Neuburgweier
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Neuburgweier
City of Rheinstetten
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| Area : | 3.85 km² |
| Residents : | 2482 (December 31, 2014) |
| Population density : | 645 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 76287 |
| Area code : | 07242 |
Neuburgweier is one of three districts of Rheinstetten in the Karlsruhe district . Rheinstetten was formed as a municipality in 1975 through administrative reform. Neuburgweier is the smallest of the three districts in terms of population and area.
Adjacent locations
The following places or districts border on Neuburgweier: Forchheim , Mörsch , Au am Rhein and on the other side of the Rhine Neuburg .
geography
location
The Rhine flows west of the district and forms the natural border with Rhineland-Palatinate . The numerous alluvial forests there are designated as a nature reserve. In the area there is also a large, former quarry pond as a remnant of earlier gravel mining . It's called Fermasee .
The 27 km long Federbach flows through the village itself. The nature reserve Rheinniederung between Au am Rhein, Durmersheim and Rheinstetten borders the Neuburgweir area.
Size and population
Neuburgweier has almost 2500 inhabitants and has a district area of 385 hectares. Neuburgweier is comparable to Würmersheim in terms of population . Of all the districts of Rheinstetten, Neuburgweier is the smallest.
history
Neuburg was probably founded by the diocese of Speyer around 1100 to secure a crossing of the Rhine . Until 1707, Neuburgweier was a 'hamlet' of the mother community of Neuburg am Rhein. In 1592, by changing the course of the Rhine, Neuburg came to the western side of the Rhine and was thus geographically separated from Neuburgweier. Today there is a Rhine ferry from Neuburgweier to Neuburg, also known as the 'Baden-Pfalz' ferry.
The place is an outgoing Neuburg settlement founding of the Counts of Eberstein that also in Neuburgweier patronage right on the church of St. Ursula, a hammer mill , a Sägeschmiede possessed a forester's house and a sheepfold. Under the Ebersteiners, Neuburgweier, now a fiefdom of the Electoral Palatinate, was reformed around 1545. After the Ebersteiner died out, Neuburgweier came to the Counts of Wolkenstein , after changing the course of the Rhine to the margraviate of Baden-Durlach through an exchange of territory . In the Thirty Years' War the place was almost depopulated. Three decades after the Peace of Westphalia, immigrants from Switzerland settled the still sparsely populated area through Frederick VII Magnus , but due to the effects of the Dutch War from 1678 and the French invasions in the late 17th century, the area fell again temporarily desolate, the district ceded to France for several years. Once again under Frederick VII Magnus, settlement began with expelled Huguenots .
Since the place was burned down several times in the wars of the 17th century, the medieval town center was lost. Today's street structure in the town center is no longer due to the historical situation, but rather to the construction of entrenchments and defensive positions of the 17th century, with which the French wanted to secure their temporarily occupied terrain. In the 18th century, when the place belonged to the margraviate of Baden-Baden , the lowlands facing the Rhine not far from Neuburgweier were regularly the scene of field camps and maneuvers of the united Baden troops, who preferred to camp on such areas that were regained by France. Even the Margrave Karl III of Baden-Durlach . Wilhelm visited field camps near the village around a dozen times after 1715. The promotion of tobacco and potato cultivation in the region also goes back to his initiative.
After Baden was reorganized in the early 19th century, the place was an insignificant rural community in which there was high poverty. The inhabitants hired themselves in agriculture, fruit growing and rafting. The population, which was stable until the first third of the 19th century, then fell due to emigration and emigration. The local merchant Maier was also a representative of a company that arranged for those willing to emigrate to travel to North America in the Ettlingen office , so that the place was also a gathering point for emigrants from the near and distant area during the high phase of emigration around the revolutionary years 1848/49. The town only experienced an economic upswing with the establishment of a carriage and spring factory around 1860, which shifted to precision mechanical products towards the end of the 19th century and which led to the establishment of several subcontracting and finishing companies in the area.
From the late 19th century, the massive mining of gravel began near Neuburgweier, which was in great demand as a building material. During the Second World War, the place was hit by several bombs. The local economy came to a standstill. The gravel works and the mechanical factory were no longer put into operation. After the Second World War, the place became mainly a residential community for commuters from the surrounding areas.
On January 1, 1975, Neuburgweier came to the new municipality of Rheinstetten.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Altrhein Neuburgweier Nature Reserve ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.1 MB) On the historic meander breakthrough of the Rhine between Neuburg and Weier.
- ^ City of Rheinstetten (Ed.): 25 years of Rheinstetten. One city, three districts, many faces . Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000, pp. 85–96.
- ^ City of Rheinstetten (Ed.): 25 years of Rheinstetten. One city, three districts, many faces . Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000, pp. 101-103.
- ^ 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. 482 .
