Weir (Baden)

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Coat of arms of the city of Wehr
Weir (Baden)
Map of Germany, position of the city of Wehr highlighted

Coordinates: 47 ° 38 '  N , 7 ° 54'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Freiburg
County : Waldshut
Height : 366 m above sea level NHN
Area : 35.68 km 2
Residents: 13,098 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 367 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 79664
Primaries : 07762, 07761
License plate : WT
Community key : 08 3 37 116

City administration address : 		Hauptstrasse 16
79664 Wehr
Website : www.wehr.de
Mayor : Michael Thater ( independent )
Location of the city of Wehr in the Waldshut district
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Wehr is a town in the south of Baden-Württemberg in the district of Waldshut ; it consists of the districts of Öflingen and Wehr.

Wehr (Baden) on an aerial photo from January 31, 2015

geography

Geographical location

With its southern part of the municipality (Brennet), Wehr is located directly on the Upper Rhine , while the eponymous core town is located about five to six kilometers north of the Upper Rhine on its right tributary, the Wehra . The southernmost part of the Black Forest rises to the north and east of Wehr . The Dinkelberg begins to the west of Wehr . The settlement area extends from the core town, which is located directly at the exit of the Wehra from the Black Forest, southwards, along the lower Wehra, via Öflingen to Brennet am Rhein, which forms the border with Switzerland here.

Wehr is connected to Schopfheim to the west via the Eichener Höhe and to Bad Säckingen to the south . North-east up the Wehra you get to the Wehrastausee and continue through the deeply cut and wild Wehratal to Todtmoos .

In Brennet, Wehr has a connection to the railway line and the parallel B 34 from Basel to Singen .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities of Wehr are Hasel and Schopfheim in the north, Herrischried in the northeast, Rickenbach in the east, Bad Säckingen in the southeast, Wallbach (Switzerland) in the south, Möhlin (Switzerland) in the southwest, Schwörstadt in the west and again Schopfheim in the northwest.

City structure

Coat of arms of Öflingen

The two districts of Öflingen (officially Wehr-Öflingen) and Wehr are spatially identical to the earlier communities of the same name. They form residential districts in the sense of the false choice of suburbs according to the Baden-Württemberg municipal code .

The Öflingen district includes the village of Öflingen (Ober- and Mitteldorf), the district of Brennet and the hamlet of Günnenbach. The Wehr district includes the town of Wehr, the Meierhof homestead and the houses Auf Steig, Hemmet, Im Juch, Kreuzmatt and Ochsenmatt.

The Wüstungen Wyhler and Obere Wyhler are located in the Öflingen district . The towns of Enkendorf and Flienken have risen up in Wehr, and the ruins of Bärenfels or Steinegg and the Steinegghöfe are also in the Wehr district.

history

Wehr was first mentioned in a document by Adalgötz von Werrach in 1092, and in 1363 the place received market rights. Before the frontier Austrian rule, Wehr was owned by the Schönauers who built the castles of Steinegg and Werrach as well as the two castles that currently house the town hall. From the 13th century until 1805, Wehr belonged to Upper Austria .

There was already a highly developed iron production in the Middle Ages, which continued into the 19th century. The basis for this was charcoal from the Black Forest and hydropower, which was abundant in the Wehratal. The ores came from the neighboring Fricktal on the left bank of the Rhine . Textile industry settled down later . During the Second World War , Wehr became the headquarters of Ciba ( Novartis ), which remains true to its location to this day.

Catholic Church of St. Martin

In 1950 Wehr received city rights. The previously independent community of Öflingen was incorporated on January 1, 1972 as part of the community reform.

In 1997 the Baden-Württemberg Home Days took place in Wehr and neighboring Bad Säckingen .

religion

politics

Municipal council

After the local elections on May 26, 2019, the municipal council has 18 members in addition to the mayor as chairman. With a turnout of 50.2% (+ 7.5), the election led to the following result:

The town hall in the New Palace
Party / list Share of votes + / - Seats + / -
CDU 31.9% - 2.6 5 - 2nd
FWV 26.8% - 4.0 5 - 1
SPD - List of Wehr and Oflingen 15.5% - 4.2 3 - 1
The green 16.9% + 7.5 3 + 1
FDP 8.8% + 8.8 2 + 2

mayor

Michael Thater (independent) has been mayor since April 8, 2002. In the 2018 mayoral election of the city of Wehr, Michael Thater received 74 percent of the valid votes for a third term as mayor of Wehr. Thater is a state-certified farmer with subsequent studies in agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim. From 1991 to 2002 Michael Thater worked in the state administration of Baden-Württemberg, among others in the district offices of Waldshut and Lörrach as well as in the regional council of Freiburg and in the Ministry for the Environment and Transport in Stuttgart.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In silver a blue wavy bar, on the upper edge of which there are four green deciduous trees, on the lower edge of which there are four silver deciduous trees."

