Wölchingen

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Wölchingen
City of Boxberg
Coat of arms of Wölchingen
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 6 "  N , 9 ° 38 ′ 2"  E
Area : 8.87 km²
Residents : 729  (December 31, 2014)
Population density : 82 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st December 1972
Incorporated into: Boxberg
Postal code : 97944
Area code : 07930
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Wölchingen is a district of Boxberg in the Main-Tauber district in the Franconian and Baden-style north-east of Baden-Württemberg .

geography

f1Georeferencing Map with all the coordinates of the residential areas in the Wölchingen district: OSM

Wölchingen is located in the Umpfertal , a side valley of the Tauber , and a small right side valley of the Umpfer, and has meadow valleys with many springs and surrounding forests. For the boundaries of the former commune Wölchingen the village include Wölchingen ( ⊙ ) and the living space Waldhaus ( ⊙ ) and possibly the Outbound village Giffinger reason. To the west, the development is almost connected to the town of Boxberg.

history

middle Ages

The place was first mentioned in 1221 as Wolechingen . The name probably comes from a personal name. A few graves northwest of the cemetery from the second half of the 7th century provide evidence of an earlier settlement of the place. Wölchingen was always connected to the Boxberg rule, with it came to the Johanniter in 1287 and to the Lords of Rosenberg in 1381 .

Already in 1239 a Johanniterkommende was mentioned in Wölchingen. After 1287 the seat of the Kommende was moved to Boxberg Castle and sold with it in 1381.

Modern times

In 1561 the place came to Electoral Palatinate. With the office and the tithe Boxberg, the place was pledged from 1691 to 1740. In 1803 Wölchingen came to the Principality of Leiningen before the place became Baden in 1806. The office affiliation is identical to that of the neighboring village Boxberg. In the time of the Palatinate, Wölchingen and Boxberg formed a municipality and only became an independent municipality in 1833.

On December 1, 1972 Boxberg merged with Schweigern and Wölchingen to form the new town of Boxberg.

Population development

The population of Wölchingen developed as follows:

year total
1961 609
1970 628
2014 729

religion

Of the roughly 900 parishioners in the Boxberg-Wölchingen Protestant parish, around two thirds come from the core town of Boxberg and around one third from the Wölchingen district. The Protestant share of the total population is around 50 percent.

politics

The coat of arms of Wölchingen shows: In gold an upright red-tongued black wolf.

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Immovable architectural and artistic monuments of the place are listed in the list of architectural and artistic monuments published by the Stuttgart Regional Council. Information is available on request from the Lower Monument Protection Authority of the City of Boxberg.

Frankendom

The former Johanniterkirche in Wölchingen, the so-called Frankendom , is a Romanesque building with a new Romanesque crossing tower, round crypt and old grave monuments. The Frankendom was built around 1225.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Wölchingen can be reached via the K 2837 (referred to as Frankendomstraße in the local area ) and via the K 2839 (referred to as Ramstalweg in the local area ). There is a connection to the B 292 via the adjacent Boxberg .

The place is on the Frankenbahn .

Living and building

New development areas emerged in the north (1958) and south-west (1978).

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Wölchingen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e City of Boxberg: Wölchingen . Online at boxberg.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g LEO-BW.de: Wölchingen - Altgemeinde ~ Teilort . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 294-302
  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. 453 .
  5. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from June 6, 1961 (municipality register)
  6. ↑ Population, occupation and workplace censuses in West Germany from May 27, 1970 (municipal register)
  7. ^ Church district Adelsheim-Boxberg: Evangelical parish Boxberg-Wölchingen . Online at www.adelsheim-boxberg.de. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  8. ^ Church district Adelsheim-Boxberg: Church history Wölchingen . Online at www.adelsheim-boxberg.de. Retrieved December 29, 2019.
  9. ↑ LEO-BW.de: [1] . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ LEO-BW.de: Johanniterkommende Wölchingen . Online at www.leo-bw.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  11. ↑ Monasteries BW.de: Johanniter Coming Wölchingen - History . Online at www.kloester-bw.de. Retrieved December 28, 2019.