Schönau in the Black Forest

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Loerrach
Local government association:	Schönau in the Black Forest
Height :	540 m above sea level NHN
Area :	14.7 km 2
Residents:	2420 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	165 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	79677
Area code :	07673
License plate :	LÖ
Community key :	08 3 36 079
LOCODE :	DE SMS
; City administration address :	Talstrasse 22 ; 79677 Schönau in the Black Forest
Website :	www.schoenau-im-schwarzwald.de
Mayor :	Peter Schelshorn ( CDU )
Location of the town of Schönau in the Black Forest in the Lörrach district

Schönau im Schwarzwald is a town in the district of Loerrach in Baden-Wuerttemberg .

geography

Schönau im Wiesental - center

Geographical location

The state-recognized climatic health resort Schönau in the Black Forest is located in the upper Wiesental on the upper reaches of the Große Wiese , surrounded by the elevations of the southern Black Forest , at an altitude of 517 to 1309 meters.

More than 80 percent of the area is covered by forest.

To the east, the L131 leads over the Hau to the neighboring community of Neuweg in the Kleine Wiesental. Via Schönenberg you also come westward to the Lower Stuhls level , another pass connection.

Neighboring communities

Clockwise (starting from the north): Aitern , Utzenfeld , Todtnau , Tunau , Wembach , Fröhnd and Schönenberg .

City structure

The town of Schönau in the Black Forest and the municipal parts of Schönenbuchen and Brand belong to Schönau in the Black Forest.

history

Schönau was first mentioned in a document in 1113. The place and the surrounding area belonged to a community of heirs, including the lords of Waldeck and Eichstetten . The area came to the St. Blasien Monastery and thus to Upper Austria through donations . In 1805 Schönau came to the newly created Grand Duchy of Baden . In 1809 Schönau received city rights , which were revoked in 1936 and granted again in 1950.

Religions

Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption
Evangelical mountain church
Chapel in Schönau-Schönenbuchen

In Schönau there is both a Roman Catholic and a Protestant church community.

politics

Administrative association

The city is the seat of the community administration association Schönau im Schwarzwald , to which the communities Aitern, Böllen , Fröhnd, Schönau im Schwarzwald, Schönenberg, Tunau, Utzenfeld, Wembach and Wieden belong.

Municipal council

The municipal council in Schönau in the Black Forest has 12 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 preliminary final result.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019 % 40 30th 20th 10 0 37.5% 38.3% 24.2% FW CDU SPD Gains and losses compared to 2014 % p 6th 4th 2 0 -2 -4 -3.4 % p -1.8 % p + 5.2 % p FW CDU SPD
FW	Free voters	37.5	4th	40.9	5
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	38.3	5	40.1	5
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	24.2	3	19.0	2
total		100.0	12	100.0	12
voter turnout		63.1%		58.5%

mayor

1809-1813: Thoma
1814-1821: Wetzel
1821-1828: Stib
1828-1832: Dietsche
1833–1835: Schlageter
1835–1836: Emperor
1836–1844: Bonifaz Stib
1844–1865: Eduard Böhler
1865–1880: Josef Köpfer
1880–1883: Ludwig Weis
1883-1894: Ferdinand Steiger
1894–1902: Albert Ruch
1902–1909: Emil Kappeler

1909–1913: Rudolf Vogel
1913–1914: Adolf Fränznick
1914–1919: Rudolf Vogel
1919–1921: Adolf Engesser
1922–1925: Hubert Pfeiffer
1925–1935: Georg Walter
1935–1945: Friedrich Schöni
1945–1946: Albert Gutmann
1946–1956: Karl Zimmermann
1957–1977: Ludwig Morath (FWV)
1977–1993: Richard Böhler (CDU)
1993–2012: Bernhard Seger (CDU)
since October 2012: Peter Schelshorn (CDU). The banking specialist was elected on July 8, 2012 with 56.2% of the vote.

coat of arms

Since 1898, the municipality has had the coat of arms designed by the General State Archives in Karlsruhe in its seal. The blazon of the arms is ". In split sign in front of the Austrian arms, back in blue a rising Golden Stag" These symbols recall the front Austrian national rule and the basic rule of the monastery Saint Blasien . Since the 14th century, different forms of coats of arms with the Austrian shield and an abbot's staff have been handed down.

Town twinning

The town of Schönau has had a partnership with Villersexel in the Haute-Saône department in France since 1974.

Attractions in and around town

Central town square

with the beautiful facade of the town hall and the dominant building of the catholic town church

Old court linden tree

The old judicial linden tree is an inconspicuous summer linden tree , designated as a natural monument , with tiered branches. It stands in Talstrasse on the former court square next to the church and is surrounded by a surrounding bench. Their age is given as around 400 years. According to the sign attached, the last death sentence was imposed on October 18, 1737.

Local history museum Klösterle

The building, which was probably built around 1780, was originally a tannery . After that, it was used by the school sisters of the order “ Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross ” as an apartment - hence the name Klösterle. After extensive renovation work, the monument has housed the local museum of local history since 1988.

