Schwarzach (Odenwald)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 22 ′  N , 8 ° 59 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Neckar-Odenwald district
Height :	219 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.37 km 2
Residents:	2902 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	347 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74869
Area code :	06262
License plate :	MOS, BCH
Community key :	08 2 25 116
Community structure:	2 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 14 74869 Schwarzach
Website :	www.schwarzach-online.de
Mayor :	Mathias Haas (independent)
Location of the community of Schwarzach in the Neckar-Odenwald district

Schwarzach is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg and a state-approved resort . It belongs to the European metropolitan region of Rhine-Neckar (until May 20, 2003 the Lower Neckar region and until December 31, 2005 the Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald region ).

geography

location

Schwarzach is located in the Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park on the southern edge of the Odenwald (in the Little Odenwald ) with a view of the Kraichgau . In the west it borders on the Rhein-Neckar district . The forest share is almost 48 percent.

Community structure

The community consists of the former communities of Unterschwarzach and Oberschwarzach. The village of Oberschwarzach and the village of Forsthaus belong to the former municipality of Oberschwarzach. The village of Unterschwarzach and the Schwarzacherhof (social welfare facility for people with disabilities) between Unterschwarzach and Oberschwarzach belong to the former community of Unterschwarzach.

The three towns of Unterschwarzach, Oberschwarzach and Schwarzacher Hof are traversed by the Schwarzbach .

history

Schwarzach was first mentioned in a document in 1143. In 1823 the community was divided into the independent communities of Unterschwarzach and Oberschwarzach. In the mid-19th century, around a third of the population emigrated to North America for economic reasons. On January 1, 1972, Oberschwarzach was incorporated into Unterschwarzach. On January 20, 1972, the community of Unterschwarzach was renamed Schwarzach.

politics

Municipal council

The parish council normally has 14 honorary members who are elected for five years. The number of members is often increased by compensating seats (total 2019: 16 seats). In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.

The Unechte Teilorteschahl guarantees the districts a fixed number of seats: At least eleven municipal councils come from Unterschwarzach and at least three from Oberschwarzach.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Party / list	Share of votes	Seats
Voters' Association Schwarzach (WVS)	42.6% (+0.5)	6 (± 0)
CDU / Schwarzacher Citizens List	29.8% (+29.8)	5 (+5)
SPD	23.8% (−7.7)	4 (± 0)
Green	3.8% (+3.8)	1 (+1)
Turnout: 49.1% (+1.4)

coat of arms

In silver (white) on a stake, leafy green branch, three red apples (1: 2).

mayor

In October 2014, Mathias Haas was elected as the new mayor in the first ballot, he is the successor to Theo Haaf, who did not run after 24 years. Haas took office on February 2, 2015.

Economy and Infrastructure

Established businesses

Building of the Johannes-Diakonie from 1914/15

The "Schwarzacher Hof" of Johannes-Diakonie Mosbach is the largest employer and has now set up its own settlement at the moated castle between Oberwarzach and Unterschwarzach. The oldest buildings in the “Schwarzacher Hof” date from 1914/15, but the majority of the facility's buildings were not built until the second half of the 20th century. The Schwarzacher Hof offers 780 living spaces and outdoor living groups for people with disabilities. In addition, the Schwarzacher Werkstätten offer 800 places and the college for social education 240 places.

During the Nazi tyranny were in 1940 from the 200 nursing home residents 167 under the " euthanasia " -Tötungs action T4 in the murder Institute Grafeneck deported and killed. After the buildings were requisitioned as an auxiliary hospital by Daimler-Benz AG in the last years of the war , the young people who remained were taken to the Eichberg asylum , where they were murdered.

Educational institutions

Schwarzach has its own elementary school and, with the Schwarzbachschule, a special educational and advisory center (special needs focus on intellectual development, learning and emotional and social development) of the Johannes-Diakonie Mosbach.

Recreational facilities

Schwarzach has a heated swimming pool, an Alla Hopp facility and in the large wildlife park there is a petting zoo and an African playground. Schwarzach also has a motorhome space with a kiosk.

Culture and sights

Schwarzach moated castle

Catholic Church

town hall

Buildings

• The Schwarzach moated castle goes back to the medieval Schwarzach moated castle , which was later a fiefdom and from the late 17th century a winery in the Electoral Palatinate . The plastered elongated main building still stands above the old moat and can be reached via a stone bridge. Apart from parts of the moat, wall remains and a corner tower have been preserved from the moated castle. Today the state forest office is located in the building.
• The Catholic church in Unterschwarzach, built around 1750 in the Baroque style, has an extraordinary round church tower. The Protestant church was built in Art Nouveau in 1914. The town hall in Unterschwarzach is a castle-like brick building with a fountain from 1990. The historic town hall in Oberschwarzach is now a commercial building.
• The community of Schwarzach is rich in half-timbered houses, inns, wells and village ponds
• Mortar bell (largest and deepest bell in Baden-Württemberg), Schwarzach Wildlife Park
• A historic elevated water tank from 1913 is located on the road to Michelbach

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  Elevated water tank from 1913

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  Half-timbered house from 1805, Oberschwarzach

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  Old Town Hall Oberschwarzach

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  Villa Döbert from 1907

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  War memorial

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  Schwarzacher Hof euthanasia memorial

nature

Rainwater retention basin Oberschwarzach

• Wildlife park in Unterschwarzach
• To reduce the risk of flooding in the valley, a rainwater retention basin was built above Oberschwarzach.

theatre

On the open-air stage in the Birkenhof, the amateur theater of the association Freilichtspiele Kleiner Odenwald , or KleinOd for short , emerged from the theater in the Birkenhof .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (Ed.): Administrative region Karlsruhe. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 ( The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by districts and communities. Volume 5), pp. 261–262.
3. ^ 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. 477 .
4. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Schwarzach ; Municipality of Schwarzach: Municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , May 27, 2014: Local election in Schwarzach (2014) ; accessed June 22, 2019.
5. ↑ https://www.nokzeit.de/2014/10/19/mathias-haas-wird-buergermeister-von-schwarzach/
6. ↑ http://www.mathias-haas.de/Mathias_Haas_-_Ihr_Burgermeister_fur_Schwarzach/Home.html
7. ↑ Ulrike Puvogel, Martin Stankowski: Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 ( Memorials for the Victims of National Socialism. Volume 1), p. 81 f.
8. ↑ RNZett, the event magazine of the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of 12 May 2016th

Web links

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

Wikivoyage: Schwarzach (Odenwald)  - travel guide

• Schwarzach on badischewanderungen.de