Schiltach
Encyclopedia
Schiltach is a town in the district of Rottweil
, in Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest
, on the river Kinzig
, 20 km south of Freudenstadt
.
at the confluence of the rivers Schiltach
and Kinzig
, at the narrowest point of the Kinzigtal, between Offenburg
, Freudenstadt
and Schramberg
.
Neighbours are clockwise starting from the north-east: Schenkenzell
, Wolfach
, Lauterbach
, Schramberg
and Aichhalden
. Wolfach is located in Ortenaukreis
, the other municipalities in the Rottweil district.
The district Schiltach includes the city of Schiltach, the villages Grumpenbächle and Vorderheubach and the settlements Auf der Staig, Blattenhäuserwiese, Grumpen and Kuhbacherhof (Vor Kuhbach). The ruined castle Willenburg is located in the district of Schiltach.
The village Lehengericht has its own village council, a mayor as its chairman and its own village administration. The district Lehengericht also consists of the settlements and hamlets Herdweg, Auf dem Hof, Schmelzle, Vor dem unteren Erdlinsbach, Vor Reichenbächle, Welschdorf, Höllgraben, Im Eulersbach, Im hinteren Erdlinsbach, Kienbronn, Rohrbach, Rubstock, Deisenbauernhof and several isolated farms.
The Road through the Kinzigtal was already in the Roman Empire
a connection through the Black Forest out of the area of Strasbourg
in the direction to Rottweil
.
Schiltach was founded in the 11th century as a Parish
for the surrounding farms, which are older than Schiltach. Around the townchurch, which today stands in the town district Vorstädtle and is evangelic, rose a settlement named after the river Schiltach. Probably in the middle of the 13rd century the Dukes of Teck
founded the town Schiltach to secure their territories. They build a town surrounding wall with gates and above the town a castle. A church was not built, because Schiltach already had one.
The town should host transients and be a service center before the gradient of the road to Rottweil. Since about 1250 the castle and town took over the function of the Willenburg, which supplied the road before the founding of Schiltach.
1371 Schiltach got in the hands of the Dukes of Urslingen. After ten years the impoverished dukes of Ursling sold the castle and town to the Dukes of Württemberg
. Until 1810 Württemberg hold Schiltach except the years from 1519 to 1534. At first Schiltach was sieged by the Reichsstadt
Rottweil and later (like the whole Duchy of Württemberg) by Further Austria
.
In the "Gränzvertrag zwischen dem Königreich Württemberg und dem Großherzogthum Baden"http://www.documentarchiv.de/nzjh/1810/grenzvertrag_wuertemberg-baden.html (border treaty between the Kingdom of Württemberg
and Grand Duchy of Baden
), which was negotiated in Paris on the October 2, 1810, several areas of the Oberamt Hornberg, besides Schiltach also the town of Hornberg
and the communities Gutach
and Kirnbach got to the Grand Duchy of Baden. Wolfach became the new Amststadt of Schiltach and later the county town. The surrounding farm became as Lehengericht a own community.
In 1952 Schiltach went to the state Baden-Württemberg
. The Landkreis
Wolfach was dissolved in 1973, Schiltach was allocated to Rottweil
. The community Lehengericht was reincorporated into the town of Schiltach in 1974. In 1979 the exclave Sulzbächle/Fischbach went to the town of Wolfach
, in return the area Vor Heubach got to Schiltach.
Schiltach was a part of Württemberg so it was like the territorial lords evangelic. It did not change until the 19th century, when because of industrialisation more and more Catholics moved in. Today in Schiltach exist an evangelic and a catholic community beside a new apostolic community and various minor religious communities.
Today's townemblem was adopted of the Dukes of Urslingen. The emblem became free to use as the last Urlinger, Duke Reinhold IV. of Urslingen died in 1442. Probably it was conveyed by the Count Ludwig of Württemberg, which was a patron of the town.
The emblem shows three red shields in a white field. Almost the same emblem can be found in Alsace
at the house of the Rappolstein, which castle stands above Ribeauvillé
. A member of the Ursling family married into Rappolstein family.
took place on 7 June 2009 and had following results:
The town district Lehengericht has a Ortsschaftsrat with eight members.
was built there was a timber rafting, which had to close because of the railroad. The wood from Schiltach and surroundings was partly shipped to the Netherlands on the Rhine, where it was used for ship building. Today these branches of industries have vanished except for the famous tannery Trautwein and some small saw mills. The earlier privileged timber rafting is kept alive by an active raftergroup to keep the once important industry of Schiltach in mind.
There are still some companies which were established at the turn of the century like Hansgrohe
(1901), and (BBS, VEGA Grieshaber KG etc.) established later.
The industry of Schiltach provides roughly 3350 local employments, which is extraordinary because Schiltach has only roughly 4000 citizens. Also the Schiltach is topographically disadvantaged because it is in the narrowest place in the Kinzigtal
and the motorways Autobahn 81
and Autobahn 5
are far away. So much the more the city fathers are more grateful for the local companies to stay at Schiltach and are willing to support the companies.
and a Hauptschule
(Nachbarschaftsschule Schiltach/Schenkenzell
) with Werkrealschule
. Secondary School
s are in the surrounding towns, e.g. in Schramberg
, Wolfach
and Hausach
. There also is an evangelic and catholic kindergarten, a Waldorfkindergarten and a private day care center. The Folk High School
Schiltach/Schinkenzell is a outpost of the Folk High School Schramberg.
n 294 and 462, which close the gap between Rhine and Neckar, thus also the gap between the motorways A 81
and A 5
. Schiltach is traffic-calmed by a bypass. The Bundesstraße 294 directs through the 1830 m long Kirchbergtunnel and the 830 m long Schloßbergtunnel through which also the Bundesstraße 462 directs.
On workdays you can reach Freudenstadt
and Offenburg
with the Kinzigtalbahn
every hour. At weekends single trains drive via Offenburg to Strasbourg
. Besides the actual train station
Schiltach has another station closer to the town centrum where all passenger trains of a private railway company stop. The Schiltach-Schramberg railway
opened in 1892 was closed in 1959 for passenger trains and 1989 for cargo trains, too. Meanwhile the tracks were removed. The route is now a cycle route from Schiltach to Schramberg. Furthermore there is a very recommendable cycle route through the whole Kinzig valley from Haslach
to Alpirsbach
. Various bus connections in direction of Offenburg
and Freudenstadt
as well as a strong connection via bus to the county town Rottweil
complete the traffic. There is also an handicapped accessible bus which drives almost drives to all town districts at regular intervals.
inner city
is under monument protection
and worth seeing, especially the market place
including the town hall
, which was built after plans of the ducal württembergian architect Heinrich Schickhardt, and the Gerbergasse. In Schiltach are many half-timber houses from the 16th till 19th century in rarer closeness. The town is a part of the German tourist route Half-Timbered House Road.
A long-distance walking trail the Mittelweg goes from north to south through the Black Forest
(between Pforzheim
and Waldshut
through Schiltach and is one stage of the trail.
Silvesterzug: The Silvesterzug is a rite that takes place on New Year's Eve
. It is sort of an evangelic procession. The citizens drift with lanterns after a old tradition from the market place to the townchurch and sings thereby thankssongs which probably has pietestic origins. During the procession the electric light of the city is switched off and replaced by pitch torches. At the windows of the houses shall only lightned Christmas trees show up. The evangelic pastor helds a speech from the window of the rectory together with singing and trombone choir. Afterwards the citizens gather at the town hall, where the mayor holds a speech.
Rottweil (district)
Rottweil is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Freudenstadt, Zollernalbkreis, Tuttlingen, Schwarzwald-Baar and Ortenaukreis.- History :...
, in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest
Black Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
, on the river Kinzig
Kinzig (Rhine)
The Kinzig is a river in southwestern Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine.It runs for 95 km from the Black Forest through the Upper Rhine River Plains. The Kinzig valley and secondary valleys constitute the largest system of valleys in the Black Forest...
, 20 km south of Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt 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 and Tübingen to the east ....
.
Geography
Schiltach is 295 to 842 metres above sea level in the Middle Black ForestBlack Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
at the confluence of the rivers Schiltach
Schiltach (river)
Schiltach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
and Kinzig
Kinzig (Rhine)
The Kinzig is a river in southwestern Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine.It runs for 95 km from the Black Forest through the Upper Rhine River Plains. The Kinzig valley and secondary valleys constitute the largest system of valleys in the Black Forest...
, at the narrowest point of the Kinzigtal, between Offenburg
Offenburg
Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg...
, Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt 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 and Tübingen to the east ....
and Schramberg
Schramberg
Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all its districts Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heiligenbronn, Schönbronn and Tennenbronn it has about 22,000 inhabitants.One of...
.
Neighbours are clockwise starting from the north-east: Schenkenzell
Schenkenzell
Schenkenzell is a village in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town is twinned with Schenkon in Switzerland.-External links:*...
, Wolfach
Wolfach
Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .- Geographical position :Wolfach lies where the 2 rivers Wolf and Kinzig meet in the Kinzig valley...
, Lauterbach
Lauterbach, Baden-Württemberg
Lauterbach is a village in the district of Rottweil in Baden-Württemberg. Lauterbach is located in the Black Forest near Schramberg, and is known as a tourist resort.- Neighbouring towns and municipalities :...
, Schramberg
Schramberg
Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all its districts Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heiligenbronn, Schönbronn and Tennenbronn it has about 22,000 inhabitants.One of...
and Aichhalden
Aichhalden
Aichhalden is a municipality in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
. Wolfach is located in Ortenaukreis
Ortenaukreis
Ortenaukreis is a district in the west of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rastatt, Freudenstadt, Rottweil, Schwarzwald-Baar and Emmendingen...
, the other municipalities in the Rottweil district.
Town subdivisions
The town of Schiltach consists of the districts Schiltach and Lehengericht. The two districts are geographically identical to the previously independent municipalities of the same name.The district Schiltach includes the city of Schiltach, the villages Grumpenbächle and Vorderheubach and the settlements Auf der Staig, Blattenhäuserwiese, Grumpen and Kuhbacherhof (Vor Kuhbach). The ruined castle Willenburg is located in the district of Schiltach.
The village Lehengericht has its own village council, a mayor as its chairman and its own village administration. The district Lehengericht also consists of the settlements and hamlets Herdweg, Auf dem Hof, Schmelzle, Vor dem unteren Erdlinsbach, Vor Reichenbächle, Welschdorf, Höllgraben, Im Eulersbach, Im hinteren Erdlinsbach, Kienbronn, Rohrbach, Rubstock, Deisenbauernhof and several isolated farms.
History
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
a connection through the Black Forest out of the area of Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
in the direction to Rottweil
Rottweil
Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants...
.
Schiltach was founded in the 11th century as a Parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
for the surrounding farms, which are older than Schiltach. Around the townchurch, which today stands in the town district Vorstädtle and is evangelic, rose a settlement named after the river Schiltach. Probably in the middle of the 13rd century the Dukes of Teck
Duke of Teck
Duke of Teck was, in medieval times, a title borne by the head of a principality named Teck in the Holy Roman Empire, centered around Teck castle in Germany. That territory was held by a branch line of the Zähringen dynasty from 1187 to 1439, known historically as the first House of Teck...
founded the town Schiltach to secure their territories. They build a town surrounding wall with gates and above the town a castle. A church was not built, because Schiltach already had one.
The town should host transients and be a service center before the gradient of the road to Rottweil. Since about 1250 the castle and town took over the function of the Willenburg, which supplied the road before the founding of Schiltach.
