Schwörstadt
Schworstadt is a municipality in the district of Lörrach in Baden- Württemberg.
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 4.1 Mayor
- 4.2 municipal
- 4.3 Town twinning
- 5.1 dialect
- 5.2 Natural Monuments
- 5.3 Desk
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Established businesses 6.2.1 Ryburg - Schworstadt
Geography
Geographical location
Schworstadt is between 296-481 meters above sea level directly between the Upper Rhine in the south and the Dinkelberg, an offshoot of the Black Forest, in the north. The district Dossenbach located about three kilometers north of Schworstadt on the Dinkelberg. The district of Lower Dossenbach about two kilometers north of Schworstadt and one kilometer south of Dossenbach.
Neighboring communities
Neighboring communities are the towns on the Rhine weir upstream and Rheinfelden (Baden) downstream and the Swiss community Möhlin on the opposite side of the river. In the north Schworstadt borders Schopfheim.
With the Rheinfelden site has entered into an Agreed administrative matters.
Community structure
The municipality Schworstadt heard the earlier separate municipality Dossenbach. The municipality Schworstadt, in the borders of 1970, includes the villages of Lower Dossenbach, Oberndorf and the lower village, the settlement " settlement outer mountain," Schloss and Hof " castle and chateau ", the courtyards Eichbühlhof and Hollwangen and the houses power plant colony.
History
The settlement of the environment Schwörstadts goes back to the Stone Age. The indicated among other things, the heath stone, a remnant of a dolmen type Schworstadt approximately in the center of the village, which originally served as the entrance stone of a megalithic site.
Schworstadt was first documented in the year 1246th In a Urfehde 1393, John Shepherd at odds with the German Order Coming in Beuggen, Schworstadt is called " Swestat ".
The district Dossenbach can be reached on the plateau of the mountain spelled. The village was first mentioned in documents in 1247. The most significant event in the Dosse Bacher story may have been the famous Battle of Dossenbach in which the radical democratic " German Democratic Legion" of Georg Herwegh was defeated by the Wurttembergers on April 27, 1848 during the Baden Revolution, after about a week before the Heckerzug had been beaten on the Scheideck at Kandern.
Until the end of 1972 Schworstadt belonged to the district Säckingen. When this was resolved was the community in contrast to the majority of the district not to the district of Waldshut, but was incorporated into the district of Lörrach.
Incorporations
Already in 1929 the communities of Upper and Niederschwörstadt (including Stabhalterei low Dossenbach ) came together for the community Schworstadt. As part of the municipal reform in Baden- Württemberg Dossenbach was incorporated into Schworstadt on 1 July 1971.
Religions
The district Dossenbach predominantly Protestant, because he belonged to the politically meadow valley. The district Schworstadt other hand, is predominantly Roman Catholic. He belonged until 1805 to the front Austria and thus to the possessions of the Habsburgs. The Catholic parish Schworstadt is part of the pastoral care unit weir. In contrast, the Evangelical Church in Schworstadt and the parish church in Dossenbach belongs together to the Protestant Pfarrverband. In addition, Protestant services are held in the Catholic chapel in Mauritius Nordschwaben.
Policy
Mayor
Mayor of the municipality since 1985, the non-party financial consultant ( FH) Artur Bugger. On March 22, 2009 he was confirmed with 51.42 percent of the valid votes with a voter turnout of 75.05 per cent for the fourth time in office. He sat down beside it on the first ballot against four competitors through.
Parish council
Choice of 7 June 2009
Twinning
Since May 1984, a partnership with the French community Aillevillers in the Southwest Vosges.
Culture and sights
Dialect
The spoken dialect is Alemannisch. A curiosity is that the dialects of Dossenbach and Schworstadt indeed differ. There are even different words for the same terms. This is probably due to the different political affiliation and thus other geographical orientation Dosse Bach.
Until the First World War is also the orientation Schwörstadts, especially Niederschwörstadts (via the 1929 perished in the course of power plant construction district in the yard ) more towards the Rhine, have been so Möhlin direction. Today, the dialects of Möhlin and Schworstadt also differ greatly, because for 200 years, there is a border between the two places.
Natural Monuments
- Heidenstein in Niederschwörstadt
- Huns stone in low Dossenbach
There is a boat service on the Rhine to Bad Säckingen. It will be performed on this route also numerous special trips.
In the parking lot opposite the town hall, a walking tablet. It describes various walks in and around Schworstadt.
There is also a swimming pool situated on the Rhein.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Schworstadt region has a high over the Rhine route the Baden Mainline - well connected to the wide area network (Basel Kreuzlingen ). The Federal Highway 34 (Basel - Ludwigshafen am Bodensee) runs right through the village and links it to the national road network. From the main road 34 County Road 6353 branches, which leads via low Dossenbach and Dossenbach directly to Schopfheim.
Established businesses
Ryburg - Schworstadt
In the southwest of Schworstadt am Rhein is the Ryburg - Schworstadt. It was taken in 1930 in operation and has an average annual production of 760 million kWh with a capacity of 110 MW. Pedestrians and cyclists can pass on the investment of the border between Germany and Switzerland.