Weingarten (Baden)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ' N , 8 ° 32' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Karlsruhe | |
| County : | Karlsruhe | |
| Height : | 144 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 29.4 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 10,482 (Dec 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 357 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 76356 | |
| Area code : | 07244 | |
| License plate : | KA | |
| Community key : | 08 2 15 090 | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Marktplatz 2 76356 Weingarten |
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| Mayor : | Eric Bänziger | |
| Location of the community Weingarten (Baden) in the district of Karlsruhe | ||
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Weingarten (Baden) is a municipality in the northern district of Karlsruhe with around 10,000 inhabitants.
geography
Geographical location
Weingarten lies on the edge of the Kraichgau at the exit of the Walzbach valley into the Rhine valley . Ten kilometers southwest is Karlsruhe and ten kilometers northeast Bruchsal , whose districts Untergrombach and Obergrombach border the municipality to the north. The Ungeheuerklamm nature reserve is located on this municipal boundary .
Community structure
In addition to Weingarten itself, the municipality also includes the two agricultural settlements Sallenbusch and Sohl , located in the hills to the east and northeast of the village. The Weingartener Moor is located south of Weingarten . To the north-west of the town center between the train and the A5 motorway is the Waldbrücke district with around 1000 residents. It was originally founded mainly to settle expellees. The hamlet of Werrabronn lies in the south, on the border of the district .
At the end of the village in the direction of the Walzbachtal, row grave finds indicate an abandoned settlement , the name of which is not known.
history
Settlements from the Roman and Merovingian times were found in the area . The village emerged from a courtyard of the Weißenburg monastery in what is now northern Alsace, which of course lost its property again in 985 through the so-called Salian church robbery . In 1504 Duke Ulrich von Württemberg destroyed the village, which after the reconstruction became a well-known market town . The watch tower was built in 1589 in order to be able to recognize approaching war hordes at an early stage. The tower was on the trade routes to Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Augsburg and Basel and was used by troops from the Electorate of the Palatinate as an observation tower for the escort teams. Weingarten was part of the Electoral Palatinate until 1803 , after which it came to the Grand Duchy of Baden as a result of the French coalition wars .
At the eastern end of Weingarten, near a paper mill, there are still small remains of the wall of a former moated castle , Schmalenstein Castle .
At the corner of Kirchstrasse and Keltergasse stood the synagogue of the Jewish community , of which a memorial plaque has been commemorating the Catholic Church opposite since 1985. During the November pogrom of 1938 , pupils instigated by two elementary school teachers raged inside and destroyed both the cult objects and memorial plaques of the Jewish soldiers who perished in the First World War . According to Alemannia Judaica , on the other hand, the synagogue was set on fire by 10 to 15 foreign National Socialists from Karlsruhe who, according to contemporary witnesses, are said to have driven to a truck. Since the fire could easily have spread to the surrounding buildings, it was extinguished by a local resident, but the synagogue was demolished soon after by party orders. The memorial plaque for those who died in the war was erected in 1939 on a private initiative at the Weingarten Jewish cemetery .
religion
Traditionally, about two thirds of the population were Protestant and one third Catholic, and there was also a Jewish community until 1938. This ratio has changed in recent decades due to immigration, religious changes and resignations: According to the 2011 census , 39.6% of the Weingarten population are Protestant, 32.2% Catholic, 28.2% belong to another or no religious community. In addition to the Protestant and Roman Catholic official churches , the Evangelical Free Church (Lebenswerk Weingarten), the Evangelical Liebenzeller Community , the Evangelical Methodist Church , the New Apostolic and Jehovah's Witnesses also have local communities, and there is also an independent Mennonite Brethren Congregation .
politics
Municipal council
The municipality council has 18 honorary members who are elected for five years. In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.
The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):
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| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats | ||
| Weingarten Citizens Movement (WBB) | 26.3% (+0.2) | 5 (± 0) | ||
| CDU | 23.2% (−5.9) | 4 (−1) | ||
| Green list | 20.5% (+3.4) | 4 (+1) | ||
| SPD | 18.7% (+0.9) | 3 (± 0) | ||
| FDP | 11.3% (+1.4) | 2 (± 0) | ||
| Turnout: 64.5% (+ 10.1) | ||||
mayor
1985–2010: Klaus-Dieter Scholz (CDU)
Since 2010: Eric Bänziger (independent)
The mayor is directly elected for eight years. In the 2010 election, Eric Bänziger prevailed with 72.98 percent. He replaced Klaus-Dieter Scholz, who had been in office since 1985 and no longer ran.
In the 2018 election, Eric Bänziger was re-elected with 89.04% of the vote.
Community partnerships
Partnerships have existed with Liverdun (France) since 1979 and Olesa de Montserrat (Spain) since 1983.
coat of arms
Blazon : In silver on a green vine with two leaves and a blue grape.
As a talking coat of arms, it represents the place name.
Economy and Infrastructure
Wine and fruit growing, gastronomy and industry (wood, chemistry, metal, information technology ) are represented in the branches of business .
Weingarten is the headquarters of Klocke Verpackungs-Service GmbH, the parent company of the Klocke Group . The internationally active Megaforce Group also has its headquarters in Weingarten.
traffic
The Weingarten (Baden) station is on the Rhine Valley Railway ( Baden-Kurpfalz-Bahn Karlsruhe - Heidelberg ) and in the network area of the Karlsruhe Transport Association . The S31 and S32 lines of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn serve the station, the S3 of the RheinNeckar S-Bahn passes through it without stopping.
The federal highway 3 ( Frankfurt am Main - Basel ) runs through the municipality . In the west runs the Autobahn 5 (Basel – Nordhessen).
education
There is the Turmberg Community School in the village for grades 1 to 10. There are also three Protestant and Roman Catholic kindergartens. Secondary schools are located in the neighboring cities of Karlsruhe , Bruchsal and Stutensee .
The adult education center in Weingarten is a public institution for continuing education. As a branch office, it is under the legal sponsorship of the non-profit association adult education center in the Karlsruhe district . In accordance with its statutory mandate, it also devotes itself to youth education in addition to adult education.
Sports
The most successful sports club is SV Germania Weingarten , founded in 1904 and represented in the German wrestling league . In the 2009/10 , 2013/2014 , 2014/2015 and 2015/16 seasons, the club became German runners-up, and German team champions in the 2010/11 , 2011/12 and 2016/17 seasons. From the 2017/18 season, the club's professional team will start in the newly founded German Wrestling League . The fourth championship title was celebrated in the 2019/20 season. The club is at the start with other teams in the Oberliga and Landesliga.
There are numerous other sports clubs, including TSV 1880 and FVgg Weingarten, which are the most traditional and have the largest number of members. In the music sector, Weingarten has a music association, several choral societies and choirs, and many residents are also organized in associations for nature and animal protection.
The MSC '72 Weingarten motorsport club is known nationwide. The club has its roots in rallying and is currently represented by over 35 drivers in youth kart and automobile slalom, rallies, circuit and kart races and in historic motorsport. He is also the sports organizer of the Porsche Sports Cup Germany and has been organizing the Weingarten Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring since 2009.
Leisure time
The community has an indoor and outdoor swimming pool. The Weingarten quarry pond is located northeast of the Waldbrücke district . There are permanently installed barbecue areas, the bathing area is temporarily supervised by the DLRG and the last microbiological examination in September 2008 did not reveal any complaints.
Culture and sights
Weingarten is on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route and the Baden Wine Route . The Badische Spargelstraße leads past Weingarten to the west.
Buildings
- Watch tower
- House of the Teutonic Order
- Marktbrücke, a bridge built by Tulla over the Walzbach in the town center
- Walk's house
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Balthasar Venator (1594–1664), writer
- Hermann Chancellor (1822–1888), papal general
- Hermann Gablenz (1913–2000), motorcycle racing driver
- Anne and Kurt Leibersberger (Anna 1922–2006, Kurt 1922–2015), folk music duo
- Alexander Brändle (1923–1984), writer
- Reinhold Friedrich (* 1958), musician
Known residents
- Daniel Caspary (* 1976), Member of the European Parliament
- Kevin Gerwin (* 1987), German presenter, stadium announcer, sports commentator and comedian
- Dirk Orlishausen (* 1982), German soccer goalkeeper, who has been under contract with Karlsruher SC since 2011
- Juri Tetzlaff (* 1972), German television presenter
literature
- Karl Diefenbacher: Ortssippenbuch Weingarten, district of Karlsruhe in Baden . Grafenhausen: Albert Köbele 1980 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 45), processed period 1695–1970
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 132-133
- ↑ Memorial sites for the victims of National Socialism. A documentation, volume 1. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-89331-208-0 , p. 102f.
- ↑ alemannia-judaica.de: The synagogue in Weingarten (Karlsruhe district) - On the history of the prayer hall / the synagogue
- ↑ https://results.zensus2011.de/#dynTable:statUnit=PERSON;absRel=PROZENT;ags=082150090090;agsAxis=X;yAxis=RELIGION_KURZ
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office: Municipal council elections 2019, Weingarten (Baden) ; Weingarten municipality (Baden): municipal council elections 2019 and municipal council elections 2014 (PDF) ; accessed July 6, 2019.
- ↑ Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior April 20, 2010
- ^ Weingarten: Mayor election 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.ka-news.de/region/karlsruhe/Unikate-Unheilig-Unentschieden-das-war-los-am-Wochenende;art6066,544862
- ↑ Wrestling | Bundesliga final: Weingarten is German wrestling champion | Sport . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on August 29, 2017]).
- ↑ Teams - Deutsche Ringerliga eV . Accessed on August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Thomas Reuter, SV Germania Weingarten: With a Derby victory for the title! Germanic first time master of the DRL. Retrieved February 20, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.msc-weingarten.de
- ^ Baggersee Weingarten: Swimming pool / Baggersee - Weingarten Online at www.weingarten-baden.de. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
Web links
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