so he came to the aid of the dying man. When the pastor wanted to return the horse, the count gave it to him. ( Schiller took up this legend in a ballad).

Personalities

• Damasus Zähringer OSB (1899–1977), fundamental theologian, Archabbot of the Beuron Archabbey (1965–1967)
• Thomas Albiez (* 1957), car designer
• Stefanie Böhler (* 1981), cross-country skier
• Barbara Böhler (* 1982), alpine skier, disabled athlete and younger sister of Stefanie Böhler
• Uriella , bourgeois: Erika Hedwig Bertschinger-Eicke (1929–2019), founder and head of the Fiat Lux sect

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. 1019-1020
3. ↑ Preliminary results of the 2019 municipal council elections at the State Statistical Office
4. ^ Sandra Holzwarth: Regionalsport Hochrhein: Barbara Böhler on Special Olympics Winter Games , Südkurier, January 25, 2013, accessed on February 10, 2013.

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Ibach (Black Forest)  - travel guide