Umkirch
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Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ' N , 7 ° 46' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
| County : | Breisgau-Upper Black Forest | |
| Height : | 219 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 8.72 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 5793 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 664 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 79224 | |
| Area code : | 07665 | |
| License plate : | FR | |
| Community key : | 08 3 15 115 | |
| LOCODE : | DE UKH | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Vinzenz-Kremp-Weg 1 79224 Umkirch |
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| Mayor : | Walter Laub | |
| Location of the municipality of Umkirch in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district | ||
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Umkirch is a municipality in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district in Baden-Württemberg .
geography
Geographical location
Umkirch is located around eight kilometers west of Freiburg im Breisgau in the Upper Rhine Plain .
Community structure
The municipality of Umkirch includes the village of Umkirch and Hof and Mühle Dachswangen (Dachswanger Mühle). The abandoned villages of Rendelshusen and Betlinshusen are in the municipality .
Neighboring communities
In addition to the city of Freiburg in the east and south, Umkirch borders the municipality of March in the north and Gottenheim in the west .
history
At the site of the Dachswanger mill, there used to be the Dachswangen castle , today's Dachswanger mill.
There is evidence that it was already settled in Roman times, and the place was first mentioned in a document in 1087. At that time the name was Untkilicha , Latin Ecclesia in Undis (Church in the waves) and probably alludes to the location of the church on an island between two streams. Until the transition of the Breisgau to the Grand Duchy of Baden , the bishops of Basel had the right of patronage over the Umkirch parish church . In the 14th century Umkirch was the aristocratic seat of the Lords of Giving .
On December 20, 2007, the Umkirch bypass on federal road 31 was opened to traffic by former district president Sven von Ungern-Sternberg after a long wait . The opening of the extension of the B 31-West to Gottenheim followed on September 7, 2012.
politics
Municipal council
The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result, with a turnout of 54.72% (2014: 46.3%):
| Party / list | Share of votes | +/-% p | Seats | +/- |
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| CDU | 26.7% | - 6.3 | 3 seats | - 2nd |
| SPD | 7.2% | - 14.5 | 1 seat | - 2nd |
| AfD | 6.0% | + 6.0 | 1 seat | + 1 |
| UBU * | 27.7% | + 6.1 | 4 seats | + 1 |
| Free voters | 20.1% | - 3.5 | 3 seats | ± 0 |
| Umkirch-2030 | 12.6% | + 12.6 | 2 seats | + 2 |
+/− Changes to the 2014 local elections
* Umkirch independent citizens' list
administration
With the neighboring municipality of March there is a municipal administration association “March-Umkirch” based in March.
Town twinning
Umkirch has been in partnership with the municipality of Bruges in the French Gironde department since 1989 .
Economy and Infrastructure
- Via the federal highway 31 , which is directly connected to Umkirch , there is a transport connection to the federal highway 5 and to Freiburg, whose city center can be reached by car in less than 15 minutes. Public bus transport also offers a connection to Freiburg, also via night buses .
- The local companies include Welte Fahrzeugbau , TRUMPF Medizin Systeme GmbH + Co. KG and Gerriets GmbH, a world leader in stage equipment.
- The KinderBildungsZentrum Umkirch (KiZ) houses the five educational institutions of the community: day care center, elementary school, day-care center, core-time care and lunch. There are many secondary schools in neighboring Freiburg. The adult education center in Umkirch offers further training opportunities .
- The indoor swimming pool or cycling and inline-skating paths around the community are ideal for local recreation. In addition, several sports clubs offer opportunities to do sports.
- In Umkirch there is a Catholic parish, which belongs to the pastoral care unit Gottenheim, and a Protestant parish in the Protestant church district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald.
- In Umkirch there is also 1 drug store and 2 supermarkets
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Culture and sights
Buildings
- The originally Romanesque parish church of the Assumption dates from the second half of the 11th century and is therefore considered the oldest parish church in Breisgau. It was rebuilt in the Gothic style in the 14th century . It received its current baroque appearance from 1760–1765. The side altars are by Johann Caspar Brenzinger .
- The Hohenzollern Castle and its park are privately owned and not open to the public.
- Castle Büningen, originally from the Middle Ages derived moated castle was after being destroyed by fire during the Thirty Years War built in the years 1663 to 1669, serving again after rebuilding and renovation since 2005 as a city hall.
- The castle mill was restored in 2005 and is now used as a local museum.
Natural monuments
The Queen Auguste Victoria Park (formerly Fulwell Park) at the Hohenzollern Castle with an area of 11 hectares was awarded the European Garden Culture Creation Prize. It is not open to the public.
Sporting events
On January 10, 2016, the 42nd New Year's chess tournament for the Breisgaupokal of the municipality of Umkirch took place in the Umkirch gymnasium and festival hall. The 43rd New Year's chess tournament was also organized by the Umkirch Chess Club in 1969 in the gym and festival hall on January 8, 2017 .
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Hohenzollern (1924–2010), former head of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Ferfried Prinz von Hohenzollern (* 1943), former touring car racing driver
- Leopold Prince of Bavaria (* 1943), former racing driver
Associated with Umkirch
- Werner Käß (* 1924), geologist and holder of the Staufer Medal , lives in Umkirch
- Cécile Verny (* 1969), jazz singer, front woman of the Cécile Verny Quartet , lives in Umkirch.
literature
- Umkirch municipality (ed.): Testimonies from Umkirch's history. 1087-1987 , Umkirch 1987.
- Umkirch municipality (ed.): Umkirch - Bruges. 20 years of friendship between Umkirch and Bruges , Umkirch 2009 (German-French).
- Vinzenz Kremp: History of the village of Umkirch , 2 volumes Umkirch 1981–1984.
- Vinzenz Kremp: Umkirch. A journey through past and present , Freiburg im Breisgau 1986.
- Vinzenz Kremp: Who knows the clans, names the names? They were neither gentlemen nor ladies , Umkirch 1995 (Genealogical study of the inhabitants in Umkirch since the 13th century).
- Franz Heitzler: A look back - my time as Mayor of Umkirch 1958 to 1986 , Freiburg im Breisgau 2001.
- Walter Laub / Bernhard Kenk / Daniel Schneider (eds.): The B 31-West ... in and around Umkirch. The importance of the bypass for Umkirch, its citizens and the industry, Umkirch 2007.
- Daniel Schneider: The development history of the B 31 between Freiburg im Breisgau and Breisach am Rhein , in: Walter Laub / Bernhard Kenk / Daniel Schneider (Eds.): The B 31-West ... in and around Umkirch. Umkirch 2007, pp. 7-20.
- Hubert Wangler: Umkirch. Memories in Pictures , Horb am Neckar 1991.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 , pp. 131–132.
- ↑ For the historical background, see Daniel Schneider: The history of the development of the B 31 between Freiburg im Breisgau and Breisach am Rhein, pp. 7–20.
- ↑ Kathrin Blum: District of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald: Umkirch to Gottenheim: Inauguration of the B31-West: Ceremony with critical tones , Badische Zeitung, September 7, 2012, accessed on March 28, 2013.
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Municipal council elections 2019 in Umkirch
- ↑ Municipality of Umkirch - Preliminary result of the municipal council election of May 26th , 2019, accessed on June 22nd, 2019
- ↑ Umkirch website - town twinning , accessed on February 14, 2018
- ^ Queen-Auguste-Victoria-Park, press release , accessed November 29, 2015
- ↑ 42nd New Year's chess tournament in Umkirch on the Badischer Schachverband
- ↑ 43rd New Year's chess tournament in Umkirch on the Badischer Schachverband