Ringsheim

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '  N , 7 ° 47'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Ortenau district
Height :	169 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.31 km 2
Residents:	2384 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	211 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	77975
Area code :	07822
License plate :	OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL
Community key :	08 3 17 113
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 77975 Ringsheim
Website :	www.ringsheim.de
Mayor :	Pascal Weber (independent)
Location of the community of Ringsheim in the Ortenau district

Ringsheim is a small community in the southern Ortenau district in Baden-Württemberg . Apart from the village Ringsheim, no other places belong to the community of Ringsheim.

Ringsheim panorama

geography

Geographical location

Ringsheim lies in the Upper Rhine Plain between the Rhine and the first ascent of the Black Forest .

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Kappel-Grafenhausen , in the east on the city of Ettenheim , in the south on the city of Herbolzheim in the Emmendingen district and in the west on Rust . West of Schuttertal there is an exclave that is only used for forestry purposes.

Historical geography

The Meistersheim desert lies in Ringsheim .

history

Early history

Allegedly the Celts already used the ore deposits in the neighboring Kahlenberg near Ringsheim. There are first traces of settlement from the 7th century . It is believed that it was named from this time: "Ringo's home". The Bishop of Basel Adalbero lent the market shelf to Ringsheim im Breisgau in 1002. As early as 1226 it is called "Ringishein" for the first time in a bull by Pope Honorius III. mentioned in a document. Large parts of the place, which was under the diocese of Strasbourg , belonged to the Ettenheimmünster monastery . It belonged to the Oberamt Ettenheim .

19th and 20th centuries

With the secularization due to the Reichsdeputation Hauptschluss , Ringsheim came to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1803 . There it belonged briefly (until 1809) to the Mahlberg office and then again to the Ettenheim office . With the Baden municipal reform of 1924, the community came to the Lahr district . When this was dissolved in 1973, the place was added to the newly formed Ortenaukreis .

Population development

Population figures according to the respective area.

year Residents 1666 150 1692 250 1804 900 1861 1429 1900 1369 1910 1482 1950 1753 1956 1800 1961 2024 1970 1837

year Residents 1980 1858 1990 1960 1995 2126 2000 2081 2005 2165 2006 2172 2007 2204 2008 2192 2009 2186 2010 2221

year Residents 2011 2236 2012 2234 2013 2255 2014 2274 2015 2281 2016 2333 2017 2353

politics

Ringsheim town hall

Administrative community

The community belongs to the agreed administrative community of the city of Ettenheim.

Municipal council

The local council in Ringsheim has 10 members. It consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 40.6% 35.7% 23.8% CDU FW SPD Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    4th    2    0   -2   -4 -2.7  % p + 2.2  % p + 0.6  % p CDU FW SPD
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	40.6	4th	43.3	5
FWV	Free electoral association	35.7	4th	33.5	3
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	23.8	2	23.2	2
total		100.0	10	100.0	10
voter turnout		64.2%		60.1%

mayor

• 1890–1914: Rudolf Biehler
• 1914–1919: Wilhelm Schauber
• 1919–1928: Konstantin God
• 1928–1934: Emil Weber
• 1934–1945: Emil Schmidt
• 1946–1948: Max Henninger
• 1948–1969: Rudolf Biehler
• 1969–1985: Ludwig Greber
• 1985-2017: Heinrich Dixa
• since 2017: Pascal Weber

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In silver a blue ring, inside a six-petalled gold-covered red rose with green sepals."

Partnerships

Ringsheim maintains a town partnership with the following city :

• Albigny-sur-Saône , Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , France, since 1993

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Ringsheim is in the area of ​​the Ortenau tariff association . The Ringsheim stop is on the Rhine Valley Railway ( Mannheim - Basel ). There keep hourly regional express trains of the route Offenburg - Basel, as well as regional trains .

The federal highway 5 with the junction Ringsheim and the federal highway 3 ( Buxtehude - Weil am Rhein ) run through the municipality.

education

With the Karl-Person-Schule , Ringsheim has its own elementary school . There is also a Roman Catholic kindergarten .

Culture and sights

Buildings

Parish Church of St. Johann-Baptist

• The Johanneskapelle is a 17th century chapel with wall paintings, east of the B 3 at the "Ochsenbrunnen".
• The parish church of St. Johann-Baptist is a listed late Baroque church that was built in 1784/85 under Joseph Hirschbühl (Vorarlberg master builder).
• The Heubergturm is a 12.5 m high observation tower built in 1969 by the Black Forest Association , which stands about 1 km east of the outskirts in the vineyards. Panorama boards are attached to the parapet of the viewing platform .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• 1887 , May 12 , Karl Person , † July 8, 1956 in Freiburg im Breisgau, German politician ( ZENTRUM , CDU ), last president of the Baden state parliament .

literature

• Albert Köbele : Dorfsippenbuch Ringsheim. Grafenhausen: Self-published by the author in 1969 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 5), processed period 1679–1969

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. 314-315
3. ^ Günther Seith, The areas on the right bank of the Rhine of the diocese of Basel and their transition to Baden, Das Markgräflerland, 1951/2
4. ↑ Johanneskapelle on the website of the community Ringsheim: History
5. ^ Church on the website of the community Ringsheim: History
6. ↑ Heubergturm on badische-seiten.de
7. ↑ An outlook with information on the website of the community of Ringsheim: News and Press from September 26, 2011, accessed on December 20, 2014

Web links

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

• Official website of the municipality
• History & pictures