Wehr, Baden-Württemberg

Weir is a city in the south of Baden- Württemberg in the district of Waldshut; It consists of the districts Öflingen and defense.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Coat of Arms
  • 3.4 Town twinning
  • 4.1 Attractions
  • 4.2 Structures
  • 4.3 Sport
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Media Library
  • 5.3 educational institutions

Geography

Geographical location

Defense lies with its southern part of the municipality ( Brennet ) directly on the Upper Rhine, while the eponymous nucleus about five to six kilometers north of the Rhine is at its right tributary Wehra. North and east of Wehr rises the southern part of the Black Forest. West of defense begins Dinkelberg. The settlement area extends from the nucleus, which is located directly at the outlet of the Wehra from the Black Forest, south, along the lower Wehra over Öflingen after Brennet on the Rhine, which forms the border with Switzerland here.

Weir is connected westward over the Eichener height with Schopfheim and southward with Bad Säckingen. North Eastwards wehraaufwärts you get to Wehrastausee and continues through the deeply cut here and wild Wehratal to Todtmoos.

In Brennet has military connection to the railway line and the parallel B 34 from Basel to Singen.

Neighboring communities

Neighboring communities of defense are hazel and Schopfheim in the north, Herrischried in the northeast, Rickenbach in the east, Bad Säckingen in the southeast, Wall Bach ( Switzerland ) in the south, Möhlin ( Switzerland ) in the southwest, Schworstadt in the west and again Schopfheim in the northwest.

Boroughs

The two parts of the city Öflingen (official military Öflingen ) and defense are spatially identical to the previous municipalities of the same name. They form residential areas within the meaning of loggerhead part of site selection by the Baden-Württemberg municipal code.

For Öflingen district includes the village Öflingen ( upper and middle village), part of the municipality Brennet and the hamlet Günne Bach. For military district includes the town weir, the homestead Grange and the houses on climbing, Hemmet, In Juch Kreuzmatt and ox Matt.

In Öflingen district lie the deserted villages Wyhler and Upper Wyhler. Risen in defense the villages sink village and Flienken, are further lie the ruins Bärenfels or Steinegg and the deserted village Steinegghöfe in the military district.

History

Weir was first mentioned in 1092 by Adalgötz of Werrach, 1363 was the place market rights. Before the front the Austrian rule was military in possession of Schönau, who built the two locks in addition to the castles Steinegg and Werrach in which the time is the Town Hall. From the 13th century to 1805 Weir was one of Further Austria.

Already in the Middle Ages there was a sophisticated iron production, which was operated until the 19th century. Foundations for this were charcoal from the Black Forest and hydropower, which was abundant in Wehratal. The ore came from the adjacent left bank of the Frick valley. Later textile industry moved on. During World War II military headquarters of Ciba (Novartis), which is true to its location until today was.

1950 was the defense of a town. The formerly independent municipality Öflingen was incorporated on 1 January 1972 as part of local government reform.

1997 took place in the home day Baden-Württemberg in the weir and the adjacent bathroom Säckingen.

Religions

  • Protestant communities in Wehr and Öflingen
  • Catholic parishes of St. Martin in Wehr and St. Ulrich in Öflingen
  • New Apostolic Church in Wehr

Policy

Parish council

The council are after the local elections of 7 June 2009, in addition to the mayor as chairman, 25 members. The election resulted in a turnout of 46.2 % ( - 2.9 ) the following result:

Mayor

Mayor is since 8 April 2002, Mr. Thater (independent). In the mayoral election of 2010, the city weir Michael Thater won with over 97 percent of the valid votes, the voters vote for a second term as mayor Wehrer. Thater is land surveyor with subsequent studies in agricultural sciences at the University of Hohenheim. From 1991 to 2002, Mr. Thater worked in the local administration of Baden -Württemberg, including in the District Offices Waldshut and Lörrach and the Freiburg Regional Council and the Ministry of Environment and Transport in Stuttgart.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Argent, a blue wave bar, on the upper edge standing four green deciduous trees on the lower edge standing four silver deciduous trees. "

Twinning

Weir maintains partnership relations with

  • Bandol in France since 1967 ( Twinning )
  • Nettuno in Italy since 2007 ( Treaty of Friendship )
  • Onex in Switzerland since 2007 ( friendship treaty ).

