Urberg

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Urberg
Urberg coat of arms
Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 5 ″  N , 8 ° 7 ′ 28 ″  E
Height : 970  (950-1000)  m
Residents : 500
Incorporation : 1st January 1971
Postcodes : 79875, 79837
Primaries : 07672, 07755
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Urberg is a district of the municipality of Dachsberg (southern Black Forest) in the district of Waldshut . The main parts of the town are Inner-Urberg in the area around the church and Ausser-Urberg and Schwand.

geography

Urberg lies at 975 m above sea level between two peaks rising to over 1000 m in a valley basin that opens to the south. The villages and hamlets of Schmalenberg, Rüttewies, Oberbildstein, Höll, Schwand and Oberkutterau also belong to the town of Urberg, which was independent until 1971. While all the others are on the high plateau, the small district of Oberkutterau is located in the Albtal, bordering the Albsee, at an altitude of approx. 650 m.

History and mining

Urberg was first mentioned in a document in 1237. But there is evidence that its origins go back to the 11th century. The mining of lead and silver ores can be traced from 1328. Today's parish church of St. Peter and Paul contains an altar from the middle of the 17th century, which is said to come from the new cathedral in St. Blasien , which burned down in 1768 .

Allegedly, in 983 , Emperor Otto II donated the high valleys of Bernau , Menzenschwand , the Bailiwick of Blasiwald and the villages of Urberg and Höchenschwand to the St. Blasien monastery . However, the place "Urberc" has only been documented since the year 1237. Lead and silver ore was mined early on in the area around Urberg. In the immediate vicinity of the town of Urberg, the Bildstein Castle rose on the Bildsteinfluh . It was probably originally created to protect lead and silver mining, which has been documented since 1328. With the construction of the system on the Bildsteinfluh, the important silver mine of the Hotzenwald , the Ruprechtstollen on the Ruprecht-Gangzug , could be protected. Even in the 19th century there was supposed to have been a lot of masonry from the complex, but it has completely disappeared.

There is evidence of a church in Urberg since 1318 and a parish since 1241. For the salvation of her soul, Hugo (the younger) von Tiefenstein and his wife Agenes von Tiefenstein gave her all their rights to the property in Urberg and under the spell of the village.

Urberg thus also had a local nobility. The first documented mention of the Lords of Urberg goes back to a "Gotfridus plebanus de Urberc" in 1241. "Volchardi et Hainrici Fromanni de Vrberge" appear in a deed of the abbot of St. Peter from 1237.

In 1253 and 1279 "Erlawinus" and "Henricus von Bildstein" were named, and they are probably assigned to the same sex. In 1245 a "Volchardus de Urberc" was called.

In 1260 an Ulrich von Urberg appeared in a document, which Martin Gerbert considers to be the brother of the Oberrieder prior Johann von Urberg. Johannes von Urberg was a citizen of Säckingen , as can be seen from a document from 1276, which says: "Johannes von Urberc, citizen of Sackingen".

The lords of Urberg and the Oberried im Breisgau monastery

The Oberried Abbey was originally run by canons from the Günterstal Abbey . The land on which the Cistercian women built the monastery in 1237 had been given to the Schnewlins as a fief of the St. Gallen monastery . After the monastery had been given up again by the canons in 1249 after difficult years in the wilderness, Johannes von Urberg asked to be allowed to resume operations for the Wilhelmites . This request was granted to him, whereupon he painstakingly restored the monastery and headed it as prior from 1255 to around 1295 . Johannes von Urberg was named in 1308 as "brother Johannes von Urberg, prior ze Oberriet". In the same document, however, his brother Volkart also appears as prior ("bruder Volkart, prior ze Oberriet"). Johann had therefore probably abdicated. The family of the Lords of Urberg remained loyal to the Oberried monastery even afterwards. Johannes (also called Lülech), who came from the Freiburg noble family , was married to Guota von Urberg. Two daughters from this marriage, Margaretha and Elisabeth, who were nicknamed Lüllech, are documented as canons of the Günterstal monastery. In 1344 Jacob was a monk in the Oberried monastery. The son of the same name of Johannes Gib was with the daughter of the knight Egelolf Küchlin , he was nicknamed Schüser and was named as Vogt of the Oberried monastery in 1342 . From this branch the Schäfer family developed , which still lives in the area of ​​the former county of Hauenstein .

