Angelbachtal

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	159 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.92 km 2
Residents:	5111 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	285 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74918
Area code :	07265
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 102
LOCODE :	DE 6AQ
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Schloßstraße 1 ; 74918 Angelbachtal
Website :	www.angelbachtal.de
Mayor :	Frank Werner ( CDU )
Location of the community Angelbachtal in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

Angelbachtal is a community with around 5000 inhabitants in the Rhein-Neckar district , between Sinsheim and Bruchsal . The name of the municipality, which emerged from a union of the localities Eichtersheim and Michelfeld, is derived from the common valley name of the Kraichgau waterway , Waldangelbach , which flows through the municipality.

geography

Location and natural space

Angelbachtal is located south of Heidelberg in the Kraichgau hill country in the Rhein-Neckar district ( Baden-Württemberg ). The Waldangelbach flows through the municipality to the northwest, which is also called Angelbach for short . The river valley ends at Rauenberg , where the Upper Rhine Rift begins. Its mild climate is conducive to agriculture.

The highest point at 283 m above sea level. NN is the summit of the Roßberg. Lowest point, 159 m above sea level NN , is the bottom of the fishing brook. The district extends over 1792 hectares. Of this, 15.5 percent is settlement and traffic area, 60.4 percent is used for agriculture and 22.6 percent is forested.

The Eichtersheim Palace Park is under landscape protection due to its old trees . Likewise, the Western Kraichgau , an area of 930 hectares in which, in addition to Angelbachtal, Mühlhausen, Rauenberg and Dielheim also have a share, as a typical Kraichgau landscape with gentle loess hills , pronounced valleys and diverse uses with arable, viticulture and fruit growing and forest as a habitat for wild animals - and plant species. In addition, the Hermannswald is classified as an extensive natural monument.

Neighboring communities

The following places border on Angelbachtal. They are called clockwise starting in the north. The Sinsheim districts of Eschelbach , Dühren and Waldangelloch , Östringen ( Karlsruhe district ) and Mühlhausen . All places except Östringen are in the Rhein-Neckar district .

Community structure

The community Angelbachtal consists of the former communities Eichtersheim and Michelfeld. In the hamlet of Michelfeld lying Outbound Chapel Weibronn or Wihenbronnen.

history

Friedrich Hecker House in Eichtersheim

Several graves from the Latène period have been found in what is now the municipality .

Eichtersheim

Eichtersheim was first mentioned in 838 as Uhtritesheim in the Lorsch Codex . Around 1200 the village belonged to the Knights of Steinach . In the 14th century Eichtersheim was a fiefdom of the Palatinate . From 1541 who practiced Barons of Venningen the basic rule out. From 1779 the place belonged to the knight canton Kraichgau . In 1806 Eichtersheim came to Baden and from 1807 to 1810 belonged to the Oberamt Waibstadt , then to the District Office Neckarbischofsheim , from 1813 to the Office Wiesloch and from 1850 to the District Office Sinsheim . In 1939 there were 654 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 887.

Michelfeld

Michelfeld was first mentioned in the Lorsch Codex in 857 as Michilunfelt . In 1188 an allodium (dt .: own property) in Michilinvelt is mentioned in a contract between Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa and King Alfons VIII of Castile , in which the marriage of Friedrich's son Konrad with Alfons daughter Berengaria was agreed. This own property, which is believed to be in Michelfeld, was part of the bride's morning gift along with 29 other Hohenstaufen goods . It is possible that this marriage contract, which was never put into practice, meant Michelfeld bei Schwäbisch Hall. After the Germersheim Vogt Keckhans von Gemmingen had already acquired part of the place in the 15th century, his son Orendel von Gemmingen came into possession of the entire place in 1508. The lords of Gemmingen-Michelfeld died out in 1613 in the male line, after them the lords of Gemmingen-Hornberg exercised rule over the place, which belonged to the knightly canton of Kraichgau, until the transition to Baden in 1806. In Baden, Michelfeld, like Eichtersheim, initially belonged to the Wiesloch office and from 1850 to the Sinsheim district office . Friedrich Hecker , born and raised in Eichtersheim, enjoyed great popular support during the Baden Revolution . The people's association in Eichtersheim, which has around 750 inhabitants, had 126 members, and that in Michelfeld 87, from all professional groups. The Prussian punitive actions after the failed revolution hit both places hard. In 1939 there were 1142 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 1442.

