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Schöntal is a municipality in the district of Hohenlohe in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is principally known as the location of
Schöntal Abbey Schöntal Abbey (german: link=no, Kloster Schöntal, Reichskloster Schöntal) is a former Cistercian abbey in Schöntal in the district of Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famous as one of the most impressive pieces of Baroque arc ...
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Subdivisions

The munisipality consists of the following districts. * Aschhausen * Berlichingen * Bieringen *
Schöntal Abbey Schöntal Abbey (german: link=no, Kloster Schöntal, Reichskloster Schöntal) is a former Cistercian abbey in Schöntal in the district of Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famous as one of the most impressive pieces of Baroque arc ...
* Marlach * Oberkessach * Sindeldorf * Westernhausen * Winzenhofen


History

Following the dissolution of
Schöntal Abbey Schöntal Abbey (german: link=no, Kloster Schöntal, Reichskloster Schöntal) is a former Cistercian abbey in Schöntal in the district of Hohenlohe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is famous as one of the most impressive pieces of Baroque arc ...
in 1802, its constituent towns were governed by the Kingdom of Württemberg as they had existed under the monastery. In 1810–11, this district was dissolved and its area given to the , , and . In 1938, these were all given to the Künzelsau district of the Free People's State of Württemberg. With the , Schöntal and its old '' Ortsteile'' have been assigned to the Hohenlohe district. The Bundesautobahn 81, running through Schöntal, began operation in 1974.


Geography

The municipality (''
Gemeinde Gemeinde (; plural: Gemeinden) is a German word translating to "community", "town", "parish", or "municipality". Gemeinde may refer to: * An administrative division encompassing a single village, town, or city: ** Gemeinde (Austria) ** Gemeinde (G ...
'') of Schöntal comprises of the Hohenlohe district, within the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Federal Republic of Germany. Schöntal is physically located on the and . It is bisected by the Jagst river, which also marks the lowest elevation in the municipality at above sea level NN. The highest elevation, , is found in the east of the municipal area.


Coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms for Schöntal displays an armored fist in silver and a crosier in gold crossed diagonally over a green field but behind the ''Zisterzienserbalken'', a checkerboard-pattern red-and-white
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associated with the Cistercian Order. This pattern was issued by the Hohenlohe district government on 19 September 1978, but evolved from renditions of a pattern in 1972 that omitted the armored hand, a reference to Götz von Berlichingen, who is buried in Schöntal. The crosier and the bar references the Cistercians, whose iconography, most prominently Schöntal Abbey's church, had been used to identify Schöntal in postage stamps in the past.


References


External links


Official website
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Schontal Towns in Baden-Württemberg Hohenlohe (district)