Waldenbuch

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '  N , 9 ° 8'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Boeblingen
Height :	362 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.7 km 2
Residents:	8717 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	384 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	71111
Area code :	07157
License plate :	BB, LEO
Community key :	08 1 15 048
City structure:	7 districts
City administration address :	Marktplatz 1 71111 Waldenbuch
Website :	www.waldenbuch.de
Mayor :	Michael Lutz
Location of the city of Waldenbuch in the Boeblingen district

Waldenbuch is a town in Baden-Württemberg , which belongs to the Boeblingen district.

geography

Waldenbuch from the air from the southwest, 1984

Geographical location

Waldenbucher Städtle from the south

Waldenbuch is located on the northern edge of the forest area and the Schönbuch nature park of the same name , around 17 km south of Stuttgart . It is located north of the Betzenberg in the Aich valley at 340 to 460  m above sea level. NN . The main road  in 1208 (formerly State Road 27 ) Stuttgart- Tübingen passes through the town.

City structure

Waldenbuch includes the town of Waldenbuch, the districts of Glashütte, Hasenhof and Liebenau and the houses Bachenmühle, Burkhardtsmühle and Obere Sägmühle as well as the abandoned villages of Schützenhausen and Waldbruderhaus.

The city of Waldenbuch is divided into the following districts:

district	Residents
City center ("Städtle")	2965
Lime kiln	3602
Rabbit yard	154
Liebenau	1006
Glassworks	697
Total as of December 31, 2007	8424

history

middle Ages

Waldenbuch was first mentioned in a document in 1296. The town charter has been attested since September 14, 1363. The city had belonged to Württemberg since 1363 , but was subject to Austria's repurchase right , which was only replaced by Count Eberhard im Bart at the end of the 15th century.

Württemberg time

From 1534 to 1807 Waldenbuch was the seat of the Württemberg forest bailiff for the Schönbuch , which corresponded to the function of a chief forest master. Between 1562 and 1566, Duke Christoph had the old castle converted into a hunting lodge by his builder Aberlin Tretsch . In the course of a fire in 1721, 13 houses burned down. When the new administrative structure in the Kingdom of Württemberg was implemented , Waldenbuch remained assigned to the Stuttgart District Office, which had been under its jurisdiction since the mid-15th century. During the district reform in Württemberg during the Nazi era , Waldenbuch came to the Böblingen district in 1938. Towards the end of World War II , Waldenbuch was bombed in an air raid on the night of March 15-16, 1944, in which 25 buildings, including 16 barns, were destroyed.

post war period

In 1945 Waldenbuch fell into the American zone of occupation and thus belonged to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Baden , which was incorporated into the current state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.

Waldenbuch 1683

1683

(from the forest stock books by Andreas Kieser )

Population development

The population figures are census results (¹) or official updates from the State Statistical Office ( main residences only ).

year population December 1, 1871 ¹ 1895 December 1, 1900 ¹ 1832 May 17, 1939 ¹ 2204 September 13, 1950 ¹ 3265 June 6, 1961 ¹ 4475 May 27, 1970 ¹ 5220 May 25, 1987 ¹ 7389 December 31, 1995 8267 December 31, 2000 8727 December 31, 2005 8651 December 31, 2010 8527 December 31, 2015 8590

religion

Tower of the city church

East gable of the city church

Waldenbuch has been evangelical since the Reformation . The parish Waldenbuch today belongs to the church district Böblingen of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg . It was not until 1950 that displaced persons founded a Roman Catholic parish again. It belongs to the dean's office in Böblingen in the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Waldenbuch has 18 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019  % 50 40 30th 20th 10 0 43.61% 22.55% 17.12% 16.72% FW CDU SPD Green Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p  18th  16  14th  12  10    8th    6th    4th    2    0   -2   -4   -6   -8th -10 + 2.64  % p.p. -9.53  % p -9.83  % p + 16.72  % p.p. FW CDU SPD Green
FW	Free Electoral Association Waldenbuch	43.61	8th	40.97	7th
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	22.55	4th	32.08	6th
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	17.12	3	26.95	5
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	16.72	3	-	-
total		100.0	18th	100.0	18th
voter turnout		64.58%		56.39%

mayor

In March 2016 Michael Lutz was re-elected for a third term.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In silver a rooted green beech, the trunk of which is fastened with a lying black deer pole."