Culture and sights

In addition to the town center, the charming environment is recommended. Particularly impressive is a trip to Todtmoos by the Wehratalschlucht, which is particularly narrow and deep. The city is in the summer especially for hiking in the Black Forest (for example, an excursion to the Upper Black Forest and the Wehratal and a tour of the underground power plant at Wehrastausee ) and for day trips to Switzerland interesting. In winter, interesting winter sports possibilities. On one hand, the slopes of the Black Forest are in 30 minutes by car, on the other hand, the first Alpine ski resorts in Switzerland are within a 60 minute drive. Every two years, instead of the familiar foliage festival. The organizer, the music and the city men's choir. In the center of defense is the Textile Museum of Brennet AG. Weir gate to the Black Forest Nature Park and Schlussort the gorge walkway. In addition, the Wehratal adventure trail leads through the armed forces.

Attractions

  • The Brenneter iris garden with iris bloom from mid-April to early June has several hundred varieties. A small display garden is located at the weir - Brennet station.

Structures

  • The city has several castles / castle: the castle ruins Bärenfels ( through the purchase of the Lords of Bärenfels renamed), the castle ruins Werrach and the two schönauischen locks, Old Castle and New Castle defense defense.
  • In Öflingen district the first pumped storage power plant in Germany (built before the cavern power station in Bad Säckingen). It was developed by MBB ( Mechanical color-weaving Brennet, today Brennet AG) built and operated until the reservoir was leaking and completely expired.

Sports

Every year since 1990 will be held in defense of the 10.2 km long Wehratallauf. The organizers are the Lauffreunde Wehratal.

The football club FC Weir 1912 currently playing in the county league A High Rhine / Season 2, SpVgg weir in the county league B Upper Rhine / Season 3

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

The district has Öflingen ( with Öflingen - Brennet together) three stations, of which only the station " Brennet - Rhine Valley" (now " military Brennet " ) has been in operation since 1971. The stations ' Brennet - Wehratal "and" Öflingen " belong to the disused railway line Wehratal, which created a cross connection of the Rhine Valley route from Basel to Singen ( Hohentwiel ) and the meadow valley train from Basel towards the cell in the meadow valley.

Library

The Media Library is the public library of the city defense. In the holdings of the library you will find an extensive selection of children, youth, non-fiction books, novels and magazines. The library gives priority to its collection of audio-visual media such as CDs, CD- ROMs, MCs, videos and DVDs. In addition, there are four Internet jobs available. Interlibrary loans are possible.

Educational institutions

  • Talschule Weir - primary and secondary school
  • Primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule Öflingen
  • Zelgschule Weir - primary, secondary school and Werkrealschule
  • Junior high school

Personalities

  • Benjamin Muchenberger (* 1833 in Blasiwald, † 1876), Glockengießer
  • Arthur Allgeier (1882-1952), professor of Old Testament at the University of Freiburg from 1919 to 1951
  • Georg van Eyck (1869-1951), co-founder of J. Weck GmbH, member of the Reichstag
  • Ruwen Faller (* 1980 in Rheinfelden ), Athlete of the German national team, long time for the TV weir was active
  • Adolf Straight Acker (1878-1971), born in military painter, honorary citizen of the city
  • Erna Honigberger (1884-1974), concert violinist and music educator, teacher and discoverer of Anne Sophie Mutter
  • Ernst Honigberger (1885-1974), painter and art historian
  • Markus Manfred Jung (born 1954 in Lörrach ), poet and writer, lived about 20 years in military
  • Walther of blades ( † 1284), minstrel
  • Emmy Meyer- Laule (1899-1985), German politician (SPD ), Member of Parliament, was born in Wehr
  • Anne- Sophie Mutter (born in 1963 in Rheinfelden ) grew up in military and honorary citizen of the city
  • Uwe Wassmer (born 1966 ), born and raised in defensive football players (including FC Schalke 04 and SC Freiburg), began his career at FC Weir 1912
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