Merdingen
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Coordinates: 48 ° 1 ' N , 7 ° 41' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
| County : | Breisgau-Upper Black Forest | |
| Height : | 251 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 14.39 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 2583 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 179 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 79291 | |
| Area code : | 07668 | |
| License plate : | FR | |
| Community key : | 08 3 15 072 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Kirchgasse 2 79291 Merdingen |
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| Mayor : | Martin Rupp | |
| Location of the municipality of Merdingen in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district | ||
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Merdingen is a wine-growing community in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district in Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Geographical location
Merdingen is located on the steep western edge of the Tuniberg , a flat mountain ridge in the Upper Rhine Plain . An extremely mild climate and fertile loess soils offer favorable conditions for growing wine, fruit and asparagus.
Community structure
In the municipality of Merdingen are the village of Merdingen and the Kalkwerk residential area, as well as the abandoned villages of Egelfingen, Feldhofen, Harthausen, Heringen (?) And Hinterhofen.
Neighboring communities
In the east Merdingen borders on the Tuniberg villages of Waltershofen and Opfingen in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau , to the west of the municipality are Breisach and Ihringen and in the northeast the municipality of Gottenheim .
history
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Merdingen was already settled by the Celts . This is what u. a. Burial mounds in the Schachenwald, a Viereckschanze and numerous settlement areas. The place is one of the oldest settlements in Breisgau. From the 1st century AD, the Romans lived here in manors and cultivated fruit and vegetables. The settlement of the Romans is proven by archaeologically secured remains of a Roman bathing building, which can be visited north of Merdingen in the direction of Wasenweiler . In addition, numerous sites from Roman times have been found in the Merdinger district. According to aerial photographs, a Roman road led past Wasenweiler west of the bathing building in a northeastern direction.
The village of Merdingen was founded by the Alemanni in the 5th or 6th century. Further documentary mentions date back to the years 1137 and 1154 as part of a donation to the monastery of St. Peter and in 1139 in a papal bull for the duchy of Basel . The local rule changed several times. It is known that from 1666 a third belonged to the Barons von Kageneck and from 1716 after the sale by the Barons von Wessenberg two thirds belonged to the Teutonic Order-Kommende Freiburg . In the 16th and 17th centuries the village was sacked several times because this village is located between Freiburg and Breisach and could not avoid the wars that were fought here.
The place was described in 1754 as "one of the largest villages in Breisgau". The historical buildings, half-timbered buildings and the market fountain (Stockbrunnen) still show the commercial and rural past. The stick fountain dates from 1739, but was later relocated a little up the slope, creating a space outside the center of the village; At this place there is a late Gothic country inn with bay towers and a courtyard entrance from the 18th century, the baroque Gasthaus zur Sonne from the 17th century, the old schoolhouse and another former inn. The Gasthaus zur Sonne is also the birthplace of the Baroque sculptor Johann Baptist Sellinger . Another interesting house that belongs to the town center is the half-timbered Saladin house from 1666.
politics
Municipal council
The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result with a turnout of 71.0% (+ 7.3):
| Party / list | Share of votes | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| Free list of citizens | 41.3% | + 5.1 | 5 | + 1 |
| SPD - Open List | 30.0% | - 1.3 | 4th | ± 0 |
| CDU | 28.7% | - 3.8 | 3 | - 1 |
+/−: Difference to the previous municipal election in 2014
administration
Merdingen, like the neighboring community Ihringen, belongs to the agreed administrative community of the city of Breisach am Rhein.
Community partnerships
The French partner municipality of Sainte-Croix-en-Plaine is seven kilometers south of Colmar in neighboring Alsace .
Attractions
The late Baroque parish church of St. Remigius, built by Johann Caspar Bagnato between 1738 and 1741, is worth seeing . It was furnished by Francesco Pozzi ( stucco ), Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (altar and pulpit) and Franz Joseph Spiegler ( ceiling frescoes and altar leaves). The larger-than-life sculpture of an " Immaculata " by Johann Christian Wentzinger , who was related in Merdingen, stands in a niche above the main portal . The church was selected by the Monument Foundation Baden-Württemberg as " Monument of the Month July 2006" . The adjacent rectory was designed by Bagnato and built in 1754.
Personalities
- Hermann Brommer (1926–2012), teacher and art historian, taught from 1956 to 1980 in Merdingen.
- The cyclist Jan Ullrich (* 1973) lived in Merdingen from 1994 to 2002. A street was named after him.
literature
- Erik Roth: The entire system in the center of Merdingen. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg , 25th year 1996, issue 3, p. 226ff. ( PDF; 10.5 MB )
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: District Freiburg Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 78-79
- ↑ a b Merdingen. In: www.badische-seiten.de. Retrieved May 31, 2016 .
- ^ Badische Zeitung: Merdingen: Local council election: Result of the local election 2019 in Merdingen - badische-zeitung.de. In: www.badische-zeitung.de. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Municipal council elections on May 26th, 2019 - State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg. In: www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
- ↑ Peter Gürth, Hiking for inquisitive people 2, Freiburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-7930-9587-3 , p. 51/52
