Kochertürn
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Kochertürn
City of Neuenstadt am Kocher
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| Height : | 174 m |
| Area : | 8.41 km² |
| Residents : | 1037 (2009) |
| Population density : | 123 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st September 1972 |
Kochertürn is a village in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to Neuenstadt am Kocher in the Heilbronn district and has around 1000 inhabitants.
geography
Kochertürn is less than two kilometers northwest of the city center of Neuenstadt and a little further downstream on the right bank of the Kocher . The right-hand valley road L 720 runs through the village. From it a road branches off to the south over the river in the direction of Dahenfeld , which also opens up the Brambacher Hof , which is located about two kilometers further south on its boundary.
history
The place name is probably derived from Kocherturm and refers to a former tower. The origin of the name of Dorn (= place rich in thorns ) or a connection with the gentlemen of Dürn who were wealthy in that area seems plausible. Like Neuenstadt, Kochertürn was originally a fiefdom of the von Weinsberg family . A mill has been found in Kochertürn since 1310 and was owned by Elisabeth von Katzenellenbogen, Konrad von Weinsberg's wife. The mill went to the Wimpfen collegiate church in 1321 .
The place was sold to Kurmainz in 1335 . Since this year the parish of the place is occupied. The church in Kochertürn was the mother church for the branches in Stein am Kocher and Bürg , with which the town temporarily formed a brand cooperative .
In the early 15th century, the lords of Kochertürn appear briefly as the local nobility. Kurmainz passed the place on to the Teutonic Order in 1483 , so that Kochertürn remained Catholic even after the Reformation. The Teutonic Order built the Church of the Assumption here in 1752 and a baroque rectory in 1791/92. Administratively, Kochertürn belonged to the Deutschordensballei Franken .
Through mediatization , Kochertürn came to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1805 . After a fire in 1809, the church had to be rebuilt. In 1907 it was connected to the Untere Kochertalbahn Bad Friedrichshall - Ohrnberg as a private line of the Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG). In 1931 the hamlet of Brambacher Hof was incorporated into Kochertürn. In 1933 Kochertürn had 603 inhabitants, in 1939 there were 570 and at the end of 1945 there were 609. In April 1945 the place was badly damaged during acts of war in the final days of the Second World War.
In 1961 660 inhabitants were counted. On September 1, 1972 Kochertürn was incorporated into Neuenstadt am Kocher. In 1993 the Untere Kochertalbahn and with it the Kochertürner train station were shut down. The railway tracks were dismantled in 2006, and a cycle path has been running on the route since 2009 . Also in 2006 a new road bridge was built over the Kocher.
On May 31, 2008 Kochertürn had 1,029 inhabitants.
coat of arms
The coat of arms of Kochertürn is a talking coat of arms , which shows a red tower over a blue stream on a silver shield. Kocher (Bach) and tower form the word Kochertürn . The coat of arms with a white tower on a red shield was proposed by the archive management in 1938 and changed to its present form in 1961 in compliance with the heraldic color rules.
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption of Mary, baroque building, built in 1752 by the Teutonic Order by Georg Philipp Wenger and Kirchmeyer from Mergentheim, burned down in 1809 and 1945, last restored in 1948 with simplified interior forms. The church is surrounded by a garden with a Way of the Cross (1906) by O. Voelkel, wayside shrines and epitaphs.
- Rectory from 1792
- Crucifixion group from 1759
- Town hall from 1863 (built as a school building on the former Kelterplatz, town hall since 1950)
- Old train station from 1907
- Baroque bridge mill farm
Rectory
old trainstation
Bridge mill
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Aichele: Das Kochertal , Schwäbisch Gmünd 1956, p. 182
- ↑ Communications of the Württemberg Stat. State Office No. 4/5 of December 10, 1940: Results of the population and occupational census on May 17, 1939
- ^ 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. 451 .
- ↑ Wolfgang Müller: Old bridge in ruins . In: Heilbronner Voice of August 21, 2008 . ( at Stimme.de ).
- ↑ Facts & Figures ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on neuestadt.de (accessed June 28, 2008)
