Boxberg, Baden-Württemberg
Boxberg is a town in the Main - Tauber district in the northeast of the state of Baden -Württemberg.
- 2.1 municipality reform
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 Museums
- 5.1 traffic
Geography
Nestled in the Umpfertal and Schüpfer reason is Boxberg with its twelve districts in the Land in 150 to 400 meters above sea level.
Climate
The annual rainfall is 626 mm. The rainfall is in the lower third of the measuring points of the German Weather Service. 25 % indicate lower values. The driest month is February; most rains in June. The wettest month falls approximately 1.9 times more rain than in the driest month. The seasonal fluctuations in precipitation are in the lower third. In 27% of all places in the monthly rainfall varies less.
Boroughs
At the Boxberg with the formerly independent communities Angeltürn, Bobstadt, Epplingen, Kupprichhausen, Lengenbach vineyards, Oberschüpf, Schwabhausen, Schweigern, Uiffingen, Unterschüpf, Windischbuch Wölchingen include not only Boxberg 19 more villages, hamlets, farms and houses. For the former municipality Angeltürn include the village Angeltürn and Outbound village Brechelberg. For the former municipality Bobstadt include the village Bobstadt and the house Talmuhle and the disposed brine towns and Schuckhof. The town of Boxberg within the borders of June 30, 1971 include the city Boxberg and proofed in Boxberg village Wanshowen. For the former municipality Epplingen the village belongs Epplingen. For the former municipality Kupprichhausen the village Kupprichhausen and the homestead include maple ( courtyard ) and the dialed villages Dietenhausen, Goldberg, Meis home and Weildorf. For the former municipality Lengenbach vineyards heard the village Lengenbach vineyards. For the former municipality Oberschüpf part of the village Oberschüpf. For the former municipality Schwabhausen part of the village Schwabhausen. For the former municipality Schweigern part of the village and the house Schweigern Brickyard processing equipment and dialed villages Kailstadt and Wingelstadt. For the former municipality Uiffingen include the village Uiffingen, the hamlet Gräff Willingen ( courtyard) and the houses Hagenmühle and medium mill and the dialed villages Hachtel, Niederweiler and vineyards. For the former municipality Unterschüpf part of the village Unterschüpf. For the former municipality Windischbuch include the village Windischbuch the homestead Seehof. For the former municipality Wölchingen the village Wölchingen and possibly the Outbound village Giffinger include basic.
History
Boxberg was probably founded around the year 600. From the first settlement activities testify finds the Merovingian period. In the first written sources of the place was called initially Wanshofen. By Euboko, a follower of King Conrad I, the castle Boxberg was built over the site. The noblemen of Boxberg came around the year 1144 the castle. Probably already in 1250 received Boxberg town and market rights.
Town, castle and lordship Boxberg went in 1287 to the Knights of Wölchingen who had a major subsidiary ( Upcoming ) here. The Bishop of Würzburg Berthold II von Sternberg thus exchanged this Hochstift feudal castle against pig mountain. The Order transferred the management of his Coming ( Komtursitz ) to Boxberg in the subsequent period. In 1381 the St. John Boxberger sold their possessions to the Knights of Rosenberg.
1470 to the Palatinate, and the Bishopric of Würzburg Kurmainz allied against the " predatory " Rosenberger and destroyed their castles, and the Boxberg. Later, the Rosenbergs received the Boxberger property back as a fief Palatine.
1523 in the fight against the outlawed Melchior von Boxberg, the castle was destroyed by the Swabian League for the second time. The property fell again to the Palatinate. Knights Albrecht von Rosenberg in 1548 came again into the possession of Boxberg, 1561 final to sell him to the Palatinate. For Boxberg was a long reign of the Palatinate ( 1561-1802 ), separated by pledges to the diocese of Würzburg ( 1691-1732 ) and the German Order in Mergentheim ( 1732-1740 ).
1802/ 03 fell Boxberg to the Principality of Leiningen, 1806 to the Grand Duchy of Baden. In the years 1470-1477 and 1523-1547, the city was the headquarters. From 1561-1691 and 1740-1802 to Boxberg could call Palatinate official and an official city. From 1802 to 1924 (with interruptions from 1857 to 1864 and from 1872 to 1898 ) Boxberg was again an official city. With the dissolution of the Office 1924, the city came to the district office Tauberbischofsheim, from 1938, the district Tauberbischofsheim arose. After the Second World War Boxberg was first added to the new state of Württemberg -Baden, with the city in 1952 went up in Baden- Württemberg. There was Boxberg as the entire county Tauberbischofsheim first to the government district of North Baden.
