| Aichen
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| Albbruck
Geography:
On 1 January 1975, Albbruck became a new district administration in
Walshut for the villages of Albbruck, Birkingen, Bach and Unteralpfen.
Birndorf and Schachen had been added to the administration in 1973.
The village of Albbruck is located on the Rhein river where it
connects to the Alb river. It is six kilometers south west of the capitol
city of Waldshut. Albbruck covers an area of 39,68 square kilometers with
7,050 residents as of 1990.
History:
The village of Allbruck first appears in 1347 as the village of Albe.
It was first documented as the district of Albert in 1403.
Strictly bound to the history of Albbruck is the Iron Works
Albbruck, which was founded in 1861 by an Aargauer (a person from the Swiss
Caton of Aargau). In 1796 the iron works belonged to the Cloister of St.
Blasien. By 1866, the works was closed because other countries could deliver
cheaper iron. The works was bought by a Swiss firm. From this works the
paper mill of Albbruck was developed, which started the first paper machine in
operation in 1875.
Other firms in this area are the Rhein Power Station and an iron
foundry.
Since 1946 the school, swimming pool, a cemetery with a consecration
hall, a gymnasium, a town hall, three kindergartens, electric and water
supplies have been built.
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births: 1956-1962
marriages: 1958-1962
burials: 1956, 1965
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| Albtal
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| Altenburg
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| Altenschwand
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| Amrigschwand
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| Baltersweil
Geography:
Baltersweil is within the District of Dettighofen. On 1 January 1974
this village was incorporated into the city of Dettighofen. Located in
southeastern Waldshut, in the valley of the Rhein river, Baltersweil is only
four kilometers from Dettighofen. Today's population is 315 inhabitants.
History:
First documented mention of Balterweil was in 885. It was then a
village of Rheinnau. The jurisdiction belonged to the Manor of Schaffhausen.
Later, it was sold to the Earl of Sulz in 1513.
In 1515, a rectory was built by the Monastery of Rheinau. The existing
church was built in 1729.
During the 30 Years War, in 1635, Baltersweil was looted and totally
destroyed.
An agricultural village, Baltersweil is well-known for its berry
plantations.
Since 1946 the village has done the following: reconstruction of the
town hall, water supply, renovation of the church, a new school and new main
road.
Baltersweil has won awards in the National Contest of the Prettiest
Villages.
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births, marriages and burials: 1620-1900
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| Bannholz
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| Bechtersbohl
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| Bergalingen
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| Bernau
Geography:
Bernau is the district administration city for the district with the
same name. Located in the northwest mountainous region of the Landkreis
Waldshut, it covers an area of 38,04 square kilometers. The population in
1850 was 1,570 inhabitants while today there are 1,950 residents.
History:
Originally, Bernau belonged to the monastery of St. Blasien. The
settlement of the village spread from the monastery outward at the end of the
11th century, By means of building a monk's home, named Bernova, after the
monk. This extended further into a hamlet, with a chapel, which was first
mentioned in 1137.
In 1797, Bernau belonged to a count in the forward part of Austria. The
long valley held ten villages and possessed a remarkable structure at this
elevation.
Agriculture, in this higher elevation, never offered a full income. The
inhabitants always understood that they would have to find other means of
making a living.
Towards the end of the Middle Ages glass blowers, charcoal makers with
their kilns, brush makers, and makers of kitchen and household items were present. A
limited market led to the new occupation of making wooden toys and artistic
articles.
Another new means of income was the increasing tourist travel in both
summer and winter due to the recuperative health possibilities for the guest
in this beautiful mountain area.
Bernau is the birth place of the famous German artist, Hans Thoma, who
died in 1924. In his honor there is an annual Hans Thoma Day, with
official prizes and a hugh festival. Examples of the artist work can be seen
in the museum in City Hall, in his preserved birth home and on the two side
altars of the church.
