Völkersbach
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Völkersbach
Malsch municipality
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| Height : | 389 m |
| Area : | 6.69 km² |
| Residents : | 1893 |
| Population density : | 283 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1973 |
| Postal code : | 76316 |
| Area code : | 07204 |
 The catholic parish church of St. Georg
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Völkersbach is a district of the municipality of Malsch in the district of Karlsruhe . While the core town of Malsch lies in the Upper Rhine Plain , Völkersbach is one of the districts in the Black Forest . The Mahlberg exclave , which belongs to the Völkersbach district, is 611.5 m above sea level. NHN represents the highest geographical point in the district of Karlsruhe .
history
Völkersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1254 , when the brothers Kuno Wolftrigulo, Berthold and Krafto von Owensheim, fiefdoms of the Eberstein , sold the village of Völkersbach to the Frauenalb monastery . In the course of the secularization and dissolution of the monastery in 1803, Völkersbach gained independence. The Rimmelsbacher Hof belonging to Völkersbach is mentioned for the first time in 1115 ( Rümlinsbach vicus ).
religion
The Catholic parish church of St. Georg is in Völkersbach . The church building is located at St. Georg Str. 2, a side street off Albtalstrasse.
The church has one of the 13th century originated steeple . The current nave was built in 1834/35.
Reorganization
As of January 1, 1973, the place belongs to Malsch, after the Völkersbacher Municipal Council had spoken out in 1972 against a merger with the neighboring communities Schöllbronn , Spessart and Schluttenbach to form the planned community Schönreuth . This rejection and also the affiliation with the Malsch community were highly controversial among the people of Völkersbach.
Infrastructure
traffic
Völkersbach is crossed by both the L613 ( Ettlingen - Gaggenau ) and the L3551. Völkersbach can be reached publicly with the bus lines 101 and 103 of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund .
education
In addition to the “Regenbogen” kindergarten , Völkersbach has its own elementary school , the Mahlberg School.
Personalities
- Aloys Henhöfer (born July 11, 1789 in Völkersbach; † December 5, 1862), German theologian
Celebrations and events
Every year the Harmonie Völkersbach music association organizes the village meadow festival. A traditional part of this festival is a tractor parade.
The fountain festival takes place at regular intervals. The absolute highlight of this festival is a soap box race .
literature
- Leopold Koch, A Childhood in Völkersbach , 2005
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map services of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation ( information )
- ^ 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. 476 .
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from May 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
