Waltersweier

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Waltersweier
City of Offenburg
Former municipal coat of arms of Waltersweier
Coordinates: 48 ° 29 ′ 5 ″  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 151.9 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.47 km²
Residents : 1113  (2015)
Population density : 249 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st December 1971
Postal code : 77656
Area code : 0781

Waltersweier is a district of Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg in the Ortenau district with 1088 inhabitants (as of 2018).

history

On December 1, 1971, Waltersweier was incorporated into Offenburg.

Naming

In old scripts the village is called Waltharisvillare . This name comes from the Roman villare and changed over time to today's name Waltersweier. The name also has the same meaning in the word hamlet . Places with this name are mostly in areas that were once occupied by the Romans

Häsfigur of the fools guild Walterschwierer root bear

Attractions

The local museum is located in the old school . Among other things, equipment and utensils on the subjects of agriculture , handicrafts and local customs are exhibited .

Twin town

Schaeffersheim , a municipality in Alsace, is a partner municipality.

Population development

development
year Residents
1813 326
1852 501
1905 623
1950 592
1961 614
1964 688
1970 729
2002 1045
2006 1053
2008 1058
2011 1122
2014 1122
2015 1113
2016 1090
2018 1088

Fire department in place

The Waltersweier fire brigade, which was officially founded in 1936, was incorporated into the Offenburg fire brigade as the Waltersweier department on December 1, 1971.

On October 21, 2015, the West Department emerged from the Waltersweier Department and the Weier Department of the Offenburg Fire Department.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our district. og-waltersweier.de, accessed on January 17, 2016 .
  2. ^ 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. 500 .
  3. ↑ waltersweier.de
  4. ↑ Our district. City of Offenburg, Ortschaft Waltersweier (regional authority), accessed on February 12, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Kristian-Heinrich Schüssler: Waltersweier - from farmer to part-time farmer / from village to district . Ed .: City of Offenburg, local administration Waltersweier. Self-published, Offenburg 1999, ISBN 3-00-004766-2 , p. 583 (annex with self-counting: 42 pages) .
  6. ^ Offenburg fire brigade - new West Operations Department established. feuerwehr-offenburg.de, accessed on January 17, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Offenburg: Better armed when there is a fire. badische-zeitung.de, accessed on January 17, 2016 .