Small meadow valley

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	Coordinates: 47 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Loerrach
Height :	468 m above sea level NHN
Area :	77.84 km 2
Residents:	2869 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	79692
Primaries :	07622, ​​07629, 07673
License plate :	LÖ
Community key :	08 3 36 107
Address of the municipal administration:	Tegernauer Ortsstraße 9 79692 Kleines Wiesental
Website :	Kleines-wiesental.eu
Mayor :	Gerd Schönbett ( independent )
Location of the community of Kleines Wiesental in the district of Lörrach

Kleines Wiesental ( Alemannic Chlais Wiisedal ) is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg , which arose on January 1, 2009 from the merger of the previously independent municipalities of Bürchau , Elbenschwand , Neuenweg , Raich , Sallneck , Tegernau , Wies and Wieslet . The river Kleine Wiese is named after it .

geography

The catchment area and river system of the Wiese mit Kleiner Wiese

The new community is located in the extreme southwest of the Black Forest . The municipality extends from the southern slope of the Belchen to the confluence of the small in the large meadow . The little one is connected to the Großenwiesental via the Hau .

The community is at an altitude of 300 to 1400 meters.

history

Originally the valley was divided into ten communities. At the beginning of the 1970s, the two southernmost communities Langenau and Enkenstein were incorporated into the town of Schopfheim as part of the municipal reorganization of Baden-Württemberg . The other eight communities joined together in the Small Wiesental Community Administration Association. With a population of between 166 and 657, they were among the smallest independent municipalities in Baden-Württemberg in terms of inhabitants and were dependent on subsidies from the state budget to carry out their tasks.

Following the announcement by the Freiburg Regional Council that it would no longer grant these so-called communities in need from 2010 to compensate for their administrative budgets, the merger of the eight communities was considered as a way out of the looming financial crisis.

In a citizens' hearing on July 6, 2008, 87 percent of voters in the eight municipalities spoke out in favor of founding a unified municipality, with a low turnout . On October 8, 2008, the municipal councils of the eight municipalities followed this vote and sealed the merger on January 1, 2009. The contract was signed on October 21, 2008, and at the same time it was decided to dissolve the municipal administration association.

politics

Municipal council

Since the local elections on May 25, 2014, the municipal council of Kleines Wiesental has consisted of eleven elected members from the individual districts, including one woman. The village of Wies has three representatives, Wieslet two and the other districts each have one representative. The mayor is an additional member of the committee.

mayor

The first round of mayoral elections took place on April 5, 2009. With a turnout of 73%, Gerd Schönbett received 44.7% of the valid votes, Gerhard Wagner 35.9%, Sonja Berger 15.6% and Erwin Schlageter 3.5%. The necessary second ballot took place on April 19, 2009 between Schönbett and Wagner, the other two candidates did not run. Schönbett won the runoff election with 59.3%, Wagner achieved 40.4%, with a turnout of 73.2%.

On March 12, 2017, Schönbett was elected for a second term with 89.2 percent of the valid votes and a voter turnout of 44.9%. There were no other competitors for the office.

Administrative headquarters

The seat of the administration is in the district Tegernau.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided by an excessive rafter section in red and gold, a achtzweigige green fir with black stem a growing from the lower plate edge ousted lowered blue wave Göpel."

With a certificate from the Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg on June 4, 2014, the municipality was granted the right to use a coat of arms. The coat of arms designed by Gerhard Graf, Karlsruhe, shows the Baden colors of red and gold. The eight-branched fir tree symbolizes both the landscape and the eight districts; the Wellengöpel stands for the flowing streams Köhlgartenwiese and Kleine Wiese .

Coats of arms of the former municipalities
Bürchau	Elvenschwand	Neuenweg	Raich	Sallneck	Tegernau	Wies	Wieslet

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  View from Belchen to the south into the Kleine Wiesental

Personalities

• Ernst Niefenthaler (born December 31, 1894 in Bürchau ; † August 17, 1970 ibid) was an Alemannic dialect poet .

literature

• Klaus Schubring : Tegernau, the Kleine Wiesental and the Obere Wiesental 900 years ago . In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 2014, pp. 7–22.
• Elmar Vogt: The Kleine Wiesental - a pearl in the southern Black Forest . In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 2/1998, pp. 5-49. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
• Albrecht Schlageter : Around the Belchen. Contribution to the settlement history of the valleys around the mountain (Münstertal, Großes and Kleines Wiesental) . In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 1/1988, pp. 46–81. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
• Gudrun Welsch-Weis: 700 years behind the Kleines Wiesental . In: Das Markgräflerland, 1979, pp. 64–79. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Web links

Commons : Kleines Wiesental  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the community of Kleines Wiesental
• Entry Kleines Wiesental on Discover regional studies online - leobw
• Tourism website
• Website for tourism and residents

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Hermann Jacob: Unity Church is a done deal. In: Badische Zeitung. October 9, 2008, accessed May 11, 2009 . 
3. ↑ Who is the unity? In: Badische Zeitung. October 4, 2008, accessed May 11, 2009 . 
4. ^ Hermann Jacob: The unified church is sealed. In: Badische Zeitung. October 22, 2008, accessed May 11, 2009 . 
5. ^ State gazette for Baden-Wuerttemberg - mayoral election in Kleines Wiesental . accessed on November 15, 2019
6. ↑ Kleines Wiesental: Symbol for the community: The Kleine Wiesental gets its coat of arms. In: badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved June 11, 2014 .