Blaufelden
Blue Rheinfelden is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden- Württemberg, Germany.
- 2.1 religions
- 2.2 Amalgamations
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.1 traffic
- 4.2 Established businesses
- 5.1 Structures
- 5.2 Natural Monuments
- Born 6.1 Blaufelden
- 6.2 Other personalities
Geography
Geographical Location
Blaufelden is on the Hohenlohe plain in 320-488 meters altitude. The municipality runs like a belt through the northern district of Schwäbisch Hall, Hohenlohe from the Circle to the Bavarian border.
Community structure
The municipality comprises the main town Blaufelden and the incorporated within the framework of local government reform in the 1970s formerly independent municipalities Billingsbach, Gammesfeld, Mr. Animal Bach, Wiesbach and Witten Weiler ( without upper and lower hamlets which were incorporated by Gerabronn ). Among the various districts include many other spatially separate living spaces, which usually have little inhabitants. Here are:
- To Billingsbach: Brüchlingen, Hertensteiner mill Lentersweiler, Mittelbach, Raboldshausen ( to 1875 name of the municipality Billingsbach )
- To Blaufelden: Blue Bach, Niederweiler, Schuckhof
- To Gammesfeld: Ehringhausen, Heufelwinden, Metzholz
- To Mr. animal Bach: Alkertshausen, Geroldshausen, Kottmannsweiler, Simmetshausen
- To Wiesbach: Emmertsbühl, Engelhardshausen, Naicha, Saalbach
- Witten Weiler: Erpfersweiler, Wasen
Neighboring communities
Neighboring cities and municipalities Blaufeldens are ( clockwise from the west): Mulfingen ( Hohenlohe ), Schrozberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (district of Ansbach, Bavaria), Rot am See, Gerabronn and Langenburg. Up to Mulfingen and Rothenburg ob der Tauber all belong to the district of Schwäbisch Hall.
History
Blaufelden was first mentioned in documents in 1157. It originally belonged to the dominion Werdeck the Lords of Hohenlohe and came from this 1371 first at Kraft III. of Hohenlohe- Weikersheim, 1399 then. to the viscount of Nuremberg, it annexing the Principality of Ansbach From 1500 was Blaufelden as part of Ansbach in the Frankish Empire circle. 1806 the place initially fell in the wake of media coverage due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss conclusion to the Kingdom of Bavaria, but came to the Kingdom of Württemberg four years later. see also Hertenstein Castle, castle Billingsbach
Religions
The Reformation was introduced in Blaufelden 1526. Since then, the place is known Protestant. There are several Protestant churches in the community. Blaufelden is the seat of the church district Blaufelden the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg. In the capital Blaufelden there is also a Catholic church; Apostolic churches are located in Blaufelden and in animal Lord Bach.
Incorporations
During the municipal reform five municipalities were amalgamated to Blaufelden; these were:
- On 1 January 1972: Billingsbach, Witten hamlets and Wiesbach
- On 1 January 1973: Gammesfeld
- On 1 January 1975: Mr. Bach animal
Policy
Parish council
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was as follows (22 instead of the previous 20 mandates):
Coat of arms
Blazon: On a golden gevierten of silver and black sign foot in a blue ausschreitender, golden -clad farmer with a golden hat and red shoes, from a silver grains Säsack ausstreuend.
Economy and infrastructure
The Farming village participated in the economic development of the 19th century some little, but remained important through its central location, through cattle trade and its markets. Agriculture still plays an important role, there are almost one hundred agricultural to commercial farms.
Traffic
The municipality has a station on the Tauber Valley Railway Crailsheim -Wertheim. From 1900 to 1996 chained in Blaufelden from a branch line to Langenburg, which also had breakpoints in Witten hamlets and in Raboldshausen. The Royal Württemberg State Railways built the station building in Raboldshausen station as a unit of type IIa. Passenger services on the branch line has already been set in 1963.
At the national road network Blaufelden is via the federal highway 290 ( Tauberbischofsheim - Aalen ) attached.
Established businesses
The largest employer in Blaufelden is the Sigloch group distribution services for publishers, commercial and industrial customers operating in the field. At the sites Blaufelden and Horšovský Tyn (Czech Republic) about 540 people are employed, including 60 in Horšovský Tyn. Every day, approximately 200,000 shipments the company. As Sigloch Edition Sigloch also laid himself books on food and drink, nature and landscape.
Raiffeisen Bank Gammesfeld with the CEO as the only employees and about 500 customers were known as Germany's smallest bank with Germany's best interest. The bank branch is the center of a documentary film (gravel as hay) from 2002 about life in Gammesfeld. After a management change was indeed converted to electronic bookings in 2008, but the bank still has only one employee.
Culture and sights
Structures
The rest Hertenstein Castle is located in the district Billingsbach.
Natural Monuments
The Linde in Wiesbach is about a 800 year old large-leaved lime with a national reputation, which has been mentioned in the Hohenlohe fief books.
Personalities
Born in Blaufelden
- Christophe- Philippe Oberkampf (1738-1815), German - French textile manufacturer ( in the district Wiesbach )
- Karl Philipp (1901-1966), farmer, member of parliament ( in the district of Witten Weiler )
- Friedrich Schmidt (1902-1973), politician ( NSDAP), Member of Parliament, ( in the district Wiesbach )
- Otto Wilhelm Betz (1917-2005), German theologian and university professor ( in the district of Mr. Bach animal )
Other personalities
- Karl Austrians (1931-1998), politician ( CDU), a longtime member of parliament, a farmer in Blaufelden - Ehringhausen