Zell am Harmersbach

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	Coordinates: 48 ° 21 '  N , 8 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Freiburg
County :	Ortenau district
Height :	223 m above sea level NHN
Area :	36.43 km 2
Residents:	8112 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	223 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	77736
Area code :	07835
License plate :	OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL
Community key :	08 3 17 146
City administration address :	Hauptstrasse 19 77736 Zell am Harmersbach
Website :	www.zell.de
Mayor :	Günter Pfundstein
Location of the city of Zell am Harmersbach in the Ortenau district

The Hirschturm in Zell am Harmersbach

Zell am Harmersbach is a town in the Ortenaukreis on the western edge of the Black Forest . Zell was the smallest Free Imperial City in the Holy Roman Empire , but at that time it had more area than the nearby Imperial City of Offenburg .

geography

Geographical location

Zell is located at the lower end of the valley of the 16 km long Harmersbach , which runs to the south- west and which converges on the western edge of the settlement area from the left with the 15 km long Nordrach from the north-northeast, creating the Erlenbach . This flows into the Kinzig just 2.6 km further down the valley .

The city boundary includes the lower Nordrachtal in the north, the lower Harmersbachtal in the northeast and most of the common valley level of Erlenbach and Entersbacher Dorfbach in the southwest, where the boundary even extends a little over the course of the Kinzig. In the southeast and west their border runs roughly on the watershed to the upper and lower Kinzig valley.

The highest points of the city are on the south-eastern edge on the ridge of over 880  m above sea level. NHN high Nills and on the western slope of the Brandenkopf , where over 890  m above sea level. NHN can be reached. The lowest is close to the mouth of the Erlenbach in the Kinzig, which is just outside, at a little over 190  m above sea level. NHN .

Neighboring communities

The city borders in the north on Nordrach , in the northeast on Oberharmersbach , in the southeast on Fischerbach , in the south on the city Haslach , in the southwest on Steinach , in the west on Biberach and in the northwest on the city of Gengenbach .

City structure

The town of Zell am Harmersbach with the formerly independent communities Unterharmersbach, Unterentersbach and Oberentersbach includes 50 villages, hamlets, farms and houses in addition to the town of Zell am Harmersbach.

→ see also: List of places in the Ortenau district

history

Cell

Map of the imperial city of Zell am Harmersbach in the 18th century

Zell is a foundation of the Gengenbach Monastery . It was first mentioned in a document in 1139. Later it belonged to the Zähringer , after their extinction the city fell to the Hohenstaufen . After the Lords of Geroldseck and the diocese of Strasbourg had owned the place in the meantime, it came to the Margraviate of Baden in 1334 . At the end of the 14th century, however, Zell became a part of the empire and became an imperial city . However, they had to constantly defend themselves against attempts by the Austrian Ortenau to integrate the city into their territory. Here, Zell found support from the neighboring imperial cities of Gengenbach and Offenburg .

1718 cell surrounding Harmersbachtal of the city has been independently and an independent free Reichstal . As part of the mediatization due to the Reichsdeputation Hauptschluss , Zell lost its status as a Free Imperial City in 1803 and fell to the Electorate of Baden .

In 1904, a major fire destroyed several half-timbered houses in the city center. The northern side of the lower main street was then rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style typical of that time . The uniformity of this row of houses is today considered exemplary for the architecture of the early 20th century. In Baden, Zell am Harmersbach was part of the Wolfach district for a long time . When it was dissolved, the city came to the newly formed Ortenaukreis in 1973 . Today's town was re-formed on January 1st, 1975 by the merger of the town of Zell am Harmersbach with Unterharmersbach. At the same time, the community of Unterentersbach was incorporated. Oberentersbach was incorporated into Zell am Harmersbach on January 1, 1974.

Districts

Oberentersbach

Oberentersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1111. It was administered from Zell until 1803 and then merged with Unterentersbach to form a community. The merger was dissolved again in 1851.

Unterentersbach

Unterentersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1075. During the imperial city period, Unterentersbach was part (district staff) of Zell. From 1803 to 1851 Unterentersbach formed a community with Oberentersbach. Until the merger with Zell in 1975, Unterentersbach was self-employed for 124 years. The former manor Gröbern and Zinken Stöcken, a former curia of the Gengenbach monastery, belong to Unterentersbach.

Unterharmersbach

Unterharmersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1139. In 1200 the place came to the diocese of Bamberg . Unterharmersbach came to the diocese of Strasbourg in 1367 via the dukes of Zähringen , the counts of Fürstenberg and the lords of Geroldseck .

politics

The Fürstenberger Hof

Landmark stork tower

Zell am Harmersbach train station, model

Pfarrhofgraben with town church and publishing house of the local newspaper

Administrative community

The city is the seat of the agreed administrative community with the communities of Biberach, Nordrach and Oberharmersbach.

Municipal council

The municipality council in Zell am Harmersbach has 18 members. The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following preliminary final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	Local elections 2019 Turnout: 47.45%  % 40 30th 20th 10 0 35.31% 28.49% 21.42% 14.79% FW CDU GL SPD Gains and losses compared to 2014  % p    4th    2    0   -2   -4 +1.01  % p -1.71  % p + 2.32  % p -1.71  % p FW CDU GL SPD
FWV	Free voters Zell am Harmersbach	35.31	6th	34.3	6th
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	28.49	5	30.2	6th
Green	Green List Zell	21.42	4th	19.1	3
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	14.79	3	16.5	3
total		100.0	18th	100.0	18th
voter turnout		59.92%		51.2%

mayor

Günter Pfundstein has been the mayor since June 2015. In March 2015, he was elected to succeed Hans-Martin Moll, who held the office for 32 years, with 61.99% of the vote.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Zell - "In gold, a red-armored, red-tongued black eagle" - is the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire and symbolizes the history of the Free Imperial City.

Partnerships

Zell am Harmersbach maintains a city ​​partnership with the following cities :

• Baume-les-Dames , Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , France, since 1990
• Frauenstein , Saxony , Germany, since 1991

The Unterharmersbach district maintains a partnership with the following city :

• Tuggen , Canton of Schwyz , Switzerland, since 2000

Culture and sights

Zell is located on the Kinzigtäler Jakobusweg and the Großer Hansjakobweg , both of which lead past many sights.

Attractions

• Historic old town with one of the landmarks of Zell, the Storchenturm
• numerous fountains, including the fool's fountain in Zell and the St. Gallus fountain in Unterharmersbach
• Catholic Parish Church of St. Symphorian
• Pilgrimage church Maria zu den Ketten in Unterharmersbach
• St. Michaels Chapel in Unterharmersbach-Kirnbach with the one next to it

Kirnbach ⊙ judicial linden tree at St. Michaelskapelle

Kirnbach court linden tree

The more than 500 year old Kirnbacher "judicial linden tree" ⊙ stands on the village street of the hamlet Kirnbach-Grün, directly above the retaining wall of the small churchyard of a historic chapel that was consecrated to Archangel Michael. The tree was mentioned in a document as early as 1515.

It is not clear whether the current name as " judicial linden tree " indicates its actual function as a high-medieval court tree, or whether it was only given this name because judges once donated this linden tree. However, in Anette Lenzing's standard work, Rechtslinden und Thingstätten in Deutschland, “the judicial linden tree in Kirnbach” is listed as one of the few known courts in Baden-Württemberg. In addition, a sign attached to the tree indicates that the free farmers of the modern Harmersbach valley , which existed here until the end of the Holy Roman Empire , held court under this linden tree.

More than 200 years ago, the summer linden tree , which is now a natural monument (identification 83171460002), was torn by lightning. Then it grew back together in its upper area. The lower part of the trunk, however, has remained split to this day and has not grown back together. According to various sources, the age of the linden tree is estimated to be 400–600 years. The trunk circumference of the tree veteran is approx. 9.5 m and its height is given as 25 m.

Former sights

The Zeller sequoia tree , which had to be felled in 2011 due to a lightning strike, was the largest Christmas tree in Germany. The lowest part of the trunk was kept as a souvenir, but was removed in 2015. Today there is a normal deciduous tree on the spot.

Museums

• Round kiln (formerly ceramic kiln)
• Fürstenberger Hof local history museum
• Villa Haiss , Museum of Contemporary Art
• Storchenturm Museum in the eponymous Storchenturm
• Historic print shop of the Black Forest Post
• Ceramic Museum

Fascinating

Zell is a stronghold of the Swabian-Alemannic carnival , which is called Fasend there . The first reports of the local Fassnacht date from the 17th century. The fools 'guild in Zell am Harmersbach, founded in 1923, is a member of the Association of Swabian-Alemannic fools' guilds (VSAN). The clothes of the Zeller fool figures are particularly elaborate and made of unusual materials: the Bändelenarro wears a suit trimmed with paper ribbons, the Welschkornnarro is sewn with corn cob leaves, the playing cardarro is covered from head to toe with around 1,800 playing cards and the Schneckenhüslinarro with over 2000 real snail shells . All four fool figures can be seen all year round as bronze figures at the fool's fountain in Zell.

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  Bändelenarro

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  Welschkornnarro

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  Playing cards narro

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  Schneckenhüslinarro

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  Fools fountain in Zell a. H.

Another local fools 'guild is the witches' guild Unterharmersbach e. V. (member of the Ortenauer Narrenbund ) with her fool's figure Eckwaldhexe, a carnival witch .

In the Unterentersbach district, on Shrove Tuesday, the Narrengemeinschaft Unterentersbach e. V. celebrated the "Bachkuchifasend".

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Zell am Harmersbach is located on the Harmersbachtalbahn , a branch line of the Black Forest Railway that runs from Biberach (Baden) to Oberharmersbach and is operated by the Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG (SWEG). The public transport is determined by the tariff association Ortenau guaranteed.

Established businesses

• The faience factory Zeller Keramik is located in Zell , where the well-known "rooster and hen" motif is produced.
• The vehicle manufacturer LADOG produces vehicles and devices for municipal companies, industry and agriculture.
• The Black Forest Post , the smallest local newspaper in southern Germany, is published three times a week in Zell (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) .
• Schnurr Reisen GmbH is a local bus travel company with an additional advice center in Offenburg . It also operates the bus line from Zell a. H. Railway station to Nordrach-Klausenbach.

education

With the school center Ritter von Buß there is a primary , secondary and secondary school . There is also a pure elementary school in Unterharmersbach. There is also a special school in the city center. There are also four kindergartens.

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Franz Joseph Ritter von Buß

• Ignaz Blasius brother (1780–1845), music manufacturer and organ builder
• Franz Joseph Ritter von Buß (1803–1878), politician ( center ) and canon lawyer
• Franz Anton Schmider (1817–1891), known as Graf Magga, porcelain designer, founder of the “lower factory” of Zell ceramics
• Eduard Montford (1819–1881), lawyer and official member of the Baden government since 1851
• Wilhelm Metz (1828–1888), Catholic church musician, composer and organ expert
• Karl Gißler (1858–1927), General Rector of the Pallottines
• Ernst Peter Huber (1900–1959), painter
• Rainer Frank (* 1938), lawyer and university professor
• Heinrich Schwendemann (* 1956), historian
• Wolfgang Mössinger (* 1957), diplomat
• Thomas Ruff (* 1958), photo artist
• Stephanie Zehnle (* 1986), historian

People with a relationship to the city

• Franz Xaver Mezler (1756–1812), physician, town doctor for Zell
• Karl Schaaff (born December 31, 1849; † March 23, 1920 in Freiburg im Breisgau ), owner of the Zeller porcelain factory 1874–1907, was granted honorary citizenship in 1907.
• Alexander Freiherr von und zu Spitzmüller-Harmersbach (1862–1953); The last finance minister of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was born in Vienna, but when he was ennobled in 1917 he chose his title of nobility after ancestors from Zell am Harmersbach. He called his villa at Rosentalstraße 37 in Velden am Wörthersee Haus Harmersbach .
• Kurt von Kraewel (born July 25, 1889, † after 1951), Colonel a. D., resistance fighter, owner of the Zell am Harmersbach paper mill
• Karl Hasel (1909–2001), forest scientist, headed the Zell am Harmersbach Forestry Office from 1945 to 1952

literature

• Angelika Ehret among others: City guide Zell am Harmersbach. A tour through Zell am Harmersbach, Unterharmersbach, Unter- and Oberentersbach . Tourist-Info, Zell am Harmersbach 2010 (29 pages).
• Rudolf Hahn: Forays into the history of Alt-Zell and its surroundings . City of Zell a. H., Zell a. H. 1972 (314 pp.).
• Thomas Kopp: The Zell Fasend. Chronicle of the Narrenzunft Zell am Harmersbach e. V. Narrenzunft Zell a. H., Zell a. H. 1984 (326 pp.).
• Anette Lenzing: Court linden trees and thing places in Germany . Langewiesche KR, Heiligenhaus 2005, ISBN 3-7845-4520-3 .
• Dieter Petri: Zell am Harmersbach through the ages . City of Zell a. H., Zell a. H. 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-032131-3 (447 pages).

Web links

Commons : Zell am Harmersbach  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the city of Zell am Harmersbach
• Link catalog on the subject of Zell am Harmersbach at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ Chronicle of the city of Zell am Harmersbach / Franz Disch. - Lahr: Schauenburg, 1937. - 457 p.: Ill., 1 ct .; (ger) In Fraktur Badische Landesbibliothek: Location number: O48 B 22 (reference inventory) Location: Main reading room LS: Oo09398
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. 432-435
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. 513 f .
5. ↑ Election information for the municipal data center
6. ↑ http://www.bo.de/lokales/offenburg/zell-ah-waehlt-heute-den-buergermeister
7. ↑ Gerichtslinde in Kirnbach in the tree Register at www.baumkunde.de
8. Jump up ↑ Summer lime tree 'Richtlinde' near the Michaelskapelle in Kirnbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany in Monumental Trees at monumentaltrees.com
9. ↑ Narrenzunft Zell am Harmersbach e. V.
10. ↑ Fasentslandschaft Black Forest - About the Guild
11. ↑ Eckwaldhexen Unterharmersbach
12. ↑ www.ortenaukultur.de ( Memento from February 21, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )