Lottstetten

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	Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Waldshut
Height :	433 m above sea level NHN
Area :	13.39 km 2
Residents:	2238 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	167 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	79807
Area code :	07745
License plate :	WT
Community key :	08 3 37 070
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 79807 Lottstetten
Website :	www.lottstetten.de
Mayor :	Andreas Morasch
Location of the municipality of Lottstetten in the Waldshut district

St. Valentine's Church

Balm Castle near Lottstetten based on an old drawing: The people of Schaffhausen carry the bell of the castle chapel to Schaffhausen after the destruction

Lottstetten is a German municipality in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location and traffic

Lottstetten is located in the extreme south of Baden-Württemberg on the Upper Rhine , about 9 km from the Rhine Falls . The place belongs to the Klettgau region .

The municipality of Lottstetten is special in terms of its location in Germany: It is located together with the municipalities of Dettighofen and Jestetten in the so-called Jestetter Zipfel , which is surrounded over a length of 55 km by the border with Switzerland and is only accessible from official vehicle traffic via a country road from Germany can be reached directly, another direct road connection leads over Swiss territory through the Wangental . The most important traffic artery, however, is the B27 . Despite appearances, the area is not an exclave .

Lottstetten train station is on the Swiss Eglisau – Neuhausen railway line , which runs over German territory here. It is only served by SBB at their tariff, but tickets from Germany to Jestetten with a Swiss section are available from Deutsche Bahn (DB).

The Rhine ferry Ellikon – Nack runs from Nack (municipality of Lottstetten) to Ellikon am Rhein (municipality of Marthalen ) in Switzerland.

Neighboring communities

The municipality borders Jestetten in the north , the Swiss municipalities Rheinau and Marthalen in the canton of Zurich in the east, Rüdlingen in the canton Schaffhausen in the south, and Rafz again in the canton Zurich in the west.

Community structure

The Lottstetten municipality includes the villages of Lottstetten, Balm and Nack, the hamlet of Dietenberg, the Hardtweghöfe homestead and the houses Lottstetten-Landstraße, Zollamt and Nacker Mühle . The defunct localities Blitzberg and Gaißberg are located in the municipality .

history

Lottstetten was first mentioned in 827 and belonged to the Rheinau monastery . The place was part of the Landgraviate of Klettgau . The medieval Balm Castle of the same name , which controlled the High Rhine Valley here for a long time, was located in today's district of Balm . The family of Hermann von Sulz from the Count von Sulz family lived in the castle until the castle was destroyed by the Schaffhausen family .

During the Thirty Years' War Lottstetten was the scene of a battle that caused the devastation of the country:

“In a battle on May 7, 1633 near Lottstetten between a 300-strong French cavalry unit who served under Swedish flags and farmers from Klettgau, 150 of the 600 farmers were killed, a large part captured and the others chased away. The then Lottstetter pastor recorded the dramatic events in a report in the church register. In revenge for the attack by the peasants, Colonel Villefranche had Lottstetten burned down on May 8, 1633 'in such a short time that everything burned in one hour and a second.' In the following days Jestetten, Erzingen, Grießen and almost all Klettgaudörfer were plundered, houses set on fire and the population tortured. "

- Hans Matt-Willmatt: Weilheim. The Thirty-Year War. 1977, p. 119.

As before, the village changed hands several times before it became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806 . The history of the place is closely connected with the Schneller zu Lottstetten . One of the leaders in the Baden Revolution was the "Engel" host Joseph Weißhaar .

Because of the complicated course of the border in this region, the area of ​​the Jestetter Zipfel was declared a customs exclusion area in 1840 , which shortened the border to be monitored from 55 km to 6 km. This regulation, which lasted until 1935, brought the inhabitants of the area a modest level of prosperity, as they could offer their products duty-free in Baden, Germany and Switzerland. The occasional smuggling was not only caused by times of need. Petrol was cheaper than in Switzerland and than in the rest of Germany and along the main roads, numerous petrol stations opened which sold duty-free fuel.

