Spechbach
Spechbach is a municipality in the Rhein- Neckar-Kreis in Baden- Württemberg.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 Citizens Energy Village
- 5.1 Economics
- 5.2 infrastructure
- 5.3 traffic
- 5.4 Education
Geography
Geographical Location
Spechbach lies on the border between small Odenwald and Kraichgau, 21 kilometers southeast of Heidelberg, between Heidelberg, Sinsheim and Mosbach. The district of Spechbach comprises essentially the same Spechbachtal as well as the mutually adjoining ridge and lies at an altitude of about 160 to 330 meters.
Neighboring communities
The municipality is bordered to the east by Epfenbach, on the southeast by Neidenstein, to the south Eschelbronn, on the southwest by Mecke home and in the west and north by Lobbach. The municipality is a member municipality in Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Elsenztal whose seat holds the community Meckenheim.
Community structure
To Spechbach the house Neumühlestrasse heard. The municipality is the deserted village of small pitch stream.
History
In Roman times it was on this day Spechbacher district a traditional as Vicus Nediensis settlement that may already was of Celtic origin and has served in the Roman period as befindlicher behind the Limes farmyard. From the time after 250 there is no evidence about the Roman settlement, so that the place was probably repopulated only to the Carolingian period in the high Middle Ages again.
The modern settlement of Spechbach developed at the lower right-hand slope of the Spechbachtals. The town was first mentioned in 1246 with the entry of a Heidelberg citizen " Conrad de Spehbach ". The place name ( 1337 Spechbach, 1349 Spehsbach ) probably derives from the woodpecker ago. The place belonged first to the Hohenstaufen Empire country to Wimpfen and came up with the Meckenheimer center Palatine 1330 under suzerainty. As local lords came in 1325 on the occasion of an inheritance, the Lords of vineyard, in 1401 the envy Steiner Branch of the Lords of Venningen, and later the Men of Helm Instead, the country of Steinach, the Baron von Zandt, the family of Üxküll and others, the Venningen always to the mediatization of the imperial knights were again the dominant influence in the village, although it also at times been several local lords.
In the 15th and 16th centuries, a distinction was made between uppercase and lowercase luck Bach, the latter mainly consisted of a mill on Lobbach and was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. Spechbach was initially a street village with farmsteads along the main road and the lying above church with walled cemetery. In the village there were 33 case goods, but they were already heavily cut until the late 18th century. The whole place was first applied to grundherrlichem ground. As of 1838, the Venningenschen House seats were dismissed in peasant ownership. The growth in the 19th century led mainly to a further densification of the village, while only along the road to Lobenfeld another residential area was built. The other new development areas of the town were opened after 1951.
Spechbach belonged until 1803 to the Palatine office Dilsberg, then to Baden Official Neckargemuend. The basic rule was also from 1807 to 1813 in a private office Eichtersheim. 1857 Spechbach came to Baden Official Eberbach, 1863 to the Official Heidelberg, with the 1938, it went to the district of Heidelberg and 1973 to the Rhein- Neckar-Kreis.
Policy
The municipality belongs to the Gemeindeverwaltungsverband Elsenztal based in Meckenheim.
Parish council
The council has 10 members in Spechbach. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 64.66 % following distribution of seats:
The council consists of the elected honorary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the local council.
Mayor
The mayor is directly elected for eight years. Since 1996, officiated Guntram Zimmermann.
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: Sitting in silver on a blue wave bar a black woodpecker, about two diagonally crossed red lilies rods.
The coat of arms dates back to a court seal from 1705. It was designed in 1921 by the General State Archives in Karlsruhe. The woodpecker symbolizes " naturally" the place name. The lilies rods originate from the coat of arms of the lords of Venningen who had since 1401 shares in the local rule.
The flag is blue and white and was awarded in 1981 by the District Office Rhein- Neckar-Kreis.
Citizens Energy Village
Since February 16, 2012 the community is a federal pilot municipality in the federal pilot project for the development of an integrated neighborhood concept. Since the objective is not never pure bioenergy use but will gemeimsam sought with the citizens of the road to energy self-sufficiency, the project " Citizens Energy Village " was called. 150 citizens are involved in the project. Here, the development of its own heat supply based on renewable energies for Spechbach is planned. The heat to be generated centrally in a central heating system and distributed through a district heating network.
Attractions
The center of Spechbach is influenced by the neighboring Protestant and Catholic churches. The Catholic Church of St. Martin is the older of the two churches, and goes back to an already existing medieval church of St. Martin. The church was reformed in 1561, 1699 and 1707 used as a simultaneous church again awarded the Catholics in the wake of church division. 1767 a new nave was built in 1828 and expanded to the west. Is located on the outside wall of ornate grave stone by Victor Kirchgessner (1830-1898), pastor in the vineyard and Walstetten, 1880 in Spechbach. The Protestant church was built in 1776. In the center is also home to the site of an earlier building, which was built in 1865 and renovated 1964 historic Town Hall, the Catholic community between 1912 and several half-timbered houses and histörische inns such as the Gasthof Sonne of 1796th In Spechbach There is also a Roman fountain, on the Roman road reminiscent of Ladenburg to roman times Limes border town Osterburken. However, from the actual ground monument is without technical guidance almost nothing left to see.
Evang. church
Catholic parish hall
Town hall
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
Until the 1960s, the main source of income was agriculture Spechbacher. In 1960 there were 55 agricultural commercial farms of which today only one exists. In 2007 there were eight part-time farms.
Infrastructure
Since February 16, 2012 Spechbach is federal pilot community. With the inclusion in the federal pilot project "Energetic Urban renewal - Energy-efficient localization of facilities " of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development and the Reconstruction Loan Corporation ( KfW), the municipality belongs with its project " Citizens Energy Village Spechbach " to five pilot projects in Baden- Württemberg.
Traffic
By Spechbach leads the provincial road 530 and county road 4180th Also on the district verläufz the K 4279 between Epfenbach and Eschelbronn. Seven kilometers west runs the federal highway 45, which allows the south following the Federal Highway 6. The bus lines 754 and 769 provide a connection to the surrounding communities. The nearest train station is in Eschelbronn. Spechbach belongs to the tariff zone of the transport association Rhein- Neckar.
Education
In Spechbach are denominational schools since the 17th century proved in 1880 a community schoolhouse. Since December 1966 there is only one primary school, all Secondary schools are located in the surrounding towns and cities.