In 1969, Bernau received the gold medal in the Federal "Our Village Shall
be More Beautiful" competition. At the same time Bernau was officially
recognized as a "Hoehenluftkurort". This is a term that means high air curative locale. The
Europeans offer the term to area that are suppose to have beneficial and curative air.
Since 1977, Bernau has also had a historical museum. This building was
built in 1789. It illustrates the farmer's way of life and the culture of
the times, along with examples of the earlier forms of handiwork of the Black
Forest woodcarvers.
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Catholic
birth: 1605-1892
marriages: 1743-1900
burials: 1605-1900
family registry: 1752 - 1893
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| Berwangen
Geography:
Berwangen is part of the District of Dettighofen. On 1 January 1974
this village was incorporated into the city of Dettighofen. Located in
southeastern Waldshut, Berwangen is only two kilometers east of the city of
Dettighofen. There are 150 inhabitants in this village.
History:
Berwangen was first under the jurisdiction of Rheinau. In the Middle
Ages it was owned by the aristocratic family named Berwangen.
In 1902, the town hall was built, in which temporarily the school was
located. Today the children of Berwangen attend school at Baltersweil.
Since 1946 improvements were made in the water supply and the sewage
system.
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birth, marriages and burials: 1810-1900
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| Bettmaringen
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| Bierbronnen
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| Binzen
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| Birkingen
Geography:
This agricultural village of Birkingen is located in the valley of the
Alb river in south central Waldshut. It is only ten kilometers north of
Albbruck and five kilometers north of Dogern. In 1975, Birkingen became part
of the District of Albbruck.
History:
Birkingen was documented first in the year 814 as "Birchinga". This
document has been preserved in the archives of the convent of St. Gallen. It
first was under the jurisdiction of St. Gallen but since 1528 belongs to the
Cloister of St. Blasien. The village had 208 inhabitants in the second half
of the 18th century, today, that number is 400 residents.
The movement of the Salpeterer had many devotees in Birkingen. One of
the leaders, Aegidius Riedmatter, was born here. The last Salpeterer, Joseph
Schupp, died here in 1934.
Farming is still the main source of income for the inhabitants of
Birkingen. There are 104 residents of Birkingen that work in Albbruck.
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| Birndorf
Geography:
On the 1 Jan. 1973, Birndorf, was official added to the district city
of Allbruck. Located in the Alb river valley, this small village is only
seven kilometers from Albbruck and only four kilometers from the city of
Dogern. Today, there are 500 inhabitants in this village.
History:
Historical documents first mention Birndorf in the year 814, as one of
the oldest villages in the district.
There was a romantic style church in the village dedicated to the Holy
Cross in the year 1100. This church had several art objects, called
pietas. These wooden sculptures were made in Basel, Switzerland in about
1500. They were ordered by the nobles of the German order from Beuggen.
These nobles collected their titles from Birndorf and were responsible for
building the local churches.
A new cemetery with an adjacent chapel was built outside of Birndorf in
1784. This chapel is dedicated to the Holy Michael and to the Pains of Mary,
the Mother of Jesus.
Today Birndorf is mainly an agricultural village.
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birth, marriages and burials: 1613 - 1900
family registry: 1710 - 1900
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| Blumegg
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| Boll
Geography:
Boll is located at the foot of the mountain in the valley of the Wutach
river. It is only three kilometers north of the district city of Bonndorf.
Religiously, Boll is under the jurisdiction of the clergy of Guendelwangen.
There are only 119 inhabitants in the City of Boll.
History:
Findings of roman coins confirm the early settlement of the area. The
Castle of Boll was the seat of the House of Boll. The castle long ago fell
into ruin. Peter von Boll declined his inheritance in 1296 and gave the
castle to the Abbey of St. Blasien. The castle changed ownership from the
nobles of Tannegg to the nobles of Blumegg then to the nobles of Wolffurt and
then to the count of Lupfen. Eventually it ended up back under the
jurisdiction of the Abbey of St. Blasien.
