Waldshut-Tiengen (; gsw, label=
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, Waldshuet-Düenge, italic=no), commonly known as Waldshut, is a city in southwestern
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 ...
right at the
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border. It is the district seat and at the same time the biggest city in
Waldshut district and a "middle centre" in the area of the "high centre"
Lörrach
Lörrach () is a town in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss borders. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. It is the home of a number of large employers, including the ...
/
Weil am Rhein
Weil am Rhein (High Alemannic: ''Wiil am Rhii'') is a German town and commune. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the point at which the Swiss, French and German borders meet. It is the most southwesterly town in Germany an ...
to whose middle area most towns and communities in Waldshut district belong (with the exception of seven communities that belong to
Bad Säckingen
Bad Säckingen ( High Alemannic: ''Bad Säckinge'') is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book ''Der Trompeter von Säckin ...
's area). There are furthermore complexities arising from cross-border traffic between this area and the
Swiss cantons
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of
Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...
,
Schaffhausen
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and
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...
. This classification relates to
Walter Christaller
Walter Christaller (April 21, 1893 – March 9, 1969), was a German geographer whose principal contribution to the discipline is central place theory, first published in 1933. This groundbreaking theory was the foundation of the study of citie ...
's
Central Place Theory
Central place theory is an urban geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size and range of market services in a commercial system or human settlements in a residential system.Goodall, B. (1987) The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geo ...
, however, and not to any official administrative scheme.
The city, which was newly created in the framework of the 1975 municipal reform, at that time passed the 20,000 mark in population. City council then applied to have the city raised to ''
Große Kreisstadt
''Große Kreisstadt'' (, "major district town") is a term in the municipal law ('' Gemeindeordnung'') of several German states. In some federal states the term is used as a special legal status for a district-affiliated town—as distinct from an ...
'', which the government of Baden-Württemberg granted on 1 July 1976. Waldshut-Tiengen is also in an "administrative community" (''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'') with the communities of Dogern, Lauchringen and Weilheim.
Geography
![London2007zurich img 5747](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/London2007zurich_img_5747.jpg)
Waldshut-Tiengen lies at the edge of the southern
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 ...
, right on the
Rhine
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river, along which runs the German-Swiss border. The Waldshut townsite lies about 2 km west of where the river
Aar empties into the Rhine. Tiengen lies near where the river
Wutach meets the Rhine, on the way into the
Klettgau
Klettgau (High Alemannic: ''Chleggau'') is a municipality in the district of Waldshut in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the centre of the ''Klettgau'' historical region stretching across the Swiss border into the cantons of Aargau, Schaffhau ...
, a German-Swiss border region on the Rhine's north bank. Also within the town's municipal area are the rivers Steina and Schlücht, which both empty into the Wutach. From this arose Tiengen's former description as a ''Viertälerstadt'' (four-valley town).
Neighbouring towns
The following towns all border on the town of Waldshut-Tiengen. The list runs clockwise, starting in the west: Dogern, Albbruck, Dachsberg,
Weilheim, Ühlingen-Birkendorf,
Wutöschingen
Wutöschingen is one of the 25 Municipality, municipalities in the Waldshut (district), Waldshut district (''Kreis'') of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
References
Waldshut (district)
Baden
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, Lauchringen and Küssaberg (all in
Waldshut district) and furthermore, across the Rhine,
Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
, Leuggern and
Full-Reuenthal
Full-Reuenthal is a municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
Full is first mentioned around 1303-07 as ''Wulna'', and Reuenthal was mentioned at the same time as ''Ruwental''. Full-Reuenthal becam ...
(all in the canton of
Aargau
Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...
).
Parts of town
The town's municipal area consists of the two townsites of Waldshut and Tiengen and the nine communities amalgamated with these two former towns in the municipal reform. These are Aichen (with Gutenburg), Breitenfeld, Detzeln, Eschbach, Gurtweil, Indlekofen, Krenkingen, Oberalpfen and Waldkirch (with Gaiß and Schmitzingen).
