Höpfingen

Höpfingen is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden -Württemberg. It forms with the neighboring communities Wallduern and Hard home a Gemeindeverwaltungsverband.

  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 municipal
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 Museums
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Regular events
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Education
  • 5.3 Leisure and sports facilities
  • 6.1 freeman
  • 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

The district is located on the rear of the Südostabdachung Odenwald and has a share in the northern land. The municipality is located partly in the nature park Neckar -Odenwald 308-446 meters.

Community structure

The municipality includes the former Höpfingen community forest Stetten. To Höpfingen within the borders of 1970 include the hamlet Schlempertshof, the place brickyard, which houses sports field as well as the relocated farms Hollow Oak and Eckwaldsiedlung. In the community Höpfingen in territorial status from 1970 are each occupied only by field names deserted villages in New Haidenhof and Nonnenklösterlein.

History

In a fake to the year 996 in the 13th century deed Emperor Otto III. Höpfingen is called. Apart from that the place is in the tradition started in 1100 notes the monastery Amorbach mention, as well as in 1236 in a document of the monastery Seligental.

The majority Höpfingens was a fief of the Knights of hardware home in the Middle Ages. After termination of this knightly family in 1607, the village was managed jointly by the Electorate of Mainz and the Bishopric of Würzburg. However, these community management soon led to a lawsuit. This ended in 1656 by an award of the Imperial Supreme Court, the zusprach the sole claim to power the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg. After the dissolution of the ecclesiastical territories as a result of secularization and mediatization through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss Höpfingen 1803 the Principality slammed Leiningen. After its dissolution by signing the Act of Confederation on July 12, 1806 in Paris, the community was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Baden. In religious affiliation Höpfingen moved from the Diocese of Würzburg for the Archdiocese of Freiburg.

The only operation until the 1950s in time to purely agricultural area of ​​the brick Kaiser & Böhrer on the edge direction hardware home. The work had its own rail terminal, which was tied to the Höpfingen station on the railway line Wallduern hardware home.

During the Second World War was on Höpfinger district near the hamlet Schlempertshof and within sight of the village Dornsberg an airfield of the Armed Forces, called " Aerodrome Dornsberg ". At this airfield led a branching in Wallduern spur track. Since 1938, the village belonged to the district of book, the rose in 1973 in the new Neckar- Odenwald-Kreis.

On September 1, 1971 Waldstetten was incorporated.

Policy

Mayor

The mayor is directly elected for eight years. Since 1989, officiated Ehrenfried Scheuermann. Of the valid votes Adalbert Hauck was elected the new mayor of Höpfingen 62.5 % on 16 June 2013.

Parish council

The council has 15 members in addition to the presiding mayor, elected every five years. The municipal election in 2009 was as follows:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: Argent ( white) on green floor standing St. Giles with a silver (white ) Albe, red surplice and red shoes, black stole and red - lace details silver (white ) Mitra, in his right hand a black book in his left hand a golden ( yellow ) crook holding, standing behind him a black doe with a black arrow in the chest.

The coat of arms image that the hl. Giles, the patron saint of the Catholic parish church has with its attributes, already appears in the 1777 -built court seal.

Culture and sights

Museums

  • King Heimer Höflein - The farmhouse in the village

Structures

In the region, many shrines, corridor crosses and chapels and Madonna statues are to be found on building facades that the " Madonnenländchen " gave his name. Also in Höpfingen there are holy figures on houses.

The Catholic St. Giles 's Church was built in 1906-1908 according to the plans of Ludwig Maier in the Gothic Revival style.

The St. Justin 's Church in Forest Stetten was built in 1710 as a small Baroque church and 1874 neo-Baroque extended.

Regular events

  • Shrove Tuesday directed the FGH70 with pomp meetings, town hall storming and parade on Carnival Monday
  • Blossom Festival of Fruits and Horticultural Association in the spring
  • Fisherman's Festival of Sport Fishing Association Höpfingen on the last Sunday in June
  • TSV TSV Franconia Sports Festival 1911 Höpfingen
  • Slaughter of FGH 70 Höpfemer distiller in summer
  • Squeezing hard the community of Höpfinger clubs in autumn
  • Christmas market on the first weekend of Advent
  • Christmas Concert at the Musikverein on 25 December

Infrastructure and economy

Traffic

The municipality is situated on the main road 27 between Wallduern and Hard home.

Höpfingen was formerly on the railway line Wallduern hardware home, which was taken in 1911 in operation. Höpfingen was the only intermediate station on the 10 km course. The passenger traffic in 1954, the total 1999 set. After the Bundeswehr in hardware home got out as the main users of the railway line, the tracks were removed to the district Höpfingen in 2004. At the former railway line remember the overgrown railway embankment, several bridges and the privately used former station building.

Education

Höpfingen has a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule and a Catholic kindergarten.

Leisure and sports facilities

In the municipality of several sports and athletics facilities and a small indoor swimming pool are available.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Prince Charles, 32 years local council, 1963-1994 Deputy Mayor, volunteered in several clubs
  • 2005: Kosmas Hauck, 35 years City Council, volunteered in several clubs
  • 2005: Hubert Wörner, 33 years Ortschaftsrat or council, Deputy Mayor from 1994 to 2004, volunteered in several clubs

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Nörber Thomas (1846-1920), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Freiburg from 1898 to 1920.
  • Alois Gerig (* 1956), politician ( CDU), Member of the German Bundestag
  • Janine Tippl (* 1982 ), a musical actress
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