Angelbachtal community since 1972

On April 1, 1972, Eichtersheim and Michelfeld merged to form the Angelbachtal community. In the course of the Baden-Württemberg district reform , the Sinsheim district was dissolved in 1973 and the community was incorporated into the newly formed Rhein-Neckar district. Angelbachtal entered into an agreed administrative community with Sinsheim and Zuzenhausen .

When Eichtersheim and Michelfeld merged in 1972 to form the new municipality of Angelbachtal, the question of a common town hall came to the fore, as the previous town halls of the municipalities were only unsatisfactory. At first it was considered to sell the two castles owned by the municipality, Schloss Eichtersheim and Schloss Michelfeld , and to build a new town hall between the two parts of the municipality, for which land was acquired in 1973. The castle in Michelfeld was then sold in 1975, until 1977 no suitable buyer could be found for the Eichtersheim castle. In the summer of 1977, the community decided to convert the castle in Eichtersheim into the seat of the community administration. After two years of construction, the castle was given its new purpose in 1980.

The growth of the community as a whole was accompanied by further infrastructure measures such as the construction of a fire station and funeral hall, the construction of a sports field and school sports facility as well as the designation of new residential areas and a commercial area in Michelfeld.

Population development

In the first third of the 20th century, many Eichtersheimers and Michelfelders moved as workers to the cities that had benefited from industrialization . After the Second World War , numerous expellees were taken in, some of whom emigrated again. Favored by increasing automization, many commuters were able to choose both places as their place of residence and the population grew steadily in the 1960s. In 2007, for the first time, more than 5000 inhabitants were counted in Angelbachtal.

The following table summarizes the inhabitants in the current territorial status and is based on the census results and their official updates.

year	1871	1890	1910	1939	1950	1961	1970	1987	1991	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015
Residents	2154	2101	2207	1796	2991	2737	3296	3724	3992	4427	4792	4917	4960	4929

Evangelical Church Eichtersheim

Religions

The Reformation was introduced in Eichtersheim and Michelfeld around 1525 . While in Michelfeld the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants were Protestant until the end of the Second World War, the Lords of Venningen, following the example of the Electoral Palatinate court , switched to Catholicism again after 1700, which resulted in Eichtersheim's mixed denomination. The Protestant community belongs to the Kraichgau church district of the Evangelical Church in Baden and the Catholic parish Heilig-Kreuz belongs to the Kraichgau dean's office of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

There were Jews in Eichtersheim and Michelfeld since the 18th century . The peak was reached in 1839 with 149 and 242 Jewish residents respectively. Then there was a strong migration. There was a Jewish elementary school in Eichtersheim from 1840 to 1876 . Outside of Eichtersheim there is a Jewish cemetery laid out in 1781 and a centrally laid out Jewish cemetery in Michelfeld in 1868 . During the deportations during the Nazi era , at least five of the Jewish residents who lived here in 1933 were killed. The two synagogues were sold to private individuals before the November pogroms in 1938 and therefore remained intact.

politics

The town hall is located in the Eichtersheimer Schloss.

Municipal council

The municipal council has 14 seats and is directly elected for a five-year term. The mayor is also the chairman with voting rights.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in contrast to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
FWV	30.3% 0(- 1.7)	4 0(± 0)
Citizens' Association (BV) / CDU	27.1% 0(- 1.8)	4 0(± 0)
Young List (JL)	20.8% 0(+ 5.4)	3 0(+ 1)
Green Alternative List (GAL)	13.9% 0(+ 13.9)	2 0(+ 2)
SPD	7.8% 0(+ 1.9)	1 0(± 0)

The turnout was 65.7% (+7.0).

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for a term of eight years.

Fritz Brandt (CDU) served from 1979 until his death on September 1, 2008. On November 30, 2008, his successor was elected by 62.4 percent of the votes cast by Frank Werner (CDU), who has a degree in administrative management and was previously head of the Kronau office. With a turnout of 73.4 percent, he prevailed against five competitors.

? –1979: Johann Jenne
1979-2008: Fritz Brandt (CDU)
from 2008: Frank Werner (CDU)

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: In blue two golden wavy bars, covered with two diagonally crossed red lily rods, the intersection covered with a blue heart shield, in which an increasing golden crescent moon with a face.