Boll had its own church and clergy, as known through the bylaws of
Stuehlingen, as early as 1485. Today's church was built in 1664.
A mineral spring gave the place its name. At the end of the 19th
century the baths of Boll were operated by British owners and were a flourishing tourist
attraction. The buildings of today, built in 1840, are badly in need of
repair. Today the buildings serve as a private clinic for drug abusers.
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Catholic
births: 1810, 1814-1869, 1743-1900
marriages: 1814-1869, 1871-1900
burials: 1811-1869, 1848-1900
confirmations: 1743, 1812
family registry: 1872-1960
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| Bonndorf
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| Breitenfeld
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| Brenden
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| Brunnadern
Geography:
Located in the fertile valley of the Watsch river, the agricultural
village of Brunnadern, with its 107 inhabitants, is only four kilometers west
of Dillendorf.
History:
As the name indicates this village is situated in the valley rich in
springs and thus mainly agriculture is practiced here.
The first documented reference was in 1291. The Lords were the Counts
of Lupfen. In 1612, the village then owned by the Counts of Poppenheim was
incorporated into the City of Bonndorf. Later, administration was pledged to
the religious order of St. Blasien. In 1699, Brunnadern became part of the
Dillendorf parish. The first chapel here dates from 1693.
Intensive agriculture is the main source of income. Of the 21 farms
located here 80% are full time farms. In earlier times Brunnadern had one of
the largest orchard areas in all of the Black Forest, at an altitude of 700
meters.
In the last decade the community has spent more than a million Deutsch marks
on community projects, such as, cattle stud and stables, water systems, a
central dairy project and road construction.
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Brunnadern ( Brunnadern)
Catholic
birth, marriages and burials: 1810 - 1869
Brunnadern (Dillendorf)
Catholic
births: 1745 - 1893
marriages: 1745 - 1893
burials: 1745 - 1890
family registry: 1745 - 1910
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| Buch
Geography:
Buch is located four kilometers north east of the city of Albbruck on
the Alb River. The inhabitants of Buch, number 650 in 1990.
History:
Buch was first listed in 874 as "Pauch" in the St. Gall Document Book.
According to one document, the Noble Sigmund, with the agreement of the
Albgrave Chadalo, gave over his estates to the St. Gallen Cloister in 890.
In 1271, an estate trade with Walter von Klingnau happened and this
locality became part of the Cloister of St. Blasien.
This is the birth place of the painter Joachim Troendle and of the
woodcutter Josua Leander Gampp, to whom a local room is dedicated in the town
of Hohenfels.
180 inhabitants of Buch, work elsewhere and 40 people come from other
places to work in Buch. There is a cement works and a transport company in
the locality.
Since 1946 the following have been constructed: a water works, an
apartment building, expansion of the school and court house, a chapel with a
confirmation hall and a sewer system.
In 1971, Buch was the Land and National winner in the contest entitled
"Our Village should be more Beautiful".
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birth, marriages and burials: 1818-1874
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| Bühl
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| Dachsberg
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| Dagstetten
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| Degernau
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| Dettighofen
Geography:
The community of Dettighofen was united through the merger of the
communities of Balterswil, Berwangen and Dettighofen. This municipality is
located in southeastern Waldshut county and covers an area of 14,39 square
kilometers. There are 1,050 inhabitants in Dettighofen.
History:
This settlement must have been populated in the early stone age, Several
findings of artifacts confirm that.
Dettighofen has been required to pay property taxes to the abbey of
Rheinau since the 9th century. Its name indicated that it originally was a
single property, called "Tetinkoven".
The community was under the jurisdiction of the city of Zurich in 1479.
In 1485 the lower part of the jurisdiction was sold to the Count of Sulz.
Dettighofen became a border crossing, when the Count of Sulz sold the Rafzer
Plains to the city of Zurich in the mid 1600's.
The inhabitants of Dettighofen built their chapel in 1683 and dedicated
it to Holy Antonius. By 1720, the residents had their own parsonage.
Dettighofen had its own public school since 1792. Today it has an
elementary school and maintains a union school for older children, with the
city of Jestetten, ten kilometers east.
In 1806, Dettighofen became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden. From 1940
until 1935, Dettighofen was part of a duty-free zone.
Haeuserhof was annexed to Dettighofen in 1927, in 1935 the community of
Albfuehren is annexed, it used to belong to Weiswil. In 1935 Eichberg is also
annexed.
The majority of the population in 1945 was working on farms. Today, there
is a tendency to develop this community with small industry.
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birth, marriages and burials: 1830-1900
family registry: 1780-1860
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| Detzeln
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| Dogern
Geography:
The town of Dogern in southern Waldshut is in the Rhein valley, although
the Alb river runs directly through the town. Located only three kilometers
east of the District city of Albbruck, this community is part of the Waldshut
- Tiengen municipality, five kilometers east. Dogern covers an area of 7,45
square kilometers. Today's, population is 2,234 inhabitants, of this total
1,300 citizens are Catholic and 400 are Evangelical.
History:
The name Dogern is derived from the latin word Doga, meaning barrel
Stave. Originally, Dogern was a village of coopers.
In a Zurich document, dated 1253, this village was called Togeron. In
1284, the village became the property of the Johanniters of Klingau. At a
late date, Dogern was owned by the Laufenburger family of Woll who in turn
sold the village to the Koenigsfelden monastery in 1335 After the
Reformation, Dogern became the property of the Canton of Bern. The monastery
at St. Blasien acquired the village from Bern in 1684.
Dogern was the principal village of the Dogern land. It belonged to
one of the four lands on the Alb and was part of the Hauenstein Forest
jurisdiction of the Austrian Land Administration Breisgau.
In 1499, soldiers of the Swabian Union were quartered in the village
and one night were attacked by Swiss soldiers, who killed sixty of their men
and set fire to the town. During the French Revolutionary War, French troops
passing through the town in 1796 set fire to a row of houses. A noteworthy
citizen of the time was Konrad Ebner (1733 -1790). He was a wine gardener and
State Treasurer honored by Maria Theresia with a gold medal.
The first church stood on the banks of the river Rhein. Today's church
is located on the Federal Highway and was consecrated in 1775.
Agriculture now has only a small role in the citizens lives. The once
blooming wine production has now totally ceased. The village after the world
war changed from a farming community to a township for workers and public
officials. The Rhein Power Station Dam is located in the Dogern
municipality. The Rueckhalte Basin at Auhof was completed in 1978. This firm
brought about a considerable reduction in the number of commuters for jobs.
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births: 1620-1900
marriages: 1620-1900
burials: 1620-1900
family registry: 1666-1947
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| Eberfingen
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| Ebnet
Geography:
Located just west of the Steina river, Ebnet is only three kilometers
from the city of Donndorf. The population of this small village in 1800's
was 316, in 1900 the number of residents was down to 95 and today there are
only 65 residents living here.
History:
Ebnet is mentioned for the first time in 1425. The name means a flat
inhabitable area between the upper valleys of the Steina and Schluecht rivers.
Originally is was a single farm with the name Ebnit; it belonged to the
nobles of Nellenburg in Grafenhausen. Farming on the high plains and work
in the forest provide an income for the residents.
The community built a small church dedicated to St. Ann, when the
previous chapel was torn down.
The village lost their school in 1967 due to a lack of students.
Most of the residence today work in the city of Bonndorf or in the
Rothhaus Brewery.
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Catholic
births: 1645-1900
marriages: 1648-1900
burials: 1673-1900
confirmations: 1791, 1805, 1828, 1838, 1843, 1848
family registry: 1825
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| Eggingen
Geography:
On December 1, 1971 the two communities of Obereggingen and
Untereggingen joined together to make the new community of Eggingen.
Located in eastern Waldshut, this new district is on the Watach river
covering an area of 13,95 square kilometers.
In 1990, the inhabitants of Eggingen were 1,630, of that number 977 are
Catholic and 502 are Evangelical, the rest are non-comittal.
History:
Both villages have an early common history. Relics of Roman settlements
were found. Alemannen burial places were also excavated. (The Alemannens were
an early German tribe which settled in southwest Germany).
Since the 14th century, Obereggingen and Untereggingen can be found in
official documents as two independent villages. From 1639 to 1806 the
villages belonged to the property of the Lords of Fuerstenberg.
Obereggingen has an old rectory which was founded by the monks of the
monastery of St. Gallus. In 1854, Obereggingen was struck by a fire, which
destroyed two-thirds of the homes as well as the church.
In Obereggingen the former bailiff house is worth visiting, in
Untereggingen the old mill and the guest house "Zu den drei Koenigen" (The
Three Kings) should be seen.
230 inhabitants work out of town while 70 persons from other villages
have jobs in Eggingen. Noticeable is the strong decrease of persons working
in agriculture. The twine factory offers the most employment.
Since 1946, two schools, a fire department with quarters, a war
memorial, swimming pool, a kindergarten, sewage system, town hall with
auditorium as a community center, rectory hall, gym, construction equipment,
park and slaughter house were built.
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Obereggingen
Catholic
births, marriages and burial: 1765-1900
Civil
births, marriages and burial: 1638-1961
Untereggingen
Catholic
births, marriages and burials: 1810 -1869
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| Engelschwand
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| Erzingen
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| Eschbach
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| Ewattingen
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| Geisslingen
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| Grafenhausen
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| Griessen
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| Grimmelshofen
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| Görwihl
Geography:
Located seven kilometers north of the city of Albbruck, the new
municipality of Goerwihl covers an area of 50,43 square kilometers. There are
4,000 inhabitants in this city. Of that number 3,500 are catholic and 500 are
evangelical. On 1 January 1975, Goerwihl was incorporated into the district
with the same name.
History:
Goerwihl was first mentioned in 1193 as Gerswillare, in 1241 as Gerwiler
and in 1275 by the name Gerwile. It owes its central location to the early
history of the Hotzenwald forest and the Freelords of Tiefenstein, whose
nearly ancestral castle was destroyed by Rudolf of Habsburg in 1272.
Administrative rights over the majority of free farmers of the village went
from King Konrad IV to Rudolf of Habsburg in 1254, who then also acquired
Neuenzelle (Unteribach). The grant of Neuenzelle to the St. Blasien
monastery by Duke Leopold of Austria in 1325, imposed on the free farmers of
Goerwihl the Hotzenwald interest obligations to the monastery.
The free farmers of the forest developed in the Middles Ages, based on
privileges granted at the time of land clearance and on mutual cooperative
principles, a law and administrative organization, with Goerwihl as its
center. The farmers self-government led in the 15th century to a regional
constitution for all of Hotzenwald, in the county of Hauenstein. Goerwihl
was the principal seat of the eight councils and each year following the
election of the council masters, on George's Day (April 24th) elected their
counselor.
In 1275, the central parish of Goerwihl, the most endowed in the
Hotzenwald, encompassed the region between the Alb and Wehra and as far as
Todtmoos, to the north. The spire of today's church has inscribed the year
1554. The nave was rebuilt to its present size after a fire in 1835. The
villages of Rotzingen, Hartschwand and Tiefenstein are part of the catholic
parish of Goerwihl. The chapel for the protestant parish,
Goerwihl/Herrischried was constructed in 1963.
Goerwihl became part of the State of Baden in 1806. The municipality was
given market rights in 1836.
The Albert Schweitzer House, owned by the Protestant Church of Baden is
a well-known health and recreation spot in Goerwihl. In 1971, it received
the title of state approved health and recreation resort.
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Catholic
births: 1690-1725
births: 1734-1900
confirmations: 1654-1791
marriages: 1656-1900
burials: 1648-1780
family registry: 1780-1900
family registry: 1784-1900
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| Guendelwangen
Geography:
This mainly agricultural village is located in the District of
Bonndorf, in the valley of the Watach river. It is only three
kilometers from the northern coast of Waldshut Landkreis.
The 437 inhabitants live under the jurisdiction of the city of
Bondorf.
History:
Guendelwangen was first mentioned in official documents in the 12th
century as "Gundilwanc". The origin of this village was based on two farms, the
Oberhof (upper farm ) and the Niederhof (lower farm), which can still be seen
today. Both were owned by the nobles of Guendelwangen. It is uncertain whether they lived in the
Robber Castle or Stallegg Castle.
The "Liebfraukirche" (Church of Our Dear Lady) is old of the oldest
in the region. It is worth visiting for its rich decorations with baroque
altars.
Inhabitants earn their living mostly from agriculture. In the past
few decades tourism has become an additional source of income.
Only children in grades 1 and 2 are taught in Guenwangen schools.
The older children attend school in Bonndorf.
Guendelwangen has two noteworthy personalities known for their local
history research. Pastor Kuenzel in 1861 wrote a comprehensive historical
account of the former Bonndorf Lordships. In 1950, Eugen Katzenmaier, then a
teacher in Guendelwangen and later School Inspector in Freiburg, wrote the
first account of the district since post World War II called, In the Heart of
the Upper Black Forest.
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births, marriages and burials: 1810-1869
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| Gurtweil
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| Haenner
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| Hartschwand
Geography:
The 200 inhabitants of the village of Hartschwand became part of the
District of Goerwihl in 1972. Located in the northern region of the
district, this village is a "neighbor" to the village of Rotzingen.
History:
First known as "Hartolswendi" in 1281, the villagers for the first time
had rights to the parish forest of Goerwihler. An impressive Pieta', from
the year 1742 is displayed on the altar of the old pilgrimage chapel called
The Seven Sorrows of Mary. The present chapel was newly reconstructed in 1848
and expanded in 1874 with a tower being added at the same time.
Since 1946 the following were established: a town hall, community
library, reconstruction of the school house to a manufacturing operation, and
completion of the public streets and connecting roads between communities.
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| Hauenstein
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| Holzschlag
Geography:
The city district of Holzschlag also included the hamlets of Gruenwald
and Glashuette. Located in the northern part of the Landkreis Waldshut,on
the Wutach River, Holzschlag is six kilometers northwest of the city of
Bonndorf. It is also only two kilometers north of its pastoral city of
Guendelwangen.
History:
Holzschlag received its name from the Tyrolean woodsmen who, as guest
works, settled here. The Counts of Poppenheim and Sulz required a great deal
of wood for their iron works in Eberfingen, and this was obtained from this district,
by their direction. In 1684 the Tyrolers began to utilize the cleared out
forest in an econoomic fashion. The hamlets of Gruenwald and Glashuette also
took part in this lumbering occupation.
A chapel was founded in Gruenwald in 1660. Control was transferred to
the town of St. Blasien in 1802. The chapel was destroyed by fire in 1831.
The Magdalene Church was later erected on the remaining foundation.
The hamlet of Glashuette was named after a Middle Ages glass shop. It
was first mentioned in documents in 1296.
Holschlag is a segment of the pastoral district of Guendelwangen.
Religiously, Gruenwald and Glashuette are under the jurisdiction of the city of Bonndorf.
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births: 1810-1869
marriages: 1850-1869
burials: 1850-1869
Holzschlag (Guendelwangen)
Catholic
births: 1810-1869, 1850 -1900
marriages: 1850-1869, 1850-1900
burials: 1850-1869
family registry: 1815
Holzschlag (Gruenwald)
Catholic
birth, marriages and burials: 1810-1859
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| Hornberg
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| Huetten
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