Stone city
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Stone city
City of Neuchâtel on the Rhine
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| Height : | 230 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 7.5 km² |
| Residents : | 1441 (December 31, 2015) |
| Population density : | 192 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Postal code : | 79395 |
| Primaries : | 07631, 07635 |
 
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Location of Steinenstadt in Baden-Württemberg |
Steinenstadt is a village in the Markgräflerland in Baden-Württemberg , it has 1441 inhabitants. Steinenstadt was independent until it was incorporated into the city of Neuchâtel in 1975 .
geography
Steinenstadt is four and a half kilometers south of the Neuchâtel city center, not far from the Old Rhine and away from national traffic flows. The clustered village was created in a place protected from floods from the Rhine above the high bank line.
history
The name Steinenstadt could be derived from a stony site , which would indicate Roman buildings. Steinenstadt was first mentioned on August 31, 790. On this day, Emperor Charlemagne donated the Steinenstadt estate to the monastery of St. Martin in Tours by signing a certificate . In 993 Steinenstadt is mentioned in connection with a neighboring town or district called Rinken , which no longer exists today .
The current Catholic Church of St. Barbara was built in 1780/1781.
Until 1803 Steinenstadt belonged to the Landvogtei Schliengen , which was part of the Duchy of Basel . Steinenstadt then became Baden and came to the newly formed office of Müllheim in 1809, which later became the district of Müllheim .
40% of the houses were destroyed during the Second World War. The reconstruction of the place took ten years.
On January 1, 1975, the municipality lost its independence when it was incorporated into Neuchâtel .
In 1952, a deep drilling was carried out south of Steinenstadt to explore oil reserves. No success was found, the work was stopped and the borehole was sealed with a concrete slab. From the underground water pressed through the borehole to the surface, so that the concrete slab broke at the end of 1952. The salty, 33.9 ° C warm spring was subjected to analyzes that ultimately certified drinking water quality. The spring was increasingly exploited by the municipality of Badenweiler , which owned the borehole property. A pump produced up to 120 liters of healing water per minute. Some of the water was bottled as drinking cures for the guests of the health resort Badenweiler, the rest is supplied to the Steinenstadt thermal sports pool. The bottling of the drinking cure was stopped in 1983 after the water was found to be sprouting.
Attractions
- Saint Barbara Church
- Barbara fountain on the church square, erected in 1990 for the 1200th anniversary.
coat of arms
Blazon : "A black bishop's staff in silver." ( Basel staff )
literature
- Gustav Manfred Günther: From the history of Steinenstadt. Property and power relations in the past. In: Das Markgräflerland, Heft 1, 1992, pp. 122-138. Digitized version of the Freiburg University Library
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Volker Münch: Neuchâtel: On course for growth. Badische Zeitung, January 11, 2016, accessed on January 25, 2017 .
- ^ 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. 509 .
- ^ Günter Mattern: Markgräflerland. The Basel staff in the municipal coat of arms. in Baselbieter Heimatblätter, 1979, issue 2/3.