Teba

Teba municipality
	Teba - location view (February 28, 2013)
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Málaga
Comarca :	Guadalteba
Coordinates	36 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 55 ′ W Coordinates: 36 ° 59 ′ N , 4 ° 55 ′ W
Height :	540 msnm
Area :	142.95 km²
Residents :	3,760 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	26.3 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	29327
Municipality number ( INE ):	29089
administration
Website :	Teba

Teba is a small town in southern Spain with 3,760 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Málaga in the autonomous region of Andalusia .

location

The place Teba lies between two 600 to 700 m high mountain hills a good 72 km northwest of the port city of Málaga at an altitude of approx. 540 to 570 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is temperate, in summer it is warm to hot; the amount of precipitation (approx. 700 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	4,542	5,576	7.206	4,383	3,912

The significant population decline in the second half of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the resulting loss of jobs.

economy

The people of earlier centuries lived essentially as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included wine and olive growing; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds also settled in the village. Today domestic tourism plays a not insignificant role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

Phoenician ram

Castillo de la Estrella

Neolithic finds were made in the municipality , which can be attributed to the time between the hunter-gatherer cultures and the transition to sedentarism. Also Bronze Age pottery fragments were discovered. In antiquity the area was under Phoenician , later under Carthaginian influence; The most important find from this period is a ram (intended for sacrifice?) . In the Celtic , Roman and Visigothic times the fortress mountain was inhabited at times; the Romans built at least two country estates ( villae rusticae ) on the territory of the municipality. At the beginning of the 8th century the region became Moorish . In 1326 the battle of the Guadalhorce took place in the plain of Teba or Antequera , in which the troops of the Castilian king Alfonso XI. (ruled 1312–1350) remained victorious. As a result, Teba came under Christian rule ( reconquista ) in 1330 ; the area was given to the Order of Santiago and became part of the Kingdom of Seville . In the period that followed, a lot of construction activity began, initially only encompassing the approximately 25,000 m² area of the Burgberg; only from the 15th century did the place expand along the mountain flanks. At the end of the 15th century, the Jews were expelled from Spain on the basis of the Alhambra Edict of the Catholic Kings Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragón . In the years 1609 to 1615, Philip III. and his First Minister, the Duke of Lerma , the expulsion of the moriscos .

Attractions

Only a few remains of the walled medieval fortress on Castle Hill (Castillo de la Estrella) , the largest in the province of Malaga, have survived; the keep (torre del homenaja) built on a square floor plan dominates the complex.
The Iglesia de la Santa Cruz la Real was built between 1699 to 1715. The three naves are by 8-meter-high marble columns from the Sierra de Torcal separated in Antequera.
From 15./16. The Franciscan monastery (Convento de San Francisco) , built in the 19th century , has only preserved parts of the facade.
The Palacete del Marqués de Greñina dates from the 19th century.
The Museo Histórico Municipal de Teba presents ancient finds from various excavations in the municipality.

Surroundings

Approx. 3 km southeast of the village is the Casa Huerta de la Cueva , a hotel complex built in traditional style.
Only about 1 km east of it is a gorge (Tajo del Molino) , in which a mill used to stand.

Festivals

In addition to the Semana Santa and the feast of the city patron, Santo Toribio de Liébana , two original events should be highlighted:

Cheese producers from all over Spain present their products at the Feria del Queso , which takes place every year at the beginning of October ; In addition, it is also possible to taste wine, olive oil, sausages, honey, etc.

At the end of July and beginning of August, the Jornadas de Sir James Douglas are held in honor of a Scottish knight who fell during the Battle of Teba (1330) .

Web links

Commons : Teba - collection of images, videos and audio files

Archidona, sights - photos + information (Spanish)

Individual evidence

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

[2] Teba - map with altitude information

[3] Teba - climate tables

[4] Teba - population development

[5] Teba story

[6] Teba - history in brief

[7] Teba - Castillo

[8] Teba - Castillo

[9] Teba - Iglesia Santa Cruz

[10] Teba - Feria del Queso