For all nine once independent communities as well as for the community of Schmitzingen, which was formerly part of Waldkirch, ''Ortschaften'' have been established in the sense in which this term refers to municipal organization in Baden-Württemberg. This means that they each have a community council chosen by the eligible voters at each municipal election, and each one with a chairperson. The Ortschaften bear the same names as these former communities, with a few anomalies (Aichen-Gutenberg for the former Aichen, Gaiß-Waldkirch for the two neighbourhoods in the former Waldkirch, and Schmitzingen, which was formerly part of Waldkirch). The size of these councils is limited to six, but Gurtweil is an exception with ten.
History
![Fotothek df ps 0002622 Stadt ^ Stadtlandschaften](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Fotothek_df_ps_0002622_Stadt_%5E_Stadtlandschaften.jpg)
Until 1803, Waldshut belonged with the
Hotzenwald
The Hotzenwald is a landscape and region in the Southern Black Forest in the county of Waldshut. Its headquarters was the ''Waldvogteiamt''.
Location and topography
The region of Hotzenwald is not precisely defined in the records. In a narr ...
to
Further Austria
Further Austria, Outer Austria or Anterior Austria (german: Vorderösterreich, formerly ''die Vorlande'' (pl.)) was the collective name for the early (and later) possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-we ...
. Tiengen/Hochrhein (until 2 September 1964 Tiengen (Oberrhein)) was the residence of the
Landgrave
Landgrave (german: Landgraf, nl, landgraaf, sv, lantgreve, french: landgrave; la, comes magnus, ', ', ', ', ') was a noble title used in the Holy Roman Empire, and later on in its former territories. The German titles of ', ' ("margrave"), a ...
s of Klettgau who belonged in early modern times first to the Counts of
Sulz, and after their line died out, to the ''
Fürst
' (, female form ', plural '; from Old High German ', "the first", a translation of the Latin ') is a German word for a ruler and is also a princely title. ' were, since the Middle Ages, members of the highest nobility who ruled over states of ...
en'' of Schwarzenberg. Gurtweil belonged first to the
Abbey of St. Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...
, and later to the Rheinau
Monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer which ...
, but after the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
to
Saint Blaise
Blaise of Sebaste ( hy, Սուրբ Վլասի, ''Surb Vlasi''; el, Ἅγιος Βλάσιος, ''Agios Vlasios''; ) was a physician and bishop of Sebastea in historical Armenia (modern Sivas, Turkey) who is venerated as a Christian saint and m ...
's
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
Monastery the
St. Blaise Abbey, Black Forest.
In the Waldshut War of 1468 – a localized conflict over hegemony in the south Black Forest region – Tiengen was absorbed by the
Old Swiss Confederacy
The Old Swiss Confederacy or Swiss Confederacy (German language, Modern German: ; historically , after the Swiss Reformation, Reformation also , "Confederation of the Swiss") was a loose confederation of independent small states (, German or ...
, while the town of Waldshut was be
siege
A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition warfare, attrition, or a well-prepared assault. This derives from la, sedere, lit=to sit. Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity con ...
d and partly destroyed.
In 1805, Waldshut went to
Baden
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...
and became the seat of an ''
Amt
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...
'', which over the years was changed many times, and in 1939 was turned into the ''Kreis'' (District) of Waldshut. In 1973, the district's area was increased under the municipal reform.
Tiengen likewise went to Baden in 1806 and belonged to the ''Amt'' of Klettgau, and in 1812 to the regional ''Amt'' of Tiengen, which was abolished in 1819. Thereafter the town belonged to the regional ''Amt'' of Waldshut.
Amalgamation
Waldshut-Tiengen's municipal area developed as follows:
* On 1 January 1971 the communities of Breitenfeld and Detzeln were amalgamated into the town of Tiengen/Hochrhein. They were followed on 1 July 1974 by the communities of Aichen and Krenkingen.
