Ochsenburg (Zaberfeld)
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Ochsenburg
municipality Zaberfeld
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| Height : | 300 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 4.71 km² |
| Residents : | 620 (2009) |
| Population density : | 132 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1971 |
| Incorporated into: | Burgbronn |
Ochsenburg is a village in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg , which had town charter before 1807 and together with Leonbronn formed the municipality of Burgbronn from 1971 to 1974 , the suburbs of which have belonged to Zaberfeld since January 1, 1975 .
history
Ochsenburg emerged as the hamlet of Ochsenburg Castle , which was built above the Riesenbach, a tributary of the Zaber , in the Middle Ages, and was first mentioned in 1231 as the little town . The place was surrounded by a city wall and had city rights until 1807. In the high Middle Ages, local rule lay with the Lords of Magenheim . The place passed to Württemberg in the 14th century , which gave it to the Lords of Sternenfels as a fief. During the Renaissance , a castle was built as a new manor house. Palace and castle were demolished in the 19th century. After the castle was closed at the beginning of the 19th century, the place name was temporarily changed to Ochsenberg. Ochsenburg belonged to the Oberamt Güglingen until 1810 , then to the Oberamt Brackenheim until 1938 and since then to the district of Heilbronn . In 1939 there were 532 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 574.
On January 1, 1971, the communities of Ochsenburg and Leonbronn merged to form the new community of Burgbronn, which merged with Zaberfeld and its district of Michelbach to form the new community of Zaberfeld on January 1, 1975 in the course of the Baden-Württemberg community reform .
In 1966 and 1998 new building areas were designated. In 1970 Ochsenburg had 589 inhabitants, currently the place has 628 inhabitants (Dec. 2006).
coat of arms
The coat of arms of Ochsenburg shows a standing red ox in gold on a blue four-mountain.
Buildings
- The Margaretenkirche was built in its current form in 1728, but the building still has remains of previous buildings, including the pulpit on a renaissance support and the baptismal font from 1478. Several historical epitaphs from the 15th and 16th centuries have been preserved in the church.
- Of the former castle and palace complex belonging to the Lords of Sternenfels, only the castle winery from 1569 and the fruit box from 1771 with a striking stepped gable north of the church have been preserved. Numerous stones from the castle and palace, including several coat of arms stones, are installed in various houses in the village. On the village square, a coat of arms stone of Carl Alexander von Sternenfels and his wife Maria Luisa von Wetzel was embedded in the enclosure of the shelter.
- The cemetery portal shows an alliance coat of arms of Georg von Sternenfels and his wife Ursula Margaretha von Helmstatt, dated 1564 . In the cemetery wall there is a niche from the Gothic period, in the cemetery there is a stone crucifix from the Renaissance period.
- Remnants of the city fortifications and the cores of numerous historical residential and farm buildings tell from the late medieval period. In addition, several small farm properties from the early 20th century have been preserved in Ochsenburg.
- At the village square there is a modern village fountain, which symbolizes the place name with water-spouting oxen. A new bakery was built in 2007 to the north behind the adjoining parish hall.
Cemetery portal
Wappenstein on the village square
Village fountain
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 1: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in Northern Württemberg
- ^ 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. 45o and 465 .