Öhringen

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FieldValue
typeStadt
image_photoÖhringen Panorama.JPG
image_coaWappen Öhringen.svg
coordinates
image_planÖhringen in KÜN.svg
stateBaden-Württemberg
regionStuttgart
districtHohenlohekreis
elevation230
area67.79
postal_code74613
area_code07941
licenceKÜN, ÖHR
Gemeindeschlüssel08 1 26 066
websitewww.oehringen.de
mayorThilo Michler
leader_term2017–25
BürgermeistertitelLord Mayor
partyindependent
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Öhringen (; East Franconian: Ähringe) is the largest town in Hohenlohe (district) in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany, near Heilbronn. Öhringen is on the railline to Schwäbisch Hall and Crailsheim.

With a population of 24,374 (2019), the town is diverse. It is a quaint medieval place, and, among its ancient buildings, boasts a fine Evangelical church () containing carvings in cedar-wood from the 15th century and numerous interesting tombs and monuments; a Renaissance town hall; the building, now used as a library, which formerly belonged to a monastery, erected in 1034; and a palace, the former residence of the princes of Hohenlohe-Öhringen.

Öhringen was known as Vicus Aurelii to the Romans. Eastwards of it runs the old limes Roman frontier wall, and numerous remains and inscriptions dating from the days of the Roman settlement have been discovered, including traces of three camps.

Geography

Geographical location

Öhringen is located in the western, deeper part of the Hohenlohe plain, between the Keuper stage of the Swabian-Franconian Forest and the Kocher valley. The town spreads out over the flat valley of the Ohrn, a small river, which flows about 10 km down the valley in the district Ohrnberg into the Kocher river. The town is situated between elevation 168 m, in the Kocher at the county border at Möglingen, and 486 m, already above the forest on the Charles Mainhardt Furter plane, which belongs to the district Michelbach. The height of the town itself varies between 215 -.

The Öhringen area drains to the Kocher river, which runs between Ohrnberg and Sindringen, about 3 km upstream from Ohrnberg mountain. The river leaves the region 6 km west of the district Möglingen. The Ohrn has created a broad, flat valley in the northwest of the borough and at Möhrig. From Unterohrn, the Ohrn extends to the confluence with the Kocher in the hard layers of the mussel limestone and has cut a deep valley. This section of the river course was declared Ohrntal in 1963 for the conservation area. The Maßholderbach and the Westernbach streams, which flow northwest of the town itself in the Ohrn, also create flat valleys in the northeastern part of the district.

The nature reserve Viehweide Michelbach is on the Michelbach section. Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg (LfU), baden-wuerttemberg.de, 2001, webpage: BW-19.

Öhringen is situated on the southwestern edge of the East Frankish language area, whereby the special Öhringer dialect influences can be identified from Rhenish Franconian and Swabian. Öhringer Heimatbuch (1929), p. 345 ff.

Geology

Geologically considered, the Hohenlohe-level is part of the southwest German Schichtstufenlandes (cuesta country) and belongs to the Triassic landscape. It is one of a band with varying breadth from the south-eastern edge of the Black Forest on the Franconian Gäubucht up to Franconia in the north extending to Gäuflächen and passes north and east into the Bauland region, the Tauber Valley, and the Haller Plain. The Hohenlohe plane itself includes the area around the Kocher river and Jagst river, to the foot of the mountains and Keuper forest, and is a forest-poor and fertile old farmland.

In the subsurface are the layers of the Muschelkalk period, on the wide open spaces of layers of the Lower Keuper and are partially covered by loam. The most hard rock of the Muschelkalk in Tauber, Kocher, and its many tributaries of the Jagst river have cut and made it close, varied and scenic valley portions. The Gäufläche is framed in the southern semicircle of the forests of the Löwenstein, Waldburger Limpurger and mountains and dominates it.[7] ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Öhringen_Keuperaufschluss.JPG" caption="Outcrop of the [[Late Triassic]], [[Keuper]] strata at Golberg mountain."] ::

This Keuper perimeter dominates the Hohenlohe level by about 130 m, in Waldenburg even up to 180 m. The Stufenbildner is mainly on reeds, gravel and sandstone, because of waterlogging little, but are mainly forested. By fluvial erosion of the edge of the Keuper forest mountains over time has been divided into several sections with spur-like projections. In some places individual mountains were separated, at Öhringen: the Golberg (325 m), the Verrenberg (205 m) and the Lindelberg (334 m). The landscape around Öhringen shares two important elements of the Southwest German cuesta country: the Gäuplatten and the Keuper forest mountains. Otto F. Geyer, Manfred P. Gwinner: Geologie von Baden-Württemberg. Stuttgart 1991.