The present city Boxberg was formed anew in the course of administrative reform 1972/73 of 13 formerly independent communities. For most parts of the city Boxberg was formerly responsible as the official residence, so that they all share a common history and tradition for centuries. At the same time also the county boundaries were reorganized to January 1, 1973 and came to the new Boxberg Tauber district, which is called since 1974 Main- Tauber-Kreis.
In the 1980s Boxberg Germany was widely known through the citizens' initiative Bundschuh (named after the historic Bundschuh Movement), which struggled against a planned by the Daimler -Benz group test track. The test track was ultimately not built because the Federal Constitutional Court declared the expropriations necessary for it to be inadmissible. A smaller version is now operated by the Bosch Group.
Municipal reform
- On 1 July 1971 and Kupprichhausen Unterschüpf were incorporated to Boxberg.
- On 1 December 1972, Boxberg united with Schweigern and Wölchingen to the new town of Boxberg.
- On January 1, 1973, the incorporation of Angeltürn, Bobstadt, Epplingen, Lengenbach vineyards, Schwabhausen, Uiffingen and Windischbuch to Boxberg was.
- On August 1, 1974, the incorporation of Oberschüpf was.
Policy
Parish council
The council has 23 members in Boxberg. The turnout at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was 58.56 %, and resulted in the following distribution of seats:
Another member of the council and its chairman is the mayor.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " In gold on green Dreienberg an erect black buck. "
- Coat of arms of districts
Bobstadt
Epplingen
Kupprichhausen
Lengenbach vineyards
Oberschüpf
Schwabhausen
Schweigern
Uiffingen
Unterschüpf
Windischbuch
Wölchingen
Culture and sights
The Boxberg Castle is preserved only in fragments on the Schlossberg. At the foot of the Schlossberg recalls a freestanding belfry of the Protestant Church, which was located there until the 19th century.
The Baroque Catholic parish church of St. Aquilino was built in the years 1709-1712 according to plans by Balthasar Neumann.
The Kurpfälzisches office building has been used since the 1970s by the city council as a town hall.
The evangelical church in the district Wölchingen is a so-called Frankendom known. Probably the church was built from 1220 by St. John. The three-aisled basilica was not until 1878/79 a tower.
In Oberschüpf district, on Schüpfbach the oldest fortified church of Baden in the 12th century. It is worth mentioning that there are early Gothic wall paintings ( 1290 ) almost completely intact. Other attractions of the district include the New Castle in the town center.
In Unterschüpf district is the former water castle, which was different nobles owned and since 1982 houses a Sprachheilschule.
In many districts there are picturesque and sometimes very old half-timbered houses. Well-maintained and marked hiking trails in varied mixed forests. As a special feature of the agricultural cultivation of spelled and the production of wood - fire gedarrtem Grünkern are emphasized.
Museums
The local history museum in the old town hall of 1610 shows peasant units (focus: Green core manufacturing ), a collection of weapons, art nouveau furniture, capitals of the Boxberger castle ruins, rooms from the possession of the local historian Karl Hoffmann et al
The home club is responsible for the Boxberg built since 1911 collection in the Old Town Hall, is published annually Boxberger the home folders with a scientific claim and held during the annual Maimesse a special exhibition. He is also responsible for the maintenance and further scientific research into the ruins.
Economy and infrastructure
Boxberg is the site of a NATO tank farm, which is connected to the fuel pipeline network CEPS with a line to the tank farm in subgroup Bach. The district is Unterschüpf location of the airfield Unterschüpf. In Schweigern district is the headquarters of the company Hofmann menu - Manufaktur GmbH ( Hofmann menu), a major manufacturer of frozen and fresh dishes for company canteens, hospitals, nursing homes and the like, of the 1,200 employees in Germany and Austria, including around 800 in Boxberg.
The previously resident in Rheinstetten - Forchheim education and knowledge center pig farming, pig breeding ( State Institute for Pig ) moved in 2006 21 million Euro building on a 17 hectare site in Boxberg.
The Robert Bosch GmbH operates a 94 -acre test track in the industrial area in the district Seehof Windischbuch.
The Geze GmbH operates in the district Schweigern with the GEZE special designs a production facility.
Traffic
Boxberg is just off the Autobahn 81 (Würzburg -Stuttgart ) with its own junction Boxberg.
The Umpfertal is accessed by the B 292 ( Mosbach- Lauda- Königshofen ). Missing bypasses particularly in Schweigern and Boxberg lead to a strong inner-city traffic congestion and are clear limits to the local development planning. A significant relief brought the construction of the motorway feeder road from the A81 to Bad Mergentheim.
Between Boxberg and Wölchingen there is the train station Boxberg- Wölchingen the Franks railway Stuttgart -Würzburg. Breakpoints in the districts Schweigern, Uiffingen and Unterschüpf no longer exist.
The airport is located west of Unterschüpf Unterschüpf.