Stones (bathing)

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Loerrach
Height :	333 m above sea level NHN
Area :	46.86 km 2
Residents:	10,049 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	214 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	79585
Area code :	07627
License plate :	LÖ
Community key :	08 3 36 084
Community structure:	7 districts
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Eisenbahnstrasse 31 ; 79585 Steinen
Website :	www.steinen.de
Mayor :	Gunther Braun
Location of the municipality of Steinen in the district of Lörrach

Steinen ( Alemannisch Steine ) is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in southwest Baden-Württemberg . The entire municipality of Steinen was created in 1974/1975 through the merger of the previous municipalities of Endenburg , Hägelberg, Höllstein, Hüsingen, Schlächtenhaus, Steinen and Weitenau.

geography

Geographical location

Stones in the border triangle

Höllstein district from Hüsingen, Jan. 2012

Municipality of Steinens with all districts

The entire municipality of Steinen is located in the Vorderen Wiesental of the southern Black Forest. With the Steinenbachtal as a north-south axis, the municipality of Steinen forms a geographical crossbar to the Wiesental . Overall, the municipality extends over 14 km in the largest north-south extension, the difference in altitude between the valley location in 319 meters to the Wambacher Wasen in 987 meters in the north is more than 600 m. The main town of Steinen is 47 ° 39 'north latitude and 7 ° 44' east longitude.

geology

The Steinen district extends over several natural landscapes. Coming from north to south these are:

the Black Forest around Endenburg (consisting mainly of granite and gneiss ),
the Black Forest foothills of the Weitenauer Bergland (consisting of Rotliegend , Buntsandstein ),
the valley furrow of the front meadow (separates the red sandstone panel (right of the meadow) and the shell limestone panel (left of the meadow)), and
the Black Forest foothills in the south of Steinens: the Dinkelberg (a shell limestone table, consisting mainly of shell limestone and keuper ).

The old stone pits are also located in the red sandstone, which the village once made famous far beyond its borders, and to which it ultimately owes its name. The red sandstone pits in Steinen also played an important role in the reconstruction of Basel after the earthquake of 1356 and the construction of the Basel Minster . The stone pits were closed around 1900 and can be located today, for example, on Schützenweg (former name: An der Lange Gass) in the Steinbrunnen area, near the Stutz and east of the former Schlosshölzle.

The area around the southern Upper Rhine Valley lies in a moderately active earthquake region . On average, once a month there is a tremor of strength 3 on the Richter scale in the Upper Rhine Graben (with vibrations which are mostly only perceived by individual people). Earth tremors of magnitude 4.5 occur every two to three years. The last moderately strong earthquake in stones with a magnitude of 4.5 occurred on May 5, 2009 at 03:39 am CEST with the epicenter in Weitenau ( 47 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 45 ′ 0 ″ E , approx km depth). 47.683333333333 7.75

Neighboring communities

The community borders in the north on Malsburg-Marzell , in the northeast on the community of Kleines Wiesental , in the east on the city of Schopfheim and the community of Maulburg , in the south on the city of Rheinfelden (Baden) and in the west on the district town of Lörrach and the city of Kandern .

Community structure

The municipality of Steinen consists of the seven districts Endenburg, Hägelberg, Höllstein, Hüsingen, Schlächtenhaus, Steinen and Weitenau with a total of 26 villages , hamlets , farms and houses. The spatial boundaries of the districts are identical to those of the former municipalities of the same name, their official designation is made by prefixing the name of the municipality and connected by a hyphen followed by the name of the respective district. The districts also form residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code . With the exception of the districts of Höllstein and Steinen, localities within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code are each set up with their own local council and mayor as its chairman.

**The seven districts of the municipality of Steinen**
Surname	Residents (Jan. 1, 2012)	Area (in km ² )	First documentary mention	Associated facilities
Stones	5477	5.95	1113 ("Steina")	Villages : stones
Endenburg	409	10.64	1275 ("Entenburch")	Villages: Endenburg, Kirchhausen, Lehnacker Prongs : place Courtyards : Auhof, Schrohmühle Houses: Stalten
Weitenau	588	6.78	1100 ("Witnowe")	Villages: Weitenau Zinken: Ausserdorf, Farnbuck, Schillighof Höfe: Hummelberg
Haegelberg	746	6.44	1113 ("Hegniberg")	Villages: Hägelberg
Höllstein	1885	2.64	1103 ("Holistein")	Villages: Höllstein Houses: Förishäusle, Gauze and Keppweberei, Hagmatt, Schalthaus
Hüsingen	566	6.87	1242 ("Husinchon")	Villages: Hüsingen Houses: Merian's plants
Slaughterhouse	488	7.53		Villages: slaughterhouse, courtyards Courtyards: Heuberg, Klosterhof Houses: Weitenau Monastery

↑ In the district of Hüsingen are the desert areas of Fenningen and Muntzikon and in the district of Weitenau is the village of Bůssoltzberg, mentioned in 1344 and 1383, which is possibly identical to Farnbuck.
↑ Höllstein was first mentioned in 1103 in a document from the Basel monastery of St. Alban . The document shows that the place has existed at least since 1083.

history

Until the 18th century

Steinens and some of its current districts are first mentioned in the 12th century . The former Weitenau monastery , halfway between the districts of Steinen and Schlächtenhaus, was first mentioned in a document in 1100. The place Steinen is mentioned for the first time in a document from the monastery of St. Blasien from 1113 (as "Staina"), when the noble Walcho von Waldeck gave his goods there and in other places to the monastery of St. Blasien. Also in 1113 a "Walcho von Staina" appears as a witness in a document, it is probably identical with Walcho von Waldeck. Archaeological findings such as Alemannic row graves, however, point to an earlier settlement.