Town twinning

The city of Waldenbuch maintains partnership relationships with

• Mylau in Vogtland, since 1990
• Provins in France, not yet documented.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The state road 1208 (old B 27) connects the city in the north with Stuttgart and in the south with Tübingen , while the L 1185 leads in the west to Böblingen and in the east to Nürtingen .

The Siebenmühlentalbahn to Leinfelden , which opened in 1928, was shut down again in 1956. Local public transport is now served by the bus routes 760 (Böblingen – Schönaich – Waldenbuch), 815 (Waldenbuch – Bernhausen-Ruit), 826 (Leinfelden – Waldenbuch – Tübingen) and 828 (Airport – Waldenbuch – Tübingen) of the FMO .

Established businesses

• Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG , founded in 1912 in Stuttgart-Cannstatt, since 1930 in Waldenbuch, chocolate production : Ritter Sport brand
• HAKA Kunz GmbH, body, laundry and household care
• Hakawerk W. Schlotz GmbH, detergents and cleaning agents

Educational institutions

With the Oskar-Schwenk-Schule, Waldenbuch has a primary , secondary and secondary school . Waldenbuch has a city library with two branches. At the same time, the Waldenbuch city library cooperates with Böblingen, Ehningen, Leonberg and Herrenberg in the intermunicipal network "onlinebibliothekBB".

Culture and sights

Museums

Museum knight

• The Museum of Everyday Culture , a branch of the State Museum Württemberg , is located in the hunting lodge.
• The Ritter Museum has existed since 2005 . It houses works from the collection of Marli Hoppe-Ritter, the granddaughter of the company's founder Alfred Ritter. In the other half of the building there is a chocolate museum and a chocolate factory shop.

societies

Altogether there are 65 clubs or associations in Waldenbuch. The oldest are

• Liederkranz Waldenbuch 1841 e. V.
• Musikverein Stadtkapelle Waldenbuch 1888 e. V.
• Gymnastics and Sports Club Waldenbuch 1891 e. V.
• The German Life Rescue Society ( DLRG ) is represented in Waldenbuch by the DLRG local group Waldenbuch-Steinenbronn. The local group belongs to the DLRG district Glems-Schönbuch e. V.
• Königsblau Waldenbuch e. V.

Buildings

Market square with a view of the town church

The old rectory

Waldenbuch Castle

Waldenbuch town hall

Old bakery

• The origins of the town church St. Veit go back to the 14th century. The nave was originally attached to the tower on the west side. In the course of the expansion of the neighboring castle, however, the old nave was torn down and a new one was added on the east side from 1605 to 1607. The old Gothic windows were still used. The builder Elias Gunzenhäuser and the stonemason Peter Pfänder from Leonberg were involved in the construction on a royal commission until his death in 1606 . In the transverse church , which is slightly angled to the east , the altar is free to the east and the stalls and the three-sided galleries are aligned with the pulpit on the north wall. The eastern stepped gable with the outside staircase and the planned main portal (access today from the south) represents an impressive testimony to the architecture of the Renaissance , as well as the master carpenter's achievement of the roof construction, from which the large west gallery is suspended without space supports. A rose window by the artist Walter Kohler has been in the east gable since 1934 .

