Simmersfeld
Simmer is a municipality in the district of Calw in the Black Forest.
- 2.1 municipal
- 2.2 Mayor
- 3.1 religions
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
- 5.2 more individuals who are connected with the community
Geography
Geographical Location
The health resort Simmer field is located in the northern Black Forest on the hilly plateau between the upper Enztal and the Nagoldtal between Bad Wildbad and Freudenstadt, 1 km away from the B 294 75 % of the municipal area are forest land, nearly 20% is used for agriculture, the rest is settlement and traffic area.
Neighboring communities
The municipality is bordered to the north by the town of Bad Wildbad, on the east by Neuweiler, in the southeast on the town Altensteig, to the south by Grömbach, on the southwest by Seewald and to the west by Enzkloesterle.
Community structure
Simmer field consists of the six districts Aichhalten, Beuren, Ettmannsweiler, Fünfbronn, Upper Hamlet and simmer field. The spatial boundaries of the districts are identical to those of the former municipalities of the same name, its official designation has been made in the form " Simmer field - ... ". The districts also form residential areas within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code. In the spatial boundaries of the districts Beuren, Ettmannsweiler and Fünfbronn respective villages are established in terms of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code, each with its own mayor and Ortschaftsrat as its chairman. The districts Aichhalten and upper hamlet together form the village of Upper Weiler- Aichhalten. In the four towns are local administrative bodies of local government with the terms " community Simmer field, administrator ... ".
The hamlet Aichhalten include the village Aichhalten and the hamlet of Upper Hamlet. The hamlet Beuren include the village Beuren and the place Neumühlestrasse. Among the districts Ettmannsweiler, Fünfbronn and simmer each field applies only to the villages of the same name. In the district Simmer field is the deserted village Moosberg.
Policy
Parish council
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following distribution of seats:
Mayor
In the mayoral election in mid-2009 Jochen Stoll was the winner. Thus it follows its predecessor Gerhard Feeß who has competed at the end of 2008 the mayoral election in Ancient walk according to his re-election and was elected there to the office of mayor.
History
Simmer field owes its origin probably the men of the monastery Hirsau. The town was first mentioned in 1100 as " Sigmaresfeld " in connection with a Count Sigmar. In 1303 he is called " Sigmarsvelt ". Who was this Sigmar, from which the place name is derived not say too much about today.
About 1100 Abbot William lived in Hirsau, owes the Simmersfeld probably the genesis of his old church. She was built in the simplest form of the Romanesque style and was demolished in 1886 due to disrepair. From 1886-89 the present St. John's Church was built on the same site, with the peculiar chancel of the old building has been retained ( in April 1945, in particular the tower of the church was badly damaged by fire ). The oldest men of the area were the vassals of the empire, the Nogoldgrafen, the Counts of Tübingen. In 1240 Simmer field Altensteig, Haiterbach and wild mountain Bulach came to the Hohenberger. In the time of tübingischen supremacy probably falls also the foundation of the castle Schilteck, which stood near the plate mill in Schnaitbachtal.
After the Lords of Hohenberg, Hugo von Berneck and Württemberg in 1393 came the rule Altensteig to the Margrave of Baden. Beuren, Ettmannsweiler and simmer field were badisch for 200 years, until on 20 December 1603, a purchase came about after much back and forth, who brought the rule Altensteig, including Simmer field belonged to Württemberg.
In February 1826 Simmer field received from the Royal. Württ. government permission in spring and autumn each hold a market, the markets are still held today.
The other districts originated either as Waldhufen villages or later scattered settlements on cleared areas.
The church today Simmer field was re- formed on 1 January 1975 by the Association of Municipalities Simmer field Aichhalten, Beuren, Ettmannsweiler and Fünfbronn.
Religions
The districts Ettmannsweiler, Fünfbronn and Beuren include a total of 1460 members of the congregation to the parish Simmer field, church district Nagold. Upper Hamlet and Aichhalten other hand belong to the parish Zwerenberg, church district Calw. The St. John's Church in Simmer field was built in 1889.
Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture still plays a pretty big role in Simmer field. The statistics in 2003 called nine agricultural commercial farms and 35 part-time farms.
The town has about 580 jobs, including 380 in the manufacturing sector; other sectors are services and gastronomy who are here mainly attributable to tourism.
The built on a former munitions depot wind park in Northern Black Forest in Simmer field is the date (September 2012) the largest wind park in Baden -Württemberg. It consists of 14 wind turbines, Vestas V80 4 with 100 meter hub height and 10 turbines of the type Vestas V90 with 125 meter hub height. Each of the systems has a rated power of 2 MW. The wind park in Northern Black Forest went in July of 2007 after its construction was approved in February 2006. Although the 14 rotors were built on almost 900 meters above sea level in the northern Black Forest, occupy evaluations of the wind farm from 2011, which, inter alia, were published in the Stuttgarter Nachrichten that the income lags far behind expectations.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the town
- Hartmut Esslinger ( born 1944 in the village of Beuren ), product designer
More individuals who are connected with the community
- Robert Hector ( b. 1956 ), internist and sports physician, lives in Simmersfeld