Klettgau

Unterklettgau is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden- Württemberg.

• 2.1 Coat of arms of former municipalities

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 partnerships

• 4.1 associations

• 5.1 Viticulture
• 5.2 traffic
• 5.3 Media
• 5.4 Education

• 6.1 freeman
• 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.3 Other persons who are connected with the community

Geography

Geographical Location

The municipality is located in the lower Unterklettgau Klettgau along the three creeks blades digging, Schwarzenbach and Seegraben. The municipality covers an altitude of 390-670 meters.

Neighboring communities

Unterklettgau borders the Swiss municipalities Trasadingen and Wilchingen in Canton of Schaffhausen and Wasterkingen in the canton of Zurich and the German communities Wutoeschingen, Lauchringen, Kuessaberg, Hohentengen on the Upper Rhine and Dettighofen.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Unterklettgau

• Buhl,
• Erzingen,
• Geißlingen,
• Grießen,
• Rechenberg,
• Riedern on sand and
• Because Weis.

The spatial boundaries of the districts are identical to the previously independent municipalities of the same name, its official designation is done by preceding the name of the municipality and separated by comma, the name of each hamlet. The districts also form residential areas within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code.

For the district of Bühl the hamlet Buhl, Mittelhof and Oberhof and the farms are Berchenhof ( Sommerau ) and Kaiser ( Keppele ) yard. The hamlet Erzingen heard the village Erzingen. The hamlet Geißlingen include the village Geißlingen and the homestead Heideggerhof. The hamlet Grießen include the village Grießen, the hamlet Reutehof, the homestead Bergscheuerhof and the houses Old mill and fire, the station Grießen and the brick cottage. The hamlet is part of the hamlet Rechenberg Rechenberg. The hamlet Riedern of as ( former municipality Riedern on sand) includes the villages of Upper and Riedern Unterriedern. The hamlet Weis Because the village Weisweil and the courts Postal ( hof ) and Naegele include (field) yard.

In the municipality are the following desertions and dialed castles: the deserted courtyard Erwis ( district of Bühl ), in the district Erzingen the waste places of hard living, Schlattmann, Taurus Hausen and certainly not in the district Erzingen upper Willer; in the district Grießen the deserted village Muenchingen; in the district Riedern a p the few remains of the castle Neukrenkingen and certainly not in the district Riedern a p Häuserhof the deserted village; Because the district Weis is the castle stables White Castle.

History

Erzingen is first documented in pago Chleggouve in villa Arcingen in 876 in a Cartular the monastery Rheinau. In Erzingen there was a village noble family, the lords of Erzingen. In documents from 1353, they are mentioned as a noble servant or squire, they were related to those of Bettmaringen and grits. To 1529 it will no longer be called. The church went rights in 1436 from the diocese of Constance to the monastery Rheinau over. For the first time in the Erzingen widespread today Indlekofer name is called. 1486 Erzingen was taken in Waldshuterstrasse war by the Confederates. Erzingen belonged to Landgraviate Unterklettgau, was thus part of the reign of Schwarzenberg and came up with its sale to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

The community was Unterklettgau Riedern formed on August 1, 1971 as part of the Baden-Württemberg territorial reform of the formerly independent villages Erzingen, grits, Rechenberg, the sea and Weis Weil. On 1 January 1975 Buhl and Geißlingen were incorporated.

In Riedern on sand once was a quartz movement for the extraction of silica sand, mainly for plastering ( scoop throw), the sand pit opens up the Graupensande the Upper Freshwater Molasse, the sands are in addition to the known fossils such as shark teeth also Bohnerz. The bean ore was recovered in the entire Unterklettgau and the edge area of nests, which had formed in limestone by wash. The bean ore is similar in look like black beans, hence the common name today Bohnenviertel for the area around Grießen.

In Buhl hosts the annual Notburgastraße hard place, the pilgrimage to Notburgastraße of Buhl is very old, she is the patron of Klettgau. In the last Buhl Freischar troops retreated to the Baden Revolution under General Sigel and Joseph White hair back. Buhl is also known for equestrian athletes.

