Gernsbach

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FieldValue
typeStadt
image_coaGernsbach Wappen.svg
coordinates
image_photoGernsbach-IMGP0981-800.jpg
image_captionView of the old town
image_planGernsbach in RA.svg
stateBaden-Württemberg
regionKarlsruhe
districtRastatt
elevation174
area82.03
postal_code76593
area_code07224
licenceRA
Gemeindeschlüssel08216017
website
mayorJulian Christ
leader_term2017–25
partySPD
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|type = Stadt |image_coa = Gernsbach Wappen.svg |coordinates = |image_photo = Gernsbach-IMGP0981-800.jpg |image_caption = View of the old town |image_plan = Gernsbach in RA.svg |state = Baden-Württemberg |region = Karlsruhe |district = Rastatt |elevation = 174 |area = 82.03 |postal_code = 76593 |area_code = 07224 |licence = RA |Gemeindeschlüssel = 08216017 |website = |mayor = Julian Christ |leader_term = 2017–25 |party = SPD Gernsbach () is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, 7 km east of Baden-Baden in the Black Forest. Twin towns are Baccarat in France and Pergola, Marche in Italy. The town is the historic centre of the lower Murg Valley and forms a central place of mid-size with Gaggenau. It is located in the Region Mittlerer Oberrhein, one of the twelve spatial planning regions of Baden-Württemberg. Gernsbach is an officially recognised climatic spa with a historic centre. Furthermore, Gernsbach is noted for its paper industry and Paper Centre, a service provider in the field of training, staff qualification and management consultancy for the German and Swiss paper and pulp industry.

Geography

Geographical position

Gernsbach is located in the northern part of the Black Forest on both banks of the river Murg at 150 to 988 meters above the sea level. In the west the 668 m high mountain Merkur provides a distinctive landscape. In the east there is the 908 m high mountain Teufelsmühle.

Area

The local subdistrict area of Gernsbach including all quarters is 8208,86 hectares of which most is covered by forest areas – 6628,00 hectares (81% of the total area). That is more than twice as much as the average ratio in Baden-Württemberg. Settlement and traffic areas make up 6% - less than half of the average. 12% of the area used for agriculture.

Quarters

The core city is divided into “to the right of the Murg” (including: Kelterberg, Entensee, Kolonie and Nord) and “to the left of the Murg” (including: Klingele, Waldbach, Faltergass, Heppeler, Walheimer Hof, Stadtbuckel, Siedlung, Hahnbachweg, Panoramaweg and Weinau) In the 20th century following townships were suburbanized:

Coat of Arms of the quarters File:Wappen Scheuern.png|Scheuern File:Hilpertsau Wappen.svg|Hilpertsau File:Lautenbach Wappen.svg|Lautenbach File:Obertsrot Wappen.svg|Obertsrot File:Staufenberg Wappen.svg|Staufenberg File:Reichental Wappen.svg|Reichental

Neighbouring towns

These townships and towns border on Gernsbach:

  • in the north: Gaggenau, Loffenau, Bad Herrenalb and Dobel
  • in the east: Bad Wildbad and Enzklösterle
  • in the south: Forbach and Weisenbach
  • in the west: Baden-Baden

History

Beginnings

A permanent settlement of Gernsbach before the 12th century is not verified. At the beginning of the 12th century the Counts of Eberstein bought the “predium” Rotenfels thus allowing the initial settlement of the lower Murg valley. From Rotenfels the counts of Eberstein ordered to uproot the wooded and swampy valley and to found new settlements. By 1200 the route Loffenau–Scheuern–Gernsbach–Staufenberg was established. In an ebersteinian inheritance document Gernsbach is first mentioned in written form in 1219 as ‘’Genrespach’’. At that time there was already a differentiation between a Marktdorf (a settlement which had the right to run a market) and a Kirchdorf (a settlement which had the right to build a church). Gernsbach (also called “Hof” – ‘’a little settlement of farmers’’) was a Kirchdorf at that time, being located to the left of the Murg in the south of the Waldbach on the ebersteinian allodium. The local church was the preceding building of today’s St.-Jakobskirche. To the north of the Waldbach was a Marktdorf on the grounds of the Diocese of Speyer located on a spur, thus having an ideal location for the construction of a fortification.

Notable people

| image1=KarlDrais.jpg|caption1=Karl Drais | image2=Ludwig Dill.jpg|caption2=Ludwig Dill

Gallery

File:Marktplatz mit oberem Stadtbuckel-vonDer Bruzzla.jpg|The Marketplace File:Das Alte Rathaus zu Gernsbach-von Der Bruzzla.JPG|Altes Rathaus, or Old Town Hall, a palace built in 1617-18 for a rich timber merchant File:Storchenturm Gernsbach von Der Bruzzla.jpg|Storchenturm, or Stork Tower, part of the ancient city wall File:Gernsbach - Teilansicht der Hofstätte - Der Bruzzla.jpg|Hofstätte, the entrance to the Old Town File:Alter Amtshof Gernsbach 20250306 115925.jpg|Alter Amtshof, a former administration building established in 1556 File:Gernsbach-Liebfrauenkirche-06-gje.jpg|Church of Our Lady File:Gernsbach - Schloss Eberstein von Der Bruzzla.jpg|Eberstein Castle with vineyard

References

References

  1. [https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
  2. "Papierzentrum Gernsbach: Start-englisch".
  3. http://www.gernsbach.de/buergerinfo/aktuelles/statistik_kommunal_02_flaeche.pdf{{dead link. (December 2017)
  4. Hennl: ''Gernsbach'', p. 30 ff

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