Unterbalbach

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Unterbalbach
Coat of arms of Unterbalbach
Coordinates: 49 ° 31 '39 "  N , 9 ° 44' 50"  E
Height : 199 m
Area : 5.17 km²
Residents : 1557  (Feb. 2014)
Population density : 301 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 97922
Area code : 09343
Unterbalbach in March 2003
Unterbalbach in March 2003

Unterbalbach is a district of Lauda-Königshofen in the Main-Tauber district , the northernmost district of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

The place is in the Taubertal between Edelfingen and Königshofen on the Romantic Road . Unterbalbach has approx. 1,700 inhabitants and an area of ​​5.17 km².

history

The village belonged to the Lauda office . This had a number of changing rulers until 1506 and was then part of the diocese of Würzburg until its secularization in 1803. It came first to the principality of Leiningen . After the principality was dissolved in 1806 by the Rhine Federation Act , it was then added to the Grand Duchy of Baden .

On January 1, 1975, the city of Lauda merged with the city of Königshofen and the community of Unterbalbach as part of the regional reform in Baden-Württemberg to form the city of Lauda-Königshofen. Other formerly independent communities were added.

From around 1345 until its destruction in 1523, there was a moated castle in Unterbalbach , the Untere Burg Unterbalbach .

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

St. Mark's village church

Sights in the town include the Unterbalbach Jewish cemetery (since 1590), one of the oldest in Baden-Württemberg , and the Roman Catholic parish church of St. Markus from 1824.

Biking and hiking trails

The approximately 90 km long Taubertal Cycle Path , which extends from Wertheim am Main to Rothenburg ob der Tauber , leads through the village. The Taubertal panorama trail also leads through the village.

traffic

Personalities

literature

  • Otto Appel: The political activity of Ulrich III. Lord of Hanau 1346–1370. A contribution to the history of the Lords and Counts of Hanau = HGBll 5 (1922), p. 13.
  • Dommerich: Documented history of the gradual expansion of the County of Hanau from the middle of the 13th century until the house died out in 1736 . In: Communications from the Hanau District Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies 1/2 (1860), p. 122.
  • Karl Schreck: Lauda - the fate of a former Franconian city . Lauda 1973.

Web links

Commons : Unterbalbach  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Status: December 2007. The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 328-336.
  2. ^ 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. 469 f .
  3. ↑ "The Classic" - Tourist Association of Liebliches Taubertal. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ 2nd day stage - Weikersheim via Bad Mergentheim to Tauberbischofsheim - Liebliches Taubertal Tourist Association. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Panoramaweg Taubertal - Tourist Association Liebliches Taubertal. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Taubertal panorama hiking trail (long-distance hiking trail) - wanderkompass.de. In: wanderkompass.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .