Menzingen (Kraichtal)
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Menzingen
City of Kraichtal
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| Height : | 182 m |
| Residents : | 2081 (Nov. 30, 2013) |
| Incorporation : | 1st September 1971 |
| Postal code : | 76703 |
| Area code : | 07250 |
Menzingen is a district of Kraichtal in the Karlsruhe district in north-western Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Menzingen is located in the hilly landscape of the Kraichgau in a side valley of the Eschbach, which flows into the Kraichbach further south-west in Gochsheim . The district area is 1.570 ha. The district was once characterized by heavily fragmented fields and numerous sunken paths , but in the second half of the 20th century it largely lost its original character due to a complete land consolidation . The historic core of the settlement is in the north of the village by the two mansions, but the settlement has recently expanded significantly to the south due to new construction and commercial areas.
history
Menzingen was first mentioned in a document in the Lorsch Codex in 770 when it was donated . As a result, the Lorsch monastery acquired extensive property on site. In the late Middle Ages awarded counts of Katzenelnbogen the local rule of the Lords of Mentzingen that the knightly location within the Knights Canton Kraichgau ruled until 1805th Two castles were mentioned on site as early as 1359, probably the predecessor buildings of the Menzing moated castle and the Schwanenburg. The Oberlehen reign was from the 15th century with the Landgrave of Hesse . The local lord Peter von Mentzingen introduced the Reformation in 1521 and a village order in 1546 . Mathäus Kochhaf († 1559), the father of the reformer David Chyträus , was a Protestant pastor in Menzingen from 1530.
The spelling of the place name and the local authority changed several times. The manorial family at that time is spelled Mentzingen today , while the place name has been Menzingen since the 19th century . In 1805 the place came to Baden , then initially belonged to the Oberamt Gochsheim and from 1813 to the District Office Bretten . In 1924 Menzingen came to the Bruchsal district office . Towards the end of the Second World War , among other things, the town hall and moated castle were destroyed by a bomb attack.
On September 1, 1971, Menzingen merged with the cities of Gochsheim and Unteröwisheim and with the communities of Bahnbrücken, Landshausen, Münzesheim, Neuenbürg, Oberacker and Oberöwisheim to form the new city of Kraichtal.
On December 31, 2005, there were 2094 inhabitants in Menzingen.
coat of arms
The former coat of arms of Menzingen shows a black mill wheel in silver.
Attractions
The moated castle Menzingen probably goes back to the castle, which was mentioned as a deep castle in 1359 . It was destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 and rebuilt under Peter von Mentzingen (1498–1565) from 1529 to 1539 as a three-story, three-wing complex in the Renaissance style. The decorative coat of arms above the main portal dates from 1707. The castle was uninhabited from 1723 to 1790, after which it was extended and at the beginning of the 20th century was still considered the most authentic moated castle in Kraichgau. The building was destroyed by a low-flying attack on April 2, 1945 during World War II. The ruin, which has been overgrown since then, was only exposed and secured again after 1991.
To the southeast above the moated castle is the so-called Schwanenburg . This is a second Menzingen mansion, which was built in 1569 and which essentially goes back to an older building. The main building has been preserved to this day.
Numerous historic buildings, including many half-timbered houses , have been preserved near the two mansions in the historic town center . Striking buildings are the half-timbered building with the pillar porch in the Oberen Schlossstrasse, as well as the baroque property with a gate passage below the Schwanenburg and a residential building with a pebble mosaic facade from the late 19th century on Heilbronner Strasse.
Half-timbered house
Half-timbered house
Half-timbered house
Half-timbered house
Baroque property
Residential house, 19th century
The Protestant church goes back to a Nazarius church mentioned in 770, but was built from 1846 to 1848 at a different location than the dilapidated predecessor structure. The Bretten sculptor Ludwig Christof Meffle designed the war memorial from 1870/71 at the Protestant church. Opposite the church is the historic Protestant rectory. Not far from the Protestant church, the Catholic Church of St. Anna was built in 1958/59 as a branch church of Landshausen.
Evangelical rectory
Catholic Church of St. Anna
traffic
Menzingen is the terminus of the Kraichtalbahn from Bruchsal to Menzingen.
Personalities
- Ferdinand Bernauer (born July 23, 1892 in Menzingen, † May 16, 1945 in Berlin), geologist and mineralogist
literature
- Karl Diefenbacher: Ortssippenbuch Menzingen, district of Kraichtal, district of Karlsruhe. Lahr-Dinglingen: Interest group Badischer Ortssippenbücher 1987 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 66); Processed period 1605–1900
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2207, May 23, 770 - Reg. 494. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 73 , accessed on February 14, 2016 .
- ↑ List of places for the Lorscher Codex, Menzingen , in: Archivum Laureshamense - digital, Heidelberg University Library
- ↑ https://www.kraichtal.de/index.php?id=96 History of Menzingen
- ^ 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. 473 .
- ↑ Herbert Lohrer: Ludwig Christof Meffle, stone and sculptor in Bretten , in: Kraichgau 17 , 2002, pp. 191–196.
