Michelbach an der Bilz

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 4 '  N , 9 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Schwäbisch Hall
Height :	388 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.68 km 2
Residents:	3389 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	192 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes :	74544, 74523
Area code :	0791
License plate :	SHA, BK , CR
Community key :	08 1 27 056
Address of the municipal administration:	Hirschfelder Strasse 13 74544 Michelbach an der Bilz
Website :	www.michelbach-bilz.de
Mayor :	Werner Dörr
Location of the community of Michelbach an der Bilz in the Schwäbisch Hall district

View of Michelbach from Bilz, the local mountain of the village, to the south

Michelbach an der Bilz is a municipality in the Schwäbisch Hall district in the Franconian north-east of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

Michelbach an der Bilz is located on the edge of the Limpurger Mountains 5 km south of the district town of Schwäbisch Hall . The community has a share in the natural areas of the Swabian-Franconian Forest Mountains and Hohenloher-Haller Ebene . The eponymous Michelbach, which emerges on its eastern edge and gives rise to its name, moves through the main village west to the nearby Kocher .

Community structure

The municipality of Michelbach an der Bilz includes the villages Michelbach an der Bilz, Gschlachtenbretzingen , Hirschfelden and Rauhenbretzingen, the hamlets of Buchhorn , the Einkorn and Neumühle farms and the Wilhelmsglück train station, Burgbretzingen, Engelsburg, Hagenhof, Steinbrück and Ziegelhütte villages, as well as the Adelbacher Wirtshaus , Berwinkel, Kohlhäu , Kohlhofen, Lobingsforst and Sarlachen.

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the district town Schwäbisch Hall, in the east on Obersontheim , in the south on the city of Gaildorf and in the west on Rosengarten .

Religions

Michelbach has been evangelical since the Reformation . Even today there is only one Protestant church in town. The Roman Catholic believers are parish in Schwäbisch Hall .

politics

Administrative community

Michelbach belongs to the agreed administrative community of the city of Schwäbisch Hall.

Municipal council

The municipal council election in May 2014 brought the following result:

1. Independent Citizens (UB) 10 seats (+ 1)
2. SPD 4 seats (- 2)

coat of arms

Blazon: a golden cup in blue.

The gift cup is a reminder of the Limpurg pubs and their centuries-old relationships with the community. The coat of arms was awarded on June 29, 1957 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior.

mayor

• 1948–1952: Alfred Hartmann
• 1952–1959: Erich Specht
• 1959–1971: Helmut Maaß
• 1972-2008: Volker Schneider
• Since 2008: Werner Dörr.

Dörr was re-elected in February 2016 with 92% of the vote.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Michelbach used to have a train station (Wilhelmsglück) on the Waiblingen – Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental railway line , but it has now been closed to passenger traffic and has been dismantled as an alternative junction . The closest train station is now Schwäbisch Hall - Hessental . There is currently a reloading station for excavated earth from the Stuttgart 21 rail project, which is used to backfill the Wilhelmsglück limestone quarry.

Public facilities

The Michelbach an der Bilz volunteer fire brigade consists of the emergency department , youth fire brigade , minstrel group and the senior and honorary department . The operations department is divided into the two departments Michelbach and Gschlachtenbretzingen .

Sports activities are available in Michelbach from the gymnastics and sports club and the Michelbach tennis club.

education

In Michelbach there are two communal and one Protestant kindergarten , one forest kindergarten and one elementary school . In addition, there is the Evangelical School Center Michelbach , which includes a secondary school , an advanced high school , a grammar school and a boarding school.

Culture and sights

Michelbach is located on the Schwäbische Dichterstraße , which leads past many sights.

Buildings

The castle , built at the beginning of the 17th century, later housed educational institutions such as a rural education home and an advanced high school. The boarding school students of the Ev. The Michelbach school center.

Castle (2018)

The remains of Buchhorn Castle are located on one of the foothills of the Limpurger Mountains near Buchhorn .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

The community of Michelbach an der Bilz appointed honorary citizens:

• Karl Sträb (1858–1939), teacher and local historian, honorary citizen since 1924
• Johann Schulthes (1897–1948), council member, honorary citizen since 1933
• Rudolf Then (1889–1982), manufacturer, honorary citizen since 1964
• Volker Schneider (* 1944), long-time mayor, honorary citizen since 2008

Sons and daughters of the church

• Hans Jacob Spiegler (1570/1580 - before 1658), painter in the service of the dukes of Württemberg (in Buchhorn)
• Albert Schwegler (1819–1857), theologian, philosopher and historian
• Friedrich Hartmann (1841–1901), member of the Reichstag and Landtag
• Konrad Weiß (1880–1940), poet in the field of political Catholicism
• Uwe Nittel (* 1969), rally driver

Other persons connected with Michelbach

• Ludwig Wunder (1878–1949), reform pedagogue, founded the vegetarian rural education home in Michelbach Castle
• Ulrich Lang (1933–2018), educator and politician (SPD)
• Tadesse Söhl (around 1970–1981), an Ethiopian adopted child, committed suicide when she was around 11 years old

literature

• Michelbach an der Bilz, Contributions to the past and present , Michelbach an der Bilz 1980
• "TK25": Topographic map TK 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg (North), single sheet cut of map No. 6924 Gaildorf.
• "TAKW50": Topographical Atlas of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1:50 000, sheet 11. Reproduction based on an original from the Württemberg State Library in Stuttgart, graphic collections. Published by the Land Surveying Office Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1983. (Original from 1841.)

Web links

Commons : Michelbach an der Bilz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Michelbach an der Bilz in the description of the Oberamt Gaildorf from 1852  - sources and full texts

• Map of the community of Michelbach an der Bilz on: State Agency for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
• Map of the village of Michelbach an der Bilz on: Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Natural areas of Baden-Württemberg . State Institute for the Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009.
3. ↑ According to TK25, a Sahrlachen forest extends on the plateau of the Limpurger Mountains southeast of Einkorn . It begins in the north at the junction of the coal road from the K 2599 Hessental – Herlebach and then extends between the two roads to the south as far as the sloping terrain down to the Lembach valley . In this triangle of land there are some clearings used for forestry today, but the whole area belongs at least today administratively to Schwäbisch Hall .
4. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 550-552.
5. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Michelbach an der Bilz.
6. ↑ [1]
7. ↑ https://www.michelbach-bilz.de/fileadmin/Dateien/Newsartikel/PublishExport/Wahlen/publishExport-1520233008-news-content-file-2165516.pdf
8. ↑ The construction logistics of Stuttgart 21 - Free travel for forty containers , Stuttgarter Zeitung of May 20, 2016, accessed on December 9, 2016
9. ↑ TSV-Michelbach
10. ↑ Tennis Club Michelbach
11. ^ List of honorary citizens