Hüfingen
Huefingen is a city in the Schwarzwald- Baar-Kreis in Baden- Württemberg.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 4.1 municipal
- 4.2 Coat of Arms
- 4.3 Town twinning
- 5.1 Museums
- 5.2 Sound
- 5.3 Structures
- 5.4 Customs
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Education
Geography
Geographical location
The city is situated in 574-917 meters altitude on the Baar plateau on the eastern edge of the southern Black Forest in the Valley of the Breg, about four kilometers south of Donaueschingen.
Neighboring communities
The city is bordered to the north by the large district town of Donaueschingen, in the east on the town Geisingen in Tuttlingen district, in the south on the town Blumberg and the community Wutach in the Waldshut district and in the west to the cities Loeffingen in the district of Breisgau in the Black Forest and Braeunlingen.
Boroughs
To town Huefingen with the previously independent municipalities Behla, Furstenberg, Hausen from forest, marsh and Mundelfingen ears include the city Huefingen and ten other villages, hamlets, farms and houses. Among the former municipalities Behla, Hausen of forest and swamp ears each include only the villages of the same name. For the former town of Fürstenberg Fürstenberg include the village and the hamlet of thieves. To town Huefingen in fron front of the municipal reform of the 1970s include the city Huefingen and the courts Lehrhof, Upper and Lower Schossenhof Schossenhof. For the former municipality Mundelfingen include the village Mundelfingen and the living space young Pasture.
In the district Behla or in Hausen district of forest is probably the deserted village Uaganesheim. In Huefingen or swamp ears district lies the deserted village Riedhausen, in Mundelfingen district lies the castle stables Hardeck.
History
The earliest archaeological finds on the boundary Huefingen date from the Bronze Age. It is assumed that an early Celtic settlement, which was adopted by the Romans. This built in the early 1st century AD in the stone cave Won the fort Brigobannis, which included a bathing facility, which can still be seen today as " Römerbadmuseum ". After the withdrawal of the Roman legions, the Alamanni settled in the area of today's Huefingen. From this time several large cemeteries were discovered.
The name Huefingen is the first time a 1083 documentary mention. The settlement came from a castle, around which formed a small castle town. Outside the castle walls, the village Huefingen, which consisted of individual farms emerged. 1274 enters the family of the Lords of Blumberg as the owner Hüfingens on documented. 1382 or 1383 went over the possession of the Lords of Schellenberg. Castle, town and village were connected to an urban unit, which still forms the structure of the old town. In later documents, however, is always of the " two cities Huefingen " the speech: The actual castle town (now called Hinterstadt ) and integrated into the fortified city village settlement (now the leading city with the main road as the center ). At that time each district had its own castle. The Front Palace was demolished and rebuilt in 1712. Is now the Princely Fürstenberg nursing home in it.
In 1480 donated knight Konrad III. Schellenberg and his brother Burkhard III. Schellenberg, together with the mayor, the city council and the Hüfinger craftspeople to Our - love - women Brotherhood and great year, which played a major role both in the ecclesiastical as well as in the municipal life of Huefingen until the 18th century.
1620 Huefingen passed to the Counts of Fürstenberg, the Huefingen extensions to the official city and thus become an important administrative center of their territory.
Huefingen was 1631 - 1632 affected by witch hunts. Eight women and a man were caught in a witch trial. At least eight people were executed. The most famous victim was the Hüfinger notary and judge Mathias tinctorius.
After 1806, the Fürstenberger lost their national independence, was Huefingen seat of a Grand Ducal Baden district office. This status the city maintained until the mid 19th century. In 1935 was in Huefingen the Reich Labor Service camp of the Department 2/263 Heinrich von Fürstenberg, which had previously been in Pfohren and Donaueschingen.
Incorporations
In the course of municipal reform in Baden- Württemberg, the following municipalities were amalgamated with Huefingen:
Coat of arms of several incorporated cities and towns
Fürstenberg
Hausen against forest
Mundelfingen
Swamp ears
Religions
Huefingen remained predominantly influenced Roman Catholic after the Reformation. In the city there are seven Catholic churches today. But even the few evangelical Christians have with the Church of Peace a private house of God.