The coat of arms refers to the old coats of arms of the two districts and at the same time symbolizes the location and name of the municipality. The lily rods come from the Eichtersheim local coat of arms and refer to the former local rule of the barons of Venningen. The crescent moon was taken from the Michelfelder coat of arms, which alludes to the barons of Gemmingen with the colors blue and gold. The wave beams symbolize the Waldangelbach.

The flag is yellow and blue and was awarded together with the coat of arms on April 30, 1985 by the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district office.

Culture and sights

Castle church in Eichtersheim

Michelfeld Castle

Evangelical Church Michelfeld

Holy Cross Church

Buildings

The Eichtersheim castle was in the 16th century by the Lords of Venningen built. The round tower with a star vault dates from 1596. In 1767, Karl Philipp von Venningen had the castle rebuilt. The baroque main staircase inside dates from this period . In 1963 the municipality of Eichtersheim acquired the castle. From 1978 to 1980 it was renovated and rebuilt, since then the town hall of the Angelbachtal community and a restaurant have been located there. The old ballroom is used as a civic hall. A permanent exhibition provides information about Friedrich Hecker. The park around the castle is 6.75 hectares and was probably laid out in the second half of the 19th century by Friedrich Ries in the English style . Numerous old trees and botanical rarities can be admired here.

Opposite the castle park is the former Catholic castle church Eichtersheim , which was built in 1782 by Carl Philipp von Venningen (1728–1797) and Maria Anna von Hutten zu Stolzenberg († 1781). In it is the Venningen family crypt. In the immediate vicinity are the historical stables , the castle pharmacy and the so-called Heckerhaus, the former rent office .

The Protestant church of Eichtersheim is elevated on a hill. The sandstone building, reminiscent of a fortified church , was built in 1792 in baroque style and replaced the old church from 1452. The tower was renewed in 1886. The oldest bell dates from 1506.

In the historic center of Eichtersheim there are also several baroque houses and farms, especially from the 18th century. The old manor from 1768, in which a senior citizens' monastery is housed, and the old town hall from 1773 should be emphasized. Both are adorned with the coat of arms of the Venningen Hutten.

The Michelfeld castle is from 1753. It was built by the Lords of Gemmingen-Hornberg and served as the headquarters of the manorial system. Today there is a hotel in the adjacent estate. Nearby is the Michelfelder Jägerhaus (built in 1752), which used to be part of the Michelfelder Castle as an official building.

The Protestant church in Michelfeld was built from 1767. The Hessian coat of arms is on the portal of the baroque building and the coat of arms of those of Gemmingen on the tower, who were obliged to build it. The pulpit, the organ and the painted twelve apostles originate from the 18th century.

The Catholic Holy Cross Church was built in 1968 between Eichtersheim and Michelfeld. The church has a hexagonal floor plan and a free-standing bell tower. In the forecourt there is a bronze Augustine sculpture by Jürgen Goertz.

art

In Angelbachtal, in the Eichtersheim Palace Park and on Friedrich-Hecker-Platz, there are more than ten sculptures, some of them large in size, by the artist Jürgen Goertz , who worked in the former Eichtersheim Palace Church .

Regular events

Pentecost market with castle park lighting
Medieval knight tournament
Pottery and artist market
Castle park serenade
Kerwe (parish fair)
Highland Games
Christmas Market

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The two federal highways 292 and 39 lead through Angelbachtal (which also represents bypass 68 of federal motorway 6 ). Coming from Bruchsal , the B 292 runs via Östringen through Angelbachtal / Eichtersheim to Sinsheim and on towards Mosbach . The B 39 leads from Wiesloch via Mühlhausen through Angelbachtal / Eichtersheim to Sinsheim and on towards Heilbronn . Both roads run together on the Angelbachtal-Sinsheim section. The state road 551 leads from Angelbachtal / Michelfeld to Waldangelloch towards Eppingen ; the district road 4177 leads from Angelbachtal / Michelfeld to Dühren.

From Angelbachtal the bus line 703 (line bundle Wiesloch-Walldorf) leads via Mühlhausen to Wiesloch, the bus line 761 ( line bundle Sinsheim Süd ) via Eschelbach to Sinsheim and the school bus line 791 (line bundle Wiesloch-Walldorf) to Östringen. In Sinsheim there is a connection to the Elsenz Valley Railway Heidelberg – Heilbronn. Angelbachtal is part of the tariff area of the Rhein-Neckar transport association . From June 2014, in a two-year trial run with a minibus, the range on route 791 from Michelfeld Etzwiese to Östringen shopping center was expanded. After just one year, however, the municipality of Östringen, which had to assume 50% of the costs, left the project, which cost around 38,000 euros per year, due to insufficient utilization. To relieve the community of Angelbachtal, the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis took over 40% of the costs for the second year. In the meantime this extended operation has been discontinued.

