Unterschwarzach (Bad Wurzach)

Unterschwarzach City of Bad Wurzach
Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 9 ″  N , 9 ° 52 ′ 20 ″  E
Height :	680  (650-750)  m
Area :	2.35 km²
Residents :	1285  (Jun. 30, 2015)
Population density :	548 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1975
Postal code :	88410
Area code :	07564

Unterschwarzach is a district of Bad Wurzach in the Ravensburg district .

history

The early existence of the place can be proven in documents from the St. Gallen monastery and later in Rot an der Rot . In 1446 the place came under the influence of the dominion Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee . After secularization , Unterschwarzach was an independent place in the former Oberamt Waldsee , from 1938 it belonged to the Oberamt Biberach until it became a town of Bad Wurzach in 1975 .

On January 1, 1975, Unterschwarzach was incorporated into Bad Wurzach.

societies

There is a music association and a fool's guild in the village . The local blood rider group participates in the annual blood trip to Weingarten .

Buildings

There is a primary school with a gymnasium and festival hall in the village . The parish church of St. Gallus was built at the end of the 13th century and combines different architectural styles. The church community belongs to the deanery Allgäu-Oberschwaben, in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart .

Personalities

• Eustace Gabriel (1724-1772), church painter of the Baroque , born in Unterschwarzach
• Johannes Elsäßer (* 1994), grew up here

Individual evidence

1. ^ 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. 548 .

literature

Parish Church of St. Gallus

• Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume 7: Tübingen administrative region. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004807-4 .

Web links

Commons : Unterschwarzach (Bad Wurzach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikisource: Unterschwarzach in the description of the Oberamt Waldsee from 1834  - sources and full texts

• Official website of the city of Bad Wurzach