Merdingen
Merdingen is a wine-growing municipality in the district of Breisgau- Black Forest in Baden- Württemberg.
- 2.1 municipal
- 2.2 administration
- 2.3 partnership
Geography
Geographical location
Merdingen located on the western scarp of the Tuniberg, a flat ridge in the upper Rhine plane. An exceptionally mild climate and fertile loess soils provide conditions for the cultivation of wine, fruit and asparagus.
Community structure
In the community Merdingen the village Merdingen and the living space as well as the lime works dialed villages Egelfingen, Field Mayrhofen, hard living, herring lie (?) And Hinterhofen.
Neighboring communities
In the east Merdingen borders the Tuniberg villages Waltershofen and Opfingen the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, west of the community are Breisach and Ihringen as well as in the North East, the Muslim community home.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 65.8 % ( - 2.0 ) the following result:
/ -: Difference to the previous local elections in 2004
Management
Merdingen heard as the neighboring town of Ihringen at the agreed management community of the town of Breisach am Rhein.
Partnership
The French twin town of Sainte -Croix -en- Plaine is located seven kilometers south of Colmar in Alsace adjacent.
History
Presumably the local situation was already settled by the Celts. From the 1st century AD Romans lived here in estates and operated fruit and vegetable cultivation. The settlement of the Romans are substantiated by archaeological remains of a Roman bath house backed up, which is north of Merdingen to visit towards Wasenweiler. The village Merdingen is a foundation of the Alemanni in the 5th or 6th century. Other documented references date back to 1137 and 1154 as part of a goods donation to the monastery of St. Peter and in 1139 in a papal bull for the Prince-Bishopric of Basel. The local rule changed hands several times. It is known that belonged from 1666 one-third of the Barons of Kageneck and 1716 following the sale by the Barons of Wessenberg two thirds of the German Order - Coming Freiburg. In the 16th and 17th centuries the town was repeatedly plundered because this village is situated between Freiburg and Breisach and thus unable to escape the wars could
Attractions
Interesting is built by Johann Caspar Bagnato 1738-1741 late Baroque parish church of St. Remigius. It was equipped by Francesco Pozzi (stucco ), Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer ( altar and pulpit ) and Franz Joseph Spiegler (ceiling frescoes and altarpieces ). Above the main portal is in a niche over the life-size sculpture of a " Immaculata " by Johann Christian Wentzinger, the relationship in Merdingen had. The church was chosen by the monument Baden-Württemberg as a " monument of July 2006". Also the adjacent rectory was designed by Bagnato and 1754.
Personalities
Merdingen gained wide attention when the cyclist Jan Ullrich 1994-2002 lived there.