Neufra is a municipality in the district of Sigmaringen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Geography and location

The municipality of Neufra is located in the Fehla River Valley, a tributary of the Lauchert River, which rises in the Swabian Alps. Neighboring towns and villages include Bitz in the West; Burladingen and Gauselfingen in the northwest; Gammertingen and Bronnen to the north and east; Hettingen in the southeast; Veringenstadt to the south; and Harthausen auf der Scher in the southwest.

History

Evidence of prehistoric settlement abound in Neufra and surrounding environs. Graves and ceramics from Neufra and Freudenweiler date from the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1500 BC) to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1200 BC). Other artifacts have been recovered from Hallstatt Culture sites. In more recent prehistory, Roman finds, dating from the Republic-era (c. 100 BC) were unearthed on the northern slope of Mount Ebinger. The name "Neufra" probably derives from the Alemannic German "Niwifara" from the 6th or 7th century AD, which can be translated either "new family" or "new ford". In 1138 AD, the area's name was listed as "Nufiron" in the chronicle of Berthold of Zwiefalten.

<!-- 1182 for the first time the lords of Lichtenstein in Neufra were mentioned. In the hamlet Lichtenstein went 14-15 in. Century onwards. In 1468, Count Ulrich of Württemberg sold with the rule Gammertingen Neufra to Hans and Konrad von Hofen boys, 1474, he sold his land steward, Hans von Lichtenstein boys Hofen front and half behind Lichtenstein. 1507, the creditors of Hans Caspar von Hofen boys rule Gammertingen-Hettingen with Neufra sold to the Upper Bailiff of Dietrich von Urach Speth of Zwiefalten. This marks the beginning of the reign of Speth'schen. 1534 Duke Ulrich of Württemberg busy feuding with him the dominion Gammertingen and introduces the Reformation. With the death of Maria Antonia of Emmerentia Speth, daughter of Hans Dietrich, ends in 1735 after repeated division of the line of Neufra Speth. Today's street village hamlet joy (original name Neuhofen) goes back to the citizens Neufra Gregory Wetzel, at the suggestion of Carl Anton Marquard Speth 24th May 1795, built on the territory of the rule Speth'schen Gammertingen / Hettingen the first house. The end of Speth'schen reign came in 1806: Neufra, with 846 inhabitants the biggest town in the former Speth'schen rule, came to the principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The sale of their possessions to the Speth's 1827 Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The domain Birkhof was first mentioned in 1509 in possession of the lords of boys Mayrhofen. It was during the course of the story sold to different noble families until 1827 it was taken over by the Prince of Hohenzollern. In 1850 became Prussian Neufra with the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Hohenzollern as part of the country. A typhoid epidemic of 1814 calls in Neufra 84 deaths, one 136th of 1862/63 1816/17 it comes to a place in the great famine. At the German-Danish War of 1864 are participating Neufra three. The Prussian-Austrian war of 1866 were 32 Neufra under arms, was temporarily occupied by Neufra Württemberg troops. In 1925 the district was created in Sigmaringen, in Baden-Württemberg district reform in 1973 Neufra remained an independent municipality. Policy [Edit] Council [Edit] The local elections in Baden-Württemberg 2009 of 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 52.7% (-2.6) to the following result: [3] [4] Party / list vote share + / - Seats + / - FWV 59.0% + 9.7 6 ± 0 UL 41.0% -19.7 4 ± 0 Mayor [Edit] On 12 March 2006 Jürgen Beck (CDU) with 57.97 percent of votes in the first ballot, re-elected as mayor. John Hauser 1998 he had replaced in his office. The term of office of Jürgen Beck ends in 2014. 1962-1982: Charles Kast (CDU) to 1998: John Hauser since 1998: Jurgen Beck Crest [Edit] Coat of arms Awarded the 1952 coat of arms of Neufra shows a split plate, front in blue with a silver eagle's wings (Lichtsteiner wing), in the back of a red-reinforced silver and red tongue blue lion (lion Veringen). Twinning [Edit] 1990: Elstra in Saxony (managing partner) 1991: Fiesch in the canton of Valais, Switzerland (community partnership) Arts and Culture [Edit] Neufra is on the road and Hohenzollern is part of the holiday area "Valley of Lauchert". Buildings [Edit] Neufra (Hohenzollern) in 1900 Sacral [Edit] 1332, donated one of Lichtenstein sweng the St. Nicholas Chapel. Duke Ulrich Nikolauskappelle installed the 1543 in the tithe barn. It was the late Gothic windows. The popularly dubbed the Mother of God Chapel in the lower village with former cemetery shall pay the patronage to Mary