Town twinning

Wehr maintains partnership relationships with

Culture and sights

Loom in the textile museum
Bärenfels Castle

In addition to the city center, the charming surroundings are recommended. A trip to Todtmoos through the Wehratal Gorge, which is particularly narrow and deep, is particularly impressive . In summer, the city is particularly interesting for hikes in the Black Forest (for example, a trip to the Black Forest or the Wehratal and a visit to the cavern power station at the Wehrastausee) and for day trips to Switzerland are interesting. In winter there are interesting winter sports opportunities. On the one hand, the ski slopes of the Black Forest can be reached in 30 minutes by car, on the other hand, the first alpine ski areas in Switzerland can be reached in 60 minutes by car . The famous arbor festival takes place every two years. The organizers are the town music and the male choir. The Brennet AG textile museum is located in the center of Wehr . Wehr is the gateway to the Southern Black Forest Nature Park and the end of the Schluchtensteig . In addition, the Wehratal adventure trail leads through Wehr.

Excursion destinations

  • The Brenneter Iris Garden with iris blossoms from mid-April to early June includes several hundred varieties. A small show garden is located at the Wehr-Brennet train station.

Buildings

Sports

Every year since 1990 the 10.2 km long Wehratal Run has been held in Wehr. The organizers are Lauffreunde Wehratal.

The soccer club FC Wehr 1912 currently plays in the district league A Hochrhein, the SpVgg Wehr in the district league B Hochrhein / Season 2.

The throwing pigeon shooters Hochrhein Wehr are the most successful target shooters in the Trap discipline in the southern Baden region.


Economy and Infrastructure

disused Wehr station

traffic

The district of Öflingen (together with Öflingen-Brennet) has three train stations, of which only the “Brennet-Rheintal” train station (now “Wehr-Brennet”) has been in operation since 1971. The stations “Brennet-Wehratal” and “Öflingen” belong to the disused Wehratal railway line , which created a cross-connection between the Rhine Valley line from Basel to Singen (Hohentwiel) and the Wiesental Railway from Basel towards Zell im Wiesental .

The federal highway 518 runs west of the weir and leads west over the Eichener Höhe to Schopfheim . The B 518 leads south to Schwörstadt , where the B 34 continues eastwards to Bad Säckingen .

Media library

The media library is the city's public library . The media library contains an extensive selection of books for children, young people, non-fiction, novels and magazines . The media library places particular emphasis on its collection of audiovisual media such as CDs , CD-ROMs , MCs , videos and DVDs . There are also four internet workstations available. Interlibrary loans are possible.

Educational institutions

Elementary schools

  • Talschule - elementary school in the city center
  • Zelgschule - elementary school in the residential area of ​​Zelg, part of the Wehr community school
  • Primary school Öflingen - Primary school in the district of Öflingen, part of the Wehr community school

Wehr Community School

The Wehr community school was created in 2014 from the merger of the Zelgschule (elementary and technical secondary school on the Zelg campus with a primary school in the Öflingen district) and the Walther von Klingen secondary school. Two school-leaving certificates can currently be obtained at the Wehr Community School: the secondary school leaving certificate and the secondary school leaving certificate (intermediate qualification).

Personalities

  • Walther von Klingen († 1284), minstrel
  • Benjamin Muchenberger (1823–1876), bell founder
  • Georg van Eyck (1869–1951), co-founder of J. Weck GmbH, member of the Reichstag
  • Adolf Glattacker (1878–1971), painter born in Wehr, honorary citizen of the city
  • Arthur Allgeier (1882–1952), professor for the Old Testament at the University of Freiburg from 1919 to 1951
  • Erna Honigberger (1894–1974), concert violinist and music teacher, teacher and discoverer of Anne Sophie Mutter
  • Ernst Honigberger (1885–1974), painter and art historian
  • Julius Wilser (1888–1949), geologist and university professor
  • Emmy Meyer-Laule (1899–1985), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, was born in Wehr.
  • Lothar Weiss (1929–2006), painter, graphic artist and wood cutter
  • Markus Manfred Jung (* 1954), poet and writer, lived in Wehr for about 20 years.
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter (* 1963) grew up in Wehr and is an honorary citizen of the city.
  • Uwe Wassmer (* 1966), a football player born and raised in Wehr (including at FC Schalke 04, SC Freiburg), began his career at FC Wehr in 1912.
  • Torsten Götz (* 1968), cook, restaurateur and TV chef
  • Ruwen Faller (* 1980), track and field athlete for the German national team, was active for the TV service for a long time.
  • Kai Saaler (* 1986), a mountain biker who specializes in ultra marathons, started for the TV Wehr in his youth and trains with the Lauffreunde Wehratal.

literature

Web links

Commons : Wehr  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Wehr (Baden)  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Main statute of the city of Wehr from January 26, 2011 ( Memento from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 , pp. 1043-1046.
  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. 501 .
  5. ↑ Preliminary results of the 2019 municipal council elections at the State Statistical Office
  6. ^ City of Wehr - Wehratal adventure trail. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 14, 2013 ; Retrieved July 20, 2013 .