The Belchen

At 1414 meters, the Belchen is the fourth highest elevation in the Black Forest and is known as the “Panorama Mountain of the Black Forest”. Due to its proximity to Schönau, it is a popular destination. Its treeless hilltop was closed to car traffic and can now be reached by a gondola cable car. A bus line was set up from Schönau to the valley station.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Schönau is linked to the national road network by the federal highway 317 ( Weil am Rhein - Titisee-Neustadt ). From 1889 to 1966, the city was connected to the national rail network by the Zell im Wiesental – Todtnau railway, a narrow-gauge railway. Via Herrenschwand you can reach the Weißenbachsattel and thus Todtmoos in the neighboring district of Waldshut via a narrow pass road .

Established businesses

The manufacture of brushes has a long tradition in Schönau. In the immediate vicinity of the location of the leading brush machine manufacturers Boucherie / Ebser / Zahoransky in Todtnau, a brush industry had already developed in Schönau in the 19th century. Today two companies manufacture brushes in Schönau:

Sunstar Interbros GmbH, an indirect subsidiary of the Japanese Sunstar Inc .: toothbrushes and interdental brushes through the parent company Sunstar Suisse
Frank Bürsten GmbH: shoe brushes and technical brushes.

Schönau became known throughout Germany for his "current rebels" in the 1980s. The citizens' initiative began to get involved in energy policy after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster . In July 1997, for the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, a group of citizens (and others) took over the power supply for the community by buying the network from the then energy supplier Kraftwerke Rheinfelden. Today the electricity network is operated by Elektrizitätswerke Schönau (EWS).

The locally based companies joined forces in 2002 to form an initiative group Oberes Wiesental (IOW) in order to jointly make the infrastructure of the Oberes Wiesental attractive for both the local companies and the people living here.

dish

The district court of Schönau belongs to the regional court district of Waldshut-Tiengen and the higher regional court district of Karlsruhe .

education

In addition to an urban school Schonau has with the book fire school a primary school and in cooperation with Todtnau a community school . There are also two kindergartens in town.

outdoor pool

Schönau has a heated outdoor pool that was completely renovated in 2016 and completely lined with stainless steel . In addition to one- and three-meter diving boards, a separate area for toddlers and other water attractions, the outdoor pool with a 5 meter high and 20.4 meter long wide-wave slide is the largest of its kind in the Lörrach district. It is made entirely of stainless steel.

Personalities

Schönau is proud of world champion trainer Jogi Löw (Friedrichstrasse corner Bahnhofstrasse)

Jogi Löw Stadium, FC Schönau 08

Honorary citizen

Adolf Dießlin (1853–1917), Grand Ducal Forester
Josef Eduard Schlageter (1855–1938), farmer (father of Albert Leo Schlageter )
Eduard Böhler (1878–1964), clergyman
Friedrich Alfons Rueb (1925–2015), founder of the Frisetta company (today part of Celanese Services Germany GmbH in Utzenfeld)
Anton Gromer (* 1931), former managing director of the Heinzmann company
Joachim Löw (* 1960), national coach of the German national soccer team, world champion as DFB team boss in 2014

sons and daughters of the town

Caspar Molitoris (1504–1571), abbot of the St. Blasien monastery
Ludwig "Louis" Ganter (1841–?), 1865 founder of the Ganter brewery in Freiburg im Breisgau
Fridolin Dietsche (1861–1908), sculptor
Heinrich Steiger (1862–1943), politician and Prussian Minister of State for Agriculture (center)
Karl Geiler (1878–1953), legal scholar and politician
Erich Walter Killinger (1893–1977), naval officer
Franz Bläsi (1893–1963), educator and politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Bruchsal, member of the state parliament
Albert Leo Schlageter (1894–1923), volunteer corps fighter
Helmut Himpel (1907–1943), resistance fighter against National Socialism; belonged to the circle of the Red Chapel
Klaus-Dieter Osswald (* 1937), politician and member of the Bundestag
Joachim Löw (* 1960), soccer player and coach; since August 1, 2006 national coach of the German national soccer team
Markus Löw (* 1961), former soccer player and today's coach

Personalities who have worked or are working on site

Theodor Humpert (1889–1968), historian, teacher in Schönau 1914–1920
Gerhard Bassler (1917–2000), German painter
Michael Sladek (* 1946), doctor and environmental activist; Co-founder of the EWS Schönau
Ursula Sladek (* 1946), co-founder of EWS Schönau

literature

Melanie Mauz: Schönau in the Black Forest. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 2/1989, pp. 129–151 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Eduard Böhler : The story of Schönau in the Black Forest . Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1960

Schönau in the Black Forest. In: Department State Description of the State Archives Freiburg im Breisgau (editor): District descriptions of the State of Baden-Württemberg. The district of Loerrach. Volume IA general part. B. Community descriptions Aitern to Inzlingen. C. Sources and literature . Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate in conjunction with the Lörrach district. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1993, ISBN 3-7995-1353-1 . Pp. 436-463