Coat of arms of former municipalities

Grießen

Rechenberg

Riedern on sand

Weisweil

Buhl

Geißlingen

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in the community Unterklettgau to the following distribution of seats:

Mayor

On 9 November 2008, confirmed with 98.22 % of the votes cast in his office Volker Jungmann (SPD). Although he ran as the only candidate, the voter turnout was 48.95 %.

Partnerships

Unterklettgau maintains since 1976 in partnership community relations Clisson near Nantes in France. Since the summer of 2006, a partnership with the Italian Sanza is south of Naples.

Culture

Clubs

There are over 100 clubs in the community. They are divided into carnival, women, music, singing, and sports clubs. The largest club is the Turnverein Erzingen with over 800 members.

Economy and infrastructure

The share of the manufacturing sector is 67 percent, trade, transport and communications comprise 18 percent, other services amount to 15 percent. The market tradition in Grießen goes back to the Middle Ages and today still find annual six Krämer markets instead. Once passed here a brick factory and a weaving mill.

Viniculture

In Erzingen there have always viticulture, vineyards to Erzingen and Rechenberg are mainly planted with vines of Pinot Noir, red wine it is made. Viticultural approach is also known in the districts Buhl and Riedern on sand. Since 2002, every year in the spring, a wine fair held, organized by the municipality. The majority of the grapes is given by the Erzinger wine cooperative to the cooperative Baden winery cellar for further processing. Every year since 1959, hosts the Erzinger Wine Festival in the fall. Tradition is the choice of Erzinger wine princess. Upper Baden Wine Princess were:

Traffic

Unterklettgau is located on the main road 34 [ Basel- Singen ( Hohentwiel ) ]. The district Erzingen has a railway station with IRE and RB- stop with a spacious parking lot. On weekdays the trains run here every hour. The railway station in the district Grießen is operated sporadically, especially for school transport. The two stations are located on the High Rhine - Bahn Basel singing [ Ulm ].

Media

In Unterklettgau the monopoly newspaper Südkurier is represented by its offshoot Alb- Bote. For this, the display sheets " WOM " and " Anzeigerhochhaus Rhine " come. Online reports Hierzuland.info on the town and the surrounding villages.

Education

There are two primary schools in the districts Erzingen and grits and a secondary school with Werkrealschule in Erzingen. Secondary schools are available, among others, in the county town of Waldshut- Tiengen, Bad Säckingen and in Singen aH. There is also the possibility of visiting Swiss colleges and universities.

Personalities

Freeman

• Raymund network Hammer (1862-1945), Archbishop of Bucharest

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Conrad von Grießen, 39th abbot of the monastery Rheinau 1483-1498
• Maximilian Stoll (1742-1787), physician in Vienna
• Martin Zimmermann (1873-1957), farmer, winemaker and mayor in Erzingen
• Walther Peinsipp (* 1906), diplomat
• Konrad Josef Holy ( * 1907, † 1945 in Belluno), historian

Other personalities who are associated with the community

• Notburgastraße of Buhl (around 796 in Edinburgh, Scotland, † January 26 840 ), an exiled Scottish queen, who at the same time brought nine children into the world to
• Rudolf I, Castle White Castle destroyed in the spring of 1288
• John XXIII. ( Antipope ), held in Erzingen on his flight to
• William of Grießen ∞ Appolonia of Erzingen ( * before 1488, † after 1525 ), Knight ( Miles ), local nobility
• Martin of White Castle, Abbot of Reichenau 1492-1508
• Hans Rebmann (1499-1568), Reformed theologian, preacher in Grießen
• Maria Grießer of Buhl († December 19, 1682 ), victims of witch-hunting
• Robert Leiber (1887-1967), German Jesuit, son of a teacher Erzinger, a professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University and personal assistant, later private secretary Eugenio Pacelli of ( Pope Pius XII. )
• Elmar Zimmermann (1930-1998), grew up in Erzingen, teachers in Stühlingen, author and artist