Lichtenau (Baden)
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Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ' N , 8 ° 0' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
Administrative region : | Karlsruhe | |
County : | Rastatt | |
Height : | 127 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 27.63 km 2 | |
Residents: | 4975 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
Population density : | 180 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 77839 | |
Area code : | 07227 | |
License plate : | RA, bra | |
Community key : | 08 2 16 028 | |
LOCODE : | DE LCT | |
City administration address : |
Hauptstrasse 15 77839 Lichtenau |
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Mayor : | Christian Greilach (CDU) | |
Location of the city of Lichtenau in the Rastatt district | ||
Lichtenau is a city in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Rastatt district .
geography
location
Lichtenau lies in the Upper Rhine Plain . The urban area extends in Hanauerland on the eastern bank of the Rhine - viewed downstream between the city of Rheinau in the south-south-west and the municipality of Rheinmünster in the north-east. The Grauelsbaumer Altrheinzug and the Altrheinarm Kirchhöfel are located in the district of Grauelsbaum .
Neighboring communities
The city borders in the north on Rheinmünster , in the east on Ottersweier , in the south on the city of Achern and the city of Rheinau , both in the Ortenau district . In the west, the city borders on the Rhine, which forms the border with Alsace ( France ) with the municipality of Drusenheim .
City structure
The town of Lichtenau includes the villages of Grauelsbaum, Muckenschopf , Scherzheim and Ulm, which each formed their own communities before they were incorporated.
The town of Lichtenau within the borders of December 31, 1971 includes the town of Lichtenau, the Benshurst-Höfe homestead and the Stromwarthaus and Neufeld houses. In the city of Lichtenau within the borders of December 31, 1971, there is the deserted Reinhardsau and probably Hunden (Unden) in the area of the former municipality of Ulm. The current name of Hunterau still reminds of the place that was abandoned in the 17th century. The naming of Unden perhaps also refers to the French Dalhunden, once partly on the right bank of the Rhine and now completely on the left bank of the Rhine .
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history
middle Ages
The city goes back to a moated castle that the Lords of Lichtenberg built here at the end of the 13th century - partly from demolition material from Krax Castle in Alsace , which they had conquered . Lichtenau was a festival until it was razed in 1686 . In the vicinity of the castle they also built a settlement which was granted Hagenau town charter by King Albrecht in 1300 . The Lords of Lichtenberg concentrated their administration of the Lichtenau office here . In 1335, the middle and younger lines of the House of Lichtenberg divided the country. The office of Lichtenau - and thus Lichtenau - fell to Ludwig III. von Lichtenberg , who founded the younger line of the house.
Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474), one of two heirs and daughter of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474), married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417; † 1480) in 1458 ), who had received a small secondary school from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to marry her. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage . After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Anna, Count Philipp I. d. Ä. 1480 half of the Lichtenberg rule , including Lichtenau.
Modern times
After the death of the last Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, the inheritance - and with it the city of Lichtenau - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg , Landgrave Ludwig (IX.) Of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss it came to the newly formed Electorate of Baden in 1803 (a few years later: Grand Duchy of Baden ). There the city belonged to the district of Bühl , later to the district of Kehl and since the district reform of 1973 to the district of Rastatt .
Incorporations
The municipality reform in Baden-Württemberg took place here in stages.
- Scherzheim on January 1, 1972
- Ulm on January 1, 1973
- Muckenschopf on January 1st, 1974
- Grauelsbaum on January 1, 1975
Religions
The Reformation was introduced in Lichtenau in the first third of the 16th century . Since then, the city has been predominantly Lutheran .
politics
Administrative association
The city is a member of the municipal administration association "Rheinmünster-Lichtenau" based in Rheinmünster.
Municipal council
In addition to the presiding mayor, the municipal council has 16 members (2009: 21 seats). The local elections on May 25, 2014 brought the following results:
Party / list | Share of votes | G / V | Seats | G / V |
CDU | 36.2% | + 1.6 | 6th | - 2nd |
SPD | 12.3% | + 0.2 | 2 | ± 0 |
Citizens for Lichtenau (BFL) | 27.3% | + 2.9 | 4th | - 1 |
Free voters Lichtenau | 24.1% | + 2.8 | 4th | ± 0 |
coat of arms
The blazon of the coat of arms reads: “In silver a red tower with three battlements and a pointed roof, in front of it a red battlement wall with an entrance gate. A silver helmet with a blue swan body rests on the left side of the wall. "
Partnerships
Lichtenau maintains partnership relationships with:
- Lichtenberg , France
- Serrungarina , Italy
- Piedras Blancas ( Entre Rios Province ), Argentina
Culture and sights
Lichtenau is the end of the Baden Asparagus Road , which leads past many sights.
theatre
With the Hoftheater Scherzheim, Lichtenau has a cabaret theater with approx. 50 seats.
Museums
The Medicus Heimatverein runs the town's local museum .
Memorials
Since 1986 a memorial stone next to the property at Schmiedstrasse 2 has been commemorating the synagogue of the Jewish residents. Although it remained undestroyed during the November pogrom in 1938 , it was later torn down. The former Jewish school building is now integrated into a kindergarten.
Buildings
In the district of Scherzheim the first church was built by Baden's famous master builder Friedrich Weinbrenner . Built in 1811, it became the design model for the churches in the classicism style in Baden. Conceived of two easily readable structures: the church tower and the nave, the former rises up powerfully from the front of the nave. The bell storey and the high entrance niche in the manner of a triumphal arch are striking as the finest components of the overall composition.
Economy and Infrastructure
education
With the Gustav Heinemann School , Lichtenau has a primary and secondary school with a technical secondary school . There are also four kindergartens in the city.
societies
- TV Lichtenau
- Trachtenkapelle Lichtenau
- FC Rheingold Lichtenau
- SV Scherzheim
- SV Ulm
- TTV Muckenschopf
- Samurai Lichtenau eV
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Anna von Lichtenberg (1442–1474), heir daughter of the Lichtenberg rule
- Julius Holderer (1866–1950), Baden lawyer and board member
- Eugen Herrigel (1884–1955), philosopher
- Bernhard Askani (1937–2003), historian and textbook author
- Hertha Beuschel-Menze (* 1946), educator, author
- Gabriele Frechen (* 1956), politician ( SPD ), 2002–2009 Member of the Bundestag
People in connection with Lichtenau
- Elmer Bantz (1908–2002), broadcaster and director of the Scherzheim Court Theater
literature
- Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
- Wilhelm Mechler: The territory of the Lichtenberger to the right of the Rhine . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 31-37.
- Ulrich Coenen: The architecture of the northern Ortenau. Monuments in Bühl, Bühlertal, Ottersweier, Lichtenau, Rheinmünster and Sinzheim. Karlsruhe 1993.
Web links
- City of Lichtenau
- Scherzheims Weinbrenner Church on a private website
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ Erwin Dittler: Hundsfeld - Aspects of a name interpretation . In: The Ortenau - magazine of the historical association for Mittelbaden , vol. 68 (1988), p. 98 digitized
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 186-188
- ↑ Mechler, 32f; Eyer, pp. 228f.
- ↑ Eyer, pp. 79f.
- ^ 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. 496 .
- ^ 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. 497 .
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 483 .
- ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, Volume I, Bonn 1995, p. 56, ISBN 3-89331-208-0