In the 13th century it belonged either to the noblemen of Rötteln on the sidelines of the lords of Rotenberg , or to the margraves of Hachberg and was assigned to the spell of the Sanblasian dinghouses . In any case, the castle then belonged to Rotenberg.

The region experienced a remarkable economic rise in the 14th and 15th centuries when the deposits of red sandstone were exploited. In 1388 and 1469, the respective bishop of Basel bought quarries near Steinen to rebuild the cathedral that had been destroyed in 1356 .

In 1503 the area with the entire margraviate of Hachberg-Sausenberg came to the margraviate of Baden and was assigned to the Oberamt Rötteln . Steinen received market rights at the beginning of the 17th century (1602) , a cattle and grocer's market at the end of the 18th century (1776) and later a weekly market.

Due to its location on two busy country roads (the road through the Wiesental to Schopfheim and the old Roman road from Steinen via Hüsingen to Inzlingen and Lörrach), the village was affected by many war events. The village was looted by the French in 1676, 1678 and August 25, 1689.

As early as the 18th century, Steinen began to establish itself as the seat of a St.Blasische Schaffnei as a small center between Schopfheim and Lörrach, which was evident in the large number of craftsmen and the construction of bourgeois houses and in the alleys paved since 1760.

During the Baden Revolution in April 1848, the troops of the Heckerzug crossed stones on the way to the battle on the Scheideck . After the defeat there, parts of the Hecker procession gathered near Steinen and united there with another revolutionary procession under Joseph Weißhaar . However, federal troops soon dispersed the revolutionaries and drove them towards the Swiss border.

19th century

In the 19th century, the old and partly poor farming village with its partly poor streets and some primitive houses changed its structure. The cause was the beginning of the textile industry in Wiesental and in Steinen. The textile industry began in Steinen in 1816 as home work and the first hand-weaving mill by Merian & Köchlin and employed many residents. With the construction of the first factories, the former Markgräfler farming village was industrialized almost 20 years later by the "Basler Herren", including Colonel Geigy and director Peter Köchlin, the "King of Printing Materials". In 1836, Colonel Wilhelm Geigy-Lichtenhahn from Basel founded the mechanical spinning and weaving mill in Steinen with 7,392 spindles and 40 mechanical looms. In 1858 he acquired the cotton hand-weaving mill Peter Köchlin und Sons , which he had leased since 1848.

The economic boom and the textile companies set up in the valley towns made it necessary to transport and haul draft animals on the roads, which are often in poor condition in places. Above all, the masters of the newly established factories, primarily the founder of the textile industry in Steinen, the Swiss Colonel Wilhelm Geigy, campaigned for the construction of the Wiesentalbahn. After almost two years of construction, Steinen was connected to the railway network on May 10, 1862 with the opening of the Wiesentalbahn .

When in 1899 an electrical power and lighting center was created for the operation of a new spinning mill , the company offered the mayor's office to take over the street lighting and the installation of house lights: the old kerosene lamps were dismantled and stones were electrified.

20th century

The two world wars left deep marks on the population: To honor the stone soldiers who died in World War I, the memorial complex was built in 1935 in the former churchyard of the Petruskirche according to the plans of the Freiburg architect Hans Geiges . Here the names of the fallen were recorded on eight sandstone tablets. After the end of the Second World War, the memorial had to be expanded to include a further 13 plaques.

From an architectural point of view, Steinen survived the Second World War relatively unscathed until December 16, 1944, when the "Kramer House", which was the residence of Altvogt Scheffelt until 1849 and later housed the old town hall, was completely destroyed by bombs. The Hug butcher's shop is located on the former site on Eisenbahnstraße.

Steinen has formed a bailiwick together with the towns of Höllstein, Hüsingen and Hägelberg since the 14th century . On January 1, 1974, Weitenau was incorporated into Steinen. On October 1, 1974, Endenburg was incorporated. Today's community was re-formed on January 1, 1975 by the union of the communities of Steinen, Hägelberg, Höllstein, Hüsingen and Schlächtenhaus. As a result of this community reform, Steinen became the sixth largest community in the Lörrach district in terms of area.

