Untermettingen

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Untermettingen
former coat of arms of the municipality of Untermettingen
Coordinates: 47 ° 42 ′ 7 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 520 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.58 km²
Residents : 690  (Oct. 1, 2015)
Population density : 51 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Incorporated into: Ühlingen
Postal code : 79777
Area code : 07743

Untermettingen is a district of the Baden-Württemberg community of Ühlingen-Birkendorf in the Waldshut district .

geography

Untermettingen is located at 520 m above sea level in the Steinatal .

history

Together with Endermettingen and Löhningen , the place belonged to the independent municipality of Obermettingen until it was incorporated into Ühlingen-Birkendorf .

In the first year of Emperor Ludwig and in the first year of Pope Benedict III. On August 21, 855, the priest Meginhart handed over his property (in Mettingen) to the Rheinau monastery in his court in Mettingen . With this Mettingen the first developed today's Unter Mettingen is meant.

In 1373 the village appears for the first time as ze Nidren Mettingen . The largest landowners were the St. Blasien Monastery and the Berau Monastery . In 1394 the St. George knight Friedrich von Ofteringen is the owner of Untermettingen Castle . In 1389 he sold a property to the Riedern am Wald monastery . Heinrich von Erzingen lived here in 1427 and owned pledged goods from the Fürstenbergers . He was mentioned for the last time in 1469. Hans von Krenkingen , known as von Küssenberg , Baron von Roggenbach, sat at Untermettingen Castle . In 1481 he handed over the sixth part of the tithe to Mettingen, Raßbach and Löhningen to Georg von Erzingen and his wife Ursula . Heir was then Wilhelm von Grießen , he sold his share in 1495 to the Berau monastery. In 1599 Johann Jakob von Beck became the governor of Mettingen. In 1610 the rule was bought by Maximilian von Pappenheim and in 1639 by the Fürstenbergers .

On January 1, 1974, Untermettingen was incorporated into the community of Ühlingen. On January 1, 1975, this formed the new community of Ühlingen-Birkendorf together with Birkendorf and Brenden.

church

The parish church in Untermettingen dates back to 1738. Before that, Untermettingen and Raßbach were part of the Schwerzen parish .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meyer von Knonau : Cartular von Rheinau 1883. Certificate p. 7 ff.
  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. 523 .

literature

  • Helmut Vocke (ed.), Chronicle of the Waldshut District , 1957
  • Norbert Nothhelfer (ed.), Der Kreis Waldshut , 1979
  • Waldemar Lutz and Hansjörg Noe (eds.): Identifier WT Heimatkunde for the district of Waldshut , Reinhard Caspers (Mithrsg.), 1989, ISBN 3-12-258330-5
  • City of Tiengen (Upper Rhine): The Klettgau , Franz Schmid (Ed.), 1971; (still an authoritative monograph, with contributions by: Ruth Blum , Eugen Fürstos, Richard Gäng , Josef Hirt-Elmer, Josef Isele, Helmut Maurer , Ludwig Mayer, Emil Müller-Ettikon , Heinrich Münz, Helmut Naumann, Alois Nohl, Alfons Peter, Ernst Rüedi, Franz Schmid, Karl Schwarzenberg , Ignatz Stein, Heinz Voellner, Karl Friedrich-Wernet, Hans Jakob Wörner )