Vöhringen, Baden-Württemberg

Vöhringen is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden- Württemberg.

• 2.1 Amalgamations

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Coat of Arms

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Education

Geography

Vöhringen lies on the eastern edge of the Black Forest in Korngäu, 491-682 meters in height, five kilometers from Sulz am Neckar and twelve miles of Oberndorf am Neckar.

Nearest large towns are:

• Horb am Neckar, about 15 km
• Mr. Mountain, about 25 km
• Balingen, about 25 km
• Tübingen, about 50 km

Neighboring communities

The municipality is bordered to the north by Sulz am Neckar, on the southeast by Rosenfeld ( Zollernalbkreis ) and on the southwest by Oberndorf am Neckar.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Vöhringen Vöhringen and Vöhringen - Wittershausen, both of which are spatially identical to the previous communities Vöhringen and Wittershausen. In the district Vöhringen - Wittershausen a village is set in the sense of Baden-Württemberg municipal code with private Ortschaftsrat and mayor as its chairman. The village has its own local administrative body under the name of " community Vöhringen, local government Wittershausen ".

For the district of the village include Vöhringen Vöhringen, the courtyards Rötenmühle and Seal house and the living space brick hut. The hamlet Vöhringen - Wittershausen only heard the village Wittershausen. In the district Vöhringen is the Outbound village Beuren.

History

However, the Vöhringer mountian is ancient settlement area; demonstrated to the Neolithic period. After the expulsion of the Romans, the Alamanni took the country ( Note by the place-names ending in "-ingen "). For the first time Vöhringen was mentioned in the year 772 in a deed of the Lorsch codex. Men of the village were the Dukes of Teck. 1306 was the place to the county Württemberg. Vöhringen belonged to the Duchy of Württemberg to Oberamt Rosenfeld. As the early 19th century as part of the survey Württemberg to the Kingdom because of Reichsdeputationshauptschluss circuit, the administrative boundaries have been regrouped, the place came to Oberamt Sulz, this was in 1938 in the district of Horb. After its dissolution in 1973 Vöhringen fell to the district of Rottweil.

Vöhringer have long called Broatschuah ( Breitschuh ). According to legend, an old Vöhringer has a brood hen, together with her ​​seven chicks crush ( verdappt ).

Incorporations

On 1 May 1972, until then independent municipality Wittershausen was incorporated into Vöhringen. This had previously also belongs to the district Horb and was first mentioned in documents in 1139.

Religions

Vöhringen received in 1463 a separate parish, until then it had been a branch of Bergfelden. The Reformation was in Vöhringen and Wittershausen - introduced in 1534 - as in the whole Württemberg. Since then, the place is known Protestant. Baptismal records are available since 1584. The parishes of both sub- places belong to the church district of Sulz am Neckar of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg. The few remaining supporters of the papacy are the parish in the Roman Catholic church in Sulz am Neckar. In contrast, the New Apostolic Church has congregations in both sub- locations.

Policy

The community belongs to the Agreed administrative community of the city of Sulz am Neckar.

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was as follows:

Coat of arms

Blazon: From Silver shared by over red tip section, the red field covered with a fallen, silver ploughshare.

Economy and infrastructure

At the site you can find traditional, medium-sized businesses in the wood and plastic processing and hydro technology. Benefiting from the convenient location could also some small industrial enterprises are located, especially suppliers to the car industry and other metal-processing operations, but also companies in the electronics and automation technology. In addition, a large truck stop is located in the commercial area with Flippothek "brick hut " at the motorway exit.

Traffic

The exit No. 32 " Sulz am Neckar " of the federal motorway 81 (Stuttgart - Singen) is located on the Vöhringer district.

The Stuttgart airport is about 40 minutes by car from the community.

Education

In Vöhringen there with the Mühlbach school a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule and another elementary school in the district Wittershausen. Secondary schools are located in Sulz am Neckar and Horb am Neckar. There are also two municipal and one Protestant kindergarten.

Personalities

• John Binder (1858-1943), schoolmaster, country watchers and local historian, author of the local chronicles of Vöhringen and Gebersheim in Leonberg and the home book for the District of Leonberg.
• Dieter Kleinmann, (* 1953), FDP politician, Member of the Landtag of Baden- Württemberg, a member of the FDP / DVP- faction in the parliament of Baden- Württemberg, a member of the council and leader of the FDP parliamentary group of the district of Rottweil was a Protestant pastor in Wittershausen.
• Johannes Beilharz (* 1956), German writer, poet, translator and painter.