End of war 1945 and post-war period

After the occupation of South Baden at the end of World War II , the customs exclusion area also came into the hands of the French occupying forces . For the commander of the 1st Army , Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , the area in the demarcation was too confusing. He had it evacuated . On May 14, 1945, the population was called to march and the next day the residents of Jestetten, Altenburg, Lottstetten and Nack were on their way via Grießen to the Black Forest . The French acted from a military point of view. There are said to have been scattered German soldiers in the forests on the Swiss border and rumors about an exchange of territory with Switzerland were also in circulation. The war had only recently ended and the regular German troops had also resettled for military purposes. It was also customary in the French army to clear towns from the civilian population. The procedure therefore did not attract any particular attention internationally or in Switzerland.

In addition, the Allied Military Government had ordered a 5-kilometer-wide "restricted border area" at the German borders in Act No. 161, and the existence of many villages along the Rhine and around the canton of Schaffhausen was threatened. Not least because the passing Jestetter presented their own fate, organized resistance arose in Klettgau: Through connections with Switzerland, the matter could be dealt with through the Apostolic Nuncio Roncalli, who later became Pope Johannes XXIII. , regulated: By decision of the military governor on June 3, 1945, all villages south of the Wutach Valley were spared from the order. Before the decision was made, 140 citizens in Erzingen had signed a vow to build a chapel .

In the summer of 1945, the population found accommodation in various Black Forest villages. By autumn 1945, the inhabitants of the then four villages were back in their homeland.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Lottstetten has 12 members. It consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 40 30th 20th 10 0 33.8% 27.6% 19.7% 18.9% FW CDU SPD Green Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p  14th  12  10    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6   -8th + 12.4  % p -4.7  % p.p. -6.5  % p -1.2  % p FW CDU SPD Green
FW	Free voters	33.8	4th	21.4	3
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	27.6	4th	32.3	4th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	19.7	2	26.2	3
Green	Alliance 90 / The Greens	18.9	2	20.1	2
total		100.0	12	100.0	12
voter turnout		56.7%		50.8%

mayor

Andreas Morasch has been the new mayor of Lottstetten since October 4, 2019. He prevailed in the runoff election on July 21, 2019 with 53.4%. He succeeded Jürgen Link, who had not stood for election after 24 years.

coat of arms

Blasonierung : "In a red-bonded with gold wire golden grain sheaf of fourteen langgrannigen ears, each outer two inclined down."

economy

The economy is characterized by small businesses, services, agriculture and a gravel works. One of the southernmost wineries in Germany is located at 47.60 degrees north in the district of Nack. It is run by the Clauss family.

traffic

The railway line through Lottstetten is operated by the SBB according to Swiss regulations. It has no direct connection to the rest of the German railway network. Lottstetten station is next to Jestetten station one of two SBB stations on German territory after the Altenburg-Rheinau station was closed by the SBB at the end of 2010 in favor of a stop at the Rhine Falls. The S9 of the Zurich S-Bahn , which runs on this railway line, connects Lottstetten with Schaffhausen , Eglisau , Bülach and Zurich .

media

In Lottstetten, the one-time newspaper district Südkurier is represented with its branch Alb-Bote . In addition there is the advertising paper Anzeiger Hochrhein . Online reports hierzuland.info on the town and the surrounding villages.

Personalities

• Matthias Starck (1628–1708), theologian and auxiliary bishop, philosopher

literature

• Georg Jäger: Jestetten and its surroundings. A home book for the Baden customs exclusion area. 1930
• Karl Friedrich Hoggenmüller: From the history of the community Lottstetten. 1981.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 983-984
3. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office, results of the 2019 municipal council elections
4. ↑ Kai Oldenburg: Andreas Morasch wins the election , Albbote, July 22, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Lottstetten  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipality of Lottstetten