Nordrach
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Coordinates: 48 ° 24 ' N , 8 ° 5' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
| County : | Ortenau district | |
| Height : | 297 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 37.75 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 1880 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 50 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 77787 | |
| Area code : | 07838 | |
| License plate : | OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL | |
| Community key : | 08 3 17 085 | |
| LOCODE : | DE NRC | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
In the village 26 77787 Nordrach |
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| Mayor : | Carsten Erhardt ( FDP ) | |
| Location of the municipality of Nordrach in the Ortenau district | ||
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Nordrach is a municipality in the western Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ortenau district .
geography
Geographical location
The municipality of Nordrach stretches for almost six kilometers in the narrow valley of the river of the same name . The road from Zell am Harmersbach (6 km) to Bad Peterstal-Griesbach (12 km) also runs in this valley ; however, the route through the Harmersbachtal over the Lochberg is shorter. The distance to the district town of Offenburg is 28 km. The municipality is located at an altitude of 255 m above sea level. NHN to 878 u m. NHN .
Neighboring communities
The community borders in the north on the cities of Oberkirch and Oppenau , in the east on Oberharmersbach , in the south on the city of Zell am Harmersbach and in the west on the city of Gengenbach .
Community structure
The main settlement is in the village of Nordrach, six kilometers from Zell am Harmersbach. A smaller district is six kilometers further, the colony, formerly also known as the Nordrach factory. Other districts and Gewanne are Allmend, Bärhag, Bäumlisberg, Buchbühl, Denninger, Ernsbach, Flacken, Grafenberg, Hasenberg, Helgenbühl, Heugraben, Hirzenberg, Hutmacherdobel, Kohlberg, Kühlmorgen, Kuttelrain, Lichtersgrund, Lindach , Merkenbach, Michelbach, Moosmatt, Moos , Rautsch, Reutegut, Ruhlsbach, Schönwald, Schottenhöfen, Schrofen (Hinter and Vorder), Sodlach, Stollenberg, Stollengrund, Untertal and Vor Ernsbach. The districts of Mühlstein and Schottenhöfen, which are geographically located in the Harmersbach Valley, also belong to the municipality of Nordrach.
Land use
79% of the district area is forested, 17% is used for agriculture, the rest is settlement and traffic area.
history
The first documented mention of it comes from the year 1139. The rear part of the valley, like the millstone, belonged to the Gengenbach monastery , while the rest of the area belonged to the imperial city of Zell. In 1803 Nordrach was separated from Zell and in 1929 Nordrach village and colony were merged into Nordrach.
In the climatic health resort of Nordrach, which is now officially recognized, people with lung disease have been treated in several sanatoriums since 1891, as the valley was ideally suited for this. There are still health establishments there today, but the medical focus is now in other areas.
Nordrach used to belong to the Wolfach district , with its dissolution in 1973 it became part of the Ortenau district . Nordrach had four tuberculosis clinics until 1975. Particularly noteworthy was the people's sanatorium in Nordrach-Kolonie, which was run by the socialist and doctor Dr. Otto Walther and his wife Dr. Hope Adams was founded in 1884. She was the first woman to obtain a license to practice medicine in the German Empire. Until their divorce, the two jointly ran the people's sanatorium, which, in addition to poor sections of the population, included Clara Zetkin and August Bebel as patients. There was also the Orthodox Jewish Rothschild Clinic in the village with kosher cuisine and a synagogue. A small Jewish cemetery still exists. This clinic was established in November 1942 by the Nazis in the Lebensborn home Black Forest converted, most of the Jewish doctors, nurses and patients were to Theresienstadt and Auschwitz deported and murdered.
Religions
The community is shaped by Roman Catholicism . The local Catholic church is dedicated to St. Ulrich . The few evangelical believers are looked after from Zell am Harmersbach .
Population development
Population figures according to the respective area
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politics
The community belongs to the agreed administrative community of the city of Zell am Harmersbach.