* On 1 July 1971, the communities of Eschbach, Indlekofen, Oberalpfen and Waldkirch (with the communities of Gaiß and Schmitzingen, amalgamated in 1935) were amalgamated into the town of Waldshut.
* On 1 January 1975, both towns, Waldshut and Tiengen/Hochrhein, along with the community of Gurtweil, were amalgamated to form the new town of Waldshut-Tiengen.
Population development
Population figures are for respective municipal areas at the times to which the figures apply. Until 1974, the figures for the town of Waldshut are given. The figures are either
census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...
results (¹) or official extrapolations.
¹ Census figures
Religion
Waldshut first belonged to the
Bishopric of Konstanz
The Prince-Bishopric of Constance, (german: Hochstift Konstanz, Fürstbistum Konstanz, Bistum Konstanz) was a small Hochstift, ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the mid-12th century until its German Mediatisation, secularis ...
. In 1524, Dr.
Balthasar Hubmaier
Balthasar Hubmaier (1480 – 10 March 1528; la , Pacimontanus) was an influential German Anabaptist leader. He was one of the most well-known and respected Anabaptist theologians of the Reformation.
Early life and education
He was born in Frie ...
wanted to introduce the
Reformation
The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in ...
. This, however, could not be achieved. As a result of belonging to Further Austria, Waldshut and its environs remained overwhelmingly
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
until the 19th century. The town had even been the deaconry seat since the 12th century. The neighbouring town of Tiengen and its environs also remained overwhelmingly Catholic, albeit with a few of Hubmaier's followers who believed in his
Anabaptist
Anabaptism (from New Latin language, Neo-Latin , from the Greek language, Greek : 're-' and 'baptism', german: Täufer, earlier also )Since the middle of the 20th century, the German-speaking world no longer uses the term (translation: "Re- ...
teachings. As of 1821, the Catholic communities in today's Waldshut-Tiengen belonged to the
Archbishopric of Freiburg, and indeed to the two deaconries of Waldshut and Wutachtal. These have been merged into three pastoral units (divisions consisting of several parishes). The pastoral unit of Maria Bronnen includes the parishes of St. Marien Waldkirch, St. Sebastian Aichen and St. Simon und Judas Gurtweil as well as the neighbouring parishes of St. Peter und Paul Weilheim, St. Stephan Weilheim-Nöggenschwiel, St. Pankratius Berau and St. Laurentius Brenden (both in the community of Ühlingen-Birkendorf). The pastoral unit of Waldshut includes the Liebfrauengemeinde and the neighbouring parish of St. Klemens in Dogern. In the Deaconry of Wutachtal, the two parishes of Mariä Himmelfahrt Tiengen and St. Nikolaus Krenkingen together with the neighbouring parish of Herz Jesu Lauchringen-Unterlauchringen belong to the pastoral unit of Tiengen.
In the 19th century,
Protestants
Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century against what its followers perceived to b ...
also came to Waldshut and Tiengen. Waldshut's Protestants were at first under Säckingen's care, but in 1870, Waldshut got its own minister, and in 1890, an affiliated parish was established. In 1921, the community became a full-fledged parish in its own right. To this parish also nowadays belong the Protestants in the communities of Eschbach, Indlekofen and Waldkirch, along with a few other neighbouring communities. A Protestant community also developed in Tiengen in 1871, which at first was affiliated with Kadelburg. The ''Christuskirche'' (church) was built in 1905. There has been a full-fledged parish there since 1926. To this
Evangelical
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parish also nowadays belong the Protestants in the communities of Aichen, Breitenfeld, Detzeln, Gurtweil and Krenkingen along with a few other neighbouring communities. The Protestants in the community of Oberalpfen belong to the Hochrhein church region of the
Evangelical State Church in Baden
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.
Alongside the two big churches, there are also communities belonging to
free church
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es, among which are an Evangelical Free Church community (
Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compe ...
) with their Balthasar Hubmaier Church, the
New Apostolic Church
The New Apostolic Church (NAC) is a Christian denomination, Christian church that split from the Catholic Apostolic Church during an 1863 schism in Hamburg, Germany.
The church has existed since 1863 in Germany and since 1897 in the Ne ...
, and the
Old Catholic Church
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.
Politics
Waldshut-Tiengen's municipal council consists of 26 unpaid city councillors whose chairperson is the mayor (''Oberbürgermeister''). The last municipal election on 13 June 2004 yielded the following division of seats:
Mayors
Previously, a ''Schultheiß'' (village head) stood at the lead of the town of Waldshut, including an eight-person council. Both were directly elected. In 1527, the ''Schultheiß'' was temporarily appointed by the lords (''Landesherren''). Besides this, there were also ''Ratsherren'' ("Council Lords") ("Inner Council") consisting of four "old" and four "new" advisers. The first was the governor of the ''Schultheiß's'' office, and thereby the town's actual mayor. For the towsfolk's representation, there was an "Outer Council" with
guild
A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...
masters. In the 16th century, the Inner Council had a different organization. To this belonged the ''Schultheiß'', the governor of the ''Schultheiß's'' office, the town clerk and five advisers. The Outer Council then had six members. By 1789, there was a ''Bürgermeister'' instead of a governor of the ''Schultheiß's'' office.
In Tiengen there was first a ''Schultheiß'' and six advisers, then as of 1422 an elected ''Schultheiß'' and the advisers as well as a
reeve (''Vogt'') appointed by the lord. The
bylaw
A by-law (bye-law, by(e)law, by(e) law), or as it is most commonly known in the United States bylaws, is a set of rules or law established by an organization or community so as to regulate itself, as allowed or provided for by some higher authorit ...
s were then changed many times. In 1703, the town head bore the title ''Stadtvogt'' ("town reeve")
Since the town of Waldshut-Tiengen was raised to ''Große Kreisstadt'' in 1976, the town head has borne the official title ''Oberbürgermeister''. He or she is directly elected by eligible voters for a term of eight years and is head of the municipal council. His second-in-command is the first councillor, who bears the title ''Bürgermeister''.
''Bürgermeister'' of Waldshut
*-1810: Karl Josef Haitz
*1810-1817: Ignaz Straubhaar
*1817-1819: Martin Bähr
*1819-1830: Johann Jakob Soder
*1830-1834: Anton Bähr
*1834-1840: Balthasar Merzler
*1840-1865: Vinzenz Bürgi
*1865-1878: Gustav Straubhaar
*1878-1885: Karl Frowin Mayer
*1885-1894: Alois Lang
*1894-1910: Leopold Büchele
*1910-1923: Leopold Kupferschmid
*1924-1931: Dr. Paul Horster
*1932-1942: Albert Wild
*1942-1945: August Birkenmeier
*1945-1957: Hermann Dietsche
*1965-1975: Dr. Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch
''Bürgermeister'' of Tiengen
*-1824: Melchior Rutschmann
*1824-1838: Xaver Kaiser
*1839-1861: Franz Xaver Rutschmann
*1861-1873: Ludwig Thoma
*1873-1879: Franz Joseph Seeger
*1879-1885: Joseph Bindert
*1885-1907: Heinrich Maier
*1907-1917: Karl Pfister
*1919-1927: Wilhelm Haiß
*1927-1934: Dr. Josef Frantzen
*1935-1945: Wilhelm Gutmann,
NSDAP
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*1945: Ernst Herion
*1945-1946: Alois Multerer
*1946-1948: Alfons Kirchgäßner (1947-48 suspended, affairs taken over by Josef Hürst)
*1948-1951: Josef Hürst
*1951-1961: Georg Möllmann
*1961-1975: Franz Schmidt
''Bürgermeister'' of Waldshut-Tiengen since 1975
*1975-1994: Franz-Joseph Dresen, ''Bürgermeister'', as of 1976 ''Oberbürgermeister''
*1994-2015: Martin Albers, ''Oberbürgermeister''
*2015-today: Philipp Frank, ''Oberbürgermeister''
Coat of arms
The coat of arms was granted by the Freiburg Government Presidium on 2 November 1981. It is a melding of Waldshut's and Tiengen's two former coats of arms. The man on the left half of the shield, the ''Waldshuter Männle'', had been used as a seal stamp in Waldshut since the 13th century. From his outfit, the man is taken to be a ranger (german: Waldhüter), and is therefore also deemed to be a "
canting
' (IPA: , VOS Spelling: ''tjanting'', jv, ꦕꦤ꧀ꦛꦶꦁ, Tjanting) is a pen-like tool used to apply liquid hot wax ( jv, ) in the batik-making process in Indonesia, more precisely '' batik tulis'' (lit. "written batik"). Traditional ''T ...
