Orlach

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Orlach
Municipality Braunsbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 12 ′ 41 ″  N , 9 ° 48 ′ 54 ″  E
Height : approx. 439 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 201  (December 31, 2012)
Incorporation : February 1, 1972
Postal code : 74542
Area code : 07906
War Memorial Orlach
War Memorial Orlach

Orlach is a district of the municipality of Braunsbach in the Schwäbisch Hall district in northern Baden-Württemberg , to which the small village of Orlach and the hamlet of Elzhausen belong. It used to be an independent community.

geography

The district Orlachs on which today little more than 200 inhabitants, or around 8% of the municipality's population, located mainly in the subspace Eastern Kocher-Jagst Riedel of the natural environment Kocher-Jagst Riedel and just east over the deep in the limestone and narrow valley of the middle Kochers on the accompanying, slightly wavy plateau, which extends eastward to the neighboring river valley of the Jagst . The district has a north-south extension of nearly five kilometers, it begins at the northern edge of the Lietenholzes and ends after the steep terrain drop in the underflow blade of Grimm Bach , on the opposite slope. The greatest width from west to east is around two kilometers. It mainly comprises the Riedel between the Grimmbachklinge in the east and south and the edge of the Orlacher Bach and the wide Kocher valley in the west, which is used for agriculture . The height fluctuates, with the exception of smaller and deeper areas towards the blades at the edge, between 420  m above sea level. NHN and about 470  m above sea level. NHN .

Orlach

The village of Orlach lies on the spur above the confluence of the Kräuchelbach in the upper Orlacher Bach at heights of 439  m above sea level. NHN and thus more than 60 meters above the confluence of the streams in the two steep blades. It occupies a settlement area of ​​around 10 hectares, plus some newer nearby farm buildings in satellite locations. The small, agricultural town is the noticeably larger of the two only sub-towns in the district and is located on the L 1036 state road that climbs up through the Bachklinge from Braunsbach and then continues to Langenburg beyond the Jagst valley. In the local area, two district roads lead from it on the plateau, one to the neighboring suburb of Zottishofen in the north and another via the Niedersteinach belonging to it to the suburb of Obersteinach of the small town of Ilshofen in the east.

Elzhausen

The smaller hamlet of Elzhausen is located about 2 km south of Orlach at almost the same altitude at the end of a cul-de-sac that is classified as a county road near the drop in the edge of the middle Grimmbach.

history

Orlach used to be an independent municipality. Due to its location at an angle above the two steep creek blades, it was easy to defend on this side; ramparts and ditches once protected it in addition to the plateau. In historical times it had different (partial) owners, including that of Gemmingen-Guttenberg , that of Morstein zu Bibersfeld , and was successively a Limpurgian , then Brandenburg , and finally Württemberg fief.

In 1469 the whole village was burned down. A school is mentioned in 1600. In April 1695, 30 buildings were cremated. Until 1803, Orlach and Elzhausen belonged to the Bühler office of the territory of the imperial city of Schwäbisch Hall , which was bordered by the Haller Landheeg.In the 19th century, Orlach was then a Protestant parish village in the Oberamt Hall and in 1847 had 209 inhabitants, to which in addition to the politically affiliated Elzhausen (103 inhabitants) also belonged to Zottishofen and the Dörrhof, which is now part of the Jungholzhausen suburb. Later it belonged to the old district of Hall. On February 1, 1972, the community was incorporated into Braunsbach as part of the community reform.

Justinus Kerner has dedicated a chapter to the story of Magdalene Grombach from Orlach in his Stories of Obsessive Modern Times .

Attractions

In Frankenholz and Gewann Heg east of Orlach and southeast of it in Kindlesholz , today's border to the area of ​​the city of Ilshofen runs along the route of the former Haller Landheeg , which was secured with a moat and wall and an impenetrable hedge. The typical following vegetation in these three places is protected as a natural monument .

The striking fortified church of St. Kilian stands in the center of the village .

literature

  • Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6724 Künzelsau, No. 6725 Gerabronn and No. 6824 Schwäbisch Hall

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the facts and figures page, the municipality website states “201 EW” for the district of Orlach, ie exactly the same number as for the district of Arnsdorf, but with the unit inhabitant, which is abbreviated to “EW” under all districts - perhaps a transcription error , on the suburb of Orlach there is talk of "about 210 residents".
  2. ↑ Wolf-Dieter Sick : Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 162 Rothenburg o. D. Deaf. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1962. →  Online map (PDF; 4.7 MB)
  3. ↑ a b See the chapter on Orlach in the Oberamtsbeschreibung from 1847 at the web links.
  4. ^ 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. 456 .
  5. ↑ Localization according to the natural monument layer on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

Web links

Wikisource: The former municipality of Orlach  - in the description of the Oberamt Hall from 1847