Peterstal (Heidelberg)

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Location of Peterstal in Heidelberg
Church in Peterstal

Peterstal ( listen ? / I ) is a location and a statistical district in Heidelberg with an area of ​​3.75 km² and 991 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2013). It is located around five kilometers northeast of the city center in the Steinbachtal in the Odenwald below Apfelskopf ( 370  m ) and Dossenheimer Kopf ( 539  m ). Administratively, Peterstal belongs to the Ziegelhausen district . Audio file / audio sample

history

The place emerged from a glassworks that was founded in 1710 by Johann Peter Wenzel, who came from the Hessian county of Isenburg , and his three brothers. Wenzel was bequeathed 300 acres of forest land by Elector Johann Wilhelm for an annual base rate of 180 guilders . After Wenzel's brothers left the glassworks in 1713 and the interim tenant Theobald Bohrer from Hirschhorn failed to meet his obligations, the former major of the electoral yellow dragoon regiment Ludwig Reinhard von Junken acquired three quarters of Wenzel's property. Little by little, both more and more families settled there, and some citizens found refuge in exchange for protection money. After his death in 1734, Wenzel bought the Junkens share back for 1,400 guilders. After the death of Johann Peter Wenzel in 1743 and that of his wife in 1753, the elector bought the area back from the heirs and from then on only sub-tenants were tolerated, whereby the interests of the elector were always represented by a staff holder .

In 1803 the Electoral Palatinate was added to the later Grand Duchy of Baden and in the course of this, Peterstal was raised to an independent place with its own jurisdiction and administration. At the beginning of the 19th century a new branch of business emerged with the laundry trade. Over the years this has grown steadily, so that around 1900 about 25% of the 485 population were doing the laundry business in a total of 61 local businesses. The customers were mainly wealthy families from Heidelberg and Mannheim , as well as hotels and restaurants.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the townscape was decisively shaped by the work of the long-time mayor Johann Jung (1865–1921), under whose leadership the forecourt of the Catholic Church of St. Peter was built, as well as the old school building that was also used as the town hall . In 1936 Peterstal von Ziegelhausen was incorporated, and since 1975 both places have belonged to the university town of Heidelberg.

Attractions

The Catholic Church of St. Peter was built in 1896 to replace the St. Peter's Chapel, which had existed on the site of the cemetery since 1738 and which had become dilapidated over time, according to plans by Ludwig Maier in the neo-Gothic style. The baroque-style chapel after which the place was named stood on the site of the cemetery that is still in use today. The funds necessary for the construction were donated by Johann Peter Wenzel in order to give the local families access to a church. The local founder and his wife Catharina Margaretha were buried in the Peterskapelle after their death. The original grave slabs of the graves of the donor couple are embedded in the outer wall of the new cemetery chapel built in 1953 in place of the old St. Peter's Chapel.

literature

  • Reinhard Hoppe: 750 years of Ziegelhausen. Heidelberg Publishing House, 1970

Web links

Commons : Peterstal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. City of Heidelberg: Ziegelhausen at a Glance 2013 (PDF; 128 kB)
  2. a b c d e f g h i Reinhard Hoppe: 750 years of Ziegelhausen. Heidelberg Publishing House, 1970
  3. ^ Heidelberg-Neckartal pastoral care unit: St. Peter Peterstal
  4. ^ Monument Preservation Heidelberger Friedhöfe eV: The Peterstal Cemetery

Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E