Pfaffenweiler

Pfaffenweiler ( Alemannic Pfaffewiler ) is a town about ten kilometers south of Freiburg im Breisgau, at the northern edge of Margravian.

The place is known among other things, by the on the first weekend of September, annual snail festival, the guests from all over Germany as well as England and Holland receives annually.

3.1 municipal
3.2 Coat of Arms
3.3 Town twinning

4.1 Structures
4.2 Monuments / Landmarks
4.3 Museums
4.4 Sport
4.5 Regular events

Geography

Geographical location

Pfaff hamlet located in the so-called Schneckental in the northern Markgraeflerland between the Batzenberg the west and the Hohfirst as part of the beautiful mountain range in the east. Through the valley flows the Duffernbach.

Geology

The Schoenberg massif consists of layers of rock from red sandstone to the Tertiary. The rock was mined in several quarries until the beginning of the 20th century by local stonemasons. Today you can still see the ancient quarries.

Neighboring communities

At Pfaffenweiler border in the North Sound City and Ebringen, in the east Bollschweil, in the south Kirchhofen (OT honor of churches ) and in the west Norsingen and Scherzingen (both belonging to honor churches).

Community structure

The municipality comprises the villages Öhlinsweiler ( Alem Ehlischwiler ) and Pfaff hamlet.

History

The site may have been first mentioned in a deed of gift of wine country at the monastery of St. Gall as Openwilare: Propterea vernacula terra juris mei in loco, qui dicitur Openwilare, Tradimus sancto Galloni viginti juchos, et in unum Eberingen Juchum de vinea. The document dates from a January 16 during the reign of the Frankish king Chilperic II, who ruled from June 715 to March 721 without year specification, it is only the ruling king Chilperic mentioned ( without number). The internal affairs of the Frankish Empire make a construction of the act in the years 717/718 most likely. The reign of Chilperic I. ( 561-584 ) ruled out, because at that time the monastery of St. Gall did not yet exist. More Chilperic did not exist.

The research, however, assumes that Openwilare probably not Pfaffenweiler or Öhlinsweiler, but a later abandoned hamlet in northern Schneckental between Pfaffenweiler and Wolfenweiler was in the range of today's municipal area borders both towns. A number of such hamlets are occupied for that time for the Schneckental.

For centuries, stone carving was an important source of income besides agriculture and viticulture. So the sculptor Jörg Kempf created in 1561 from the pulpit of the Freiburg Minster Pfaffenweiler limestone. Probably the oldest inn is the " room" in the district Öhlinsweiler, built in 1574/75. As a " room" it served partly as an office building.

From 1492 to 1811 the location on the other side of the mountain village chunk Scherzingen belonged to Pfaffenweiler. Scherzingen was then independently and has been part of local government reform in 1974 to honor churches.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following distribution of seats:

Coat of arms

Blazon: " In red with three gold, covered with just such chalices patens (1:2). "

Twinning

Jasper ( Indiana), USA: In 1850 emigrated numerous Pfaffenweiler to North America and settled in the village of Jasper. Even today there are Pfaffenweiler surnames such as Eckerle, Eckert, Gutgsell, pine, Bath Baby and Elmlinger

Culture and sights

Structures

Catholic Parish Church of St. Columba
Guest house room
Historic soils of
Historic Quarries

Monuments / landmarks

High Bannstein ( subdistrict stone in Hohfirstwald to which the five municipalities Bollschweil, Ebringen, honor churches, Pfaff hamlet and city adjacent sound. Meanwhile, stands on the site only a replica, the original stone is located in the Pfaff Hamlet Village Museum )
Africa monument at the edge of the forest on the Duerrenberg

Museums

Village Museum ( the Town Hall )
Historical quarries ( Open Air Museum )

Sports

VfR Pfaffenweiler ( football)
TC Pfaffenweiler (tennis )
TV Pfaffenweiler (gymnastics )
TTC Pfaffenweiler (table tennis)
SSV Pfaffenweiler ( Shooting )
AMC Pfaffenweiler (slalom Kart)

Regular events

This also nationally known snail festival in Pfaffenweiler place for many years, held annually on the first weekend of September. Along the road in Chapel Oberndorf ( Öhlinsweiler ) courtyards and cellars are used by local clubs to offer the local wine and partially ajar on traditional regional cuisine dishes. Feature of the worm festival is the Customs Look at the annual subject is presented from the craft tradition of the village by the artisans themselves with some original tools, for example Steinhauer / Steinmetz, viticultural approach etc.

When every year on the last Sunday carried out in June Steibick - Fescht the members of the group Steinhauer show the traditional trade in the Open Air Museum Historic quarries.

Personalities

Jörg Arnold ( * 1957), German criminal law scholars and former East German Judge

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