Stetten am Heuchelberg
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Stetten am Heuchelberg
City of Schwaigern
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| Height : | 197 m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 11.13 km² |
| Residents : | 1996 (December 31, 2012) |
| Population density : | 179 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st September 1971 |
| Postal code : | 74193 |
| Area code : | 07138 |
The village of Stetten am Heuchelberg is a district of Schwaigern in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg .
history
Stetten am Heuchelberg is presumably an expansion settlement from neighboring Gemmingen in the 9th century and was first mentioned in a document around 1140 on the occasion of the first of several purchases of property by the Hirsau monastery attested in the Hirsau Codex . The addition to the name under the Huchelberg was first used in 1412 and, in its current form, was an integral part of the place name in 1823 to delimit places of the same name.
In the high Middle Ages there was a local nobility, the Lords of Stetten , who sat on a hilltop castle on the Burgholder that had been excavated , and there was possibly an additional valley castle on the western edge of the village (the "Burgweg" west of Stetten still exists today). In the late Middle Ages, various lower aristocratic families, including in particular the Lords of Gemmingen , the Lords of Neipperg , the Counts of Vaihingen and the Wunnensteiner owned property in Stetten. Wuerttemberg , which soon emerged as a large-scale state , received the bailiwick of Hirsau goods in Stetten from the legacy of the Vaihingers, which died out in 1356, and in 1438 also all Hirsau goods through barter, with the exception of the local church, which was also exchanged to Württemberg in 1454 and via the University of Tübingen 1488 came to the Wimpfen monastery . The place had meanwhile been pledged in 1485 with Kleingartach and Niederhofen von Württemberg to Hans von Gemmingen, known as the rich , and was only redeemed by Württemberg in 1571, where Stetten remained in the future and was subordinate to the Oberamt Brackenheim .
During the Thirty Years' War the place was temporarily depopulated in 1643/44, the population had fled to the nearby towns of Eppingen, Schwaigern, Stockheim and Heilbronn. The population was decimated by the war from 96 to 46 citizens (heads of families), and over half of the 161 houses and barns were destroyed as a result of the war or because they were vacant.
Up to the threshold of the 20th century, Stetten was an almost purely agricultural place; in addition to agriculture, viticulture and forestry were also predominant. The place was bounded for centuries by the Etter , within which the farm size of the farmers became smaller and smaller due to real division . In the 19th century many sought to escape the poverty of the place by emigrating and emigrating. From 1797 to 1848, 254 residents (about 17 percent of the population) left the place, the majority of whom made up 107 people who emigrated to America.
In the 1870s, Stetten was connected to the railway network with the construction of the Kraichgau Railway. As a result of the new traffic route and the number of jobs resulting from industrialization in some of the surrounding areas, the place began to gradually transform into a residential community for commuters in the late 19th century.
In 1939 there were 1008 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 1017. Stetten was largely spared from air raids in World War II, but was still considerably damaged in combat operations on April 4 and 5, 1945. After the Second World War, the place initially remained agriculturally oriented, before commuters finally predominated with the individual motorization of the population. After the designation of new development areas and lively construction activity, the place grew to many times the former village area, especially towards the northeast. With the relocation of the original population to the new development areas and the evacuation of the farmers, the village center lost its function, so that the first village core renovation began as early as the 1960s.
Stetten was incorporated into Schwaigern on September 1, 1971.
Religions
Stetten was originally a branch of the Martinskirche in Gemmingen and was later raised to a separate parish. The Stetten Philippus and Jakobuskirche was incorporated into the Hirsau Monastery from 1401 , which also had the right of patronage . In 1454, church property and patronage rights came to Württemberg. Count Eberhard V. used the income from the Stetten and four other churches in 1476 to fund the University of Tübingen , which he founded and which sold the church property to the Wimpfen Monastery in 1488 because of the great distance . At the time of the Reformation, the local rule was pledged to the lords of Gemmingen , who were early reformers . Due to the Catholic Habsburg administration in Württemberg and the fact that the church was part of the Wimpfen monastery, the implementation of the Reformation in Stetten dragged on , so that the first evangelical pastor was not recorded until 1550. Since then, Stetten has been predominantly evangelical .
coat of arms
The coat of arms of Stetten shows a raised green hill in gold, covered with a golden branch of vine with a golden grape and three golden leaves. The coat of arms was adopted in 1947 on the recommendation of the archives and is supposed to symbolize the Heuchelberg and viticulture . Older coats of arms and community seals had previously shown a monogram with the letters S and T.
Attractions
- The town hall of Stetten is a half-timbered building from the 16th century. There are other historical buildings in its neighborhood along the local road.
- The local wine press dates back to 1576 and is now an event hall. Behind the wine press there is a historic bakery, which was built in 1836 according to plans by the head fire shower Wellner. Wine press, bakery as well as cemetery and parish garden walls and numerous cellars and bases of historical buildings are made of Stetten sandstone , which was quarried on the Heuchelberg.
Old wine press
Bakehouse
- The Evangelical Church of St. Philip and St. James dates from the 15th century. The church was expanded in the 16th and 18th centuries, and an inscription above the portal shows that it was renovated in 1724. Behind the parish church there is a rectory from 1775 with a rococo portal.
- The former Rotenbrunnen castle complex is located on the Heuchelberg above Stetten , with a sandstone fountain with a spring as a reminder.
Hist. Half-timbered at the town hall
Rectory
traffic
The district has a stop on the Kraichgaubahn from Karlsruhe to Heilbronn. Both cities can be reached by the S4 light rail line.
The L1107 runs through Stetten am Heuchelberg. The B293 runs from Heilbronn to Karlsruhe about 3 kilometers north. The next junction to the A6 is 20 kilometers away.
sport and freetime
There are several clubs in Stetten am Heuchelberg. TSV Stetten, founded in 1909, offers football, table tennis, badminton, ladies' gymnastics, children's gymnastics, mountain biking, aerobics and a ball game group. The tennis club Stetten am Heuchelberg, founded in 1981 as a department of the TSV, became independent in 1999. Tennis is offered for all age groups on four courts. The club house is the meeting place for tennis fans in the summer months. The Heuchelberg rifle club, domiciled on the edge of the Mühlwald forest, has shooting ranges for all common types of rifles and pistols. The golf oasis Pfullinger Hof offers the opportunity to play golf. In addition, the rural women's association, the choral society Edelweiß Stetten and the small animal breeding association are part of the local association.
Personalities
- Karl Rennstich (1937–2015), historian and Protestant theologian
Individual evidence
- ↑ Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 1: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in Northern Württemberg
- ^ 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. 450 .
literature
- Rudi Häbich: Stetten am Heuchelberg. A look into its history . In: Schwaigern. Homeland book of the city of Schwaigern with the suburbs Massenbach, Stetten a. H. and Niederhofen . City administration Schwaigern, Schwaigern 1994
