Vogtsburg in the emperor chair

aerial photograph	map
aerial photograph of alto Vogtsburg, upper mountains and Schelingen
base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Baden-Wuerttemberg
governmental district:	Freiburg
district:	Mash gau high Black Forest
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 48° 05 ' N, 07° 38 ' O 48° 05 ' N, 07° 38 ' O
height:	220 m and. NN
surface:	37.4 km ²
inhabitants:	5.756 (31. March 2005)
Population density:	154 inhabitants for each km ²
foreigner portion:	3.0%
postal zip code:	79235
preselection:	07662
Kfz characteristics:	FR
municipality key:	08 3 15 133
city arrangement:	7 local parts
address of the city administration:	Station route 20 79235 Vogtsburg in the emperor chair
Website:	www.vogtsburg.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
mayor:	Gabriel Swiss (CDU)

Vogtsburg is been appropriate for district mash gau high Black Forest a city in the emperor chair/south bathing, in in the middle the lowlandses of the Upper Rhine in Baden-Wuerttemberg and forms the northwest part. With the municipality reform to the 1. January 1975 coming out city Vogtsburg is a union from seven emperor chair municipalities and has approximately 5,800 inhabitants. With approx. 1,400 hectares Rebfläche is Vogtsburg the surface-largest viticulture-operating municipality in Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Table of contents 1 Geografie 1,1 geographical situation of 1,2 geology 1,3 neighbour municipalities 1,4 climate 2 history of 2,1 local parts 3 politics 3,1 local council 4 economics and infrastructure 4,1 education 5 culture and objects of interest 5,1 museums of 5,2 buildings of 5,3 Naturdenkmäler 5,4 sport 6 personalities of 6,1 sons and daughters of the city 7 Web on the left of

Geografie

geographical layer

the individual localities of Vogtsburg are embedded into the valleys of the internal emperor chair. To the west opening the hufeisenförmige main comb of the emperor chair mountains essentially forms the outside Gemarkungsgrenze of Vogtsburg, which is marked in the west by the Rhine and thus on Elsass/France borders.

geology

the emperor chair mountains resulted from enormous break-tectonic events in temporally much smaller extent by volcanic activities was coined/shaped. Up to 30 the meters of thick Löss layers form a further remarkable geological characteristic and are jointly responsible apart from the climate for the high fertility of the area.

neighbour municipalities

• Endingen
• Bahlingen
• Eichstetten
• Bötzingen
• Ihringen
• mash oh
• Sasbach

climate

the comparatively small sea level and the protected situation by the Vogesen and the Black Forest promote the almost mediterrane Mikro-Klima.

history

even if the city Vogtsburg as one of the youngest cities in Germany is considered, looks the individual quarters on one usually more than thousand-year old history back. The earliest finds from the area, in upper mountains can be assigned the Bandkeramikern from the paleolithic age 4000-2500 v.Chr.

In bishop-caught there are places of discovery on recently-in-temporal Schnurkeramiker refers to. Further excavations put stool graves freely those to the culture-historical epoch of the Bronzezeit 1700 - 1200 v. Chr. are assigned. In recent early history starting from approximately 800 v. Chr. there are numerous referring to a close settlement of the Celts up to penetrating the Alemannen approx. 200 n. Chr. reichen。 Thus for example to upper mountains as the most important settlement place in south bathing during the resounding place time [

the city Vogtsburg is considered of seven emperor chair municipalities was based. The municipal law was transferred Vogtsburg of Burkheim.

politics

local council

the local election to 13. June 2004 resulted in the following allocation of seats:

FWG	49.8%	of +0.2	13 seats	±0
CDU	38.0%	of -2.9	9 seats	-1
SPD	12.3%	+2.9	3 seats	+1

economics and infrastructure

beside the wine is cultivated much fruit , above all to cherries , Zwetschgen here, and apples. apart from the agriculture ever greater importance is attached to the tourism.

education

in Vogtsburg gives it to two primary schools as well as six kindergartens and a creche.

culture and objects of interest

museums

opened in oh trucks 1979 the Kaiserstühler viticulture museum in the historical tenth-scrub. The building became already 1358 in a document as „the pc. Johannser defiance “mentions. In Burkheim there is the Korkenziehermuseum emperor chair.

buildings

one mentioned for the first time the pc. Michaels church in Niederrotweil in the year 1157. Admits is this building particularly because of its only in recent time opened Fresken, in addition, because of the altar carved from wood, late work of master H.L. The altar is considered as outstanding example of the baroque gothic .und on the time around 1530 is dated.

One enters the old part of town of Burkheim by town-gate and by a road is formed, is essentially paved and extremely romantic and idylisch. As conclusion of the small town the old castle ruin stands on the mountain spur, under which in earlier times still the Rhine flowed through.

Naturdenkmäler

over a surface of 280 hectares extend into the Gemarkungsgrenzen of Vogtsburg of twelve protected areas.

sport

cycle racing: In Vogtsburg traditionally the locking round course (king stage) takes place the international Regiotour .

personalities

of sons and daughters of the city

• 1918, Eugen Biser in upper mountains, religion philosopher

Web on the left of

• emperor chair tourism: Vogtsburg
• of aerial photographs of Vogtsburg and emperor chair
• emperor chair gallery
• Vogtsburg: Local history & pictures
• Vogtsburg: Landscapes

oh truck	Bickensohl	bishop-caught	Burkheim
upper mountains	alto Vogtsburg	Oberrotweil	Niederrotweil
Schelingen	emperor chair