Kronau
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Coordinates: 49 ° 13 ' N , 8 ° 38' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Karlsruhe | |
| County : | Karlsruhe | |
| Height : | 110 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 10.91 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 5835 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 535 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 76709 | |
| Area code : | 07253 | |
| License plate : | KA | |
| Community key : | 08 2 15 039 | |
| LOCODE : | DE KOU | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Kirrlacher Strasse 2 76709 Kronau |
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| Mayor : | Frank Burkard ( CDU ) | |
| Location of the municipality Kronau in the district of Karlsruhe | ||
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Kronau is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Karlsruhe district .
geography
location
Kronau is located in the northwest of the Karlsruhe district between the centers of the Middle Upper Rhine and Rhine-Neckar regions . Apart from the village of the same name, no other villages belong to the municipality of Kronau.
Neighboring communities
Kronau borders in the southeast on Bad Schönborn and in the west on Waghäusel (both district of Karlsruhe) and in the north on St. Leon-Rot (Rhein-Neckar district).
history
The first traces of settlement in today's Kronau municipality go back to the Neolithic Age . At the boundary of the district near the Heidelberg – Karlsruhe railway line, shards of vessels made by the band ceramists , tools made of flint and bones from domestic animals were found during gravel mining on an oval two-hectare dune . As on the nearby Michaelsberg near Bruchsal, the first arable farmers and cattle breeders lived here on an island protected from the floods of the branches of the Rhine. Some graves from the 4th century BC As well as Roman seals and coins with the image of Antoninus Pius (138–161 AD) testify to the almost uninterrupted use of land in this area, long before the first written record of the village in the "Grünen Au" was recorded .
In 1056, Emperor Heinrich III. the area of the Speyer Church. The first written mention of Kronau dates back to 1289. However, a village settlement probably developed long before the turn of the first millennium. The Speyer Monastery has subordinated this to its nearby Kislau office. At that time the Kronau farmers found it difficult to get the taxes out of the poor sandy soil. Nevertheless, agriculture and daily wages remained the only sources of income for the people. The community name has changed several times over the centuries, but without losing the connection to the Green Au.
A cigar industry developed in 1867, which flourished in the 1920s. During the Second World War , French troops captured Kronau on April 2, 1945. With the opening of the motorway access in autumn 1958, the community experienced an industrial boom. This accelerated through the extension of the new commercial and industrial area Heidig to the old industrial area Althäuser .
Kronau is now a residential and work community between the centers of the Middle Upper Rhine and Rhine-Neckar regions. The population development is characterized by continuous growth. In 1970 Kronau still had 4295 inhabitants, now there are almost 5700.
politics
Municipal council
The municipal council has 14 honorary members who are elected for five years. In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.
The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):
| Municipal Council 2019 | ||||
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| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats | ||
| CDU | 38.8% (−13.1) | 6 (−1) | ||
| Free voters | 38.7% (+38.7) | 5 (+5) | ||
| SPD | 22.5% (−6.8) | 3 (−1) | ||
| Turnout: 67.8% (+10.3) | ||||
mayor
Frank Burkard (CDU) was won in July 2016 in the second ballot with 55.3% of the vote. The predecessor in office was Jürgen Hess, who was mayor for 21 years.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In the form of a blue Swiss shield, a five-pointed silver star under a floating crown ."
Partner communities
Kronau has had a community partnership with the community of Hohndorf in the Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony since 1994 .
Economy and Infrastructure
education
With the Erich-Kästner - Elementary and Werkrealschule, Kronau has a center for basic education. There are also two Roman Catholic kindergartens.
Erich Kästner elementary and technical secondary school
Today's Kronauer School was completed in 1962 and has been expanded and renovated over the years. Since 1993 the Kronauer Schule has also included a Werkrealschule. The classes are formed on an annual basis between the Bad Schönborn and Kronau secondary schools. A total of 370–400 students attend the Kronau educational institution.
Erich Kastner School, a branch of which is Ludwig Guttmann School Carlsbad affiliated and cooperative organization of Special Needs Education and Counseling Center Karl-Berberich School Bruchsal furnished. The cooperation has become a model.
The school offers lunch and lunch supervision as well as homework supervision, which is supported by the school's sponsorship association.
Culture and sights
Buildings
town hall
The Kronau town hall is located in the center of the town. The town hall was built in 1809. In the past 200 years it had undergone many renovations and extensions. It was last expanded in 1998 by an extension. In 1999 the listed old part of the town hall was completely renovated.
Catholic Church of St. Laurentius
The Catholic Laurentius Church was built between 1861 and 1862 according to the plans of the architect and grand ducal building director Heinrich Hübsch . In the 1960s the building was expanded. The church was consecrated on August 20, 1862 by the Speyer bishop Nikolaus von Weis , who also donated the sacrament of Confirmation to 800 believers on this occasion .
Old school
The former Kronau school building, built in 1894, was completely renovated from 1988 onwards. In addition to the Johannes Bosco Catholic kindergarten, the building also houses a large assembly room and rehearsal rooms for clubs and the adult education center. It is used by many Kronau initiatives.
Fire station
The fire station built in 1975 is one of the other community facilities .
graveyard
In the center of the community is the cemetery with the consecration hall built in 1975. Parts of the old cemetery were redesigned in 2010 as part of a redesign. A memorial to commemorate those who fell in the war of 1870/71 and the memorial to commemorate the victims of the Second World War found its worthy place in the cemetery .
Sports
The place gained greater fame through the handball Bundesliga club SG Kronau / Östringen , which is a syndicate of the local TSG Kronau and TSV Baden from nearby Östringen . The team was promoted to the Bundesliga for the second time since 2003 in May 2005 and played their home games in the SAP Arena in Mannheim . The team has been called Rhein-Neckar Löwen since 2005 .
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Robert Zimmermann, former mayor
- Heinz Hochadel, former mayor
Sons and daughters of the place
- Uwe Zimmermann (born February 11, 1962), soccer goalkeeper and record Bundesliga player of SV Waldhof Mannheim
People connected to the place
- Jan Bühn (born March 3, 1991), German motorcycle racer
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ http://kronau.de/web/mein-kronau/geschichte/60-jahre-bundesprojekte.php History of Kronau from the Second World War
- ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Kronau ; Municipality of Kronau: municipal council election 2019 ; accessed July 9, 2019.
- ↑ shield shape
- ↑ Kronau, history and present, Konrad Dussel p. 469
- ↑ Community partnership between Kronau and Hohndorf on the homepage of the community of Hohndorf
- ↑ Schematism of the Diocese of Speyer 1869, p. 198.
literature
- Municipality of Kronau (Hrsg.): Kronau - past and present. A local history. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2009, ISBN 978-3-89735-477-7 .
- Josef Seitz, Niko Vurnik: Kronau in Baden and its inhabitants 1629-1910. Interest group of Badischer Ortssippenbücher, Lahr-Dinglingen 2005.
Web links
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