Waldbach (Bretzfeld)
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Waldbach
Bretzfeld municipality
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| Area : | 6.19 km² |
| Residents : | 1634 (December 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 264 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | 1st January 1975 |
| Area code : | 07946 |
 Location of Waldbach in the municipality of Bretzfeld
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.jpg) View of town (coming from the street in the direction of Adolzfurt) with Kilian's Church
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Waldbach is a district of Bretzfeld in Hohenlohekreis in northern Baden-Württemberg .
Local division
The village of Waldbach belongs to the former municipality of Waldbach.
history
Waldbach was first mentioned in a document as Waltbach on November 5, 1264 and is probably a foundation of the more recent expansion period after 800. The name is derived from the Waldbach of the same name , which flows through the village and flows into the Brettach .
In the high Middle Ages around 1300 there was a local rule under the suzerainty of the Counts of Löwenstein with the Lords of Waldbach , who were sitting in a castle in the village . Via the lords of Maienfels Castle , the place came into the possession of the House of Habsburg before 1375 , who exchanged it for Gerabronn in 1387 for the purpose of clearing up the area with Hohenlohe . After Waldbach was again owned by the von Weinsberg family and the Negelin patrician family as a Habsburg fief, the place was devastated in the course of a feud in 1430 . Before 1438 the Lords of Sickingen acquired the place, who sold it in 1459 to Lutz Schott , the Electorate of the Palatinate . He sold Waldbach in 1469 to the Lichtenstern Monastery , which had been the church patron of the Kilian Church since 1363 and also owned land on site. As a result of the Landshut War of Succession , in 1504 sovereignty over Waldbach was transferred from the Electoral Palatinate to Württemberg . In 1525 Waldbach was looted by the Hellen Haufen during the Peasants' War . The farmer's guide Ulrich Metzger came from Waldbach. In the course of the Reformation , the Lichtenstern monastery was closed in the middle of the 16th century, and Waldbach came to the Württemberg monastery in 1534.
The clearing activities of the 16th and 17th centuries led to a strong increase in population, so that in 1798 already 526 inhabitants were counted. In 1807 Waldbach came to the Oberamt Weinsberg . After its dissolution in 1926, it came to the Oberamt Öhringen (since 1938: Landkreis Öhringen ), and in 1973 it became part of the newly formed Hohenlohekreis.
On January 1, 1975, Adolzfurt , Bitzfeld , Bretzfeld (including Rappach , which had already merged with Bretzfeld in 1972), Dimbach , Geddelsbach , Scheppach , Schwabbach , Siebeneich , Unterheimbach and Waldbach to form the new municipality of Bretzfeld. In 1977 Brettach was added as the twelfth village . Waldbach was originally the second largest suburb of Bretzfeld, and Bitzfeld has held this rank since 2011.
coat of arms
The blazon of the former municipal coat of arms reads: In red on a green three-mountain, a trimmed silver tree, accompanied by a six-pointed silver star at the front and a silver crescent moon at the back; three silver roses grow from each of the outer peaks.
Attractions
The Kilian Church was mentioned at the first mention of the place 1264th The oldest parts of the building date from the early Gothic period in the 14th century. The nave was rebuilt from 1616 to 1618 in the Renaissance style and raised by three meters in 1748 and redesigned in Baroque style. The interior with organ and visitor gallery shows rich historical paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. Parts of historical wall paintings from the 14th and 15th centuries have been preserved in the tower choir.
To the north of the church is the former Lichtenstern'sche Hof monastery with a multi-storey residential building and newer farm buildings. The site of the castle, which was destroyed in 1471, could have been on the site of the courtyard, which in the 19th century was briefly a chamber of finance and was then sold to private customers in the 1830s. The Wirth'sche Hof is the former seat of the mayor, built in 1698. In contrast to the rest of the town center, the looser development north of the church is supplemented by the historic tithe barn from 1821.
Other historical buildings in the village include the rectory from 1794 and the former schoolhouse from 1802. The village's former wine press was last used as a town hall and was demolished in 1956.
Among the small monuments in district of Forest Brook include west in the forest of the village on the border with Eschenau of Schneider Stone (as atonement cross for the murder of the tailors George Michael Ritter on April 1, 1709) and the memorial for the Eschauer retiree Hermann Lutz from 5th June 1970. The latter murder could not be solved.
Tailor stone , front side
Tailor stone , back
Memorial stone for Hermann Lutz
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Status: December 31, 2018, annual report 2018 of the municipality of Bretzfeld (PDF) municipality of Bretzfeld. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ Landesarchivdirektion Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume 4: Administrative region of Stuttgart, regional associations of Franconia and East Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 , pp. 173-179.
- ^ Chronicle on the website of the Waldbach Church .
- ^ 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. 466 .
- ^ Annual report 2011 of the municipality of Bretzfeld
- ↑ Article on Waldbach on suehnekreuz.de (accessed on April 18, 2009)
literature
- Karlheinz Englert (Red.): Waldbach 1264-2014. How it was and is. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 2014, ISBN 978-3-86595-541-8 .
- Jürgen Hermann Rauser: Brettachtaler Heimatbuch. From the local history of the old communities Adolzfurt, Bitzfeld, Bretzfeld, Dimbach, Geddelsbach / Brettach, Rappach, Scheppach, Schwabbach, Siebeneich, Unterheimbach, Waldbach (= Hohenlohekreis local library. Vol. 14). Jahrbuch-Verlag, Weinsberg 1983.
Web links
Adolzfurt | Bitzfeld | Brettach | Dimbach | Geddelsbach | Rappach | Scheppach | Schwabbach | Siebeneich | Unterheimbach | Waldbach