" coat of arms, being somewhat suggestive of the former town's name. The
Madonna and Child
In art, a Madonna () is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The word is (archaic). The Madonna and Child type is very prevalent in ...
on the right side come from Tiengen's old town seal, and are also known to date back quite a long way. They are, however, emblazoned a bit differently compared to the originals.
Economy and infrastructure
Industries
Other than small-scale machine and furniture manufacturing industries, the town of Waldshut-Tiengen no longer has an industrial establishment worth mentioning. A large part of the working population of the town go to work each day in Switzerland, which is just across the river.
Electricity
In northern Tiengen there has been since 1930 a large
transformer station
A substation is a part of an electrical generation, transmission, and distribution system. Substations transform voltage from high to low, or the reverse, or perform any of several other important functions. Between the generating station and ...
for 380, 220 and 110 kV run by
RWE
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AG. This is where the western branch of the North-South Transmission Line – the world's oldest – coming from Herbertingen ends.
Transport
![Tiengen Station](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Tiengen_Station.JPG)
The town lies on the
High Rhine Railway
The High Rhine Railway (german: Hochrheinbahn) is the Deutsche Bahn railway line from Basel to Singen. It is also part of the tri-national S-Bahn Basel and referenced as . It was built by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways as part of the Bad ...
(''Hochrheinbahn''), a railway running between
Basel
, french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese
, neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...
and
Schaffhausen
Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town with historic roots, a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in northern Switzerland, and the ...
(both in Switzerland), and
Waldshut station
Waldshut station (german: Bahnhof Waldshut) is a railway station in the city of Waldshut-Tiengen in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
History
The station was opened on 30 October 1856.
Description
The station lies on the High Rhine Rail ...
serves as an important railway hub.
The
railway line across the border to
Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
, opened in 1859, is the oldest line across the Rhine between Germany and Switzerland. The
Wutach Valley Railway
The Wutach Valley Railway or german: Wutachtalbahn is one of the most unusual and impressive stretches of railway in Germany. It links the town of Waldshut-Tiengen, on the High Rhine Railway (''Hochrheinbahn'') and the border of Baden-Württemberg ...
, another railway, has its southern terminus in Waldshut-Tiengen. Local public transport is provided by several buslines. The town belongs to the Waldshut Tariff Association.
By road, Waldshut-Tiengen can be reached from either the east or the west on ''Bundesstraße'' (Federal Highway) B 34, and from the north on ''Bundesstraße'' B 500. A connection with the Swiss road system is afforded by the Rhine bridge to Koblenz.
For local passenger transport, there is a ferry connection across the river to the Swiss community of Full.
Authorities and courts
Waldshut-Tiengen is the seat of the Waldshut district's State Council Office. The town has a local
court
A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance ...
and a state court as well as a
notary
A notary is a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems.
A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
's office and a financial office. Furthermore, the town is also the seat of the Regional Assembly of Hochrhein-Bodensee, and also seat of the Evangelical State Church in Baden region of Hochrhein and of the Waldshut deaconry within the Hochrhein Region of the Archbishopric of Freiburg.
