Wittnau (Breisgau)
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Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ' N , 7 ° 49' E |
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| Basic data | ||
| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Freiburg | |
| County : | Breisgau-Upper Black Forest | |
| Height : | 378 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 5.04 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 1528 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 303 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 79299 | |
| Area code : | 0761 | |
| License plate : | FR | |
| Community key : | 08 3 15 125 | |
| Community structure: | 2 districts | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Kirchweg 2 79299 Wittnau |
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| Mayor : | Jörg Kindel | |
| Location of the municipality of Wittnau in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district | ||
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Wittnau is a community in the southwest of Baden-Württemberg near Freiburg im Breisgau and a state-approved resort.
geography
Geographical location
Wittnau is located about seven kilometers south of Freiburg im Breisgau in the middle of the Hexental , which extends from Freiburg between the 644 meter high Schönberg and the western slopes of the Black Forest via Wittnau to Ehrenstetten .
Community structure
The villages of Wittnau and Biezighofen, the Zinken Eck and Haseln and the farms Fahrnau, Stöckenhöfen and Stöckenmühle belong to the municipality of Wittnau.
expansion
The district of the municipality, which consists of the districts Wittnau and Biezighofen, covers 504 hectares and is characterized by three hills that are still used today for viticulture. The highest point of the district is 858 m above sea level. NN . the lowest point at 332 meters. The community only has a small share in Schönberg, which mainly belongs to Ehaben .
The Wittnau district consists of around 45% forest, which is around 215 hectares in size, the rest are meadows, buildings and fields.
Neighboring communities
The communities surrounding Wittnau are (clockwise from the north): Au , Horben , Bollschweil , Sölden and Ehaben .
history
During the settlement of the Hexental in the 7th and 8th centuries, the first Alemannic farmers came to the area of today's municipality and named their farms Biezighöfen . In 806 the village was first mentioned as Piazinchova .
As early as 786, a deed of donation from the St. Gallen Monastery reported for the first time about a court complex called Witunauia and the associated church. The noble court owners held public offices and represented the monastery of St. Gallen, whose political and religious influence in Wittnau was growing continuously at that time. The name Witunauia is made up of the two Old High German words witun (forest / wood) and auia (floodplain).
In the 13th century the Wittnauer Herrenhof became an Austrian fiefdom under the Bollschweiler noble family Snewlin-Bernlapp until it became the property of the Grand Duchy of Baden in the 19th century . A new church was built in 1795 under the Barons of Bollschweil. It should be the last baroque church in the Breisgau. 42 years later, in 1837, the male line of the Snewlin-Bernlapp died out. The homestead at Wittnau was awarded by the Grand Duke of Baden to the Barons von Berstett , who also took over the Bollschweiler Castle. However, the Grand Duchy erased all feudal rights over the years in its endeavor to establish a central administration.
Since 1811 the communities Wittnau and Biezighofen have been viewed as a unit and officially referred to as the community Wittnau. In the 1960s, Wittnau began to develop from a farming community to a residential community. In 1971, as part of the administrative reform, the municipality joined the Hexental administrative community , as it wanted to maintain its independence. The development towards a residential community with a suburban character continued. Wittnau was also recognized as a resort . In the meantime, Wittnau has grown strongly due to the move from nearby Freiburg.
politics
mayor
- Karl Pache (1970 to 1978)
- Erich Birkle (1978 to 2002)
- Enrico Penthin (2002 to 2018), also a member of the CDU parliamentary group in the district council of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district
- Jörg Kindel (since 2018, also mayor of the neighboring municipality of Au)
Municipal council
The Wittnau local council consists of ten councilors and councilors. The municipal council consists of the voting mayor as chairman and ten councilors. The municipal council elections on June 7, 2009 and May 25, 2014 brought the following results:
| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats | ||
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| 2009 | 2014 | 2009 | 2014 | |
| Free Association of Voters (FWG) | 45.9% | 34.0% | 5 | 4th |
| Free Citizens' Association (FBV) | 28.4% | 22.9% | 3 | 2 |
| Wittnauer Citizens for Village Preservation and Citizenship (WB) | 25.7% | 39.4% | 2 | 4th |
The result of the municipal council election on May 26, 2019 is as follows:
| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats |
| We are Wittnau | 58.9% | 6th |
| Naturally Wittnau (NaWi) | 43.1% | 4th |
Administrative community
Wittnau belongs with the communities Au, Horben, Merzhausen and Sölden to the administrative community Hexental based in Merzhausen .
coat of arms
The coat of arms recalls the origins of the community and the ties it had with the St. Gallen Monastery at that time: the church on the mountain as one of the oldest in the Hexental, next to it the bear, the heraldic animal of St. Gallen Monastery.
Community partnerships
Wittnau has had a partnership with the French community of Saint-André-d'Apchon in the wine-growing region of Côte Roannaise at the foot of the Madleine Mountains, west of Roanne on the Loire, since 1994 .
Economy and Infrastructure
In Wittnau there are small handicrafts and service companies in addition to agricultural ones. Some of the residents commute to the industrial parks in and around Freiburg. Wittnau has the Gallushaus for events, a clubhouse and a fire station .
education
The municipality of Wittnau acts as the sponsor of the St. Gallus kindergarten and the Franz-Xaver-Klingler primary school.
traffic
Wittnau is connected to Freiburg and Bad Krozingen via the 7208 line of the Südbadenbus . It runs on the state road L122 from Freiburg to Ehrenkirchen .
tourism
The historic beggar path , a national hiking trail from Merzhausen / Freiburg to Badenweiler , leads through Wittnau; There are also hiking opportunities in the direction of Sankt Ulrich in the Black Forest , on Schönberg and on the Hexentalrundweg.
Viticulture
The Wittnauer Kapuzinerbuck has long been considered one of the highest vineyards on the Upper Rhine Plain. However, this extreme situation only permits the planting of less attractive, more robust grape varieties in the proceeds, so that a steady decline in the planted area has been recorded in the past decades. The highest vineyards were all cleared after 2000. In 2010, the area under vines was only around a third of what it was in the middle of the 20th century.
clinic
In the north of Wittnau there is the CTS- Clinic Stöckenhöfe, a specialist clinic for orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation and follow-up rehabilitation.
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Hermann Ginter (1889–1966), Catholic clergyman and art historian, pastor of Wittnau, since 1962 honorary citizen of the community
Personalities associated with the community
- Franz Peter Nick (1772–1825), Catholic clergyman and university professor in Freiburg im Breisgau
- Walter Dirks (1901–1991), publicist, honorary citizen of the community since 1986, and his wife Marianne Dirks (1913–1993), music teacher, lived in Wittnau from 1967 on
- Peter Dreher (* 1932), painter and graphic artist, lives in Wittnau
- Joachim Löw (* 1960), national coach of the German national soccer team, has lived in Wittnau since 2008
literature
- Wittnau community (ed.): Wittnau, Biezighofen. About life in the village - then and now . Editing and design by Elfi Harter-Bachmann. Wittnau community Wittnau 1986.
Web links
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 IV: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 , pp. 136-137.
- ↑ StiASG , Urk. I 181. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 19, 2020.
- ↑ StiASG , Urk. I 94. Online at e-chartae , accessed on June 19, 2020.
- ↑ Badische Zeitung online from May 25, 2014 , accessed on August 10, 2014
- ↑ Badische Zeitung, May 27, 2019 - Local election 2019 in Wittnau: Result , accessed on June 24, 2019