Alpirsbach

Alpirsbach is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden- Württemberg.

• 2.1 Religion
• 2.2 Population development
• 2.3 Amalgamations

• 3.1 Mayor
• 3.2 municipal
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 Town twinning

• 4.1 traffic
• 4.2 Established businesses
• 4.3 educational institutions

• 5.1 Museums
• 5.2 building
• 5.3 Nature of interest
• 5.4 Cinema

• 6.1 freeman
• 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Alpirsbach is in the upper Kinzig valley in the Swabian part of the Black Forest.

Boroughs

The city Alpirsbach comprises the main town Alpirsbach (including since 1938 with Alpirsbach united community Rötenbach ) and five districts Ehlenbogen, Reinerzau, Peter Zell, Reutin and Römlinsdorf to which 77 more villages, hamlets, farms, tines and houses belong.

The neighborhoods are physically identical to the previous municipalities of the same name. With the exception of the districts Alpirsbach and Rötenbach villages are set up for the purposes of Baden-Württemberg municipal code, each with its own mayor and Ortschaftsrat as its Chairman in all districts.

In the district Ehlenbogen is the deserted village Sulzberghof and Römlinsdorf district the deserted village of Heimbach.

History

Alpirsbach originated as a settlement at the same 1095 by Bishop Gebhard III. of Constance, a Zähringerplatz, consecrated monastery. With the lifting of the Benedictine Abbey due to the reformation was Alpirsbach seat of the monastery Office Alpirsbach, which led to a growth of surrounding the monastic settlement, because artisans, civil servants and guild representatives settled here.

Since the late 17th century mining led (gold, silver and cobalt ) to prosperity in the community. 1810, the monastery office was abolished and Alpirsbach came to Oberamt Oberndorf. The leaving home by the authorities led to the decline of wealth and population. Poverty leads mid-19th century to increased emigration, especially to Wisconsin. In 1861 the first volunteer fire department was formed in the Upper Office Oberndorf in Alpirsbach. After the situation has improved, Alpirsbach be awarded in 1869 by King Charles of Württemberg town rights. Since 1886, Alpirsbach has rail connection through the Kinzig Valley Railway.

The municipal reform of 1948 leads to membership in the district of Freudenstadt.

Religion

The Reformation was introduced in Alpirsbach in 1535. The monastery Alpirsbach was lifted. Although the monastery was during the so- called interim 1548-1552 once again under Roman Catholic rule, but the new Protestant denomination could then enforce permanently.

In the former Benedictine abbey, whose most famous Protestant abbot Johann Albrecht Bengel once was, evangelical Christians have been meeting since 1933 as Church work Alpirsbach to revive worship, praise, worship and intercession in the Protestant church. The importance of the church is to be considered and the Church and its members are to turn from the renewal of the service out to a renewal of church and society. Maintain the in the Protestant church today largely unknown choral prayer and Gregorian chant, they want to win back for the Protestant liturgy.

The Catholic Church of St. Benedict to use the former refectory of the monastery as their church room. The altar wall was designed by Wilhelm Geyer.

Population Development

Population figures from Alpirsbach the respective territorial status:

Incorporations

Policy

Mayor

On 27 April 2008, the Reiner Ullrich (SPD ), Main Office Head in Rheinau / Ortenaukreis, elected with 54.4 % of the votes in the second ballot the new mayor. He sat down against the incumbent Roland Wentsch (independent - 45.4 %) by.

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following distribution of seats:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Azure, a growing, quite introverted golden Abtsstab. "

Twinning

• Neuville- sur -Saône in Lyon, France
• Cultural partnership with Cluny / Burgundy

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The city is connected weekdays every hour on the Kinzig Valley Railway with Freudenstadt and Offenburg and belongs to the traffic Landkreis Freudenstadt. Connectors at Freudenstadt Hbf more goals in the Black Forest can be reached via the Murgtalbahn and Gäubahn.

About the federal highways 294 ( Bretten - Freiburg im Breisgau) and 462 ( Rastatt - Rottweil ) Alpirsbach is connected to the national road network.

Established businesses

• Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu

Educational institutions

In addition to a Progymnasium and a secondary school there in Alpirsbach a jointly operated with Schiltach and Schenkenzell Werkrealschule ( Werkrealschule Upper Kinzig Valley ) and two primary schools. In addition, there are five municipal, two Protestant and one Roman Catholic kindergarten.

Culture and sights

Alpirsbach has an extensive cultural program with concerts, exhibitions and festivals. Also worth seeing is the Black Forest landscape of the upper Kinzig valley.

Alpirsbach is located on Kinzig valleys of St. James, which leads from Loßburg by Schutter forest and on the East Way long distance footpath, strip both many attractions.

Museums

• Former Benedictine Alpirsbach (since 1095 ) with a museum.
• Gallery with changing exhibitions.
• Museum of Urban History
• Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Brewery Museum
• Alpirsbacher glassblowing
• Schauconfiserie
• Historical Look printing - The Alpirsbacher Offizin

Building

• Historical town with its many half-timbered houses
• Historical Gerber house in 1783, renovated in 2012

Natural Attractions

• Dam Kleine Kinzig water supply Kleine Kinzig with Black Forest water path

Cinema

• Subiaco cinemas eV: Award winning cinema in the monastery (50 seats) with additional locations in Schramberg (99 seats) and Freudenstadt ( 70 seats). In the summer months in the cloister garden of the monastery and at various places in the area open-air performances are held.

Personalities

Freeman

Sons and daughters of the town

• Otto Eisenmann (1913-2002), politician (DP, FDP), MP, Member of Parliament (Schleswig -Holstein), Minister of Labour, Social Affairs and displaced persons in Schleswig -Holstein.
• Peter Weidenbach (* 1934), Forestry Director
• Marcus Rominger (born 1972 ), Handball Goalkeeper
• Oliver Thomas ( born 1977 ), pop singer

Sports

In Alpirsbach is held annually the Black Forest Ultra Marathon wheel. He is one of the toughest marathons in Germany. Over a distance of 230 km 3600 meters of altitude must be overcome.