Urberg and St. Blasien

Urberg was the place of jurisdiction until 1597, the lower jurisdiction of which came to the Habsburgs after the fall of the Tiefenstein family . When, after the feud with the Tiefensteiners, the Habsburgs had the Neuenzelle bei Ibach monastery cell rebuilt by them, it was rebuilt with income from Bannholz, Birkingen , Brunnadern, Eschbach, Gaiß, Görwihl, Happingen, Hochsal, Kuchelbach, Rotzel, Rotzingen, Oberalpfen, Strittmattalpfen , Unteralpfen, Wilfingen, Wittenschwand, Wolpadingen and Urberg. Duke Leopold of Austria finally handed over the new cell to the monastery of St. Blasien, but retained the bailiwick right. The numerous passed pawns there were still able to dispose of their free goods without restriction . The monastery of St. Blasien tried to prevent this free farming by all means, which led to numerous conflicts with the residents of the area.

Incorporation

On January 1, 1971, Urberg and three other communities formed the new community of Dachsberg (southern Black Forest).

Economy and tourism

View from the garden to the Studenhof
Building of the Dachsberg Free Waldorf School in Urberg

The place arose as a mining settlement, the new hope of God pit was re-opened in the 18th century and was in operation until modern times, it extracted fluvial and barite .

There is no industry in Urberg, but there are several craft businesses, service providers, agriculture, a school camp and providers of holiday apartments. The originally rather less affluent place is mainly characterized by forestry and livestock farming, which is decreasing more and more, as well as a new building area that is inhabited by people from all parts of Germany.

The Goldenhof, a bio-dynamically managed farm , which is also home to the Dachsberg Waldorf School , is known nationwide . The Studenhof health clinic should also be mentioned.

societies

Public life in Urberg is shaped by the clubs. The Urberg Voluntary Fire Brigade celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2002. The Urberg Musikverein, first mentioned in a document in 1842, will celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2017.

Attractions

The Mineral Museum in Urberg is particularly worth seeing. It is open from the end of April to the beginning of November on Thursdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., as well as during the Christmas, Mardi Gras and Easter holidays. Special openings for groups and school classes are possible at any time.

Also very interesting is a short hike on the mining path near Rüttewies, which leads along the former ping and entrenchments of the medieval open-cast mine, past the Ruprecht gangway . You can find extraordinary minerals there. The Divine Honor mine was operated until modern times, where fluorspar and barite were most recently mined; it was the largest mine on the Ruprecht gangway. A facility as a visitor mine could not be implemented.

An excursion destination is the 1085 m high Bildstein rock with a view of the Alb valley. It can be reached after a short hike from Ausser-Urberg. The mineral museum, which opened in 2001, gives an insight into the work in the former river and barite mine Gottesehre in Höll-Bildstein.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Metz: Geologische Landeskunde des Hotzenwalds, p. 641
  2. ↑ Baden pages
  3. ^ Rudolf Metz: Geologische Landeskunde des Hotzenwalds, p. 378
  4. ^ Rudolf Metz: Geologische Landeskunde des Hotzenwalds, p. 784
  5. ↑ ZGORh. Vol. 6, p. 227
  6. ^ Rudolf Metz: Geologische Landeskunde des Hotzenwalds, p. 784
  7. ↑ Martin Gerbert: Historia Nigrae Silvae, ordinis Sancti Benedicti Coloniae, p. 81 ( online in the Google book search)
  8. ^ Journal for German Antiquity and German Literature: Volume 39 and Adolf Socin: Middle High German Name Book: According to Upper Rhine Sources of the 12th and 13th Centuries, p. 331
  9. ↑ Martin Gerbert: Travels through Alemannia, Welschland and France in the years 1759–1762, p. 358 ( online in the Google book search)
  10. ↑ Sources collection of the Baden regional history, vol. 1, p. 197 footnote ( online in the Google book search)
  11. ↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch: Upper Baden gender book
  12. ↑ married. In 1308 Egelolf Küchlin referred to Johannes Gib Schüser as his son-in-law and called him by the nickname “Lülech”.
  13. ^ Rudolf Metz: Geologische Landeskunde des Hotzenwalds, pp. 224, 228
  14. ^ 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. 501 .