Media
The local happenings in Waldshut-Tiengen are reported by the daily
newspaper
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Südkurier
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Konstanz
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, and the ''Alb-Bote'', which is likewise part of the ''Südkurier'' group. The ''
Südwestrundfunk
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'' broadcasting service has a regional office in Waldshut-Tiengen.
Educational institutions
![Heinrich-Hansjakob School](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Heinrich-Hansjakob_School.JPG)
In Waldshut-Tiengen there are two general-education ''
Gymnasien'' (Hochrhein-Gymnasium Waldshut and Klettgau-Gymnasium Tiengen), two ''
Realschule
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n'' (Robert-Schuman-Realschule Waldshut and Realschule Tiengen), a
special school
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(Waldtor-Schule), another special school with a speech therapy school (Langenstein-Schule), a
primary school
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(Johann-Peter-Hebel-Grundschule Tiengen) and four combined primary school-''
Hauptschule
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n'' (Grund- und Hauptschule Gurtweil, Hans-Thoma-Schule Tiengen, Heinrich-Hansjakob-Grund- und Hauptschule and Theodor-Heuss-Schule). The Waldshut district is home to the Waldshut Vocational School (Gewerbeschule Waldshut, mainly a technical ''Gymnasium''), the Justus-von-Liebig-Schule (mainly a biotechnological and nutritional-science ''Gymnasium''), the Sales School (Kaufmännische Schule, a commercial high school), the Carl-Heinrich-Rösch-Schule for persons with mental disabilities (with kindergarten) and the Wutachschule for persons with physical disabilities (with kindergarten).
The private Hochrhein Educational and Advisory Centre (Hochrhein- Bildungs- und Beratungszentrum, or HBBZ), the private Vocational School for Makeup Artists and Makeup Special Effects (Berufsfachschule für Maskenbildner und Make Up Spezialeffekte), the Hochrhein Christian School (primary), the Technical School for Agriculture (Fachschule für Landwirtschaft) and the School for Child guidance at the Küssaberg Home (Schule für Erziehungshilfe am Heim Küssaberg) fill out the scholastic offerings in Waldshut-Tiengen.
The Justus-von-Liebig-Schule, opened on May 22, 2003, was one of Germany's first schools built to the ''
Passivhaus
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low-energy building
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standard.
Erste Schule im Passivhaus-Standard in Waldshut eröffnet
published 2003-06-06, accessed 2007-05-26
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
In Waldshut
The Upper Gate (Oberes Tor), also called the ''Schaffhauser Tor'', is the town's landmark. It is the east town gate and was built on foundations laid down in the 13th century. Until 1864, it served as the town gaol.
Kaiserstraße (a pedestrian precinct
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) is Waldshut's main street. In its middle flows the town brook. Moreover, there are three fountains here with statuary.
Special buildings in Waldshut are the ''Schultheißschen Haus'', the ''Greiffenegg-Schlössle'', the ''Waldvogtei'' (forest reeve's house), the Lower Gate (Unteres Tor) or ''Basler Tor'' (west town gate), the ''Roll'sche Haus'' and the town hall. The ''Gottesackerkapelle'' ("God's Acre Chapel") was built in 1683. The ''Hexenturm'' ("Witches' Tower
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") is a round tower of the inner town fortifications, which for a time served as a prison for apostates
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.
The Catholic town parish Church of Our Lady was built in 1804 in classicist style. The 13th-century Gothic
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choir was incorporated into it. Next to the church is the 1749 parsonage. The Evangelical Church of Reconciliation (''Versöhnungskirche'') was only built in 1977.
In Tiengen
The town's landmark is the ''Storchenturm'', a corner post of the old town fortifications, built about 1300. It once served as a prison, the ''Diebsturm'' ("Thief's Tower"). The cap put on top in 1899 once hosted a stork's nest, hence the tower's name.