The limestone in the subsurface of Hohenlohe and Haller is widely karstified, as evidenced by more than 2,000 sinkholes, many dry valleys and a few cave systems. In several limestone quarries, the rock is mined and usually broken into gravel, even in the town of Öhringen (at Unterohrn). However, the limestone deposited in a little water-permeable layer nor Lower Keuper, which prevents a rapid infiltration of precipitation in the limestone. Moreover, as the Lower Keuper often has loess, this has created mineral-rich, arable soil easy to work with sufficient moisture. Hans Hagdorn and Theo Simon: Geologie und Landschaft des Hohenloher Landes. Sigmaringen 1985.

The area surrounding Öhringen is strongly influenced by agriculture. Besides the cultivation of cereals, sugar beet, cabbage, corn, and rapeseed, the orchards and vineyards give the landscape for mi around its typical character.

Climate

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Klimadiagramm-metrisch-deutsch-Oehringen-Deutschland-1961-1990.png" caption="Climate chart of Öhringen 1961–1990."] ::

Hohenlohe is part of the warm temperate Central European climate, with still predominantly maritime character. The changing topography on a small scale, especially between valley and high altitude, also causes the climate varying greatly from place to place. The local climate of Öhringen mediates between the milder of the Neckar river basin, the somewhat rougher the Hohenlohe plain and the upland climate prevailing in the Swabian-Franconian forest mountains. Öhringen has a mean annual temperature of 8.7 C. The monthly average for January and July are on Keuper height by about one to two degrees lower. These temperature differences are especially clear in the winter, when snow still lies on the heights, but it is melted away in the plane already. The average annual precipitation is falling in Öhringen at 734 mm, in the higher areas of the Keuper forest mountains up to 1000 mm and sometimes over it. The arrival of spring, with the beginning of the apple blossoms, is around May 4 in Öhringen, further to the east later, further west earlier.Christoph Borcherdt: Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Wissenschaftliche Länderkunden Volume 8. V. Baden-Württemberg. Darmstadt 1991. The German Weather Service operates a weather station in Öhringen.

The Öhringen weather station has recorded the following extreme values:

  • Its highest temperature was 38.9 C on 7 August 2015.
  • Its lowest temperature was -25.8 C on 2 February 1956.
  • Its greatest annual precipitation was 1181.5 mm in 1965.
  • Its least annual precipitation was 512.4 mm in 1964.
  • The longest annual sunshine was 2,250.1 hours in 2022.
  • The shortest annual sunshine was 1,431.7 hours in 1980.

