Dornhan | |
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Location of Dornhan within Rottweil district  | |
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| Coordinates:48°20′58″N08°30′44″E / 48.34944°N 8.51222°E /48.34944; 8.51222 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Rottweil |
| Subdivisions | 8 Stadtteile |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–28) | Markus Huber[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 44.91 km2 (17.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 642 m (2,106 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,219 |
| • Density | 138.5/km2 (358.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 72173–72175 |
| Dialling codes | 07455, 07423 |
| Vehicle registration | RW |
| Website | www.dornhan.de |
Dornhan (German pronunciation:[ˈdɔʁnhaːn]ⓘ) is a town in thedistrict of Rottweil, inBaden-Württemberg,Germany. It is situated in the easternBlack Forest, 14 km southeast ofFreudenstadt.
Dornhan is situated on a plateau in theBlack Forest foothills above the valleys ofNeckar andGlatt.Nearest bigger towns areFreudenstadt in the northwest,Rottweil andOberndorf am Neckar in the southeast andHorb am Neckar in the northeast. The city area lies in 450 to 685 m above sea level.
Dornhan borders in the east onSulz am Neckar, in the south on Oberndorf (both county of Rottweil), in the west onAlpirsbach andLoßburg and in the north onGlatten andSchopfloch (allFreudenstadt (district)).
To the city of Dornhan with the districtsBettenhausen, Busenweiler, Dornhan,Fürnsal, Leinstetten, Marschalkenzimmer and Weiden belong 15 villages, hamlets, farms and houses besides the city of Dornhan. The Busenweiler district includes the village Busenweiler and the hamlet Aischfeld. To the district Dornhan belong the town Dornhan, the hamlets Dobel and Gundelshausen, the farms Friedrichshof and Oberhart and the residential areas Brandeck and Braunhalden. The Fürnsal district includes the village of Fürnsal and the Fürnsaler Sägmühle residential area. The Leinstetten district includes the village Leinstetten and the hamlet Kaltenhof. Only the villages of the same name belong to the districts Bettenhausen, Marschalkenzimmer and Weiden. In the district Dornhan lies theBurgstall ofBrandeck Castle and in the district of Leinstetten lies the ruins of the castleLichtenfels.[3]
Dornhan was first mentioned in a document as "Turnheim" in 777, but the exact date of its becoming a town is unknown, although it is certain that the place has been called "civitas" (town) since 1276.
The town of Dornhan originally belonged to theGrafen von Sulz.[4] 1095 theAlpirsbach Monastery received estates located in Dornhan by donation.[4] The monastery gained more and more influence in Dornhan in the course of time and maintained a nursing home to administer the property. The abbot of Alpirsbach monastery had a court held in Dornhan three times a year, either personally or through a deputy.[4] However, the monastery was only responsible for cases with lower jurisdiction, thehigh jurisdiction was the responsibility of thedukes of Teck, who held the hereditarybailiwick rights of the monastery. Because of his high debts, Duke Friedrich von Teck ceded the bailiwick rights to CountEberhard den Greiner in 1380 and thus toWürttemberg.[4] From this time on, a Württemberg sheriff exercised the sovereign rights.[4] With the reformation of the Alpirsbach monastery in 1534, Dornhan finally fell to Württemberg and was since then the seat of a Württemberg bailiff as the office of Dornhan until 1807.[4]
In 1807 Dornhan came to theOberamt Sulz, in 1808 to the Oberamt Alpirsbach and in 1810 again to the Oberamt Sulz.[5]
During the administrative reform in during the NS period in Württemberg Dornhan came to thedistrict of Horb in 1938. After the Second World War, the town of Dornhan fell into theFrench occupation zone and thus came to the newly founded stateWürttemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947, which was absorbed into the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.
In 1973, theDistrict Reform in Baden-Württemberg took place, in which Dornhan became part of the district of Rottweil.
Today's town was newly formed on 1 March 1972 by merging the town of Dornhan with the communities of Bettenhausen, Fürnsal, Leinstetten and Marschalkenzimmer. On 1 April 1974, the previously independent community of Busenweiler was incorporated. The incorporation of Weiden took place on 1 January 1975.[6]
Themunicipal elections on 26 May 2019 yielded the following result with a turnout of 61.6% (2014: 51.1%):[7]
| party/list | share of votes | seats | result 2014 | 'result 2009 |
| voters' association | 63.6 % | 12 (-1) | 66,1 % | 63,3 % |
| Citizens list | 36.4 % | 7 (+1) | 33,9 % | 36,7 % |
On November 7, 2004, Markus Huber was elected mayor as of February 1, 2005 with 74 percent of the vote. The previous incumbent Günter Wößner (1973–2005) did not run for office in the election. Wößner's predecessor was Erich Blocher.
The next mayoral election took place on 11 November 2012, in which Markus Huber was the only candidate to receive 98% of the votes, making him mayor of Dornhan for another term of office.[8]
Since 1994, Dornhan has maintained partnership relations with theFrench communityPont-de-Vaux in theAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
In the Zitzmannsbrunnenbach Valley (also known as Bettenhauser Valley) between Dornhan andBettenhausen is the so-called Wasserhäusle, a fully preserved pumping station dating from 1889, which was the origin and part of Dornhan's water supply.
InBettenhausen there is also a portrait of the risen Christ in the church of St. Konrad, whichHans Marx von Bubenhofen donated in 1596. The alliance coat of arms of the founder couple and the coats of arms of their ancestors provide the frame for the painting.
The ruins of Lichtenfels Castle, Brandeck Castle andLeinstetten Castle are located on the municipal boundary mark.
In Leinstetten, the minstrel monument commemorates Count Albrecht von Hohenberg (Haigerloch), who fell in the battle of Leinstetten on 17 April 1298.Albrecht von Hohenberg is depicted in theCodex Manesse in battle. There the only two verses handed down by him are preserved. The grave of Count Albrecht II of Hohenberg and his second wife Margareta of Fürstenberg is inKirchberg Monastery nearSulz am Neckar.
In the district of Weiden there is a church from the 15th century and the birthplace ofHermann Römpp as well as the primary school, which is already over 100 years old.
In the Dornhans school centre there is aprimary school and asecondary school. In the districts Leinstetten, Marschalkenzimmer and Weiden there is one primary school each.Gymnasium and secondary schools are available in the nearby towns of Oberndorf and Sulz.
In the district of Bettenhausen im Glatttal there is ahydroelectric power plant fed from the Heimbach reservoir atLoßburg-Sterneck, which was originally also operated as apumped storage power plant.
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