Zaberfeld

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '  N , 8 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Stuttgart
County :	Heilbronn
Local government association:	Upper Zabergäu
Height :	228 m above sea level NHN
Area :	22.18 km 2
Residents:	4087 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	184 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	74374
Area code :	07046
License plate :	HN
Community key :	08 1 25 108
Community structure:	4 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Schlossberg 5 74374 Zaberfeld
Website :	www.zaberfeld.de
Mayoress :	Diana Kunz
Location of the municipality of Zaberfeld in the district of Heilbronn

Zaberfeld is a municipality in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Heilbronn-Franken region and the outer metropolitan region of Stuttgart .

geography

Geographical location

Zaberfeld is located in the Zabergäu in the southwestern part of the Heilbronn district on the Zaber River , which rises in the Stromberg south of the Zaberfeld district .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring cities and communities of Zaberfeld are ( clockwise , starting in the north): Eppingen , Pfaffenhofen (both districts of Heilbronn), Sachsenheim ( district of Ludwigsburg ), Sternenfels ( Enz district ), Kürnbach and Sulzfeld (both districts of Karlsruhe ). Together with Güglingen and Pfaffenhofen, Zaberfeld forms the municipal administration association “Oberes Zabergäu” based in Güglingen.

Community structure

Zaberfeld consists of the districts Zaberfeld, Leonbronn , Michelbach and Ochsenburg . The Reisenmühle residential area belongs to Zaberfeld and the hamlet of Riesenhof to Ochsenburg . On the Zaberfeld marking were the lost, i.e. no longer existing, towns of Mörderhausen , Muttersbach and Ramsbach.

Division of space

According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.

history

Zaberfeld in Andreas Kieser's forest stock books (1684)

The Löweneck has been the new town center since 1993

Zaberfeld

Zaberfeld was probably founded around the year 1000. During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia . In 1321 the place came from the Lords of Magenheim to Baden . In 1355 Zaberfeld came under Württemberg suzerainty and in 1749 finally became part of Württemberg. From 1390 to 1749 the Lords of Sternenfels held the place as a Württemberg fief . From 1807 to 1810 it belonged to the Oberamt Güglingen , from 1810 to 1938 to the Oberamt Brackenheim , then after its dissolution to the district of Heilbronn . In 1939 there were 830 inhabitants, at the end of 1945 there were 926.

Districts

Michelbach was first mentioned in a document in 1276. In 1356 it came under Württemberg suzerainty and in 1749 it finally became part of Württemberg. In 1970 Michelbach merged with Zaberfeld.

Ochsenburg, first mentioned in a document in 1231, was built as a settlement next to a medieval castle and had town charter until 1807 . After the castle was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century, the place name was briefly changed to Ochsenberg. The name change was reversed at the request of the municipality.

Leonbronn was first mentioned in 1289 as "Lincbrunnen". In 1971, together with Ochsenburg, it formed the new municipality of Burgbronn, which was already incorporated into Zaberfeld in 1975.

20th and 21st centuries

Since 1993, extensive redesign and renovation measures have taken place in the center of Zaberfeld, which went hand in hand with the closure of the Zabergäubahn, which has operated since 1901 and crossed the village, in 1995. Since 1993, the new town center has been the Löweneck , located below the church and castle, with public facilities, shops and apartments. In 1996 a redevelopment program began for the town center, as a result of which the town hall was redeveloped in 2001 and Bahnhofstrasse in 2004.

Overview of the origins of today's community

• On July 1, 1970, Zaberfeld merged with Michelbach am Heuchelberg to form the new municipality of Zaberfeld.
• On January 1, 1971, Leonbronn and Ochsenburg merged to form the new municipality of Burgbronn.
• On January 1, 1975, Zaberfeld merged with Burgbronn to form the new municipality of Zaberfeld.

Religions

Each of the four districts has its own Protestant parish. The Catholic parish Hl. Dreifaltigkeit Güglingen is responsible for the Catholic Christians.

Jewish community Zaberfeld : Jews were first admitted to Zaberfeld around 1745 by the Sternenfels local rule: Due to the influx of sons and from abroad, the number of Jewish households in Württemberg rose to eight by 1770 with a total of 44 people Wuerttemberg decrees published in the same year were not reported, but their number did not increase significantly due to the limitation of the number of families until 1818 with 47 people. After that, the community gradually decreased due to emigration and emigration. In 1873 there were 33 Jews, in 1900 24, in 1933 13, most of whom died in the course of deportations 1940–1942.

politics

Municipal council

In Zaberfeld, the municipal council is elected using the spurious selection of a part of town. The number of local councils can change due to overhang mandates . The municipal council in Zaberfeld has 13 members after the 2019 election (2014: 12). The turnout was 63.52% (2014: 53.7%). The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Free electoral association	56.5%	7 seats	2014: 6 seats
Independent electoral association	43.5%	6 seats	2014: 6 seats

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for eight years .

• 1970–2000: Wulf-Karl Krafft
• 2000–2009: Thilo Michler
• 2009–2020: Thomas Csaszar
• from 2020 (expected): Diana Kunz (independent)

badges and flags

The blazon of the Zaberfeld coat of arms reads: A golden pinnacle tower (castle) with flank walls on both sides rises in blue from the lower edge, topped with a sinking seven-pointed red star on two-tier blue rock . The flag of the municipality is yellow-blue.

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  Current coat of arms of Zaberfeld

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  Coat of arms until 1970

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  Coat of arms 1970 to 1974

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  Burgbronn coat of arms 1972 to 1974 (reconstruction)

The original coat of arms of Zaberfeld is the talking coat of arms of the von Sternenfels family, who owned the place as a Württemberg fief until 1749. Its blazon reads: In red on a three-tier wall-like golden rock, a seven-pointed golden star. The colors deviate from the family coat of arms for the purpose of differentiation and go back to a proposal by the Württemberg archives department in 1938. This coat of arms and the yellow-red flag colors were awarded to the community on February 22nd, 1963 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior.

After the union with Michelbach am Heuchelberg on July 1, 1970, Zaberfeld received a new coat of arms, which combined the rock and the star from the old Zaberfeld coat of arms with two silver moons from the coat of arms of Michelbach. The blazon of the new coat of arms reads: In red on a two-tiered, wall-like golden rock, a sinking seven-pointed golden star, above each a turned away silver moon. The flag colors remained yellow and red.

Today's Zaberfeld districts of Leonbronn and Ochsenburg formed the municipality of Burgbronn from January 1, 1971 to January 1, 1975. This had a coat of arms with the following blazon: In blue a golden pinnacle tower (castle) growing from the lower edge, provided with flank walls on both sides, covered with an upward-pointing green linden leaf. The Burgbronn flag colors were yellow and blue.

After the unification of Zaberfeld with Burgbronn to form the new (third) municipality of Zaberfeld, the municipality was given its current coat of arms by the district office of the district of Heilbronn on August 15, 1977, together with the flag colors yellow-blue, which symbolizes the place name Burgbronn from the Burgbronn Coat of arms combined with the coat of arms symbol of the Lords of Sternenfels, who had fiefdoms in all Zaberfeld districts.

Culture and sights

Zaberfeld is located on the Württemberg Wine Route , which leads past many sights.

Buildings

Zaberfeld Castle

• The Protestant parish church of Saint Mauritius in Zaberfeld dates back to a building from the 13th century. The east-facing choir was added in 1505 by master builder Hans Wunderer .
• The castle in Zaberfeld was built as a Renaissance building from 1587 to 1619 with a curved north gable, received a baroque portal on the east side in 1712 and temporarily served as a parsonage before it was converted into a residential building in 2000. The historic town hall is located between the castle and the church.

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  Parish Church of Saint Mauritius

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  Choir by Hans Wunderer

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  Zaberfeld town hall

• On the main street of Zaberfeld, the sculpture Am Rande in the middle by the sculptor Darko Gol made of Corten steel with a stainless steel disc has been located since 2005 . The four upper points symbolize the four districts of Zaberfeld, the three lower corners the three neighboring districts. Further sculptures of Gol who lives in Zaberfeld are set up at the exit towards Leonbronn and on the Ehmetsklinge . The Bacchus Fountain by Güglingen's sculptor Ursula Stock from 1993 is located in Löweneck , while the figure group Neighbor with two children by the Winnend sculptor Martin Kirstein can be seen at the town hall .

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  Plastic "on the edge in the middle"

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  Bacchus fountain in the Löweneck

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  Figure group "Neighbor with two children" at the town hall

sport and freetime

The entire community is located in the Stromberg-Heuchelberg Nature Park . A popular excursion destination is the Zaber reservoir Ehmetsklinge , built for flood protection purposes , completed in 1969 and expanded in 2000/2001 , which is used as a bathing lake in summer . Another bathing lake is the Katzenbachsee , which is actually already on the Pfaffenhofen district (or on the district of Weiler an der Zaber ), but is included in Zaberfeld.

Economy and Infrastructure

Zaberfeld's largest employer (as of 2009) is the automotive supplier Magna , whose subsidiary Magna Donnelly Zaberfeld GmbH (formerly Zipperle ) manufactures sun visors in a plant that has been in existence since 1965 with around 230 employees. In November 2009 it became known that Magna intends to close the Zaberfeld plant due to high losses. The factory has since closed.

Viticulture

In Zaberfeld, around 50 hectares of wine are grown. The layers are Großlage Heuchelberg in the area Württembergisch lowlands of the wine-growing region Württemberg . An educational wine trail has been laid out on the Ehmetsklinge.

traffic

There are connections to the trunk road network in Lauffen am Neckar and Kirchheim am Neckar ( B 27 ). Local public transport in the H3NV transport association is guaranteed by buses. There is also a connection to the rail network in Lauffen am Neckar and Kirchheim am Neckar ( Frankenbahn ).

In 1901 the Zabergäubahn from Lauffen am Neckar reached Zaberfeld and the terminus at Leonbronn. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the two station buildings as type IIa standard stations . The line was closed in 1986 for passenger traffic and 1995 for freight traffic. Plans to reactivate the line as part of the Heilbronn light rail network by 2011 have not been pursued since 2006 due to a lack of financial resources.

media

The daily newspaper Heilbronner Voice reports on the events in Zaberfeld in its issue W, Landkreis West.

education

There is a common elementary school for all four districts in Zaberfeld .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Christian Gotthold Engelmann (1787–1847), born in Ochsenburg, pharmacist and chemical manufacturer

Honorary citizen

• Gerhard Aßfahl (1904–2007), educator and local researcher
• Wulf-Karl Krafft (* 1944), long-time mayor of Zaberfeld

People associated with the community

• Darko Gol (* 1954), sculptor, lives and works in Zaberfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Source for the section on community structure: Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Administrative region of Stuttgart, regional associations of Franconia and East Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . Pp. 85-88.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Zaberfeld.
4. ↑ Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office. No. 1: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in Northern Württemberg
5. ↑ ^{a b} Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 450 .
6. ^ 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. 465 .
7. ↑ Wolfgang Müller: What Brackenheim's mayor Czaszar promises when he takes office . Stimme.de , March 6, 2020
8. ^ Elfi Hofmann: Diana Kunz becomes mayor of Zaberfeld . In: Heilbronner Voice , March 2, 2020
9. ^ Elfi Hofmann: Diana Kunz is applying for the office of mayor in Zaberfeld . In: Heilbronn Voice , January 27, 2020
10. ↑ Common Official Gazette ... of the State of Baden-Württemberg. 1972, p. 574 (approved October 12, 1970)
11. ↑ Common Official Gazette ... of the State of Baden-Württemberg. 1973, p. 1082 (approved July 12, 1972)
12. ↑ Sources for the section coat of arms and flag (apart from the paragraphs provided with further individual references):
    Heinz Bardua: The district and community coat of arms in the administrative district of Stuttgart. Theiss, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0801-8 (district and municipality coat of arms in Baden-Württemberg, 1). P. 145.
    Eberhard Gönner: Book of arms of the city and district of Heilbronn with a territorial history of this area . Archive Directorate Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1965 (Publications of the State Archive Administration Baden-Württemberg, 9). P. 157.
13. ↑ Entry on the website of the Brackenheim church district.
14. ↑ Alexander Rülke: Zaberfeld: Auto supplier plays the main role in the community . In: Heilbronn voice . June 3, 2008 ( Stimme.de [accessed November 13, 2009]).
15. ↑ Werner Tewes: Magna Donnelly wants to close the plant . In: Heilbronn voice . November 12, 2009 ( Stimme.de [accessed November 13, 2009]).
16. ^ Rainer Stein: The Württemberg standard station on branch lines . In: Eisenbahn-Journal Württemberg-Report . tape 1 , no. V / 96 . Merker, Fürstenfeldbruck 1996, ISBN 3-922404-96-0 , p. 80-83 .
17. ↑ Thomas Dorn: The tram to Zabergäu is currently not payable. In: Heilbronn voice. July 11, 2006, p. 30.
18. ↑ Birgit Riecker: The birthday boy wants to grow old in Zaberfeld . Heilbronn Voice , May 25, 2004

Web links

Commons : Zaberfeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Zaberfeld  - travel guide

Wikisource: Zaberfeld  - in the description of the Oberamt Brackenheim from 1873

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