Municipal council
The municipal council election on May 25, 2014 with a turnout of 62.18% brought the following result:
coat of arms
The Nordracher coat of arms (since 1901 national emblem of the community) shows the red clad bishop St. Ulrich on a green shield base against a silver background. As a sign of his episcopal dignity, the church patron of Nordrach wears a golden miter and holds a bishop's staff with a black shaft and golden bend in his left hand. In the right hand you can see a silver fish. This earlier symbol of Christ could only identify him as a saint. But since artists often depicted the saints with objects as references to their lives, this fish will probably also refer to a legend of the first saint officially canonized by a Pope. Bishop Ulrich is said to have accidentally given a ducal messenger a piece of meat on Friday. The latter then wanted to slander the bishop for breaking the church law and held the piece of meat in his hand as evidence. The fish underlines the integrity of the bishop and also illustrates the saint's “patronage of water and springs”.
Bailiffs and Mayors
- 1803: Anton Feger (Vogt)
- 1805: Georg Öhler (Vogt)
- 1810: Josef Diller (Vogt)
- 1811–1816: Anton Herrmann (Vogt)
- 1816–1819: Johannes Spitzmüller (Vogt)
- 1819–1825: Josef Diller (Vogt)
- 1825–1830: Johannes Spitzmüller (Vogt)
- 1830–1832: Georg Stubenwirt (Vogt)
- 1832–1837: Josef Oehler (Vogt until April 14, 1832, then mayor)
- 1837–1837: Spitzmüller (mayor)
- 1837–1839: Bernhard Benz
- 1840–1846: Johann Spitzmüller
- 1846–1848: Andreas Huber (until April 10, 1848, involved in the revolution)
- 1848–1849: Johann Erdrich (April 28, 1848–1849, end of the revolution)
- 1849–1861: Paul Spitzmüller
- 1861–1882: Lorenz Spitzmüller
- 1882–1902: Mathias Gißler (retired after death)
- 1903–1921: Wilhelm Erdrich
- 1921–1923: August Lehmann (August Lehmann resigned from office in 1923)
- 1923–1924: Wilhelm Erdrich (retired due to death)
- 1924–1933: Johann Evangelist Spitzmüller
- 1933–1945: Ludwig Spitzmüller (appointed by the district office, probably NSDAP )
- 1945–1946: Jakob Spitzmüller (provisional, deployed by the French occupation forces)
- 1946–1948: Josef Spitzmüller (provisional, deployed by the French occupying forces)
- 1948–1957: Jakob Oehler
- 1957–1977: Wilhelm Benz
- 1977–1983: Bernhard Apfel
- 1983–2007: Herbert Vollmer (independent)
- Since 2007: Carsten Erhardt ( FDP )
Partnerships
Nordrach maintains a town partnership with the following city :
In autumn 1997 the two communities first made contact with each other. In the following three years the contacts were intensified, the first parties were celebrated together and friendships were made.
Economy and Infrastructure
Traditionally, the Nordracher lived from agriculture and forestry. Due to the steep slopes and the associated risk of erosion, however, the cultivation of the fields was difficult and hardly mechanizable. This quickly led to a drastic decline in agriculture after World War II . In 2003 there were still 15 full-time farms and around 60 part-time farmers .
In 2011 there were around 850 jobs in Nordrach, 57 percent of them in the manufacturing industry. The commuter balance is positive, 390 people from northern rach earn their living outside the municipality and 530 workers come from other municipalities to northern rach.
traffic
Due to the spa operation, a bus line for the Biberach – Zell – Nordrach route was set up in the Nordrachtal early on. In 1923, for example, there was a private car line from the colony to the train station in Zell, which was also used to transport mail. At that time, the car owner was master builder, master mason Gottfried Lang. There was never a railway line to Nordrach, but the former Landstrasse 95 (today Kreisstrasse 5354) was expanded between 1906 and 1910. The improvement of the local passage began in the 1980s after more than 20 years of planning and contradictions from residents. Even today, the private bus line operated by the Nordrach bus company Schnurr provides the only public transport connection to the Harmersbach valley. You cannot get to the Renchtal via the narrow Schäferfeld route by public transport.
Health resort
The suitability of the Nordrachtal for spa use was recognized as early as the end of the 19th century. The sheltered and fog-free location favored the construction of several lung healing facilities, which, however, no longer exist. For this reason, Nordrach was also called "Badisches Davos". There are still two rehabilitation clinics in Nordrach.
