Wörnersberg is a municipality in the district of
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt (Swabian: ''Fraidestadt'') is a town in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is capital of the district Freudenstadt. The closest population centres are Offenburg to the west (approx. 36 km away) and Tübingen to the eas ...
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 ...
in southern
Germany
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Geography
Wörnersberg is located about 18 kilometers from the county town of Freudenstadt, nestled between meadows and woods in the central
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 ...
in 600 to 700 meters above sea level. Approximately 56% of the district is forested.
Municipality arrangement
The municipality Wörnersberg includes the village Wörnersberg and the house Reesenmühle.
[''Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Amtliche Beschreibung nach Kreisen und Gemeinden. Band V: Regierungsbezirk Karlsruhe'' Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, . S. 655]
History
Wörnersberg was first documented in 1364, in 1487 a church was built. The
Duchy of Württemberg acquired 1614 "semi Wörnersberg with all righteousness". The division did not last long, because already in 1625 bought Württemberg also the other half of the village with five farmers and a half day laborers.
Religions
Wörnersberg had indeed a church, but no priest. The pastor was supported from the parish
Grömbach. Wörnersberg had to give him a horse and after the service a meal. The Protestant church community Wörnersberg has a former pilgrimage church (Our Lady) with Romanesque and Gothic elements and is part of the church district
Nagold
Nagold is a town in southwestern Germany, bordering the Northern Black Forest. It is located in the ''Landkreis'' (district) of Calw (Germany/Baden-Württemberg). Nagold is known for its ruined castle, Hohennagold Castle, and for its road viad ...
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Population Development
With an average age of 36 years Wörnersberg was the end of 2010, the municipality with the youngest average population in Baden Württemberg.
[ Pressemitteilung Nr. 294/2011] 2011 Wörnersberg lost that position on
Riedhausen in district Ravensburg.
[ Pressemitteilung Nr. 283/2012]
References
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Freudenstadt (district)
Württemberg