Niedereschach | |
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Location of Niedereschach within Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis district  | |
 Location of Niedereschach | |
  Niedereschach  Niedereschach | |
| Coordinates:48°07′54″N08°31′38″E / 48.13167°N 8.52722°E /48.13167; 8.52722 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2018–26) | Martin Ragg[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.07 km2 (12.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 625 m (2,051 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,147 |
| • Density | 185.9/km2 (481.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 78078 |
| Dialling codes | 07728 |
| Vehicle registration | VS |
| Website | www.niedereschach.de |
Niedereschach is a town, with 6000 inhabitants, in the district ofSchwarzwald-Baar inBaden-Württemberg inGermany.
Niedereschach lies in the Eschach valley on the eastern edge of theBlack Forest between 620 and 720 metres above sea level between the county town ofVillingen-Schwenningen and the town ofRottweil.
The parish is bounded in the north by municipality ofZimmern ob Rottweil and in the east byDeißlingen, both in the county ofRottweil, and in the south byDauchingen andVillingen-Schwenningen and in the west byKönigsfeld im Schwarzwald. Within the parish lie the villages of:
With the municipality of Niedereschach with the former independent parishes of Fischbach, Kappel and Schabenhausen there are 33 village, hamlets, farmsteads and houses.
To the former parish of Fischbach belong the villages of Fischbach and Sinkingen, the hamlet of Vorderweiler, the farmstead of Pfaffenberg(höfe) and the houses of Auf dem Bühl, Eichbühl and Kirchhalde.
To the old paris of Kappel belong the village of Kappel itself, the farmstead of Winkelhof (Im Winkel) and Haus Dobel.
To the parish of Niedereschach in the boundaries of the 1970s municipal reform belong the village of Niedereschach itself, the farms of Klosterhof (formerly Seyhof) and Mühle and the houses of Am Eichenberg, An der Schabenhäuserhalde, Bubenholz, Ebersteinerhof, Oberer Vogelsang, Pulvermühle,Granegg Castle and Vogelsang. To the former parish of Schabenhausen belong the hamlets of Altbad, Auf den Höfen, Bei der Mühle, Im oberen Loh, Kohlerberg, Kohlwald, Mittendorf (Beim Neubad), Unterdorf (Bei der Krone), the farms of Hasenstall, Lohhof and Schlössle and the dwelling place of Bärleswies.[3]
Niedereschach was first mentioned in the records in 1086. In the course of its history it became an estate of the abbeys ofGengenbach andSt. Georgen and of thefree imperial town of Rottweil. In 1805 the village became part of theDuchy of Württemberg and, in 1810, transferred to theGrand Duchy of Baden.
In addition,Granegg Castle is supposed to have stood on the mountain between Fischbach and Schabenhausen, until theMiddle Ages. A road was named after this castle, theGraneggstraße.
Population development:[4]
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