Eschbach, Baden-Württemberg
Eschbach is a municipality in Markgraeflerland in southwestern Baden- Württemberg and lies about 15 km south of Freiburg im Breisgau.
- 2.1 municipal
- 2.2 Mayor
- 3.1 Structures
- 4.1 Economics
- 4.2 Education
- 4.3 traffic
History
The patch Ascabah is first found in the year 807 in a certificate. Over the centuries, various monasteries had possession of Eschbach, the monasteries of St. Gallen, St. Blaise and St. Trudpert who see it as a fief awarded to noble families. In 1368, Eschbach became Austrian with the entire Breisgau. In the following 400 years, among other things, the Lords of Rappoltstein ( 1500-1613 ) and the Order of St. John ( 1613-1806 ) exercised the service rule. In 1806 the church was then added to the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Religions
Eschbach has always been a Roman Catholic church. The Church of St. Agnes has been first mentioned in 1275. The few evangelical believers belong to the Evangelical parish Heiterheim.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 57.24 % to the following result:
Mayor
Since 1983 Harald Kraus is mayor of Eschbach.
Culture and sights
Structures
The oldest surviving building Eschbach is the stately Hofgut wine Stetten north of the deserted village wine Stetten, now part of Eschbach. The Outbound wine village Stetten was first mentioned in 896 in a document under the name Vizzilistat. Through the Rhine floods of 1482 it was almost completely destroyed. Only the manorial farm north of the village, which had been sold in 1271 by the Lords of Üsenberg to the St John of Freiburg, was preserved. 1606 built - Prince Grand Prior of Rosenbach the manor. The wine Stetter yard is now privately owned. In 2012 he was restored.
The most striking building Eschbach is the noble house from the 15th century. It is a three -storey mansion with a highly visible, towering buildings. From 1795 it was Zum Löwen operated under the name as a restaurant. With extensive refurbishment measures in 1999 were diverse restoration and extension phases, but also the former tower of Brennerin to light. The noble house was named Eschbacher Castell.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
In the inter-municipal industrial park Breisgau numerous companies have now settled. The business park features in addition to the nearby motorway junction and the airfield also has a rail connection to the Rhine Valley line in the area of the station Heiterheim.
Education
In Eschbach there with the " Rappoltsteiner school" a primary school, also The municipality has two kindergartens, the Catholic St. Anne and the Protestant nursery Noah's ark.
Traffic
Eschbach is conveniently located near the motorway 5 The place can be reached via the motorway exit 64b ( Hart Home Heiterheim -Eschbach ) by the Breisgau Business Park.
Eschbach is cut by the Rhine Valley line Karlsruhe- Basel, moreover in place a relatively tight curve, the so-called Eschbacher bow making, which forces the trains to slow to less than 100 km / hour. A mitigation of the curve, since it is an ICE line, has been debated for decades and would mean in an implementation of a massive intervention in the local buildings.
In addition, the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan sees the four-tracked expansion of the Rhine Valley line to 2016Vorlage: Future / In 2 years, the scheduled date of completion of the Gotthard Base Tunnel before. The two new tracks that will be according to existing plans, subject to the freight should be built about 1.5 km west between Eschbach and the industrial park by the open landscape to the A 5.
Eschbach itself does not have its own train station more, which is located at the vicinity of only about 1.5 km from the railway station Heiterheim. The road and public transport is guaranteed by the Südbadenbus Company ( SBG).
In mostly lying on the Eschbacher district intercommunal Breisgau Business Park is the former air force base and current civilian special airfield airfield Bremgarten.