Aichhalden is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
district of Rottweil, in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
,
Germany
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.
Geography
Geographical location
Aichhalden is located in the east of the
Black Forest
The Black Forest (german: Schwarzwald ) is a large forested mountain range in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is t ...
. Its around 640 to 720 meters above sea level. It borders on
Schiltach
Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 20 km south of Freudenstadt.
Geography
Schiltach lies on the eastern side of the Black Forest ...
,
Fluorn-Winzeln
Fluorn-Winzeln is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Geography Geographical location
Fluorn-Winzeln is located on the eastern edge of the Black Forest on the Neckar Valley, about six kilometers west of ...
,
Alpirsbach
Alpirsbach () is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Kinzig river, south of Freudenstadt.
Because of the local brewery “Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu“, the monastery ...
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Schramberg
Schramberg is a town in the Rottweil (district), district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all of its districts (Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heili ...
and
Schenkenzell
Schenkenzell is a village in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town is twinned with Schenkon
Schenkon is a municipality in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Geography
Schenkon has an ...
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Structure
The municipality consists of 2 villages: Aichhalden and Rötenberg.
History
Aichhalden was first mentioned in 1223. Spiritual and secular rulers alternated until the place as part of the Schramberg rule came to the Swabian foothills of the Habsburgs in 1579 and, apart from a Württemberg interlude in 1633/34, remained ante-Austrian until 1805. In 1806 Aichhalden finally came to the Kingdom of Württemberg and in 1810 was assigned to the Oberamt Oberndorf. During the district reform during the Nazi era in Württemberg, Aichhalden came to the newly founded district of Rottweil in 1938.
Before 1933, the current suburb of Aichhalden consisted of the two municipalities of Vorder- and Hinteraichhalden, which were almost independent and made important decisions and decisions separately.
In 1945 Aichhalden became part of the French zone of occupation and thus came to the newly founded state of Württemberg-Hohenzollern, which merged with the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952.
In the course of the municipal reform, the previously independent municipality of Bach and Altenberg was incorporated into Rötenberg on January 1, 1969. The incorporation from Rötenberg to Aichhalden took place on July 1, 1974. On January 1, 1975, the residential areas Lienberg and Brambach belonging to Aichhalden with 250 inhabitants and 330 hectares were reclassified to Schramberg.
References
Rottweil (district)
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