• The old rectory is in the immediate vicinity of the town church. The current structure dates from 1720; the previous building was demolished in 1560. Extensive renovations were carried out in 1786 and 1834. In 1970 the listed building was relieved of its original purpose with the establishment of a community center. Since 1990 it has served as a municipal music school.
• The parish barn is located next to the old rectory . It served to receive the small tithe and the income from the salary properties. The big tithe was not delivered in this half-timbered building, but in the tithe barn.
• The Schloss Waldenbuch was a hunting lodge of the Dukes of Württemberg. The core of the complex goes back to a castle that was mentioned as early as 1381. The east wing, to which the old nave of the town church had to give way, was built under Duke Christoph from 1562 to 1566. The castle fountain dates from 1650, the west wing with the kitchen rooms was added between 1687 and 1690. The south wing followed from 1717 to 1719. The old castle and the forest bailiwick were then demolished.
• The castle and town church, including the associated buildings, are located above the market square. The town hall is located there . The year of construction 1575 is not proven with certainty. An old inscription stone above the door dates from the second half of the 16th century and goes back to the forest bailiff Lamprecht Schlegg. For a long time the building served as the “Gasthof zum Rappen”. In 1781 it became the property of the bailiff Klein. The old town hall, which was then located on the market square, was demolished at that time.
• Opposite the town hall is the parent company Wider , also a half-timbered building. It was built around 1750 as a guest house for court hunts. From 1754 to 1923 it was owned by the Wider family, which included Daniel Wider, a merchant who brought the house into the family's possession, the city school champion Immanuel Wider and the Waldenbuch chronicler Otto Springer.
• The market fountain , which stands roughly in the middle of the square, dates from 1953, but predecessors have been documented until at least the 18th century.
• The Danneckerhaus , built around 1620, Danneckerstraße 1: This is where the sculptor Johann Heinrich Dannecker spent his childhood with his grandparents.
• The sheep farm bears witness to the economic activities of the rulers. The lower gate of the city fortifications was located near the sheep farm .
• The old bakery dates back to 1847 and was originally a multi-purpose building. It not only served as a bakery and wash house, but also had a classroom on its upper floor. A kitchen sink worked in the back kitchen at times .
• The Stadtmühle , a water-powered grinding mill, was put into operation in 1785.
• The remains of the old city ​​wall bear witness to Waldenbuch's early history as a city. A mention of the small Törlin , still recognizable today, is handed down from the year 1524 ; this gate secured the escape route from the castle via an underground staircase.
• Several (former) inns in Waldenbuch have a long tradition
  • The former Gasthof Post on the road from Stuttgart to Tübingen was an old post office. In 1797 a new building was built by Kielmeyer. Among the guests were Friedrich Schiller in 1793, Goethe in 1797, Archduke Karl and Ludwig Uhland in 1799. The building was restored and enlarged in 1984.
  • The Gasthaus Krone bears a baker's coat of arms of the Lindenberger family from 1705. It later became the property of the Kielmeyer family, who also owned the Lamm and Linde inns . The Krone was a popular excursion destination for Tübingen students and still houses an old table where the regulars have immortalized themselves with carvings.
• Keltenschanze
• Telecommunications tower on the Betzenberg
• Along the main street are the typical rural area side houses , farmhouses, in which the living rooms and the utility rooms (stable, barn) are under one roof. The residential and commercial area is from the eaves side, i. H. “Across”, accessible. The front door and barn door are on one side (usually along the main street). The typical Waldenbuch cross house is two-story. The houses are under monument protection.
• In October 2016, two stumbling blocks were laid in Waldenbuch .

See also : List of stumbling blocks in Waldenbuch

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  The little town, panorama from the south

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  Marketplace with headquarters in Wider

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  Sheep farm

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  Parish barn

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  View of Waldenbuch from 1926

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  Town hall of Waldenbuch 1926

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

• Heinrich Mayer (1850–1911), industrial pioneer and entrepreneur
• Friedrich Kuhnle (1901–1975), administrative lawyer, from 1945 to 1966 district administrator of the Vaihingen district

People related to the city

• Hans Heinrich Ehrler (1872–1951), Swabian poet

literature

• Martin Lang: Waldenbuch on the Fildern. With woodcuts by Joachim Lutz . Gengenbach & Hahn-Verlag, Mannheim 1926. (Limited edition)
• Anne Lipp / Andreas Schmauder: A century of life in Waldenbuch. From the Empire to the Present, WEGRAhistorik-Verl., Stuttgart 1996 (Community in Transition, Volume 4), ISBN 3-929315-06-8 .

Web links

Wikisource: Waldenbuch in the description of the Amtsoberamt Stuttgart from 1851  - sources and full texts

Commons : Waldenbuch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Waldenbuch  - travel guide

• Official website of the city

Individual evidence

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 III: Stuttgart District, Middle Neckar Regional Association. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-004758-2 . Pp. 126-128
3. ↑ Looking back 2007 (special edition of Stadtnachrichten)
4. ^ History of Waldenbuch , accessed on November 26, 2017.
5. ↑ Election information for the municipal data center
6. ↑ http://www.bbheute.de/nachrichten/artikel/detail/dritte-amtszeit-fuer-michael-lutz-14-3-2016/
7. ↑ Evangelical City Church St. Veit Waldenbuch : A Little Church Guide, Flyer, March 2016
8. ↑ On the secrets of the St. Veit town church in Waldenbuch. A book for her 400th anniversary - 1607–2007 ; ed. Evangelical Church Community Waldenbuch, Waldenbuch 2007
9. ^ Fritz Heimberger (editor): Churches in the district of Böblingen ; (Ed.) Evang. Kreisbildungswerk and Kath. Bildungswerk Kreis Böblingen; Munich / Zurich 1990, page 22