|location = Öhringen (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1947–present) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |Jan record high C = 17.8 |Feb record high C = 20.5 |Mar record high C = 24.5 |Apr record high C = 31.7 |May record high C = 32.6 |Jun record high C = 35.8 |Jul record high C = 38.5 |Aug record high C = 38.9 |Sep record high C = 34.1 |Oct record high C = 28.6 |Nov record high C = 22.4 |Dec record high C = 18.4 |year record high C = 38.9 |Jan avg record high C = 12.6 |Feb avg record high C = 14.6 |Mar avg record high C = 19.4 |Apr avg record high C = 24.5 |May avg record high C = 28.4 |Jun avg record high C = 31.9 |Jul avg record high C = 33.6 |Aug avg record high C = 33.1 |Sep avg record high C = 28.1 |Oct avg record high C = 23.3 |Nov avg record high C = 16.7 |Dec avg record high C = 12.8 |year avg record high C = 35.0 |Jan high C = 4.5 |Feb high C = 6.1 |Mar high C = 10.8 |Apr high C = 15.9 |May high C = 19.8 |Jun high C = 23.3 |Jul high C = 25.4 |Aug high C = 25.3 |Sep high C = 20.4 |Oct high C = 14.9 |Nov high C = 8.7 |Dec high C = 5.2 |year high C = 15.0 |Jan mean C = 1.7 |Feb mean C = 2.4 |Mar mean C = 6.1 |Apr mean C = 10.3 |May mean C = 14.4 |Jun mean C = 17.8 |Jul mean C = 19.6 |Aug mean C = 19.3 |Sep mean C = 14.9 |Oct mean C = 10.3 |Nov mean C = 5.5 |Dec mean C = 2.6 |year mean C = 10.4 |Jan low C = -1.0 |Feb low C = -0.8 |Mar low C = 1.9 |Apr low C = 4.9 |May low C = 9.0 |Jun low C = 12.4 |Jul low C = 14.1 |Aug low C = 13.9 |Sep low C = 10.2 |Oct low C = 6.6 |Nov low C = 2.8 |Dec low C = 0.0 |year low C = 6.2 |Jan avg record low C = -9.6 |Feb avg record low C = -8.0 |Mar avg record low C = -4.2 |Apr avg record low C = -1.6 |May avg record low C = 2.3 |Jun avg record low C = 7.0 |Jul avg record low C = 9.3 |Aug avg record low C = 8.4 |Sep avg record low C = 4.6 |Oct avg record low C = 0.1 |Nov avg record low C = -3.4 |Dec avg record low C = -8.5 |year avg record low C = -12.6 |Jan record low C = -24.4 |Feb record low C = -25.8 |Mar record low C = -17.3 |Apr record low C = -6.5 |May record low C = -2.8 |Jun record low C = 0.3 |Jul record low C = 4.2 |Aug record low C = 3.8 |Sep record low C = 0.2 |Oct record low C = -5.8 |Nov record low C = -13.4 |Dec record low C = -20.6 |year record low C = -25.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 58.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 53.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 61.8 |Apr precipitation mm = 46.9 |May precipitation mm = 74.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 66.8 |Jul precipitation mm = 78.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 72.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 61.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 69.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 62.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 75.5 |year precipitation mm = 780.4 |unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm |Jan precipitation days = 16.7 |Feb precipitation days = 14.6 |Mar precipitation days = 14.8 |Apr precipitation days = 13.1 |May precipitation days = 14.1 |Jun precipitation days = 14.0 |Jul precipitation days = 14.6 |Aug precipitation days = 13.5 |Sep precipitation days = 12.1 |Oct precipitation days = 14.8 |Nov precipitation days = 15.8 |Dec precipitation days = 18.2 |year precipitation days = 176.3 |unit snow days = 1.0 cm |Jan snow days = 8.2 |Feb snow days = 6.6 |Mar snow days = 2.4 |Apr snow days = 0.2 |May snow days = 0 |Jun snow days = 0 |Jul snow days = 0 |Aug snow days = 0 |Sep snow days = 0 |Oct snow days = 0 |Nov snow days = 1.2 |Dec snow days = 5.1 |year snow days = |Jan sun = 58.6 |Feb sun = 83.2 |Mar sun = 135.3 |Apr sun = 189.2 |May sun = 216.8 |Jun sun = 230.9 |Jul sun = 242.8 |Aug sun = 229.5 |Sep sun = 171.3 |Oct sun = 113.2 |Nov sun = 62.2 |Dec sun = 48.8 |year sun = 1780.7 |humidity colour = green |Jan humidity = 82.5 |Feb humidity = 78.9 |Mar humidity = 73.2 |Apr humidity = 67.0 |May humidity = 69.2 |Jun humidity = 69.5 |Jul humidity = 68.7 |Aug humidity = 69.5 |Sep humidity = 76.0 |Oct humidity = 81.9 |Nov humidity = 85.1 |Dec humidity = 85.2 |source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231012163806/https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Oehringen_10742.csv |archive-date = 12 October 2023 |url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Germany/CSV/Oehringen_10742.csv |title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020 |work = World Meteorological Organization Climatological Standard Normals (1991–2020) |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = 12 October 2023}} |source 2 = Deutscher Wetterdienst / SKlima.de{{cite web |url = http://sklima.de/datenbank_auswertung.php?tab=2 |title = Monatsauswertung |website = sklima.de |publisher = SKlima |language = de |access-date = 13 October 2024}}

Neighbouring communities

The following towns and villages – clockwise (starting from the north) – border the town of Öhringen: Forchtenberg, Zweiflingen, Neuenstein, Waldenburg, Pfedelbach and Bretzfeld (all Hohenlohe district), likewise Langenbrettach and Hardthausen am Kocher (both Heilbronn district). Together with Pfedelbach and Zweiflingen, Öhringen decides administrative matters. Öhringen advises and supports the other two municipalities in carrying out their duties, as well as technical issues of building and civil engineering works and the maintenance and expansion of the water of the second order.