Wood processing
Wood processing also has a tradition in the Nordrachtal. There are five sawmills and a number of processing companies in Nordrach.
mechanical engineering
Over time, rather artisanal businesses developed:
- Maschinenfabrik Erwin Junker, core company of the Junker Group , manufacturer of precision grinding machines , supplier to the automotive industry worldwide;
- LTA air technology, industrial extraction and air cleaning systems;
- Echtle sawmill.
Educational institutions
- Nordrach has its own primary school . There is also a kindergarten .
Culture and sights
Nordrach is on the Kinzig valley Jakobusweg , which leads past many sights.
Parish Church of St. Ulrich
The church was designed and built by Johannes Schroth between 1904 and 1905 . It is not geosted as usual, but - due to the course of the river in the narrow valley - facing northeast. In the vaulted baptistery in the left aisle is the oldest part of the church: the baptismal font from 1618, which still comes from the old church. Six red sandstone columns each divide the 40.8 meter long, 17.2 meter wide and 17 meter high room. The nine windows each in the side aisles and the eight windows in the upper part of the nave let in enough light, although they are all painted. They depict scenes from the life of the 14 helpers in need. Most of the windows also have the name of the founder immortalized. The high altar, which was carved and painted in 1905, illustrates the work of salvation with the scenes of the "Sorrowful Rosary". Also worth seeing are the pulpit with the depictions of the four evangelists and the teaching Christ, the Alsatian Roethinger organ with 27 registers, the Pieta altar in the rear area of the church and the twelve life-size figures in the nave, which represent the apostles with their attributes. In 2005 the high altar, the pulpit and the two side altars were renovated. The bell ringing consists of six bells. On the north side of the church is the Käshammer Cross , which was donated in 1784 by a former resident of the Nordracher Höhenhöfe named Johannes Käshammer and which was restored in 2014.
Spa gardens
Nordrach has had a spa park in the town center since 1930, which also includes a music pavilion and a mini golf course.
Cow fountain
At the entrance to the village, you will notice the welcome facility with its artistic cow fountain, which is intended to point out the importance of agriculture in the Nordrachtal and was built for the 850th anniversary of the town.
Museums
In the immediate vicinity of the swimming pool is the Nordrach Puppet Museum, which opened in 1991 and, with 100,000 visitors, ranks second behind the Black Forest Open Air Museum in Gutach in the statistics of the most visited museums in the Ortenau district. In the brightly painted doll museum, 1500 dolls and teddies, mostly made and collected by Gaby Spitzmüller, can be viewed on a total area of 250 square meters. The Nordracher Puppenmuseum differs from the usual forms of exhibition in that the total of 31 showcases are thematically oriented.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Georg Josef Seybel (1825–1886), lawyer, member of the state parliament
- Karl Josef Oehler (1889–1917), show and stunt pilot
- Gerda Walther (1897–1977), philosopher and parapsychologist
- Erwin Junker (* 1930), factory owner, founder of the machine factory based in Nordrach
- Wilhelm Oberle (1931–2018), entrepreneur and benefactor
- Heinrich Pachl (1943–2012), cabaret artist
- Jens Jordan (* 1943), politician
- Hans-Arne Stiksrud (1944-2005), psychologist
- Friedrich Wolfram Heubach (* 1944), psychologist
- Armin Göhringer (* 1954), painter and sculptor
Personalities who worked in Nordrach
- Hope Bridges Adams Lehmann (1855-1916) and Otto Walther (1855-1919) operated a lung sanatorium in Nordrach
- Johannes Schroth (1859–1923) was the architect of the St. Ulrich parish church in Nordrach
- Wolf Schmuel Borowitzky (1892–1940) photographed and exhibited many motifs from Nordrach as postcards
- Kurt Spitzmüller (1921–2014), German politician (FDP / DVP), managing director of the Kurhaus Nordrach pulmonary hospital
literature
- Hans-Georg Kluckert: Nordrach. History, people and landscape of the valley , municipality of Nordrach, Nordrach 1989.
- Erich Herbst jun .: The historical sites of the municipality of Nordrach - On the trail of the past , Municipality of Nordrach, Nordrach 2003.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ Volker Koop: Giving the Führer a child: Die SS-Organization Lebensborn e. V. , Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-21606-1 , pp. 110-111.
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