Sulz am Neckar

Sulz am Neckar is a town in Baden- Württemberg in the upper reaches of the river Neckar.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 2.2 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Town twinning
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Educational facilities
  • 4.3 Leisure and sports facilities
  • 5.1 Museums
  • 5.2 Structures
  • 6.1 freeman
  • 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

The city is located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb and between Stuttgart and Lake Constance on the Neckar. It has a size of 87.60 km municipality in the district of Rottweil ² the largest.

Boroughs

The town of Sulz divided into the core city Sulz with her two districts Sulz- fort and Sulz- Schillerhöhe as well as in the nine districts Bergfelden, Dürrenmettstetten, Fischingen, Slippery, Holzhausen, Hopfau, Mülheim, Renfrizhausen, Sigmarswangen.

History

The first traces of settlement dating from the Celtic period, as evidenced by a number of grave hills and a Viereckschanze.

A Roman fort (Fort Sulz ) was around the year 74 AD. built on a south of the present town center lying hill. Today it is the municipality Sulz- fort with an industrial area.

The first mention dates to the year 790 as a "villa publica Sulza ". The name comes from the city its salt springs that have shaped the city's history for centuries. The first owners of saline were the Counts of Sulz in the 11th century. Well from 1250 ruled by the Lords of Geroldseck over the city and the salt pans, while the counts were pushed back from Sulz on Randbesitzungen; the process is not yet completely evident. To the dominion of the Counts of Sulz also included Loss castle and the valleys behind Schenkenzell.

The Lords of Geroldseck were also the builders of the castle Albeck southwest of the city. 1284, King Rudolf von Habsburg Sulz the municipal law. The city was the seat of the 1301-1473 resident here line of Geroldsecker which, however, in the 15th century, despite some inheritances experienced a steady economic decline and eventually had to sell part of Württemberg in 1473 under massive pressure.

The rule of Geroldsecker 1519 in the wake of the expulsion of the Duke Christoph of Württemberg by the Swabian League was only an interlude, which in 1536 ended with the return of the Duke. The Gerold acorns remained only the title " of Geroldseck and Sulz ".

The Württemberg Sulz has long been the only saline in the country. The city almost burned down completely within the city walls twice ( 1581 and 1794 ). It took two years to rebuild it; in the meantime, she was repeatedly plundered by French soldiers. As 1803, the much more productive on the Kocher salt works were part of Württemberg, the city lost its economic position as the Salt City.

Towards the end of World War II, a subcamp of the concentration camp Natzweiler -Struthof was built in Sulz am Neckar. 1944 heard and tortured in the former Gestapo Amtsgerichtsgefängis Polish forced laborers, who were suspected to be associated with a resistance organization. It took at least seven of the detainees to death.

In memory of the former importance of salt production from brine, the swimming pool has been used for the construction of the swimming pool filled with salt water and is therefore the only salt water pool in the area. see also Castle Renfrizhausen

Religions

Since the Reformation, Sulz is Protestant. The Protestant church Sulz has seven parishes, also the neighborhoods Fischingen and smoothness have their own Protestant church. All together are part of the deanery evangelical Sulz. The city is also the headquarters of the church district Sulz the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Württemberg. The office of the responsible for the Protestant Church in Sulz am Neckar district school dean is located in Freudenstadt. The Berneuchener movement within the evangelical church has its center in the former convent Kirchberg.

The Roman Catholic Church is first disappeared in the Reformation upheavals of the 16th century from Sulz. With the new influx of Catholics, however, a Catholic town parish was founded.

In addition, the popular mission staunch Christians, the Free Baptist Church Sulz, an Apostolic church, the Jehovah's Witnesses and the Islamic community are represented in the city.

Incorporations

In the course of municipal reform in Baden- Württemberg, the following communities were incorporated to Sulz am Neckar:

Policy

Parish council

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 resulted in the following distribution of the 20 seats (-2) in the City Council:

  • FWV: 42.5 % - 9 seats ( ± 0)
  • CDU: 32.3% - 7 seats ( -1)
  • Green List: 12.9 % - 2 seats ( ± 0)
  • SPD: 12.3% - 2 seats (-1)

Twinning

The town of Sulz has twinned with

  • Montendre / Charente -Maritime (France)
  • Altenberg ( Sachsen)

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Sulz is located on the Gäubahn (Stuttgart - Singen) and regional express support. There are hourly trains to Stuttgart and Rottweil and every two hours on to Singen ( Hohentwiel ).

Sulz is via the federal highway 81 (Würzburg - Gottmadingen ) and State Road 14 ( Stockach - Waidhaus ) to reach. The town is 60 km from Stuttgart and 100 km from Lake Constance.

Sulz has an ultralight airfield. Also, here is the rotating beacon (VOR) Sulz ( 116.10 MHz).

Educational institutions

  • Albeck High School
  • Lina - Hähnle -Realschule
  • Primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule
  • Elly -Heuss -Knapp School, Commercial schools Sulz with Wirtschaftsgymnasium
  • Community College

Leisure and sports facilities

  • Susolei pool (swimming pool with brine (salt water) filled )

Culture and sights

Sulz is located on the Hohenzollern street and on the Roman road Neckar- Alb- Aare, both of which lead past many sights.

Museums

  • Gustav Bauernfeind Museum Lower Main Street in the building 5
  • Cultural and Museum Centre in Water Castle Glatt
  • Römerkeller Museum at the former Roman fort Sulz
  • The Atelier of the Arts Foundation Paul Kälberer in the district Smooth contains an exhibition of paintings and graphics Kälberer

Structures

The castle ruins today Albeck was built in the late 13th century by the Baron of Geroldseck and destroyed on December 30, 1688 by a French corps Streif and set on fire.

The Monastery Kirchberg is a former Dominican convent. Today, it serves as a Protestant meeting and conference facility.

Bernsteinschule, former Art Academy in the former Convent of the Franciscan brothers in amber.

Personalities

  • Jacob Georg Schäffer (1745-1814), chief official of Sulz and the first modern detective, began Constance Hanß and Hannikel
  • Friedrich von Alberti (1795-1878), geologist, lived and worked for a long time in Sulz.
  • Paul Kälberer (1896-1974), painter and graphic artist, founder of the Bernsteinschule lived and worked from 1926 to 1974 in Sulz- Glatt. According to him, one way is there named.
  • Evelyne Marie France Neff ( b. 1941 ), politician, retired, lives in Sulz.
  • Dieter Kleinmann, (* 1953), FDP politician, lived in Sulz.

Freeman

  • Paul Schmid, born on 28 February 1895 in Sulz am Neckar, died on December 27, 1977 in Sulz am Neckar. Writer, writers, dialect poet and art Müller. Presentation of the so far last honorary citizen in 1966.

Sons and daughters of the town

Pictures

Catholic Church

Town hall

Free Baptist Church Sulz

Sulz am Neckar

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