Opfingen

Opfingen ( Alem Opfige [ opf͡ɪg̊ə ] ) is a district of Freiburg im Breisgau and is located west of the city on the eastern edge of the Tuniberg.

Opfingen has 4108 inhabitants, the district comprises 1462 hectares. To Opfingen include the district of St. Nicholas and the former place Wippertskirch. The surrounding villages are: Merdingen, Freiburg - Waltershofen, Freiburg -Tiengen, Niederrimsingen, Freiburg -St. Georgen and Freiburg- sewage farm.

Policy

After the local elections of 7 June 2009 resulted in Ortschaftsrat following distribution of seats:

Mayor is since September 2009 Hans -Jürgen Stadelhofer.

History

Is mentioned for the first time Opfingen in a document from the year 1006, which is preserved in two copies from the 14th and 15th centuries. King Henry II then transferred an estate in Ophinga to the cathedral chapter Basel. The place-names ending in- ingen belong to the oldest Alemannic settlement layer since the 5th century. A 1990/91 in Won Katzensteig found above the cemetery grave of a warrior Alemanni from the 2nd half of the 5th century, probably part of a larger burial ground, showing the long history of settlement.

Until the early 19th century Opfingen belonged with the municipalities sound city, Wolfenweiler, Leutersberg, Tiengen and amounts to the so-called lower bailiwicks the reign of Badenweiler in contrast to most of the Breisgau, which was part of Further Austria ( the city of Freiburg since 1368 ). The rule Badenweiler was the end of the 15th century was still under the rule of the Marquis of Hachberg - Sausenberg, fell in 1503, but to the Margrave of Baden. 1535 Margraviate of Baden was separated into the two lines of Baden- Baden and Baden- Durlach, the rule Badenweiler belonged to the latter. After the 1771 were made to unite the separated lines of Baden and the proclamation of the Grand Duchy in 1805, the entire front Austrian Breisgau Freiburg in 1806 was handed over to the state of Baden.

Of the major waves of emigration in the 18th and 19th century also Opfingen was also affected: mainly in the years 1833-1854 studied many families trying their luck in America. Later it came to the exodus of commuters in the city of Freiburg, so that in 1939 the population reached a low of 870 (1852: 1311 ). After the Second World War, the number of residents in rose slowly due to the influx of refugees and expellees.

On December 1, 1971 Opfingen was incorporated in the course of administrative reform after a referendum on the city of Freiburg. Since the merging of the city of Freiburg, the number of residents has more than tripled (1970: 1287 2004: 4072 ).

Church

Ecclesiastical Opfingen belonged originally to the provost Wippertskirch, a church had Opfingen only since 1525. Having Margrave Karl II of Baden was converted to the Protestant faith, were Opfingen and St. Nicholas in 1555 evangelical, Wippertskirch remained Catholic.

Today's Protestant church was in 1778 according to plans by Carl Friedrich Meerwein - as well as the town hall - built. The church organ is by Georg Marcus Stone (1738-1794), an organ builder from the Silbermann school.

While Opfingen around the middle of the 20th century was still Protestant 98 %, the proportion of the Catholic population increased since the incorporation of the city of Freiburg in more and more, so that in 1985 the Catholic Church of St. Nicholas was built. At 31 December 2008 34.9 % of the inhabitants were Protestant, 36.5 % Catholic, 28.6 % belonged to other or no religious community.

Economy

Until the 70s Opfingen was heavily agricultural. While originally mixed holdings with viticulture, livestock and dairy farming with meadows and pastures, orchards and field crops of grain, herb, flax, hemp, turnips, etc. prevailed, there was a profound restructuring of agriculture since the mid-20th century. In the Rebflurbereinigungen in the 50s to the 70s big vine terraces were created. Today, only a small proportion of the population lives on agriculture. Mostly wine production, along with growing asparagus and like everywhere in the Upper Rhine valley of large-scale cultivation of maize. Many Opfinger work today as commuters in Freiburg.

Regional gained fame Opfingen by the asparagus cultivation, especially by the inn " fir ", in which is said to have stayed Napoleon supposedly. Regular guest during the asparagus season in the " fir " is former Federal President Walter Scheel.

School

In the school built in 1963 is now next to the Opfinger primary school and the secondary school for the Freiburg city parts on Tuniberg. The high school students and high school students commute to Freiburg.

Wippertskirch

Wippertskirch was first mentioned in a papal document from the year 1136 as Wipreskircha. At that time there was a separate parish, which for Waltershofen, Opfingen, St. Nicholas, and the now-vanished desertions Harthausen, St. Catherine and St. Bartholomew.

Bishop Rudolf of Constance transferred in 1276 to the monastery Schuttern the parish Wippertskirch. 50 years later spoke Count Konrad von Freiburg the monastery to the whole district. Wippertskirch became a priory of the Benedictine monastery of Schuttern. 1802 fell monastery mucking with all his possessions to Ercole III. d' Este, Duke of Modena, 1803 at the St. John, finally in 1806 to the Grand Duke of Baden. The monastery was thus canceled.

Wippertskirch rapidly lost importance. 1816 were only the church, the castle, and three courtyards with 18 residents. From the stones of the church, the church in Waltershofen was rebuilt, in 1822 the castle was canceled in 1885 was of the former settlement, only the current Wipper Kircher yard.

1891 divided Opfingen, Waltershofen and Merdingen the district to another. The Wippertskircher yard since then is Opfingen: A coat of arms, which is set into the facade of the Wipper Kircher court, bears the inscription Abbot Francis, the first of his name managed faithful to this building; 1733.

Since the mid-20th century, some new relocated farms were built in Wippertskirch.

Dialect

The dialect of Opfingen ( Obfigerdydsch ) belongs to the südalemannischen dialects, more precisely to the Northern Müllheimer space, the dialect area of the lower Markgräferland. The main feature is the k- shift in initial position ( Chind child Chobf head, CHROD toad unlike nördlicherem child Kobf, Grod ). The child / Chind line corresponds here about the old boundary between the lower bailiwicks and the front- Austrian Breisgau, where Tiengen, Opfingen lie south of this line with St. Nicholas, sound city, Wolfenweiler with Leutersberg, quantities and Oberrimsingen and Munzingen, Niederrimsingen, Merdingen, Waltershofen and St. Georgen north. This child / Chind - line is one of the most important distinctions between the South or High Alemannic and the Upper Rhine Alemannic. Im Breisgau run several borders, highlight the important differences between these dialect areas. Most of the Opfinger dialect is associated with the südalemannischen forms.

Opfingen is the northernmost place where a hochalemannischer dialect is spoken.