The old stately home (''Schloss'') is a former dwelling tower of the old Tiengen Castle
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. The new stately home was a residential palace of the Landgraves of Sulz and Lords of the Landgraviat Klettgau. The little stately home (kleines Schloss) was rebuilt after the Thirty Years' War.
The town hall was built in the 16th century. The Holy Cross Chapel (Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle) was mentioned in 1509 as a pilgrimage chapel, but its present form was only built in 1631. The former town reeve's house, built in 1568, is a late Gothic patrician house.
The Cemetery Chapel (Friedhofskapelle) was built in 1691. Furthermore, parts of the old town wall are still maintained. The Catholic town parish Church of St. Mary Ascension (St. Maria Himmelfahrt) was built by Peter Thumb between 1753 and 1755 in the Baroque
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style. The tower foundation is, however, is Gothic. The Evangelical Church was built in 1905 in neo-Gothic
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style.
In the amalgamated communities, the following churches can be found:
* Aichen Catholic Church (built 1973)
* Allmut Chapel (built 1886)
* St. Georg Breitenfeld (built 1861)
* St. Oswald Detzeln (16th century)
* St. Pancras's Chapel Eschbach (about 1500)
* St. Konrad Gurtweil (originally built 1612, but rebuilt 1740–1747)
* St. Josephskapelle Indlekofen (built 1877)
* Krenkingen Church (built 1766)
* John the Baptist Chapel (built about 1730)
* Church of St. Mary Ascension (built 1758)
* Michaelskapelle Gaiß (built 1830)
* Josephskapelle Schmitzingen (built 1953)
Regular events
* June "Hello Neighbour" ("Hallo Nachbar") town festival in Waldshut; street festival Saturday and Sunday on Kaiserstraße with much conversation, music and dance.
* July "Schwyzertag" in Tiengen with pageant.
* August "Waldshuter Chilbi" with pageant.
* September/Oktober Erntefest Tiengen (harvest festival).
Notable people
Honorary citizens
*1964: Hermann Dietsche, ''Bürgermeister'', retired
Sons and daughters of the town
*1848, 16 June: Father Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan
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(Catholic Priest), Born in Gurtweil, Founder of the Society of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorian Fathers and Brothers) and the Sisters of the Divine Saviour (Salvatorian Sisters)
* 1891, 4 September: Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (4 September 1891 – 9 January 1963) was a general in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Fridolin Rudolph von Senger und Etterlin was born on 4 September 1891, in Waldshut near the Swiss bo ...
, general
*1939, 8 September: Peter Straub
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, Landtag president of Baden-Württemberg and President of the European Union
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Committee of the Regions
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*1944: Berthold Riese, German ethnologist
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and Pre-Columbian
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archaeologist
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*1981, 21 May in Krenkingen: Maximilian Mutzke
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, German singer and drummer. Reached eighth place in the Eurovision Song Contest
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in 2004
Others
* Nico Denz
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(born 1994), cyclist
* Balthasar Hubmaier
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He was born in Frie ...
(1485–1528), an important Anabaptist
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, was first a Catholic priest in Waldshut and later founded the Waldshut Baptist community. He was burnt in Vienna
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as a heretic
International relations
Waldshut-Tiengen is twinned with:
* Lewes
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, United Kingdom
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, since 1974
* Blois
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, France
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, since June 30, 1963
References
* Badisches Städtebuch; Band IV 2. Teilband aus "Deutsches Städtebuch. Handbuch städtischer Geschichte - Im Auftrage der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der historischen Kommissionen und mit Unterstützung des Deutschen Städtetages, des Deutschen Städtebundes und des Deutschen Gemeindetages, hrsg. von Erich Keyser Erich Keyser (12 October 1893 – 21 February 1968) was a Nazi activist and far-right nationalist historian connected with the anti-Polish ideology of Ostforschung and the racist Volkisch movement. He supported German expansion in Central and East ...
, Stuttgart, 1959
External links
Internetpräsenz The Town of Waldshut-Tiengen
Waldshut-Tiengen: pictures & history
in: ''Meyers Konversationslexikon
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