Population development

Population development of Steinen from 1625 to 2015 according to the adjacent table (line 'Total')

The population development initially shows a decrease in the number of inhabitants at the end of the Thirty Years War , 1648, then a slow increase in the population until 1833. In the following decades, a strong increase in population, especially in stones, is recorded, caused by the beginning industrialization.

year	1625 (ev *)	1648 (ev *)	1740 (ev *)	1750 (ev *)	1833	1839
Stones	240	180	303	373	494	937
Höllstein	150	133	187	187	272	378
Haegelberg	130	106	165	208	237	272
Hüsingen	175	142	215	235	294	318
total	695	561	870	1.003	1,297	1,905

year	1871	1895	1900	1953	1961	1970	1980	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2011	2015
Stones	1,395	1,503	1,705	2,524	3,024	3,804	4,228	4,895					5,489
Höllstein	697	733	769	1,382	1,586	1,659	1,666	1,720					1,867
Haegelberg	273	331	368	316	395	511	576	653					736
Hüsingen	339	335	298	382	402	446	412	496					559
Weitenau	385		341	334	359	399	388	499					597
Slaughterhouse	441		412		413	441	420	496					491
Endenburg	568		390		340	336	348	390					413
total	2,704	2,902	3,140	4,604	6,519	7,596	8,038	9,149	10.133	10,005	10,067	10.143	10.152	9,900

* ev: The population figures for the years 1625 to 1750 come from the church records. which only recorded the evangelical inhabitants.

Weitenau, Schlächtenhaus and Endenburg are not included in the total of the population up to 1953.

Religions

Evangelical Church of St. Peter in Stones

Catholic Church in Höllstein

With the Reformation of 1556, Steinen, like the entire Markgräflerland, became Evangelical-Lutheran (see History of the Reformation in Markgräflerland ). The conversion from the Roman Catholic to the Protestant faith according to Steinen to the Lutheran doctrine was possible through the accession of the sovereign Margrave Karl II to the Augsburg Confession . With this accession, it was in the hands of the respective lords of the prince, according to which faith the subjects had to live. Even today, the majority of the population belongs to the Protestant denomination. The 2011 census showed the following distribution of religions: 48.0% Protestant - 21.8% Catholic - 30.3% no / other denomination.

Today there is a Protestant congregation in the core town, in Höllstein and Schlächtenhaus , which belongs to the Baden regional church . The working group for pastoral care e. V. has also been running Haus Frieden in Hägelberg since 1970 .

With the Christ Congregation there is a congregation of the small Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden in Steinen , which opposed the union of Lutheran and Reformed confessions in the Grand Duchy of Baden in the 19th century .

In Höllstein there is a Roman Catholic parish that is responsible for Steinen and Maulburg .

The Evangelical Association for Inner Mission Augsburg Confession eV , which belongs to the Evangelical Alliance , is also represented in the village . There is also a New Apostolic congregation, an Evangelical Anabaptist congregation and the Evangelical Free Church of Steinen eV in the village.

politics

Municipal council

Town hall stones

The Steinen parish council has 22 seats. The municipal council elections since 2004 have produced the following results:

Party / list	2004	2009	2014	2019
Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)	49.9%, 12 seats	42.4%, 11 seats	42.4%, 9 seats	39.4%	9 seats
Community for a livable village	35.0%, 8 seats	33.8%, 8 seats	31.9%, 7 seats	33.2%	7 seats
Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)	16.1%, 3 seats	23.9%, 6 seats	25.7%, 6 seats	27.5%	6 seats
voter turnout	51.5%	51.2%	51.8%	59.9%

European elections

In the past three European elections, the following results were achieved in Steinen for the parties that received at least five percent of the votes among the 28 parties and groupings in 2019:

	2009	2014	2019
CDU	35.1%	31.1%	28.3%
SPD	20.3%	25.6%	15.57%
Green	17.3%	12.8%	23.82%
AfD	00.0%	10.1%	10.99%
FDP	13.3%	02.7%	05.30%

mayor

mayor	Years of office
Gunther Braun	2016–
Rainer König	2000-2016
Herbert Stumböck	1984-2000
Johannes Pflüger	1969-1983
Karl Ludin	1954-1968
Paul Becker	1945-1954
Karl Strübe	1921-1945

On April 3, 2016, Gunther Braun won the mayoral election in Steinen with 75.7% of the vote. In the first ballot on March 13, 2016, Braun narrowly missed the absolute majority with 45%. Gunther Braun took over the official duties of the previous mayor Rainer König on June 29, 2016.

Rainer König became mayor of Steinen in 2000. On February 17, 2008, Rainer König was elected with 81 percent for a further eight years. The community's candidate for a liveable village, Edmund Bronner, came in at 18.6 percent.

For 16 years, from 1984 to 2000, the trained civil engineer Herbert Stumböck was mayor of the municipality of Steinen. During his tenure, the native of Schönau promoted the community with zest for action: the construction of the senior citizens' center in Mühlehof , the hall in Schlächtenhaus and the community center in Hüsingen, as well as the construction of the new primary school at the school center , were part of his long term of office. Under Herbert Stumböck the Köchlinstrasse got a completely new face, the rotten remnants of the former textile industry disappeared. The Rotzler company also found its new area in Lörracher Strasse, while the homeless shelter grew up on Köchlinstrasse.

