Laubbach (Ostrach)

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Laubbach
municipality Ostrach
Coordinates: 47 ° 55 ′ 50 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 26 ″  E
Height : 624 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.53 km²
Residents : 222  (Jul 31, 2014)
Population density : 26 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st October 1974
Postal code : 88356
Area code : 07585

Laubbach is one of eight villages in the Baden-Württemberg community of Ostrach in the Sigmaringen district in Germany .

geography

Laubbach is about two and a half kilometers south of the main town of Ostrach in the Ostrach valley .

Expansion of the area

The total area of ​​the Laubbach district covers around 853 hectares (as of December 31, 2010).

structure

The village of Laubbach consists of the three suburbs of Laubbach , Oberweiler and Unterweiler .

history

Louipahc (from loub = deciduous forest) was first mentioned in documents in 1204. The village belonged to the noble free von Schussenried and in 1272 came to the Schussenried monastery . In 1677 it was sold to Count Anton Euseb von Königsegg (1639–1692).

In 1806 Laubbach came under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Württemberg and was assigned to the Oberamt Saulgau , but was initially not an independent municipality there, but part of the municipality of Königseggwald . In 1830 it merged with Oberweiler and Unterweiler to form an independent municipality. In 1938 Laubach came to the Saulgau district and in 1973 to the Sigmaringen district.

As part of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg , Laubbach was incorporated into Ostrach on October 1, 1974.

Population development

In Laubbach there were 81 inhabitants in 1829, 228 in 2012 and 222 today.

1829 1961 1970 2012 2014
81 227 208 228 222

politics

Head of town

Nicole Greisle has been the Laubbachs mayor since January 11, 2016.

Culture and sights

South of Laubbach is the approximately 42 hectare Laubbacher Mühleweiher, originally designed to operate a mill and as a fish pond .

Buildings

The Marienkapelle was first mentioned at the beginning of the 13th century. It was probably rebuilt in post-Gothic form by the Schussenried Abbey in 1602 and has a neo-Gothic tower from 1868. Today it is a hall church with a west tower and a three-sided choir. The sculptures date from the 14th to 18th centuries.

Tri-border region

South of Laubbach, on the edge of the Pfrunger-Burgweiler Ried ( coordinates ), there was one of four three-country corners on the Ostrach district in 1806 , the suburbs of which were in Baden , Hohenzollern and Württemberg and where the three countries met a common border point. This point is marked by a border post with a sign from the Ostrach Border Stone Museum and the three coats of arms of the former countries. The other three-country corners are at Jettkofen , Magenbuch and Wangen .

Economy and Infrastructure

Citizen bus

Stop "Bürgerbus"

The Ostracher Citizens' Bus complements local public transport and improves, among other things, the mobility of people with disabilities. Two days a week the bus runs according to a fixed schedule between the center of Ostrach and Oberweiler, Unterweiler and Laubbach.

The citizen bus is financed by the municipality of Ostrach and operated by the citizen bus association as well as volunteer drivers and helpers.

Web links

Commons : Laubbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Laubbach  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. Laubbach on the website of the municipality of Ostrach , accessed on March 9, 2015
  2. Top25 Viewer [Top. Map 1: 100000 Baden-Württemberg]
  3. Information from the municipality of Ostrach from January 11, 2011.
  4. a b Information from the Ostrach community in the Ostrach Border Stone Museum
  5. See description of the Saulgau District Office / Chapter B 46 Königseckwald
  6. ^ 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. 549 .
  7. Laubbach in the description of the Saulgau Oberamt from 1829, Chapter B46
  8. Population of the municipality of Ostrach (as of July 31, 2014)
  9. committed by BM Schulz on Jan. 11, 2016
  10. Georg Dehio (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments . Baden-Württemberg I: The administrative districts of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-03024-7 , Laubbach, p. 409 f . (First edition: 1966, new edition autumn 2011).
  11. ↑ Information board of the Ostrach boundary stone museum on the surveying trail
  12. Flyer of the municipality of Ostrach: CITIZEN BUS CONNECTS - CITIZENS DRIVE CITIZENS. November 2014.