Werbach

Werbach is a municipality in Tauberfranken and is part of the Main- Tauber district in northeastern Baden- Württemberg. The community was known by their pilgrimage chapel of Our Lady Brunn.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 2.2 Amalgamations
  • 2.3 districts 2.3.1 Brunntal
  • 2.3.2 Gamburg
  • 2.3.3 Niklashausen
  • 2.3.4 Wenkheim
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Leisure
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Werbach is in the Tauber valley between Tauberbischofsheim, Wertheim and Würzburg.

Community structure

Werbach to include the formerly independent communities Brunntal, Gamburg, Niklashausen, Wenkheim and Werbachhausen. For the former municipality Brunntal part of the village Brunntal. For the former municipality Gamburg the village Gamburg, homestead and house Eul include ( Express) schirben, the houses Bimssteinfabrik, village mill, railway station Gamburg, Gasthof Tauber pearl, furniture factory and the Castle Mountain Castle. For the former municipality Niklashausen include the village Niklashausen and Outbound village Helzenberg. For the former municipality Wenkheim include the village Wenkheim and the courts Neumühlestrasse, oil and Sagmuhle and Seemühle. The municipality Werbach within the frontiers of December 31, 1973 include the village Werbach and the houses Fischzuchtanstalt, granulator and Welzmühle. For the former municipality Werbachhausen include the village Werbachhausen and the houses Emmentaler mill and mill construction - workshop.

Wenkheim is, with only two kilometers distance from the Bavarian border, the easternmost town of the community. The village has 770 inhabitants and is the largest district with 1193 hectares.

History

The first mention Werbachs comes from 1248. 1563 kills the plague in Werbach nearly 500 people. In the German war took place on July 24, 1866 to Battle of Werbach between Baden and Oldenburg military associations, the allied with Prussia Oldenburg Werbach occupied.

Religions

Wenkheim is known for its Jewish history, in particular its former synagogue and the Jewish cemetery Wenkheim.

Incorporations

In the course of municipal reform in Baden- Württemberg, the previously independent municipalities Wenkheim, Werbachhausen and Brunntal were merged to form the new municipality Werbach on January 1, 1974. 1 January 1975 Gamburg and Niklashausen were added.

Werbach ( old)

Districts

Brunntal

Brunntal is first mentioned in documents in 1222. At that time, parts of the village came by way of gift to Würzburg. In Brunntal in the 14th century the monastery was Bronnbach wealthy. Until 1803 the village belonged to Electoral Mainz. In the context of secularization because of Reichsdeputationshauptschluss circuit, the place was assigned to the Principality of Leiningen. After its dissolution in 1806 in the wake of the Act of Confederation, it came to the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Gamburg

Already in 1139 Gamburg is first mentioned. In 1806 the place under the sovereignty of Würzburg, and a year later by a treaty between Würzburg and bathing under the sovereignty of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

The landmark is the castle Gamburgs Gamburg.

Niklashausen

Nicozeshusen, as the village was formerly called, was first mentioned in 1170. The village belonged to the old County of Wertheim, which later became county Löwenstein- Wertheim. Hans Boehm, the timpanist of Niklashausen, enters 1476 as a preacher before the pilgrims in Niklashausen. Him to 40,000 peasants to rally succeed. Nevertheless, he is arrested and burned as a heretic in Würzburg. 1806 is the village under the territorial sovereignty of the Grand Duke of Baden.

Wenkheim

Documented first mentioned in 1149 " Weggencheim ". Man assumes that the Lords of Wenkheim who sat in Thuringia, originally from here. From 1625 it was part of the County of Löwenstein- Wertheim. 1673 burned the French the Wenkheimer lock down. 1750 burned down a large part of Wenkheim. 1776 the village was heavily damaged during a storm. In 1806 Wenkheim under the sovereignty of the Grand Duke of Baden.

Policy

Parish council

The municipal elections on 13 June 2004 was as follows:

Coat of arms

The coat of arms shows a red Mainz wheel on a white background with two white roses on a blue background.

Economy and infrastructure

Werbach is wine village of the area Tauberfranken.

Traffic

The districts Niklashausen and Gamburg are served by the Tauber Valley Railway ( Crailsheim -Wertheim ) to the national rail network.

Culture and sights

In the district Wenkheim there is a Jewish cemetery, which was in the 17th century or earlier east of the village in Won " Great Forest " (now directly on the border Baden-Württemberg/Bayern ) is created and assigned to 1938 ( Parcel 10321, area 55, 80 a).

Structures

  • Chapel of Our Lady Brunn between Werbach and Werbachhausen
  • Former synagogue in Wenkheim - restored by Friends of
  • Evangelical Church Wenkheim
  • Gamburger parish church from 1895
  • Castle Gamburg at Gamburg
  • Eulschirbenmühle at Gamburg

Leisure

  • In Wenkheim there is an outdoor swimming pool.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Georg dog of Wenkheim (1520-1572) Grand Master of the German Order of Knights
  • Franz Anton Buscher (1825-1879), sculptor
  • Sebastian Buscher (1849-1926), sculptor
  • Clemens Buscher (1855-1916), sculptor
  • Thomas Buscher (1860-1937), sculptor
  • Brigitte Wohlfarth, * in 1967, a concert and opera singer
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