The Muslims Hüfingens have two mosques: the Mescidi Aqsa Mosque ( Diyanet ), and the Tuna Camii / Mosque Danube (Milli Görüş )
Policy
Parish council
The municipal elections on 7 June 2009 yielded the following result ::
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " In a floating blue silver tower with black holes. "
The city colors are blue and white.
Twinning
Huefingen maintains partnership relations with
Culture and sights
The home day Baden-Württemberg will be held in 2012 in the city triangle Donaueschingen / Braeunlingen / Huefingen.
Museums
- Römerbadmuseum (see also separate article castle Huefingen )
- City Museum of Art and History
- School Museum
Music
- City Music Huefingen
- Hüfinger Vokalkreis - Singing Voices eV
Structures
- Catholic Church of St. Verena and gallic
- Front Castle (now a nursing home )
- Telecommunications tower Huefingen
- Fürstenberg Castle Ruins
Customs
Huefingen is known for its floral carpets on Corpus Christi. Already since 1842, there is this tradition, after the Hüfinger sculptor Franz Xaver Empire ( 1815-1881 ) had brought the custom from Italy. The carpets are laid by the inhabitants on Corpus Christi morning from 4 clock and remain above to also give foreign visitors the opportunity to view these special carpets throughout the day. Overall, the image carpets cover from flowers with religious motifs an area of about 750 square meters. The continuous almost 500 meters long and 1.80 m wide strip of meadow flowers, however, can be placed only in years with favorable growing.
Huefingen one of the most traditional places in the Swabian- Alemannic carnival. The Narrenzunft is a founding member of the Association of Swabian - Alemannic Carnival Guilds; the main character is the " Hansel ", a Weißnarr with intricately painted garment ( Narrenhäs ). As " Erznarr " applies to the Hüfinger carnival of " Baptistle ", a single figure with Flick robe and slung window.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Huefingen is located on the Höllentalbahn from Donaueschingen to Freiburg im Breisgau and on this track stop the trains running in a two -hour intervals regional express trains from Neustadt (Black Forest) over Donaueschingen to Ulm. The trains between Neustadt (Black Forest) and Rottweil, however, do not hold in Huefingen. In Huefingen beyond the coming of Donaueschingen Bregtalbahn after Braeunlingen branches off, the sooner even reached to Furtwangen. 2003, this route was reactivated as part of the ring pull concept. Huefingen thereby received a new, closer to the town center railway stop, on which both the trains from Neustadt to Ulm, as also keep the ring moves. Since 2003, the Ringzug Huefingen connects weekdays hourly with Braeunlingen, Donaueschingen and the regional center of Villingen -Schwenningen. Huefingen has with its combination of regional express and Ringzug good access to rail transport. The public transport ensures the transport association Schwarzwald- Baar.
By federal highways 27 ( Blankenburg - Lottstetten ), 31 ( Breisach - Sigmarszell ) and 33 ( Willstaett - Ravensburg ) Huefingen is connected to the national road network.
Education
With the Lucian Empire school is in Huefingen a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule. From the school year 2013/2014, the Community School was first introduced into the 5 classes. With each subsequent school year, the school community will include another grade level, to the same extent will reduce the number of grade levels in plant secondary school model. From school year 2018/2019, all classes are run as a joint school. There is also the Schellenberg school in the district of Oberhausen from forest another elementary school. For the youngest inhabitants consist of eight kindergartens.
Freeman
- Theodor Burger (1827-1911); Pastor of the city Huefingen
Sons and daughters of the town
- Jerome Lang (1540-1582), a glass painter, active in Schaffhausen
- Aloys Hirt (1759-1837), archaeologist
- Johann Nepomuk Schelble (1789-1837), musician, composer and educator
- Lucian Empire ( the younger) ( 1817-1900 ), painter and writer
- Rudolf Gleichauf (1826-1896), German painter of historical scenes
- Paul Revellio (1886-1966), the city archivist and local historian
- Bertold Hummel (1925-2002), German composer
- Alexander Siegmund ( b. 1968 ), Professor of geographical Didactics at the PH Heidelberg
People are connected to the city in connection
- Mathias tinctorius, (* before 1600, † 1632 Huefingen ), notary and judge, was executed in a witch trial.
- Franz Joseph Salzmann, (* 1724, † 1786 in Huefingen ), architect and builder