Minseln

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Minseln
Former coat of arms of Minseln
Coordinates: 47 ° 35 ′ 58 ″  N , 7 ° 47 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 349 m above sea level NN
Area : 9.44 km²
Residents : 1979  (Apr. 2015)
Population density : 210 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 79618
Area code : 07623

Minseln is a northern district of Rheinfelden in the district of Loerrach , Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).

geography

The village is located north of Rheinfelden on the Dinkelberg , surrounded by fields and pastures in the Dürrenbach valley. The elongated settlement is divided into the locations of Lower, Central and Upper Mines, which have grown together through further expansion. Newer one and two-family houses were built on the right slope of the valley.

history

Historical map of the Mines from 1880

The place was first mentioned as minilido in 754 in a document from the St. Gallen monastery .

The knights of Eptingen were owners of the Fronhof and thus the most important landlords of the village. Nevertheless, there was also its own village nobility. The knight family is mentioned between 1283 and 1358 and originally their members were probably ministerials of the St. Gallen monastery.

Minseln was part of the Rheinfelden county early on. In almost all wars on the Upper Rhine , the place was a victim of looting and pillage. But especially in the Thirty Years' War during the siege of Rheinfeld by the Swedes (1634) Minseln suffered badly.

On January 1, 1972, Minseln joined the city of Rheinfelden (Baden) as part of the municipal reform in Baden-Württemberg. The then incumbent mayor of Minseln, Paul Rombach, became the deputy of the then mayor of Rheinfeld, Herbert King.

Culture and sights

Mines from the north

In the local town hall, members of the association founded in 1986 to set up a local history museum expanded the attic into an exhibition room. A local history collection has been on display there since it opened in 2000, the Dinkelberg Museum . The focus of this collection is on agricultural and household utensils before and after mechanization, as well as traditional costumes and other items of clothing. Special exhibitions are shown regularly.

The Catholic Peter and Paul Church is located in Minseln . The Rheinfeld master builder Anton Troger began building it in 1686; It was consecrated on August 31, 1691. In 1762/63, its interior was redesigned in the Rococo style.

The Protestant Johanneskirche was built in 1952/53 and consecrated on April 3, 1953 by regional bishop Julius Bender .

The Buhrenboden nature reserve is a good one kilometer west of the Lower Islands .

traffic

The K 6333 , which leads from the Rheinfelden core city to Adelhausen , runs through Minseln ; from there the L 139 continues to Maulburg in the valley of the meadow .

Personalities

The painter, woodcutter and poet Alban Spitz (1906-1996) was born in Minseln and worked there. The local event hall is named after him.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. 501 .
  2. ↑ Review of the Dinkelberg Museum in Minseln