Önsbach is the second-largest district ("Stadtteil") of the major district town ("Kreisstadt") of

Achern Achern (; ) is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 18 km southwest of Baden-Baden and 19 km northeast of Offenburg. Achern is the fourth largest town in the district of Ortenau (Ortenaukreis), aft ...

in the north of

Ortenaukreis Ortenaukreis (; ) is a ''Landkreis'' (district) in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (clockwise from north) Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen. To the west it borders the French Ba ...

, located in the

Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, 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 th ...

. Önsbach is located in northern Ortenau, south of the town of

. A third of the village lies in the Rhine valley and two thirds, in the western foothills of the Black Forest. Önsbach is located along

Bundesstraße 3 The Bundesstraße 3 (abbr. B3) is one of the longest federal highways in Germany. It begins in Buxtehude and continues through Bergen, Celle, Hanover, Alfeld, Einbeck, Göttingen, Kassel, Marburg, Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe an ...

(B 3).

History

The earliest documentary evidence of Önsbach appears in a 1225 Papal bull of

Honorius III Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of importa ...

in which the town is called ''Ongersbac'' where the cloister of

Ettenheim Ettenheim () is a city in the Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Ettenheim was founded in the 8th century by Eddo, bishop of Strasbourg, and the was founded at about that time. Ettenheim received German town law, town rights in ...

held property. In 1230 there was mention of a "Hof" (courtyard or farmyard) in ''Ongisbach''.

Ortenau The Ortenau (), originally called Mortenau, is a historic region in the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the right bank of the river Rhine, stretching from the Upper Rhine Plain to the foothill zone of the Black F ...

, in which Önsbach is located, became part of the

Grand Duchy of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden () was a German polity on the east bank of the Rhine. It originally existed as a sovereign state from 1806 to 1871 and later as part of the German Empire until 1918. The duchy's 12th-century origins were as a Margravia ...

after the Fourth

Peace of Pressburg (1805) The Peace of Pressburg was signed in Pressburg (today Bratislava) on 26 December 1805 between French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and Holy Roman Emperor Francis II, as a consequence of the French victory over the Russians and Austrians at the Ba ...

. In 1844 a train station was built. The modern spelling of the name was only decided upon in 1938.

Coat of arms

The oldest known seal dates back to the 1830s. It consists of a birds foot with three fore-talons and one hind talon on a red background.

Bibliography

* Mazure, M.Adeline.: One Step and then Another. Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart, 1866–1971. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data BX4358.5.M39 im Jahre 1973. * Phillips, Marilyn: The Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart: Their Patrimony and Historico-Canonical Status. Dissertation Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada 1988. * Eugen Weber: ''Ortssippenbuch des Dorfes Önsbach in Baden. Önsbacher Familien des achtzehnten, neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts; 1700–1850.'' Lahr-Dinglingen: Albert Köbele Nachfolger 2004: 108

References

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