Rooms (Seckach)

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Rooms
municipality Seckach
Coats of arms of rooms
Coordinates: 49 ° 25 ′ 52 ″  N , 9 ° 22 ′ 13 ″  E
Height : 246 m
Area : 6.7 km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1972
Postal code : 74743
Area code : 06291

Zimmer is a district of Seckach in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg ( Germany ).

Geographical location

View from the north over rooms

Zimmer used to consist of the villages of Oberzimmer at the confluence of the Schlierbach into the Seckach and the Unterzimmer, which no longer exists today, in today's Gewann "Boden". There was also a drought room at the confluence of the Rinschbach and the Seckach. Oberzimmer is identical to the current town of Zimmer.

history

Zimmer is mentioned for the first time in 782 in the Lorsch Codex as a cymbal in pago Wingartheiba . The place name changed several times, it was 976 Cimbra , 1278 Cimmern . In the 13th century the lords of Dürn were the feudal lords. In 1240 the property was sold to the Seligental monastery . After its abolition, the village came to the Kurmainzische Hofmeisterei in 1568, to the Principality of Leiningen in 1803 and finally to Baden three years later .

On January 1, 1972, Zimmer was incorporated into Seckach.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the community of Zimmer shows a male head with three axes.

St. Andrew's Church

Attractions

The Catholic Church of St. Andrew is located in rooms . In addition to the historical building stock, there are also various small monuments such as wayside crosses and wayside shrines in the rooms.

literature

  • District description of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Der Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis , Volume II, ISBN 3-7995-6047-5 .

Web links

Commons : Zimmer (Seckach)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 4), Certificate 2895 March 12, 782 - Reg. 1715. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 259 , accessed on April 12, 2015 .
  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. 474 .