Oberharmersbach

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Ortenau district
Height :	303 m above sea level NHN
Area :	40.92 km 2
Residents:	2501 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	77784
Area code :	07837
License plate :	OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL
Community key :	08 3 17 088
Address of the municipal administration:	Dorf 30 77784 Oberharmersbach
Website :	www.oberharmersbach.de
Mayor :	Richard Weith
Location of the municipality of Oberharmersbach in the Ortenau district

Oberharmersbach is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ortenau district .

geography

Oberharmersbach from the east

View from the south of the place

View from Brandenkopf to Oberharmersbach

Geographical location

Oberharmersbach is located in the central Black Forest in the valley of the Harmersbach , which flows into the Kinzig near Biberach . The municipality stretches from Harmersbach at a height of 280 meters to the summit of the Brandenkopf at 946  m above sea level. NHN , the center of the village is about 300 meters above sea level. Almost three quarters of the area is forested. The place is in the nature park Black Forest Middle / North .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on the city of Oppenau , in the northeast on Bad Peterstal-Griesbach , in the east on Oberwolfach , in the south on the city of Hausach and Fischerbach , in the south-west on the city of Zell am Harmersbach and in the west on Nordrach .

Community structure

The municipality of Oberharmersbach includes the village of Oberharmersbach, the hamlets of Riersbach Dörfle, Vor Hagenbach and Vor Riersbach, the Zinken Adelbach, Amselgrund, Billersberg, Engelberg, Häldele, Hagenbach-Berg, Hermersberg, Holdersbach, Hub (with Hinterdorf), In Riersbach, In Waltersbach , In Wickersbach, Jauschbach, Jedensbach, Krähenstein, Krochte (Ober and Unter), Langenberg, Langhärdle, Langhard, Limrain, Ottenbach, Roßbach, Vor Waltersbach, Vor Wickersbach, Waldhäuser and Zuwald, the farms Durben, Fußbühl, Gorgisenberg, Hark, Holzhack, Misslinke and Wittum and the residential areas Almendgrund, Bolaien, Eckle, Frickenberg, Grabengründle, Grommet and Lochberg. The villages of Gütersbach and Hagnau, mentioned and abandoned in 1330, were located in the municipality .

history

Oberharmersbach was first mentioned in 1139 on a document under the name Hademarsbach .

The place is part of the formerly free empire valley Harmersbach and was therefore directly subordinate to the emperor. The Harmersbachtal was the only empire-free valley, besides the imperial cities, in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. A separate jurisdiction, with Vogt and Twelve Council, ensured order and justice. The council met in the Gasthaus zur Stube in the council chamber that still exists today. In 1902, the town hall was completed not far from the parlor. A gallows once stood on today's Galgenmatt as a symbol of its own jurisdiction. The Reichstal Harmersbach extended over the communities of Unter- and Oberharmersbach. Today Unterharmersbach belongs to the city of Zell a. H. In 1803 the Grand Duchy of Baden was founded, to which the valley belonged from then on.

The municipal coat of arms shows St. Gallus with the bear who, according to legend, should have been in the valley.

The parish church of St. Gallus was built in 1839 from local red sandstone in the neo-Romanesque style. It is one of the largest churches in the Archdiocese of Freiburg. Oberharmersbach used to belong to the Wolfach district . When it was dissolved in 1973, the place became part of the new Ortenau district .

In 1990 the first AIDS hospital "Maria Frieden" was opened in Germany in Oberharmersbach. It was closed again in June 2017 for financial reasons.

Religions

The community is still dominated by Roman Catholicism , although the surrounding area was more strongly influenced by the Reformation . The Maria-Hilf chapel in Zuwald also belongs to the parish church of St. Gallus.

politics

Administrative community

The community belongs to the agreed administrative community in Zell am Harmersbach. In addition to Oberharmersbach and Zell, this administrative community also includes the communities of Biberach and Nordrach.

mayor

Richard Weith (SPD) has been mayor of the Oberharmersbach community since January 1, 2018. He succeeded Siegfried Huber (CDU), who was elected to succeed Otmar Ritter in October 2001. Otmar Ritter was elected mayor on January 1st, 1970. After the end of his term of office he was made an honorary citizen.

Municipal council

The municipal council in Oberharmersbach has 12 members. The local election on May 25, 2014 led to the following result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2014	Seats 2014	% 2009	Seats 2009	Local election 2014  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 39.7% 44.9% 15.4% CDU FW BL Gains and losses compared to 2009  % p  16  14th  12  10    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6   -8th -10 -10.0  % p -5.4  % p + 15.4  % p CDU FW BL
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	39.7	5	49.7	6th
FWV OH	Free voter association Oberharmersbach	44.9	5	50.3	6th
BL	Citizen List	15.4	2	-	-
total		100.0	12	100.0	12
voter turnout		66.1%		64.7%

Culture and sights

Oberharmersbach is on Westweg , a long-distance hiking trail that leads past many sights.

Buildings

Parish Church of St. Gallus

Even before this Gallus Church was built, there was a small baroque church on the same site. The foundation stone for the current church was laid in 1839. After seven years of construction - built from local sandstone in the neo-Romanesque style - it was inaugurated in 1846. The tower of the church is 63 meters high. With the internal dimensions of 57 meters in length, 24 meters in width, an internal height of 18 meters and a total of 2000 seats and standing places for church visitors, this church is one of the largest in the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

Maria-Hilf chapel

The Maria-Hilf chapel in the Zuwald district was built in 1883. At first it was privately owned, in 1931 it became the property of the Archbishop's See. In 1959, the Archdiocese of Freiburg left the chapel to the parish of Oberharmersbach.

The Brandenkopf

Natural monuments

The Brandenkopf , a 945 meter high mountain, is partly (including the mountain peak) on the Oberharmersbach area.

Economy and Infrastructure

Traditionally, the people of Oberharmersbach lived from agriculture and forestry , which still play a role today. There are about 40 agricultural commercial farms and 50 part-time farms . Wood processing has become an industry. Today, however, tourism is structurally decisive , in 2004 95,000 overnight stays were registered.

traffic

The Oberharmersbach Dorf and Oberharmersbach-Riersbach stations are on the Harmersbachtalbahn , which branches off the Black Forest Railway in Biberach (Baden) and ends in the Riersbach district. The transport integrated into the Ortenau tariff association is carried out by Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG (SWEG) under the brands Ortenau-S-Bahn and SWEG with diesel railcars of the type Regio-Shuttle RS1 .

education

With the Brandenkopf School, there is only one elementary school in Oberharmersbach .

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality of Oberharmersbach
• Pictures from Oberharmersbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 438-439
3. ↑ R. Gronemeyer / A. Heller, die in peace. Munich 2014. pp. 117f.
4. ^ Oberharmersbach: Aids hospice "Maria Frieden" is closed | South Baden | SWR news . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on July 4, 2017]).
5. ↑ Preliminary election results of the State Statistical Office ( memento of the original from September 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.