Spoon stilts

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Spoon stilts
Coats of arms of spoon stilts
Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '26 "  N , 9 ° 47' 22"  E
Height : 347 m
Area : 5.09 km²
Residents : 995  (2014)
Population density : 195 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 97980
Area code : 07931
View from the Taubertal up to Löffelstelzen with the transmission tower
View from the Taubertal up to Löffelstelzen with the transmission tower

Löffelstelzen is a district of Bad Mergentheim in the Main-Tauber district in northeast Baden-Württemberg .

geography

The water protection area Löffelstelzen with the WSG no. 128124 covers a protected area of ​​470.66 hectares.

history

middle Ages

Löffelstelzen was first mentioned in a document in 1246 as Löfelsterz. For a long time the place belonged to the Principality of Mergentheim of the Teutonic Order .

Modern times

In 1809 Löffelstelzen came to the Kingdom of Württemberg and there to the Oberamt Mergentheim . Since 1938 Löffelstelzen belonged to the Mergentheim district. On January 1, 1972, the community was incorporated into the city of Bad Mergentheim together with Apfelbach , Althausen , Markelsheim and Neunkirchen . As in the context of on 1 January 1973 Württemberg Baden-district reform the county Mergentheim was dissolved Löffelstelzen part in the sequel to the newly formed Tauber district , which its present name on 1 January 1974 Main-Tauber-Kreis received.

coat of arms

The former coat of arms of the spoonbill shows a black Teutonic Cross in silver, set with a blue wagtail.

Cultural monuments

In the village is the Church of the Most Holy Trinity from 1660/61.

Economy and Infrastructure

Transmitters

To the west of Löffelstelzen, the SWR has been operating a transmitter system since 1951, which serves as a television and radio basic network transmitter (status 2011). About one kilometer north of Löffelstelzen is the radome of a radar system used by the Bundeswehr .

traffic

Web links

Commons : Spoonbills  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Löffelstelzen in the description of the Oberamt Mergentheim from 1880  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ spoon stilts. LEO-BW (Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg), discover regional studies online, accessed on March 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ 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. 453 .
  3. ^ 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. 453 f .
  4. ↑ LEO-BW.de: cath. Parish church (Alte Würzburger Strasse 12, Bad Mergentheim) . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved August 20, 2019.