Michelbach (Gaggenau)

Michelbach City of Gaggenau
	Coordinates: 48 ° 49 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 20 ′ 59 ″ E
Area :	6.2 km²
Residents :	1830
Population density :	295 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	76571
Area code :	07225
Location of Michelbach in Baden-Württemberg
	Streets on the Michelbach

Michelbach is a district of Gaggenau in the Baden-Württemberg district of Rastatt . The once independent town, first mentioned in 1102, was incorporated into Gaggenau on January 1, 1975. The former municipality had an area of 6.20 km².

Location and transport links

Michelbach is located northeast of the core town of Gaggenau on the L 613 state road in the Michelbach valley , a right tributary of the Murg in the northern Black Forest . There is a regular bus 253 to Gaggenau (train station) or in the other direction to Moosbronn and Freiolsheim . To the northeast rises the 612 m high Mahlberg , northwest of the local mountain Bernstein ( 694 m ) with the Amber Rock. The narrowest point in the state of Baden , the so-called wasp waist, was near Michelbach.

Attractions

As a lovingly cared for half-timbered village with a historic town center, Michelbach has won awards in local beautification competitions . The local history museum , the village nature trail / circular route (approx. 15 km), the parish church with its historic fortified tower and the parish garden with its historic draw well are all worth seeing . The historic Michelbach – Moosbronn – Bernbach border route follows the old Baden-Württemberg state border.

Sons and daughters

Kuno von Michelbach (* in the 11th century; † 1128), between 1100 and 1123 a Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg appointed by the Emperor
Burchard von Michelbach (* in the 12th century; † 1162), from 1141 to 1162 Prince-Bishop of Strasbourg
Friedrich Rittinger (1833–1897), Canadian publisher

literature

Friends of “900 years of Michelbach e. V. “(Ed.): 900 years Michelbach 1102–2002. Gaggenau, 2000.

Web links

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

The half-timbered village of Michelbach on the website of the city of Gaggenau

Individual evidence

^ City information for the city of Gaggenau . Edition 2017. p. 14 .
^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Rastatt and Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg (ed.): District descriptions of the state of Baden-Württemberg - The district of Rastatt. Volume 2, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , p. 35.
^ City of Gaggenau: Chronicle. ( Memento from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Federal Statistical Office: Official register of municipalities for the Federal Republic of Germany with overviews of the administrative structure and information on the affiliation of the municipalities to local classes, postcode areas and some important administrative units. 1957 edition, p. 360
↑ Michelbach on the website of the city of Gaggenau ( Memento from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[1] City information for the city of Gaggenau . Edition 2017. p. 14 .

[2] Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg, Landkreis Rastatt and Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg (ed.): District descriptions of the state of Baden-Württemberg - The district of Rastatt. Volume 2, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , p. 35.

[3] City of Gaggenau: Chronicle. ( Memento from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

[4] Federal Statistical Office: Official register of municipalities for the Federal Republic of Germany with overviews of the administrative structure and information on the affiliation of the municipalities to local classes, postcode areas and some important administrative units. 1957 edition, p. 360

[5] Michelbach on the website of the city of Gaggenau ( Memento from February 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )