Zienken

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Zienken
Community Neuenburg
former coat of arms
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 ′ 34 "  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 39"  E
Height : 220 m above sea level NN
Area : 4.3 km²
Residents : 935  (Dec. 31, 2015)
Population density : 217 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st December 1971
Postal code : 79395
Area code : 07631
Christ Church
Old Town Hall

Zienken is a village in the Markgräflerland in Baden-Württemberg , Zienken has 935 inhabitants. Zienken was self-employed until it was incorporated into the city of Neuenburg am Rhein in 1971 .

geography

The village is located three kilometers north of the Neuchâtel city center, not far from the Old Rhine .

history

1251 the place is mentioned for the first time as Zuinkon in a document. Another document from 1360 mentions a church Zünkon in decanatu Newenburg . Via Zünckheim (1493) and Zeünken (1560) the name developed into today's Zienken.

On December 1, 1971, Zienken was incorporated into the city of Neuchâtel. The last mayor of the village was Fritz Kaltenbach.

Attractions

  • Christ Church
  • former town hall, today partly a meeting room for local associations

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue, a golden horned silver ram's head in sight, surrounded by a golden wreath of ears.

Web links

literature

  • Bernhard Vedral: Notes on the history of Zienken. Neuenburg am Rhein, 1996.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Volker Münch: Neuchâtel: On course for growth. Badische Zeitung, January 11, 2016, accessed on January 25, 2017 .
  2. ^ 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. 499 .