Öhringen is a secondary centre of the region of Heilbronn-Franken; in the city of Heilbronn is a designated regional centre. The central region near the town Öhringen also includes the cities and towns Bretzfeld, Neuenstein, Waldenburg, Pfedelbach and Zweiflingen (all Hohenlohe).

Subdivisions

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The urban areas of Öhringen consists of the town itself (German: Kernstadt) and the outlying villages of Baumerlenbach, Büttelbronn, Cappel, Eckartsweiler, Michelbach am Wald, Möglingen, Ohrnberg, Schwöllbronn und Verrenberg, which were incorporated only in the regional reform of the 1970s. All unincorporated communities were part of the county from 1973 to Öhringen or its successor, the District of Hohenlohe.

The neighbourhoods are also places in the meaning of the Municipal Code of Baden-Württemberg with an Ortschaftsrat and a mayor as chairman. The village councils are elected at each municipal election of the voting-age population of the village and are important to hear matters concerning the village. Every town has a local administrative body of the municipality.

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Town subdivisionIncorporatedPopulationArea (ha)Areas included
Baumerlenbach407622–
Büttelbronn515694Ober- und Untermaßholderbach
Cappel1163230–
Eckartsweiler353754Platzhof, Untersöllbach, Weinsbach
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Möglingen272356–
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Demographics

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YearInhabitants
17983,157
18103,419
18233,291
18433,235
18613,798
1 December 18713,412
1 December 18803,723
1 December 18903,914
1 December 19003,570
1 December 19103,801
16 June 19254,208
16 June 19334,618
17 May 19394,582
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YearInhabitants
December 19455,858
13 September 19507,475
6 June 196110,050
27 May 197011,367
31 December 197516,011
31 December 198016,211
27 May 198716,942
31 December 199018,535
31 December 199320,623
31 December 199521,433
31 December 200022,208
31 December 200522,706
30 June 200722,913
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Mayors

  • 1887–1906: Schäufele (was Stadtschultheiß in Kupferzell before)
  • 1906–1918: Albert Meyder
  • 1919–1945: Peter Berner
  • 1945–1948: Wilhelm Rösch
  • 1948–1954: Franz Illenberger
  • 1954–1967: Richard Laidig
  • 1967–1987: Ulrich Fahrenbruch
  • 1987–2009: Jochen K. Kübler
  • 2009–2025: Thilo Michler
  • Since 2025: Patrick Wegener The mayor is Patrick Wegener (SPD).

Culture and sightseeing

Museums

  • The Weygang Museum is a museum of local history, with a tin and faience collection from the Roman era.
  • The Museum Werkstatt Pflaumer gives one a chance to take a look at the locksmith and grinding professions.
  • The Meeres (Sea) Museum (in Cappel) – gives the viewer a chance to look at the most beautiful mussels and snail shells from seas all over the world.

Architecture

The Medieval marketplace is the heart of the town. Here stands the castle of Hohenlohe (German: Schloss), the attraction of the town, which is now used as the Town Hall. Close by is the Protestant church (Stiftskirche).

Other churches in Öhringen include the Spitalkirche St. Anna und Elisabeth (now Protestant, built in 1376), the cemetery chapel of St. Anna (built in 1520, also Protestant), and the Catholic Church of St. Joseph (1961).

Other things to see in the centre of the town are Upper (Obere-) Gate (1792), the old Deanery, the guesthouse of the Roman Emperor, the Yellow Castle, and the Tierhofgarten (a large garden with zoo animals).

2006 home of the Socceroos

During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the Australia national soccer team, "The Socceroos" based their pre-game training in the town. The Socceroos trained at the stadium of local football club TSG Öhringen, whose pitch has been relaid at a cost of $335,000, and stayed at the five-star Wald-und-Schlosshotel, a former hunting lodge, in nearby Friedrichsruhe.

The Australians were given an official reception by Öhringen's Mayor, Jochen Kübler. "We are friends to the Australia team," he said. "We hope they will get more power from the region."

The team finished second in Brazil-dominated Group F, but fell in the Round of 16 against Italy by a controversial penalty in the final minutes of the match.

Twin towns – sister cities

Öhringen is twinned with:

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Carl_Heinrich_Weizsäcker.jpg" caption="[[Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker"] ::

References

References

  1. [https://www.staatsanzeiger.de/staatsanzeiger/wahlen/buergermeisterwahlen/ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse], Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
  2. {{EB1911
  3. Census date: 30 June 2005
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  10. "Städtepartnerschaften". Öhringen.
  11. {{Cite EB1911

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