Passenger traffic on the Wiesloch-Waldangelloch railway was finally discontinued in 1980, so that Angelbachtal is no longer connected to the rail network.

The Kraichgau-Stromberg Castle Tour runs through Angelbachtal , an approximately 52-kilometer regional cycle route that connects Eichtersheim and Michelfeld with Eschelbach.

Public facilities

There is a retirement home and a nursing home in the community .

education

The Sonnenbergschule in Angelbachtal is a primary and secondary school with an integrated technical secondary school . Further secondary schools can be found in the vicinity in Östringen , Wiesloch and Sinsheim . Furthermore, there is a branch of the Volkshochschule Sinsheim, a music school and a Catholic library in the community . There are two municipal and two Protestant kindergartens for the youngest residents .

Personalities

Sculpture by Jürgen Goertz in the castle park

Sons and daughters of the church

1468, June 29, Uriel von Gemmingen (in Michelfeld), † February 9, 1514 in Mainz, Archbishop of the Diocese of Mainz
1773, October 1, Zacharias Oppenheimer (in Michelfeld), † February 21, 1827 there, textile manufacturer
1811, September 28, Friedrich Hecker (in Eichtersheim), † March 24, 1881 in Summerfield near Belleville / Illinois , freedom fighter from Baden in the March Revolution of 1848/1849 and participant in the American Civil War (Civil War )
1830, January 7, Zacharias Oppenheimer , † June 25, 1904 in Heidelberg, physician and professor at Heidelberg University
1884, January 17, Fritz Spies (in Michelfeld), † July 31, 1965 in Colares, German-Argentinian civil engineer
1893, August 30, Julius Bender (in Michelfeld), † January 19, 1966 in Karlsruhe, Protestant theologian and regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden
1965, February 20, Volker Brecht , Protestant theologian, university lecturer and author

Personalities who have worked on site

Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904), zoologist and geographer, completed his apprenticeship as a pharmacist in the Eichtersheimer Schlossapotheke and set a monument to “his village” in the book “Glücksinsel und Träume”.
Jürgen Goertz (* 1939), sculpture artist, lives and works in Angelbachtal. Many of his sculptures are displayed here.

literature

Angelbachtal - two villages, one municipality. Angelbachtal 1994
Adolf M. Hirn, Gabriele Süskind (ed.), Jürgen Schütz (ed.): The Rhein-Neckar district . Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-8062-0597-3
Joachim Hahn , Jürgen Krüger: Synagogues in Baden-Württemberg. Volume 2, Stuttgart 2007, pp. 10-13

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, status: December 31, 2004 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2
^ State Institute for Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg
^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 , pp. 413-415
↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2621, February 24, 838 - Reg. 3295. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 187 , accessed on February 14, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 2: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in North Baden
↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2554, Year 857 - Reg. 3432. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 169 , accessed on February 14, 2016 .
^ Peter Wanner: The Staufer-Castilian marriage pact of the year 1188. Findings on the occasion of some "small" district and community anniversaries in 2013 . In: Christhard Schrenk / Peter Wanner (eds.): Heilbronnica 6. Contributions to the city and regional history . Heilbronn 2016, pp. 453–460, here: pp. 458–459. PDF 366 kB.
^ 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. 479 .
↑ Angelbachtal municipal administration (ed.): City Hall Angelbachtal 1980 , Angelbachtal 1980.
↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office
↑ Working group for research into the history of the Jews in southern Germany and neighboring areas: Eichtersheim
↑ Working group for research into the history of the Jews in southern Germany and the neighboring area: Michelfeld
↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office: Municipal council elections 2019, Angelbachtal ; Angelbachtal municipality: municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; accessed June 2, 2019.
^ Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Ubstadt-Weiher 1996, ISBN 3-929366-27-4 , p. 38
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bus route 791 between Angelbachtal and Östringen will not be discontinued. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 20, 2015, accessed on September 6, 2019 .
↑ Östringen: Bus to Angelbachtal is discontinued. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 8, 2015, accessed on September 6, 2019 .
↑ Kraichgau-Stromberg: Castle Tour | Vacation country Baden-Wuerttemberg. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .

Web links

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[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BW-1] State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).