From 1969 to 1983 Johannes Pflüger was mayor. Major construction projects were also carried out during his tenure: the swimming pool, the education center with sports hall and a new kindergarten in Fröbelweg.

Karl Ludin, mayor until 1968, took over the official business in the spring of 1954 from Paul Becker, who in 1945 had become the first mayor after the Second World War.

Paul Becker was appointed deputy mayor of the military government on May 4, 1945 . In the spring of 1946, he and the administration were able to move into the Stadler house, which is now the town hall, which was later purchased. In 1948 Paul Becker was elected for eight years.

For almost a quarter of a century, from 1921 to 1945, master weaver Karl Strübe took over the town hall business.

The former Vogt Johann Michael Scheffelt (1795-1853) had significantly advanced Steinen's economic development in the middle of the 19th century. Scheffelt was a member of the state parliament and has done a lot in Steinen, among other things, by expanding the Steinenbach stream. In the course of the Baden Revolution and the invasion of the Prussians in 1849 , he emigrated to America.

coat of arms

Parish stones	In a divided shield above in blue a silver wall consisting of seven (three above, four below) stones on the division, below in green a silver wave bar. The seven stones stand for the seven sub-locations of today's total municipality, the wall stands as a symbol for the strength that arises from the cooperation, the wavy bar symbolizes the meadow that flows through the place. The coat of arms of the district of Steinen is similar to that of the municipality, but has only three stone blocks instead of seven.
Endenburg	"In a split shield in front in gold a rooted green fir with a black trunk, behind in silver a green oak branch with four acorns and three leaves."	Haegelberg	"In the split shield in front the Baden coat of arms, behind in blue a golden sword."
Höllstein	"In the split shield in front the Baden coat of arms, in the back in blue from the lower edge of the shield."	Hüsingen	"In blue an overturned silver ploughshare, covered with the Baden coat of arms."
Slaughterhouse	"In red, two slantingly crossed silver battle axes."	Weitenau	"A shield with an oblique square of silver and blue covered with a four-spoke mill wheel in mixed up colors."

Parish partnership

Cornimont Square in the center of Steinens

Steinen has had a partnership ( Jumelage ) with the French community of Cornimont in the Vosges since 1983 . The then Mayor of Steinen, Johannes Pflüger, and his colleague Gérard Braun from Cornimont, sealed the friendship between the two communities on May 29, 1983 in the village square of the Vosges town and again in Steinen at the end of September 1983.

The municipality of Steinen appreciates the partnership with Cornimont-Platz in the heart of the village. As a counterpart to this, the "Square de Steinen" was inaugurated in Cornimont in October 2004.

Culture and sights

Museums

The Schneiderhof farmhouse museum in Kirchhausen-Endenburg

The Schneiderhof was built in 1696 as a typical Black Forest house and has remained almost unchanged in its originality to this day. After the death of the last manager, Miss Berta Schneider, the non-profit "Association for the Preservation of the Schneiderhof in Kirchhausen eV" took over the Schneiderhof in 1987 and restored it over the next nine years. The State Monuments Office classified the farm as a "cultural monument of particular importance, the preservation of which is of increased public interest". Today the farm is a museum, which gives the visitor a clear picture of the way of life and work of our ancestors.

Parks

The privately owned Steinen bird park shows around 1000 animals on 10 hectares, including birds, barbary macaques and kangaroos. In the falconry you can watch flight displays of eagles, falcons and owls.

Hiking trails

Around 60% of the district area of the municipality of Steinen is covered with deciduous and coniferous forests. Steinen offers a well-developed and signposted network of hiking and cycling trails for hiking, Nordic walking or mountain biking over more than 100 kilometers . The following hiking destinations are: The Steinen bird park, the Schneiderhof in Kirchhausen, the former Weitenau monastery, the Höllschlucht gorge at Schlächtenhaus / Endenburg, the Häfnet-Brünnele and the forest nature trail in Endenburg. The Hebel hiking trail also leads through stones along the Wiese river .

Gateway to the Southern Black Forest Nature Park

In a competition in May 2004, the entire municipality of Steinen, along with 4 other locations ( Triberg , Emmendingen , Stühlingen and Wehr ), was awarded the title Gateway to the Southern Black Forest Nature Park . In addition to a number of special criteria, these municipalities were convincing in the invitation to tender, especially through special concepts for the advertising presentation of the nature park and the entire region. On the occasion of the “Summer Festival” of the Steinens tradesmen on June 26th and 27th, 2004, the gate sign was presented to the population.

Sports

Wiesental Stadium in Höllstein, on the right in the background the Wiesental Hall

In Steinen there is a wide range of sports on the basis of numerous clubs. The largest sports clubs are:

FC Steinen-Höllstein (soccer), was created in 1919 as a merger of FC Steinen, founded in 1912, and FV Höllstein
TuS Höllstein (athletics, volleyball, skiing, health sports), with around 1200 members the largest sports club in the entire municipality of Steinen, founded in 1907
Turnverein Steinen 1887 e. V. (gymnastics, table tennis, health sports)

Wiesental Stadium

The most important sports facility is the Wiesental Stadium in the Höllstein district, which went into operation in 1990. The sports field includes both a natural grass and a tennis court , a synthetic track and various high jump, long jump and throwing sports facilities. This is where the training sessions, games and competitions of FC Steinen-Höllstein and TuS Höllstein take place.

The area was given to the footballers from the districts of Steinen and Höllstein free of charge by the Merian company , which became the property of the municipality through the execution of the measurement certificate in June 1988. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 3, 1989.

Outdoor pool stones

The swimming pool is located on the western outskirts of the Steinen district and receives around 80,000 to 100,000 visitors annually. The swimming pool consists of a non-swimmer and a sports pool with diving tower and a children's water landscape. In 1994 the entire technical building was expanded and the water treatment system was renewed.

Miniature golf course stones

The mini golf course, which is located next to the outdoor pool and tennis hall, was reopened by Mayor König in July 2006 after renovation. The facility has been in deep sleep since 2009 and is currently not playable. As the owner, the municipality of Steinen must consult the municipal council about the future of the area.

Buildings and places

The Vogtshaus

→ see also the main article Vogtshaus (stones)

Wall painting in the Vogtshaus in stones

The “Vogtshaus” with parts of the building from 1553 is a house of particular architectural and local significance. The renovation was carried out by the Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen e. V. in the years 1988-1994 was accomplished. The Vogtshaus, formerly known as the "Knight's Castle", is a three-storey stone house on an L-shaped floor plan. A stair tower with a stone spiral staircase is built into the corner of the two wings . The oldest parts of the building that is preserved today date from the time before 1553, but were already an extension of an even earlier building. This was replaced by a new building in 1553/56 and combined with the extension. After a long break in construction, the building was completely renovated and expanded in 1593/94. The pre-baroque furnishings that are preserved today include finely crafted stone carvings, a coat of arms, painted half-timbered fields, painted architectural frames and a high-quality mural.

The late medieval town house was used by the "Haller-Vögten" (Bastian 1571–1597 and his son Jakob 1597–1610) as a butcher, inn and community service as well as an office building. The chronicle reports that for almost three and a half centuries the Haller family provided judges, staff holders and other offices of the bailiwick in the village.

The castle to stones

→ see also the main article Wasserschloss Steinen

The former castle is first mentioned in 1278 as the Rotenberg couple Dietrich V and Adelheid, who came from a younger branch of the free lords of Rötteln , bequeathed the castle and other goods to the St. Blasien monastery . It is not possible to clarify without a doubt today where the castle was located, presumably on the site of today's castle. In 1563 the former moated castle was completely renovated by Gregorius Krafft von Dellmensingen, the date 1563 carved on the entrance door and a window on the south side bear witness to this conversion. In 1574 he sold the castle to Wilhelm von Heidegg. He immediately withdrew from the purchase when he learned of the massive debts that were burdening the building. The subsequent processes were not ended until 1580 by settlement. Between 1597 and 1605 various Röttel senior bailiffs lived at the castle. After the destruction of Rötteln Castle in 1678, the margravial bailiwick moved to Steinen and resided there for several years. In 1697 the castle was finally sold to Friedrich de Rougemont, the mayor of La Chaux-de-Fonds (Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland). His widow Rose de Rougemont sold the property in 1716 and the castle was subsequently managed by tenants.

The actual history of the castle ends in November 1745: the dilapidated castle property to stones and the surrounding land were auctioned off piece by piece by the margrave. From now on, the old aristocratic residence is a town house: schoolmaster Ludwig Winter bought the castle for 1525 pounds, the rest was bought by 36 residents. The current appearance of the palace is largely determined by the renovation of the old Steinens landmark by Wilhelm Friedrich Reinau after 1888.

The Steinen Castle is also mentioned in the Badischer Sagenbuch: The legend "The Häfnetjungfrau (D'Häfnetjumpfere)" tells of the hard-heartedness and arrogance of previous castle owners.

The listed Schlössle has been renovated by the builder Götz Rehn since 2015 , among other things further dormers are being installed in the attic to create eight rental apartments.

Churches

→ see also church buildings in stones

Evangelical Church of Saint Peter

The church, first mentioned in writing in 1112, was probably built around 1050 as a simple chapel for the lords of the village. Components of the successor chapel built in the 14th century can be seen in today 's St. Peter's Church . The current appearance of the baroque building with late Gothic elements of the old church inside is determined by the fundamental renovation in 1741–1759. A few years later (1769) the church tower was also rebuilt from scratch.

The grave slab of the Virgin Mary Reichin von Reichenstein , which is located on the right side of the Petruskirche, dates from 1564. The lady is said to be the legendary Häfnetjungfrau.

Catholic parish church Immaculate Conception of Mary (Höllstein)

The Catholic parish church of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in Höllstein is a single-nave, rectangular hall building, on the long side of which there are five arched, high windows. It was built by the Freiburg architect Ludwig Engesser during the boom in the textile industry in 1865 and 1866 due to the increasing number of Catholic residents.

Villa Kochlin

The Wilhelminian style villa, classified as a historical monument, dates from 1850 - the heyday of the textile industry in the Wiesental. After ten years of vacancy, the villa was renovated in 2005 with the greatest possible preservation of the building fabric. The buildings belonging to the historical ensemble, the former gardener's and coach house, were rebuilt in 2005.

Marketplace

Steinen received market rights as early as 1602 and became a market town . At that time the place had 36 houses with gardens and barns, including the castle and mills. The market was undoubtedly little visited during the first decades of the Thirty Years War , which again tore large gaps in the houses and population. With the establishment of the textile factories in 1834/1835, the number of inhabitants rose very quickly by around 600 people who were not self-sufficient and had to buy their groceries. For this reason, the municipality of Steinen received approval in October 1836 to hold a weekly market on Tuesdays and Fridays. In April 1860 the market place was fenced in with 32 stone posts and provided with cross bars. Four years later, a public, roofed washing area was built behind the market square, and the community built a larger roof overhang on the street to protect against rain when the market goods were sold. The weekly market lasted until the First World War . The rationalization measures of the last years of the First World War finally meant the temporary end of the weekly market. In the summer of 1974 the tradition of the weekly market was resumed. Today the weekly market takes place every Wednesday and Saturday on the original square, the then "Lindenplatz", in front of the Löwen inn.

Former mechanical spinning and weaving stones - the "Quelle Areal"

The ocher-yellow painted buildings of what is now known as the “Quelle Area” between Bahnhofstrasse, Egertenweg and Lörracher Strasse are a relic of Steinen's textile wedding and belonged to the “lower factory” built by Wilhelm Geigy in 1836 for the mechanical spinning and weaving of Steinen .

In 1965 the Merian company took over the site, and since 1970 it has been owned by Medima. After Medima went bankrupt in the 1990s, the buildings were used by the Quelle mail order company. In December 2008, the municipality of Steinen finally acquired the largest part of the 3.5 hectare property for around two million euros from the Karstadt-Quelle bankruptcy estate. The workshop is currently located there, and the conversion of the fallow commercial area into a residential area is currently the subject of urban planning considerations.

Historic inns

The oldest inn in the area is the inn "Ochsen" which received its concession in 1677. Three years later the “Hirschen” inn followed, which existed until 1959. A little later followed the "Salmen" which was abandoned after the Second World War. Finally, in 1739 the “Löwen” and in 1809 the “Sonne” opened.

Gasthaus Löwen

The inn "Löwen" was built in 1623 and is one of the oldest buildings in the community. Jakob Sturm converted it into today's Staffelhaus (house with characteristic stepped gables) in 1623 and carved his name, the family coat of arms with the tanners' guild symbol (two crossing scraper knives) next to the year in the lintel on the east side of the building. In addition to his work as a tanner, Jakob Sturm also held the Vogtamt from 1640 to 1665. One of his descendants, his great-great-grandson Johannes Grether opened the house in January 1739 with the sign "Löwen". Before the gastronomy business was taken over by the previous innkeepers of the Tanne in March 2009, the Gasthaus Löwen was run by the Sütterlin family for almost 100 years for almost 100 years (1912–2009).

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The Steinen train station is on the Wiesentalbahn . Steinen is connected to the rail network by lines S 5 and S 6 of the Basel S-Bahn . The S 5 runs via Lörrach to Weil am Rhein, the S 6 connects the community on the one hand via Lörrach and Riehen with the Basel SBB train station , and in the other direction with Zell im Wiesental .

The main traffic axis of the Wiesental is the federal road 317 , which runs from Lörrach between the districts of Steinen and Höllstein in the direction of Feldberg.

Via the north-western suburb of Schlächtenhaus, you can reach the neighboring municipality of Kandern in the west via the L135 and the Scheideckpass .

education

The Steinen school center houses a primary , secondary , technical and secondary school and parts of the Maulburg special school with a total of 1013 students in the 2011/2012 school year. On the occasion of Meret Oppenheim's 100th birthday , the municipal council approved the renaming of the school center to Meret Oppenheim school center in July 2013.

There is a primary school each in the districts of Höllstein and Weitenau.

energy

Canal to the stones river power station

In 1984 the diversion power plant on the Wiese River was put into operation and in 2007 a new fish ladder was added. The mean discharge of the water is here 10.62 m³ / s. The water is supplied through a channel with a drop height of 7.5 meters by two Kaplan-bevel bulb turbines performed. With an installed capacity of 1000 kilowatts (kW), the waterworks generates an average annual electricity production of 3.3 million kilowatt hours (kWh) , which corresponds to the electricity consumption of over 1000 households. After the Mambach hydropower plant , the one in Steinen is the most efficient in the Wiesental. Both power plants are operated by EnergieDienst AG .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

Johann Michael Scheffelt (1795–1853), Vogt von Steinen, republican member of parliament
Ernst Friedrich Sturm (1829–1876), teacher and poet
Robert Reitzel (1849–1898), writer, journalist, born in Weitenau
Carl Geigy (1860–1943), mechanical engineer
Ernst Friedrich Hänßler (1876–1949), engineer, inventor of an automatic loom, the so-called stone loom, which not only strongly supported the local textile industry.
Hans Adolf Bühler (1877–1951), German painter
Karl Kilchling (1886–1962), geophysicist
Robert Arzet (1989–1950), businessman and archivist
Dorothee Jetter (* 1938), German educator and president of the Synod of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg
Herbert Hüttlin (* 1943), entrepreneur, designer of the Hüttlin spherical motor
Ernst Hänßler (born January 23, 1848 - † August 10, 1913), German painter, studio at Kirchstrasse 5 in Steinen. The painting of Christ in the Petruskirche was made by Ernst Hänßler.

Other personalities

Wilhelm Geigy (1800–1866), Swiss colonel, founder of the textile industry in Steinen in 1836; played a decisive role in the construction of the Wiesentalbahn
Jakob Böser (1875–1951), local history researcher and teacher
Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), surrealist artist (painter, Dichertin, sculptor), spent a large part of her childhood and youth (1914–1932) in stones. At the beginning of 1914, Meret's father, the doctor Dr. Erich Alfons Oppenheim, with his wife Eva and daughter from Berlin to Steinen (Eisenbahnstrasse 32) and practiced there until 1932. The Oppenheim family had to flee from the National Socialists and get to safety in Switzerland. Meret's parents' house was demolished in 1998, only the garden house by the yellow villa has been preserved today.
Jörg Hieber (* 1938) opened his first own grocery store in the Höllstein district in 1966, which later became Hieber's Freshness Center KG.

literature

Stones. 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 II. B. Community descriptions Kandern to Zell im Wiesental. Published by the Baden-Württemberg State Archives Directorate in conjunction with the Lörrach district. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1994, ISBN 3-7995-1354-X . Pp. 586-641

Steinen (Lörrach): stones . 3rd edition, WEKA-Verlag 1982 (4th edition 1985 as 10 [ten] years of Steinen municipality , 8th edition 1994 as "Steinen municipality", 11th edition 2003 as Steinen municipality: information ). 16th edition, 2015, online

Franz Xaver Kraus : The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden . Tübingen and Leipzig, 1901, fifth volume - Lörrach district; Pp. 47-49 online

Ernst Friedrich Bühler: Stones. Chronicle of a village. Published by the municipality of Steinen, printer Brothers Weber, 1982, Lörrach.

Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Der Landkreis Lörrach - Volume II. Sigmaringen, Thorbecke 1993.

Hansjörg Noe: Have a look. Stones in National Socialism , Verlag Waldemar Lutz, Lörrach, 2014 ISBN 978-3-922107-99-6

Baden Historical Commission (publisher), edited by Albert Krieger : Topographical Dictionary of the Grand Duchy of Baden , Heidelberg 1904, Volume 2, Column 1078-1079 online under Heidelberg historical holdings - digital

Karl Seith : Stones in the Wiesental. Contributions to its history. In: Das Markgräflerland, issue 2/1960, pp. 8–11 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Alfred Zimmermann: The "new" parish of Steinen. From the market town (1602) to the whole community (1975). In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1996, pp. 5–8 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Rolf Hans Brüderlin: The Schneiderhof in Kirchhausen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1996, pp. 45–56, digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Rolf Hans Brüderlin: The Vogtshaus in Steinen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1997, pp. 49–57 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Gudrun Welsch-Weis: The residents of the Schneiderhof in Kirchhausen. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 2/1998, pp. 163–177 digitized version of the Freiburg University Library

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Municipality of Steinen: Information brochure of the municipality of Steinen 2010 ( memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 4.2 MB) with further information, especially on the individual districts; the population figures come from the more recent edition of the 2012 brochure. @1@ 2

↑ s. on this, Horst Hänßler: Steinen and his former stone pits . In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1996, pp. 25–35

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Ernst Friedrich Bühler: stones. Chronicle of a village. Published by the municipality of Steinen, printer Brothers Weber, 1982, Lörrach

↑ Earthquake report, Regional Council Freiburg ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 49 kB) @1@ 2

↑ Main statute of the municipality of Steinen from July 7, 1998, last changed on March 1, 2011 ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 44 kB) @1@ 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. 890-893

↑ On the matter, see Johann Wilhelm Braun (arr.): Document book of the monastery Sankt Blasien in the Black Forest. From the beginning to the year 1299. Part I: Edition; Part II: Introduction, directories, registers, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-17-017985-3 . (= Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg: Series A, Sources; Volume 23), Certificate No. 95

^ Stephan E. Maurer: The Lords of Waldeck. In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 2013, pp. 121–138, here pp. 123f.

↑ Thomas Simon : Grundherrschaft und Vogtei: a structural analysis of late medieval and early modern rule formation. Vittorio Klostermann, 1995, ISBN 3465026985 , p. 105.

↑ ^a ^b Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Der Landkreis Lörrach - Volume II. Sigmaringen, Thorbecke 1993.

↑ State education server Baden-Württemberg: State history classification: http://www.schule-bw.de/unterricht/faecheruebergreifende_themen/landeskunde/modelle/epochen/technikgeschichte/3-2landesgeschichte.htm

↑ Baden-Württemberg State Archives, holdings 69, stones [1]

↑ Badische Zeitung, November 16, 2013: Where one can understand death BZ SERIES 900 YEARS OF STONES (3): Where and how in stones was once buried / From cemeteries to memorials.

↑ ^a ^b Christel Mohr: From bailiffs and refugees. In: Badische Zeitung of October 26, 2013.

^ 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. 521 f .

↑ www.leo-bw.de

↑ Citizens' information brochure of the municipality of Steinen, 2007 ( http://www.total-lokal.de/pdf/79585_info.pdf )

↑ Census 2011 ( https://results.zensus2011.de/#StaticContent:083360084084,BEV_1_4_2_7,m,table )

↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office: Results of the 2019 municipal council elections - Steinen (Lörrach district) , accessed on August 8, 2020
^ Community homepage
↑ Hand over the key. In: Markgräfler Tagblatt from July 1, 2016; accessed on October 24, 2016 [2] ; König's term of office would actually have expired on May 6, 2016. In view of Braun's professional obligations, König remained in office a little longer, increasingly allowing his deputy, Christof Gebhardt, to represent him at meetings and public events.
↑ Mayor & Deputy ; Portrait of the mayor on the municipality's website
↑ Rainer König re-elected with 81 percent , article in the Badische Zeitung
↑ A loss to the church ; Article in the Badische Zeitung about the death of a candidate for mayor
^ Council clerk and conductor ; Article in the Badische Zeitung about the death of a community worker
↑ A straight man with a sense for the edifying ; Article in the Badische Zeitung about a round birthday of Herbert Stumböck
^ The section "Ein-Wandererland" in the House of History Baden-Württemberg ; Information page of the state education server about historical migrants
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g heraldry ; Information page on the coats of arms of the districts on the community website
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Wappenbuch Landkreis Lörrach published by Verlag des Südkurier, Konstanz, ISBN 3-87799-046-0
↑ http://www.steinen.de/index.php?id=47
↑ bauernhausmuseum-schneiderhof.de ; Homepage of the Schneiderhof farmhouse museum
↑ http://www.outdooractive.com/de/wanderung/suedschwarzwald/zur-hoellschlucht/1360901/beschreibung.html#axzz2VkVfNuoR
↑ Steinen has a lot to offer! ; Information page about tourist destinations on the municipality homepage
↑ Our clubs ; Directory of sports clubs on the community website
↑ fcsteinen.net . Data and pictures of the Wiesental Stadium on the homepage of FC Steinen-Höllstein
↑ outdoor swimming pool on the western outskirts ; Information page about the swimming pool on the community homepage
↑ Sleeping Beauty does not play mini golf, Badische Zeitung of August 28, 2013 ( http://www.badische-zeitung.de/steinen/dornroeschen-spielt-kein-minigolf--74747637.html )
↑ Homepage Förderkreis Vogtshaus Steinen eV
^ Information on the preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg: Vogtshaus in Steinen [3]
↑ Johann Peter Hebel - The Häfnetjungfrau
^ Renovation of Villa Köchlin begins, Badische Zeitung, Jan 21, 2005
↑ Badische Zeitung, July 1, 2014: The feel-good quarter is taking shape
↑ Meret Oppenheim gives her name, Badische Zeitung, July 25, 2013 ( http://www.badische-zeitung.de/steinen/meret-oppenheim-gibt-ihren-namen )
↑ see www.energieatlas-bw.de
↑ Flyer from energiedienst AG Our hydropower in the Black Forest. PDF
↑ http://www.statistik.baden-wuerttemberg.de/LABI/PDB.asp?ID=186245
↑ Meret Oppenheim's life and work - 100 years of Meret Oppenheim
^ The "Ärztehaus" and the artist, Badische Zeitung, Jan. 11, 2014 ( http://www.badische-zeitung.de/steinen/das-aerztehaus-und-die-kuenstlerin--79457211.html )

Web links

Commons : Stones - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikisource: The Häfnet-Jungfrau (Badisches Sagen-Buch) - Sources and full texts

Internet presence of the municipality of Steinen
Benedictine priory Weitenau in the database of monasteries in Baden-Württemberg of the Baden-Württemberg State Archives

[8] In the district of Hüsingen are the desert areas of Fenningen and Muntzikon and in the district of Weitenau is the village of Bůssoltzberg, mentioned in 1344 and 1383, which is possibly identical to Farnbuck.

[9] Höllstein was first mentioned in 1103 in a document from the Basel monastery of St. Alban . The document shows that the place has existed at least since 1083.

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-BW-1] State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).