Stone walls

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 54 '  N , 8 ° 12'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rastatt
Height :	110 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.4 km 2
Residents:	3089 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	249 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	76479
Area code :	07222
License plate :	RA, bra
Community key :	08 2 16 052
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 82 76479 stone walls
Website :	www.steinmauern.de
Mayor :	Siegfried Schaaf
Location of the Steinmauern community in the Rastatt district

Steinmauern is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg with more than 3,000 inhabitants and belongs to the Rastatt district . The village is around 4 km from Rastatt and around 20 km from Karlsruhe .

The community is a member of the agreed administrative community of the city of Rastatt .

geography

location

The straightened Murg flows on the edge of the municipality , the old Murg (also known locally as the Stinkgraben ) flows through the village. The Rhine flows west of the town and forms the natural border with France . Opposite is the French town of Munchhausen .

Neighboring places

The following localities are in the immediate vicinity (clockwise): Elchesheim-Illingen , Bietigheim , Ötigheim , Rastatt , Plittersdorf (to Rastatt) and in the west Münchhausen (France).

Community structure

The Steinmauern village and the Funkhaus and Inselhof houses belong to the Steinmauern community. The Mervelt desert lies in the municipal area .

climate

Due to the location in the Upper Rhine Plain , the climate here is milder than in comparable areas in Germany. The annual average temperature is 10.7 ° C.

history

Murg estuary at stone walls

Local history

Stone walls were first mentioned in a document in 1239 . Various coin finds, foundations of Roman buildings and a Roman milestone found in the Gold Canal suggest that the place was much older. The place name comes from the fact that the inhabitants of the place had built stone walls as protective walls for their dwellings in the once richly island-rich floodplain landscape of the Rhine.

Stone walls was one of the most important rafting villages on the Upper Rhine, which made the town prosperous for centuries. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was the stone wall raftsmen who shaped the nationwide reputation and economic interests. The place owed its special role as a transshipment point and main market to them, which brought certain privileges in the region.

Population development

In 1961 the Steinmauern community still had 1,820 inhabitants, in 2005 there were already 2916 people living in stone walls.

Religions

Crossroads towards the Rhine

With around 74%, the Catholics in stone walls represent the largest proportion of the population, the number of Protestants is around 15%.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council election on May 25, 2014 brought the following result:

1. CDU 6 seats (46.1%)
2. Citizens' Association Stone Walls 6 seats (53.9%)

mayor

Siegfried Schaaf was elected mayor in 1992 and re-elected in 2000, 2008 and 2016.

Community association

The Steinmauern community is a member of the MÖBS community association .

Partnerships

Steinmauern maintains partnership relationships with the Steinmaur community in Switzerland .

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Klever-Haus: An old half-timbered house of the former owners Udo and Marie-Luise Klever in Spichstraße 5 was taken over by the Steinmauern community and renovated and refurbished under the commitment of the KleverHaus eV association and serves as a meeting place with a program for the previous owners .
• Church: The townscape is characterized by the octagonal bell tower of the Catholic parish church. It was built in 1837/38 according to plans by the ducal district architect Johann Ludwig Weinbrenner. At the end of the Second World War , the church was still considerably destroyed and had to be renovated over many years.

Museums

With the establishment of the rafting museum in 1996 in the attic of the town hall, a memorial to the time of the raftsmen was created, which shaped the fate and living conditions of the stone wall residents. In 2001 the museum was expanded to include an open-air area. The rafting museum is part of the Pamina-Rheinpark.

freetime and recreation

The Gold Canal is an important local recreation destination, in summer a popular place for swimming, rowing, paddling, fishing and walking. Weekend tourists from southern Germany come to the Gold Canal.

Economy and Infrastructure

Around 380 people find work in around 130 commercial companies in stone walls. Butcher, supermarket, veterinarian, manufacturing company for CNC-milled components and international companies in the paper and plastics industry are based here.

education

In addition to a primary school , Steinmauern also has a kindergarten .

Personalities

Karl Julius Späth

• Karl Julius Späth (1838–1919), inventor (astronomical clock)
• Joseph Rummel (1876–1964), Bishop of Omaha (1928–1935), Archbishop of New Orleans (1935–1964)

literature

• Johannes Werner: stone walls. Village on Murg and Rhine. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2011, ISBN 978-3-89735-663-4 .
• State archives office Baden-Württemberg, district Rastatt and state media center Baden-Württemberg (ed.): District descriptions of the state of Baden-Württemberg - The district of Rastatt. Volume 2, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-7995-1364-7 , pp. 515-529.

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. 181-182

Web links

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