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Buchenbronn Geography: Buechenbronn lies between the rivers "Nagold" and "Enz" on a little hill. 450m above sea-level 8° 40` eastern longitude 48° 51` northern latitude Buechenbronn is a part of Pforzheim since 1974 History: 1339      first documentery mention 1443      first documentery mention of the hill-village- church 1525      Peoples from Buechenbronn take part at the "Bauernkriege" 1698      first documentery mention of a school at Buechenbronn 1770      Buechenbronn has 350 inhabitants 1813      Buechenbronn has 431 inhabitants 1906      the voluntary firebrigade was founded 1974      Buechenbronn is a part of Pforzheim Information Sources: Berggemeinde Büchenbronn von Günter Heinz Links:

Dillweissenstein Geography: The village Dillweißenstein is today (since 1911) a part of Pforzheim. Dillweißenstein is at the banks of river "Nagold". The village is 3 km far from Pforzheim. History: At Dillweißenstein there are 3 ruins of castles: Kraeheneck, Rabeneck and Hoheneck the castle Kraeheneck was built ca. 1075 1230      Belrem von Weißenstein was the owner of this castle 1250      Berthold v. Weißenstein was the owner of this castle. 1342      raftmen are rafting on the "Nagold" ca.1520  Dillstein and Weißenstein become one village-Dillweißenstein 1585      35 houses at Weißenstein and 15 at Dillstein 1598      the first school (the first teacher was Hans Kercher) 1693      the oldest churchbook from Weißenstein 1700      the oldest church bell from Dillstein was founded at Ulm 1784      a new church at Weißenstein was built 1840      a stonebridge was built at Dillstein 1853      a stonebridge was built at Weißenstein 1855      Dillweißenstein has a population of almost 876 people 1865      Dillweißenstein is a independent parish 1874      the railroad Pforzheim-Calw opened 1911      Dillweißenstein became part of Pforzheim 1927      streetcar from Pforzheim to Dillweißenstein was started 1944      the church at Weißenstein was distroyed by a bomb 1996      Schoolhouse was 100 years old Information Sources: "Die Geschichte Dillweißensteins" from Richard Schrade Links: www.dillweissenstein.de

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Hohenwart Geography: Location: 48d53m N 8d42m E History: Information Sources: (kreisfrei / independent) Links:

Huchenfeld Geography: It is a 45 minute climb up the hill, in the south of Pforzheim, through the wood, to Huchenfeld. The extreme geographic sphere of the blackforest in the north. Huchenfeld lies on the hill between the rivers "Nagold" and "Würm". History: 1160      First documentation from Huchenfeld 1210      Huchenfeld was a feudal tenure of the "Lords from Weissenstein" 1584      Huchenfeld was a feudal tenure from Liebenzell 1620      Martin Bauer was teacher at Huchenfeld 1680      Huchenfeld was an independent parish 1730      Huchenfeld got a church 1742      Huchenfeld got a new church-bell 1834      Huchenfeld has its own library with 68 books 1860      A choral society was founded 1880      The gymnastic club was founded 1918      68 people from Huchenfeld are killed in the WWI 1974      Huchenfeld became a part of Pforzheim Information Sources: Huchenfeld -- von Erwin Moell Links:

Pforzheim Geography: North entry to the black forest (Pforte zum Schwarzwald) ca 31km south-east from Karlsruhe and ca 50 km north-west of Stuttgart. Three rivers go through Pforzheim (Drei-Flüsse-Stadt), the Würm, the Nagold, and the Enz. Pforzheim has a population of almost 110,000 History: 90 AD-the first settlement was built on the street from Straßburg and Cannstatt at the ford over the Enz - origin of the name Pforzheim: PORTUS = Furt = ford. The Roman settlement was destroyed in 260 by the Alemannen. 6th - 8th century-colonization of the Alemannen and Franken. 9th -10th century-building of the "Altstadtkirche". 1067-Pforzheim was first time named in a document. 1227-Markgraf Hermann V was the owner of the city and he built the "Neue Stadt" west of the "Altenstadt" 1225-35-building of the Schloßkirch 1455-Johannes Reuchlin was born in Pforzheim. 1501-the "Flößerordung" regulate that only people of Pforzheim and the "Markgrafschaft" can do rafting (wooden rafts for the wood industry in the Netherlands -Shipbuilding) 1556-introduction of the Reformation in Pforzheim. Between 1624 and 1692-Pforzheim was destroyed several times. 1767-Markgraf Karl Friedrich von Baden-Durlach estabished a factory in the country orphanage. This was the beginning of the jewelry industry in Pforzheim. 1905-Brötzingen became part of Pforzheim. 1911-Dillweißenstein became part of Pforzheim. 1938 10th of November-destroying of the synagogue. 1945 23th of February-the city of Pforzheim was destroyed by British bombers - more than 17.000 people died in 20 minutes. 1971 Würm, 1972 Hohenwart, 1974 Büchenbronn, 1975 Huchenfeld and Eutingen became part of Pforzheim Information Sources: Links:

Würm Geography: ca. 4km far away from Pforzheim lies the village Wuerm on the southside of the little river Wuerm. Since 1971 Wuerm is a part from Pforzheim. History: 1263      first documentery mention 1466      Paul Lutram von Ertingen is the owner from Wuerm. 1499      Ludwig Leutrum is the owner from Wuerm 1516      Wuerm got a little church 1534      the Leutrum family buys all tax-rights from the monastery of Hirsau 1630      ore mines at Wuerm 1650      the next 50 years many people from Switzerland are settling in Wuerm 1657      Georg David Mueller, the first teacher at Wuerm 1773      144 families are living in Wuerm 1813      ca. 470 peoples are living in Wuerm 1893      Wuerm is now a industry-worker-village ca.1900    882 people are living in Wuerm 1945      french soldiers occupied Wuerm 1971      Wuerm is a part of Pforzheim ca.1986    2550 people are living in Wuerm Information Sources: "Waldbauerndorf-Industriearbeitergemeinde-Stadtteil" von Karl Ehmann und Herbert Ruff Links: http://wuerm.notrix.de

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