and the patron saint of the Most Holy Trinity and was in 1591 by Baron built by malicious Mittelbiberach and his wife Margaret. It is equipped with a carved winged altar from the time of construction in the style of Mannerism, the altar shrine shows the mercy seat. A renovation was done in 1959th The parish church of St. Maurice had a predecessor, the Albrecht von Speth 1603-1604 for himself and his family had built a grave lay. Originated in the 1860 and 1862, the court architect Josef Laur and Pastor Felix Bürkle one of the Gothic Revival style building coined. The high mountain chapel is a plastered chapel of 1751 and was formerly Holy Cross shrine with votive tablets of painters from the area. [5] It was built after 14 years by hail priest Constantin Adelbert Sallwürk. The Francis Xavier Chapel in joy hamlet was built in 1850 and 1959 in neo-Gothic forms renovated. Secular Buildings [Edit] The former Speth'sche Schlossle was built in 1690 as the residence of Hans Dietrich von Speth. It has a sandstone-arched portal with pilasters and triangular pediment. 1827, the princely Schlössle Department of Forestry. Today it is privately owned and is not accessible. The freely available Old Castle ruins from the 11th or 12 Century shows remnants of Engadine masonry. It is both oriental type locality of action figures from the 11th Century. The ruin is a ruin between Lichtenstein and Neufra Gauselfingen. The freely accessible twin castle is divided into the anterior Lichtenstein, also called the boys Mayrhofen, and the rear light and stone mansion was the Lords of Lichtenstein. It's got shield wall and part of the tower. The schoolhouse was built in hamlet joy under the direction of master carpenter Burkarth Balthasar (1829-1911) from Gammertingen summer 1884th Until 1968 it was taught here. Natural Monuments [Edit] The nature reserve "Herdl" is the albtypische meadows and hedge landscape associated with the variety of animals and plants preserved in large parts. The district has a joy hamlet large juniper heath forest succession followed. In "Teufelstal" located at the top of a steep valley side the Torfelsenhöhlen, they are accessible only from above. [6] Sports [Edit] In Neufra can be operated by the Red-Buhl-lift on a length of 250 meter floodlit winter sports. The "carbon track" of the ski clubs Neufra is a circular hiking trail with six to ten kilometers in length. [7] It was 2010 and continued after Bitz and here connected to the Degerfeld trail, [8] thus yields a distance of about 15 kilometers. [ 9] When there is enough snow (20 to 25 centimeters), there is a trail on the hill between Neufra and Gammertingen. [9] Since 2002, takes place in the summer of running and biking event. There are competitions in mountain biking, running and Nordic walking. Miscellaneous [Edit] The Wolfenstein in Neufra reminiscent of the successful hunt for the last wolf in Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. He was on 18 January 1831 at Gauselfingen killed after he was burgled in June 1830 in pens at Kettenacker, Harthausen and Feldhausen and had torn three sheep. The animal drug, known by the population "Isegrim" [10], is located in the "Hubertus Hall" at Schloss Sigmaringen. Economy and infrastructure [Edit] Transport [Edit] The public transport is provided by the Transport Authority Neckar-Alb-Donau (NALDO). The community is located in the honeycomb, 439th Through the village the road runs from 32 to Lindenberg im Allgäu Hechingen. 1907-08 was the construction of the railway line and the Burladingen-Gammertingen Neufra station. In 1970 the regular steam train operating in the country Hohenzollerisches train was stopped. The station building was abandoned Neufra 1977th Infrastructure [Edit] The light source between stone and Neufra Gauselfingen was indeed recorded in 1847, but had to use many residents in Neufra wells and watering, as well as doing the washing in the Fehla. In 1928, the long-awaited water supply provided for the first time water from the pipe. At that time the whole town celebrated with a big water festival event. Guido Steinhart was the one who wrote the perfect poem and a song to it. The light source has a bed of stone from an average of 50 liters per second. [11] Personalities [Edit] Freeman [Edit] Karl Kast (1919-2011), mayor, retired, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit and the Order of Merit 1st Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany [12], awarded the Konrad Adenauer Medal of the Senior Citizens Association (2005) [13], the only honorary president of the Hohenzollern Turngaus [14] 1965: Traub, pastor since 1937 in Neufra Sons and daughters of the community [edit] Patron Albert (1838-1909), politician, mayor of Baden-Baden -->

Demographics

Population development: