Seckach

This article describes the community of Seckach. For further meanings see Seckach (disambiguation)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 27 '  N , 9 ° 20'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Neckar-Odenwald district
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.85 km 2
Residents:	4143 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	149 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74743
Primaries :	06292, 06291 , 06293
License plate :	MOS, BCH
Community key :	08 2 25 091
Community structure:	3 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Bahnhofstrasse 30 74743 Seckach
Website :	www.seckach.de
Mayor :	Thomas Ludwig ( Free Voters )
Location of the community Seckach in the Neckar-Odenwald district

The community of Seckach belongs to the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the European metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar (until May 20, 2003 the Lower Neckar region and until December 31, 2005 the Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald region ).

geography

location

The community is located at the transition from Odenwald and building land between Adelsheim and Buchen . The municipality is located in the Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park and is crossed by the eponymous Seckach , a tributary of the Jagst .

Community structure

The former communities of Großeicholzheim and Zimmer belong to the community of Seckach . The village of Großeicholzheim and the Hagemühle house belong to the former community of Großeicholzheim. The village of Seckach and the place Jugenddorf Klinge belong to the former municipality of Seckach. The former community of Zimmer includes the village of Zimmer, the hamlet of Waidachshof and the towns of railway station (Bundesbahn) Adelsheim Nord and Hammerhof.
The deserted areas Dürrenzimmern, Krawenwinkel, Schallberg and Unterzimmer are located in the area of ​​the former community Zimmer .

Neighboring communities

Seckach borders (clockwise from the north) on the communities of Buchen, Osterburken, Adelsheim, Schefflenz and Limbach. All neighboring communities are also in the Neckar-Odenwald district.

history

Seckach was first mentioned in 788 in the Lorsch Codex . During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia . The Seligental monastery acquired the place in 1236. After its dissolution, Seckach came to Kurmainz in 1568 . It remained there until it came to the Principality of Leiningen in 1803 due to secularization as part of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . After its dissolution by the Rheinbund act only three years later, Seckach came to the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1806 . On January 1, 1972, Seckach merged with Großeicholzheim and Zimmer to form the new municipality of Seckach.

Districts

Großeicholzheim

As early as 775, Großeicholzheim was mentioned in the Lorsch Codex as "Heicholfesheim". In 1561 the place fell to the Electoral Palatinate . In 1806, Großeicholzheim also came to the Grand Duchy of Baden via the Principality of Leiningen .

Rooms

Zimmer was first mentioned in 782 in the Lorsch Codex . In 1236 Zimmer came into the possession of the Seligental monastery. It followed the historical fate of Seckach.

Religions

While the Reformation was introduced in Großeicholzheim in the first half of the 16th century , Seckach and Zimmer remained Roman Catholic .

politics

Municipal council

The parish council normally has 14 honorary members who are elected for five years. The number of members can be increased by compensating seats (total 2019: 15 seats; 2014: 16). In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.

The Unechte Teilorteschahl guarantees the districts a fixed number of seats: at least seven from Seckach, at least four from Großeicholzheim, and at least three from rooms.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
CDU	76.0% (+19.9)	11 (+2)
Citizens' list / SPD	19.3% (−15.1)	3 (−2)
AfD	4.6% (+4.6)	1 (+1)
Turnout: 57.2% (+9.5)

mayor

Thomas Ludwig has been the mayor of Seckach since 2002. He was re-elected for the second term of office on March 7, 2010 with a turnout of 41.8 percent and 97.7 percent of the valid votes cast.

coat of arms

In silver (white) an inflected red tip, covered with a five-spoke silver (white) wheel, accompanied in front by a black ibex horn (grind on the right), in the back by a black battle ax placed on a pole. The coat of arms motifs indicate the earlier local nobility and territorial rule before 1803: the ibex horn is taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Seckach, the battle ax from the coat of arms of the Lords of Stetten , while the five-spoke wheel is based on the coat of arms of the younger line of the Lords of Eicholzheim and with the tinging is to remind of the archbishopric Mainz .

Town twinning

• Reichenbach / OL
• Gazzada Schianno , Italy

The former inhabitants of Schüttwa / Bohemian Forest (today Šitboř) and their descendants have been sponsored since 1988 . There is also a sponsorship for the logistics battalion 461 in Walldürn .

Culture and sights

Stone cross

The delimitation of the “twice broken pasture” of the Seligental monastery was indicated by stone crosses with the symbol of a shepherd's shovel in the head part. Six of these stone crosses were still standing in the 1930s. The last of these crosses was saved from destruction by being set up at the St. Sebastian Church in Seckach in the Neckar-Odenwald district .

art

• Seckach is a "village of sculptures", there are 7 bronze sculptures, 5 sandstone sculptures and 10 concrete sculptures.
• A sculpture park with 82 works in sandstone, concrete or wood has been created in the community forest since 1987 . The Berlin sculptor couple Marianne and Paul August Wagner have been inviting friends and colleagues to a sculptor meeting since 1987. The resulting sculptures remain in the park. The community has made the forest (approx. 2 hectares) available and laid out paved paths. Part of the sculpture park is the “arena of madness”. Open-air concerts take place here regularly.
• The community of Seckach is part of the sculpture cycle path
• Kulturzentrum Wasserschloss Großeicholzheim

sport and freetime

• With the SC Klinge Seckach , a very successful women's soccer club emerged from the community at the end of the 20th century. The club played in the Bundesliga for eight years .
• Seckach has a year-round indoor pool with a sauna and steam bath

Economy and Infrastructure

The community (district Seckach) also includes the children's and youth village Klinge, which was founded in 1946 by Pastor Heinrich Magnani in the turmoil of the post-war period and offers children and young people without a family a new home. Today, up to 180 children and young people who can no longer stay in their original families are looked after.

traffic

Network map of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn

The Seckach train station and the stops in rooms (Zimmer stop (b Seckach) ) and Großeicholzheim (Eicholzheim stop, on the Schefflenz district ) are on the Neckarelz – Osterburken line . They are served every hour by the S1 line of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn .

At the Seckach rail junction, there is also the option of changing to the Seckach – Miltenberg line to Miltenberg . Seckach is part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

Educational institutions

• Elementary and secondary school in Seckach
• Großeicholzheim primary school
• Private St-Bernhard-Schule in the youth village Klinge (special education and advice center with a focus on emotional and social development)
• Private school kindergarten St. Theresia in the youth village of Klinge (focus on emotional and social development)

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1974: Pastor Heinrich Magnani , clergyman (founder of the children's and youth village Klinge)
• 1982: Dr. Georg W. Reinhard (founder of Maschinenfabrik Diedesheim and Maschinenfabrik Seckach)
• 1995: Pastor Herbert Duffner (former director of the children's and youth village Klinge)
• 1999: Sister Gebharda Frank (General Superior of the Franciscan Order in Gengenbach)
• 2002: Ekkehard Brand (Mayor from 1978 to 2002)

literature

• Roswitha Graefen-Pfeil: Moments. Seckach Art Park . Odenwälder, Buchen-Walldürn 2002. ISBN 3-929295-87-3

Web links

Commons : Seckach (Gemeinde)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Seckach  - travel guide

• Seckach
• Seckach. LEO-BW, discover regional studies online, accessed on April 6, 2015 . 

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 V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 255-357
3. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2856, May 29, 788 - Reg. 2031. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 248 , accessed on October 12, 2016 . 
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. 474 .
5. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [trans.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2881, January 30, 775 - Reg. 1145. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 255 , accessed on October 12, 2016 . 
6. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2895 March 12, 782 - Reg. 1715. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 259 , accessed on April 12, 2015 . 
7. ^ Municipality of Seckach: main statute, §11 ; accessed July 2, 2019.
8. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Seckach ; Municipality of Seckach: municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 27, 2019: CDU dominates local council in Seckach ; accessed July 2, 2019.
9. ^ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Nordbadische Nachrichten, March 8, 2010, page 8
10. ↑ In 1988 the community of Seckach sponsored the former residents and descendants of the Bohemian Forest village of Schüttwa " Retrieved on March 18, 2019, 00:05
11. ↑ Gebhard Schmitt: The old stone crosses on the Seckacher district. Only one specimen is reminiscent of the former pasture border. In: Our country. Home calendar for Neckar Valley, Odenwald, building land and Kraichgau. 2015. Verlag Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung GmbH, Heidelberg 2014. ISBN 978-3-936866-57-5 . Pp. 171-174.