Kreßberg

This article is about the community Kreßberg in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg.
For the mountain of the same name in the Brückenau Kuppenrhön in Bavaria see Kreßberg (Rhön)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 11'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Schwäbisch Hall
Height :	470 m above sea level NHN
Area :	48.45 km 2
Residents:	3968 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74594
Area code :	07957
License plate :	SHA, BK , CR
Community key :	08 1 27 101
Community structure:	33 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Untere Hirtenstrasse 34 74594 Kreßberg
Website :	www.kressberg.de
Mayor :	Robert Fischer
Location of the community Kreßberg in the district of Schwäbisch Hall

Passage through Waldtann , the seat of the Kreßberg municipal administration

Kreßberg is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in the Franconian north-east of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Sandstone with the municipal coat of arms at the entrance to the town hall in Waldtann

Geographical location

Kreßberg is located in the east of the Schwäbisch Hall district on the border between Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria . The community has a share in the natural areas of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains , the Middle Franconian Basin and the Franconian Heights . It is the only municipality in the district whose area lies largely beyond the main European watershed between the North Sea and the Black Sea and mainly drains via the Zwergwörnitz and Wörnitz to the Danube .

Community structure

Kreßberg is one of the communities in which there is no village with the same name. The community Kreßberg consists of 33 villages, hamlets, farms and houses.

Asbach Bergbronn Bergertshofen Bräunersberg Gaisbühl Heaps Haselhof Hohenberg Hohenkreßberg (before 1973 Kreßberg) Leukershausen Mariäkappel

Marktlustenau Mistlau Neuhaus Oberstelzhausen Riegelbach Rotmühle Rötsweiler Rudolfsberg Ruppersbach Schönbronn Schönmühle

Schwarzenhorb Selgenstadt Sixenhof Stegenhof Tempelhof Unterstelzhausen Vehlenberg Vötschenhof Waidmannsberg Waldtann Wüstenau

In the municipality of Kreßberg there are also the lost villages (castle) Eichelberg, Hungertal, Runzenberg, Cleonrode, Däschen, Bartsweiler, Hertenberg, Heubach, Klingenbach, Köllhäusle, Rampoldshausen and Ruppas.
see also Burgstall Wüstenau

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring cities and municipalities of Kreßberg are ( clockwise , starting in the south): Fichtenau , Crailsheim , Satteldorf (all three districts of Schwäbisch Hall ), Schnelldorf , Feuchtwangen and Dinkelsbühl (all three districts of Ansbach , Bavaria ). In the southwest, the small exclave Sixenmühle belonging to Stimpfach (Schwäbisch Hall district) borders Kreßberg.

history

The first settlements in the area of ​​today's Kreßberg emerged between the 7th and 9th centuries. The municipality of Kreßberg as it is today was created on the occasion of the municipal reform on January 1, 1973 from the previously independent municipalities of Waldtann, Marktlustenau, Mariäkappel and Leukershausen.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Kreßberg has 17 members (local election on May 25, 2014).

mayor

Robert Fischer was confirmed for a third term in January 2013 in the first ballot with 85.47% of the vote.

coat of arms

Description : A red crab in gold over a green mountain of three .

Tempelhof Palace

In the 17th century, the Tempelhof homestead was an aristocratic residence with a pleasure palace in the center . From 1843 it was used as a church child rescue and educational institution, which from 1922 also welcomed children who were difficult to educate. Between 1983 and 2006 it served as a facility for the disabled. In 2010, after several years of vacancy, it was acquired by an interest group that built an ecological village on the site.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The company KE Elektronik , a supplier in the automotive and aviation markets with around 3000 employees worldwide, has its headquarters in Kressberg-Marktlustenau.

Attractions

• Pilgrimage chapel Hohenkreßberg with castle ruins, Hohenkressberg Castle
• Chapel of St. Nikolaus in Bergertshofen
• Marienkirche Mariäkappel Altar

A separate list is kept of the natural monuments in the municipality .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Franz Paradeis (1871–1941), born in Mariäkappel, Oberamtmann in Württemberg
• Gustav Hoffmann (1875–1952), born in Leukershausen, pastor and historian
• Theodor Anton Abele (1879–1965), theologian and educator
• Ludwig (Karl) Fischer (born October 23, 1902 in Unterstelzhausen; † October 11, 1950 in Pyongyang prison , North Korea ), Benedictine missionary , martyr of Tokwon

literature

• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Leuckershausen . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 3 : I-Ne . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1801, DNB  790364301 , OCLC 833753092 , Sp. 333-334 ( digitized version ).
• Johann Kaspar Bundschuh : Waldthann . In: Geographical Statistical-Topographical Lexicon of Franconia . tape 6 : V-Z . Verlag der Stettinische Buchhandlung, Ulm 1804, DNB  790364328 , OCLC 833753116 , Sp. 86 ( digitized version ).
• Georg Paul Hönn : Bergbronn . In: Lexicon Topographicum of the Franconian Craises . Johann Georg Lochner, Frankfurt and Leipzig 1747, p. 317 ( digitized version ).
• Gottfried Stieber: Leückershaußen . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 561-562 ( digitized version ).
• Gottfried Stieber: Waldthan . In: Historical and topographical news from the Principality of Brandenburg-Onolzbach . Johann Jacob Enderes, Schwabach 1761, p. 894-895 ( digitized version ).

Web links

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

• Map of the community of Kreßberg on: State Agency for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
• Entry in the Baden-Württemberg regional information system

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Natural areas of Baden-Württemberg . State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009
3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 462-467
4. ↑ area since 1988 according to actual use for Kreßberg; State Statistical Office.
5. ^ 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. 448 .
6. ↑ A kibbutz in Swabia . Friedrich Ebert Foundation , Sagwas, June 11, 2016; Retrieved March 3, 2017
7. ↑ Lots of space for community at the Tempelhof in Kreßberg . Hohenloher Tagblatt , June 11, 2016; Retrieved March 3, 2017
8. ↑ The Martyrs of Tokwon, Brother Ludwig (Karl) Fischer ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2015 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. - ( Missionary Benedictines )