Oberndorf (Herdwangen-Schönach)

Oberndorf Community Herdwangen-Schönach
Coordinates: 47 ° 51 ′ 50 "  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 42"  E
Height :	680 m
Area :	7.22 km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1974
Postal code :	88634
Area code :	07557
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Oberndorf is a district of the municipality Herdwangen-Schönach in the district of Sigmaringen , Baden-Württemberg .

geography

Geographical location

Oberndorf lies on a ridge of the upper Linzgau above the Billafinger valley. The suburb of Herdwangen-Schönach, located southwest of Herdwangen , borders on Billafingen ( Owingen municipality ) in the Lake Constance district , Mahlspüren in the valley ( Stockach town ) and Kalkofen ( Hohenfels municipality ) in the Konstanz district .

Districts

Waldsteig, Heggelbach and Breitenerlen belonged to the Hohenfels dominion together with Oberndorf in 1441 at the latest, but probably much earlier, and shared the historical fate of Oberndorf. Until the local government reform in 1974, they formed together with the today Owingen belonging hamlet Höllsteig the Hohenzollern Commune Oberdorf. This also includes the courtyards Hinterhaus, Oberhaus and Stohrenhof.

Waldsteig is first documented in 1254 by the documentary mention of a Burkhard von Waltsteige, a member of a knight dynasty who probably resided here and last appeared in documents in 1294. Ownership in Waldsteig had u. a. the Petershausen and Inzigkofen monasteries .

Heggelbach is mentioned in the chronicle of the Petershausen monastery for the year 975 as "Hakelinbach". The place had its own lower nobility, which is mentioned for the first time in 1169 ("Haggilinbach") and existed until the 13th, maybe even the 17th century. Today's St. Georg chapel probably emerged from his castle chapel.

Breitenerlen was first mentioned in 1212. 1304 the place is called "Braiten Erlach" and already belonged to the Hohenfels rule. One farm was owned by the Franciscan convent of St. Gallus in Überlingen until secularization , another farm was formerly called the “Schweizerhof”.

In contrast to Oberndorf and Waldsteig, Heggelbach and Breitenerlen still belong to the Owingen-Billafingen parish today.

history

The border between Linzgau ( Grafschaft Heiligenberg ) and Hegau ( Landgraviate Nellenburg ) ran close to Oberndorf .

The Petershauser Chronik reports from Oberndorf that shortly after the founding of the Petershausen Monastery in 983 , the Constance Bishop Gebhard II of Bregenz donated his property to the Constance Church in various places, including Oberndorf and Heggelbach. In 1366, the bailiff of Einhart's church exchanged rights to serfs, including those from Oberndorf, with the Petershausen monastery. In the 15th century at the latest, Oberndorf came under the rule of Hohenfels and, together with this, in 1506 to the Teutonic Order .

Ecclesiastically, two farms from Oberndorf belonged to Aftholderberg in the 16th and 17th centuries , which in turn was a branch of Pfullendorf . For practical reasons, however, the place was looked after by the Herdwangen parish. In 1624 Oberndorf had four fireplaces, i.e. a maximum of four courtyards. In the Thirty Years' War Oberndorf has really taken leave temporarily, because a list of rule Hohenfels in 1637 described it as "nit inhabited."

When it came to mediatization , the Hohenfels rule was initially heavily disputed between Baden and Württemberg . Oberndorf first became Baden in 1803, and in 1805 Württemberg took possession of the rule, whereupon Baden occupied it again. Finally, Oberndorf became part of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen through the Rhine Confederation Act in 1806 . With the two Hohenzollern principalities, Oberndorf became Prussian in 1850 . From 1806 Oberndorf belonged to the Hohenzollern Obervogteiamt Hohenfels , which became part of the Oberamt Wald in 1822. The Oberamt Wald also existed from 1850 to 1862 under Prussian rule, until the district reform in Baden-Württemberg , which came into force on January 1, 1973, the municipality belonged to the Oberamt or district of Sigmaringen. On July 1, 1974, Herdwangen, Großschönach and Oberndorf were merged to form the new municipality of Herdwangen-Schönach.

Despite the dividing rulers and national borders, the people of Oberndorf were churchly connected to Herdwangen for centuries. So they also had to do labor in the church building there . It wasn't until 1812, however, that Oberndorf and Waldsteig officially became part of the Herdwangen parish.

politics

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Oberndorf shows a shield divided by green and silver with two blue bars below.

Culture and sights

Buildings

• The Chapel of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary in the center of Oberndorf was built in 1871 on the site of an older chapel. Extensive renovations took place in 1930 and 1992.
• The chapel of St. Georg in Heggelbach was probably built by the Knights of Heggelbach in 1717 in place of a castle chapel (which had been removed from Heggelbach Castle ) and was last extensively repaired in 1994.
• Germany's largest agrophotovoltaic research facility , which is operated by the Demeter Hofgemeinschaft Heggelbach, has been in the Heggelbach district since 2016 .

literature

• Herdwangen-Schönach community (ed.): Herdwangen-Schönach. Homeland book on the history of the community and northern Linzgau (Herdwangen-Schönach 1994)
• Adolf Futterer / Wolfgang Berner: The history of the village and the parish of Billafingen in Linzgau . Hegau Library 16 (Singen 1970). In it the story of Breitenerlen and Heggelbach
• Friedrich Hossfeld: Sigmaringen district. Die Kunstdenkmäler Hohenzollern 2 (Spemann, Stuttgart, 1948) pp. 262–264

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heggelbach at leo-bw.de
2. ^ 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. 549 .
3. ^ Hofgemeinschaft Heggelbach »Agrophotovoltaics (APV). Retrieved October 6, 2017 . 

Web links

• Homepage of the community Herdwangen-Schönach