Voehrenbach

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Coat of arms of the city of Vöhrenbach
Voehrenbach
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Coordinates: 48 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 18'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Freiburg
County : Schwarzwald-Baar district
Height : 797 m above sea level NHN
Area : 70.48 km 2
Residents: 3853 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 55 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 78147
Area code : 07727
License plate : VS
Community key : 08 3 26 068

City administration address :
Friedrichstrasse 8
78147 Vöhrenbach
Website : www.voehrenbach.de
Mayor : Robert Strumberger
Location of the town of Vöhrenbach in the Schwarzwald-Baar district
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Vöhrenbach is a small town in the Schwarzwald-Baar district in Baden-Württemberg .

geography

The town of Vöhrenbach is located in the Breg valley in the central Black Forest between Furtwangen and the district town of Villingen-Schwenningen . The proportion of forest in the total area is 77%.

Neighboring communities

The city borders in a clockwise direction beginning in the north with the city of St. Georgen in the Black Forest , in the east with Villingen-Schwenningen, Unterkirnach and Donaueschingen , in the south with Bräunlingen and Eisenbach (Black Forest) , in the extreme southwest with Titisee-Neustadt and in the west with the City of Furtwangen . With the exception of Eisenbach and Titisee-Neustadt ( Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district ), the neighboring communities belong to the Schwarzwald-Baar district.

City structure

Voehrenbach

Vöhrenbach consists of the town of Vöhrenbach (within the boundaries of 1970) and the three districts Hammereisenbach-Bregenbach, Langenbach and Urach as well as 89 other villages, hamlets, Zinken, farms and houses.

→ See also: List of places in the Schwarzwald-Baar district

The city districts are officially named by the prefixed name of the city and separated by a comma , the word "district" and the name of the respective district. The districts are spatially identical to the formerly independent municipalities of the same name. The core city and the three districts form residential districts in the sense of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code and in the three districts there are localities under local law with their own local council and mayor as its chairman.

The Neu-Fürstenberg castle ruins and the Krumpenschloss are located in the Hammereisenbach-Bregenbach district .

War memorial

history

In 1244, Vöhrenbach received city ​​rights from the Counts of Urach as a competitor to Villingen. However, the city never came close to reaching the importance of Villingen. In 1806 the city became part of the newly founded Grand Duchy of Baden .

In the course of the municipality reform in Baden-Württemberg, Hammereisenbach-Bregenbach was incorporated on July 1, 1971, and Langenbach and Urach on December 1, 1971.

politics

Municipal council

The municipality council in Vöhrenbach consists of 14 elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The fake suburb election and thus the division of the urban area into four residential districts was already repealed in the 2009 municipal council election. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following official final result:

Town hall Vöhrenbach
Party / list Seats Share of votes 2014 result Result 2009
CDU 9 63.8% 9 seats, 66.9% 6 seats, 40.4%
Citizens 'and voters' association (BWV) 5 36.2% 5 seats, 33.1% 3 seats, 25.0%
SPD - - - 5 seats, 34.6%
voter turnout 55.6% 49.1% 52.4%

mayor

According to the legend of the “Seven Virgins”, it should not be possible in Vöhrenbach to confirm a mayor in his office. Messrs. Sorg, Neininger and Wolf were voted out of office after their first term of office. It was only Karl-Heinz Schneider who succeeded in being re-elected in 1981. When Karl-Heinz Schneider applied for a fourth term in 1997, his challenger Robert Strumberger won. Robert Strumberger has also been re-elected twice.

  • 1813–1821: Joseph Merz

....

  • 1918–1931: Karl Kraut
  • 1939–1941: Paul Siedle
  • 1941–1945: Fritz Dold
  • 1945: Karl Faller
  • 1946: Bernhard Wiedemann
  • 1946: Egon Hettich
  • 1946–1957: Ernst Sorg
  • 1957–1964: Friedrich Neininger (1957–1971 mayor in Langenbach, 1971–1977 mayor in Langenbach)
  • 1964–1972: Heinrich Wolff
  • 1972–1997: Karl-Heinz Schneider
  • Since 1997: Robert Strumberger

coat of arms

Coat of arms in front of the town hall

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In blue a golden sloping wave bar, inside a red trout swimming upwards."

Coats of arms of the districts

Partnerships

Vöhrenbach has had a partnership with the French community of Morteau in Franche-Comté since 1973 .

Culture and sights

The watchmaker's house in Vöhrenbach
Parish Church of St. Martin

The place is on the German Clock Road .

Buildings

  • The Linachtalsperre is a cultural monument . This hydroelectric power station, which had been shut down for years, was rebuilt and reactivated on March 16, 2007. The renewable energy power plant is expected to generate 1.2 million kilowatt hours . In addition, the Linachstausee is to become a tourist attraction in the future.
  • The Catholic parish church of All Saints in the Urach district dates from the 11th to 18th centuries and contains works of art by Matthias Faller .
  • The watchmaker's house from 1726 was recently renovated.
  • Bruderkirchle or Michaelskapelle: The chapel on the slope of the old road from Vöhrenbach via Herzogenweiler to Villingen was first mentioned in a document around 1580.

Sports

The Black Forest Bike Marathon , which has been held annually since 1997 , also runs through Vöhrenbach.

Economy and Infrastructure

Cold hostel inn

The city's economy is characterized by medium-sized industry, crafts and trades as well as tourism. Agriculture plays a bigger role in the localities. Economically, Vöhrenbach has strong ties to the neighboring town of Furtwangen.

Energy municipality

Vöhrenbach is an energy municipality .

traffic

The connections to Furtwangen and Villingen are secured via the L 173. The L 172 offers a connection to Titisee-Neustadt and via the L 180 to Donaueschingen. The A 81 , which runs east of Villingen-Schwenningen, is the closest motorway.

Until 1972, Vöhrenbach was also accessible by the Bregtalbahn ( Donaueschingen - Furtwangen ). However, the western section from Bräunlingen to Furtwangen was converted into a cycle path after it was closed.

education

In Vöhrenbach there was the Josef Hebting School, a primary and technical secondary school . All secondary schools are in Furtwangen . There are two Roman Catholic kindergartens in town for the youngest residents .

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities

  • August Ganther (1862–1938), Black Forest local poet, lived and died in Vöhrenbach

Web links

Commons : Vöhrenbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Vöhrenbach  - travel guide

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  1. State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 606-609
  3. ^ Main statute of the city of Vöhrenbach of December 12, 2007
  4. ^ 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. 494 .
  5. City of Vöhrenbach, municipal council elections 2019 and State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - municipal council elections 2019, city of Vöhrenbach , accessed on March 30, 2020
  6. Why are mayors voted out? Page 109f.
  7. ^ Hydroelectric power plant revived (taz of March 16, 2007, p. 8, 74 Z. Bernward Janzing )