Ravenstein, Germany

Ravenstein is a city in Baden- Württemberg at the southeastern edge of the Neckar -Odenwald -Kreis.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 mayor
  • 3.4 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 educational institutions
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

The district is located in the land is forested and about 28 per cent. All districts are located on streams that hinfließen to Jagst: Hüngheim and Merchingen at the Kessach, Erlenbach to pass in that and Ober-/Unterwittstadt and Ball Mountain at Hasselbach.

Boroughs

The town of Ravenstein consists of the former municipalities Ball Mountain, Erlenbach, Hüngheim, Merchingen, Oberwittstadt and sub ​​Witt city. To Merchingen the homestead Dörnishof and the house belong Lower Mill. To Oberwittstadt include the hamlet Schollhof and the house Heckenmühle.

In the territory of the former town ball mountain lie the deserted villages Mutzen Brunn and shaft village, in the territory of the former municipality of Erlenbach the waste places of Johannes church and Upper Erlenbach, in the territory of the former municipality Hüngheim lies the deserted courtyard High Black, in the territory of the former municipality Merchingen are the waste places Bense hamlets and Wolfenhausen and in the territory of the former municipality Oberwittstadt are the waste places Höringen and side Hausen, suggesting that only one field name.

History

Probably Merchingen goes back to an Alemannic settlement around 500 AD. The village Merchingen was first mentioned in 1188. In 1303, there are the Lords of Aschhausen the first local nobility.

1306 Got Balls mountain of Count Bobbo I, who had his residence in Krautheim, the municipal law.

1570 will be awarded at the request of Johann Erasmus of Aschhausen market rights for Whit Tuesday.

Jörg Metzler, the famous peasant leader from Ball Mountain continued, through its participation in the Peasants' War, the self-administration of local risk. Only the municipal law was preserved.

The domination of the districts Hüngheim and Merchingen had until 1806 held in whole or in part, the Lords of Berlichingen. The districts Ball Mountain, Erlenbach, upper and lower Witt city belonged until 1802 to the territory of the archbishopric of Mainz / Kurmainz. Remnants of the old road that had lead Charlemagne of Würzburg in Switzerland are received at Ball Mountain yet.

From 1737 a synagogue / school is detected (present-day church building). At the site until 1880 was the seat of the Bezirksrabbinats. 1938, the synagogue was destroyed inside. The Germans of the Jewish faith were exiled or deported to Gur.

As part of the municipal government reform, the current community Ravenstein is formed on 1 December 1971 by the union of previously independent city Ball Mountain and the communities Erlenbach, Hüngheim, Merchingen, Oberwittstadt and sub ​​Witt city. It is named after the site Rabenstein located in Ball Mountain. Ravenstein is the city since April 1, 1974.

Religions

Ball Mountain, Erlenbach, Hüngheim, upper and lower Witt city are characterized predominantly Catholic. In Merchingen outweighs the Protestant denomination.

Merchingen was home to a significant Jewish community. Already in 1336 the Jew-baiting touched the place Merchingen

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 was as follows:

The turnout was 67.3 percent, up by 0.6 percentage points higher than in the local elections of 2004. The council has 13 men.

Mayor

The mayor is elected for eight years. Since March 1, 2012 officiated by Hans-Peter Thenen (independent). Its predecessor was from 1996 Horst Weber ( CDU).

Mayor

  • Ball Mount Clemens roller
  • Erlenbach: Bernd Ebert
  • Hüngheim: Sven sailor
  • Merchingen: Jürgen Ullrich
  • Oberwittstadt: Irmgard Frank
  • Under Witt City: Josef Weber

Coat of arms

The Rave Steiner Coat of Arms is silver ( white) under gezinntem red shield main ( three silver (white ) battlements ) is a sechsspeichiges black wheel The coat of arms is a combination of Wheel of Mainz ( sechsspeichig, silver in red) and Berlichinger wheel ( fünfspeichig, silver in Black) dar. It reminds us of the historical domination of the overall community. The pinnacles point to the old city right from Ball Mountain.

Erlenbach

Hüngheim

Merchingen

Oberwittstadt

Under Witt City

Culture and sights

  • Altar of the fourteen Holy Helpers chapel from 1456 ( Oberwittstadt ), the chapel itself was built in the 12th century.
  • Renaissance Castle in Merchingen with its museum. The castle to Merchingen is the largest coherent castle building in the Neckar -Odenwald -Kreis. The hall building is built in the Renaissance style, while the corner building, gatehouse and residential buildings have been structurally assigned to the Baroque. The hall building and the gate / corner building owned by the community and have been renovated by the Friends palace. The corner building is now run as a hotel. Residential construction is still in the possession of the Lords of Berlichingen and is structurally in 2013 in a poor condition.
  • Plaque on the Roman Catholic Church Buchenweg 15 of the district Merchingen served at the desecrated during the November 1938 pogrom church until then, the Jewish community as a synagogue

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Ravenstein has a direct motorway connection, the A 81 Stuttgart -Heilbronn -Würzburg, exit Adelsheim - Osterburken.

A railway connection is located in the neighboring Osterburken.

Educational institutions

In addition to a high school, there are two primary schools in the city. There are also two municipal and two church nurseries.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Benjamin Dispecker, district rabbi from Merchingen
  • Jörg Metzler, peasant leader from Ball Mountain
  • Benno Rütten Auer, writers and translators from Oberwittstadt
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