1371 Schiltach got in the hands of the Dukes of Urslingen. After ten years the impoverished dukes of Ursling sold the castle and town to the Dukes of Württemberg
Württemberg
Württemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
. Until 1810 Württemberg hold Schiltach except the years from 1519 to 1534. At first Schiltach was sieged by the Reichsstadt
Free Imperial City
In the Holy Roman Empire, a free imperial city was a city formally ruled by the emperor only — as opposed to the majority of cities in the Empire, which were governed by one of the many princes of the Empire, such as dukes or prince-bishops...
Rottweil and later (like the whole Duchy of Württemberg) by Further Austria
Further Austria
Further Austria or Anterior Austria was the collective name for the old possessions of the House of Habsburg in the former Swabian stem duchy of south-western Germany, including territories in the Alsace region west of the Rhine and in Vorarlberg, after the focus of the Habsburgs had moved to the...
.
In the "Gränzvertrag zwischen dem Königreich Württemberg und dem Großherzogthum Baden"http://www.documentarchiv.de/nzjh/1810/grenzvertrag_wuertemberg-baden.html (border treaty between the Kingdom of Württemberg
Kingdom of Württemberg
The Kingdom of Württemberg was a state that existed from 1806 to 1918, located in present-day Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was a continuation of the Duchy of Württemberg, which came into existence in 1495...
and Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Baden
The Grand Duchy of Baden was a historical state in the southwest of Germany, on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918.-History:...
), which was negotiated in Paris on the October 2, 1810, several areas of the Oberamt Hornberg, besides Schiltach also the town of Hornberg
Hornberg
Hornberg is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, 35 km southeast of Offenburg, and 25 km northwest of Villingen-Schwenningen.-External links:...
and the communities Gutach
Gutach (Schwarzwaldbahn)
Gutach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
and Kirnbach got to the Grand Duchy of Baden. Wolfach became the new Amststadt of Schiltach and later the county town. The surrounding farm became as Lehengericht a own community.
In 1952 Schiltach went to the state Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
. The Landkreis
Districts of Germany
The districts of Germany are known as , except in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein where they are known simply as ....
Wolfach was dissolved in 1973, Schiltach was allocated to Rottweil
Rottweil (district)
Rottweil is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Freudenstadt, Zollernalbkreis, Tuttlingen, Schwarzwald-Baar and Ortenaukreis.- History :...
. The community Lehengericht was reincorporated into the town of Schiltach in 1974. In 1979 the exclave Sulzbächle/Fischbach went to the town of Wolfach
Wolfach
Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .- Geographical position :Wolfach lies where the 2 rivers Wolf and Kinzig meet in the Kinzig valley...
, in return the area Vor Heubach got to Schiltach.
Religions
During the Protestant ReformationProtestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
Schiltach was a part of Württemberg so it was like the territorial lords evangelic. It did not change until the 19th century, when because of industrialisation more and more Catholics moved in. Today in Schiltach exist an evangelic and a catholic community beside a new apostolic community and various minor religious communities.
- The evangelic church (Stadtkirche) was built in neo-Byzantine style after the old gothicGothic artGothic art was a Medieval art movement that developed in France out of Romanesque art in the mid-12th century, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe, but took over art more completely north of the Alps, never quite effacing more classical...
church burned down. - The Catholic Church St. Johannes der TäuferJohn the BaptistJohn the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
was blessed in 1966 as successor of the old catholic church from 1899, which had to be replaced because of its small size. - The New Apostolic ChurchNew Apostolic ChurchThe New Apostolic Church is a chiliastic church, converted to Protestantism as a free church from the Catholic Apostolic Church. The church has existed since 1879 in Germany and since 1897 in the Netherlands...
at the Hauptstraße comes from the 1980s. The old new apostolic church in the Schenkenzeller StraßeStreetA street is a paved public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, but is more often paved with a hard, durable...
has still the characteristic cross on the roof, but despite its bigness it is used as a residential house.
Incorporations
- 1934: Area of former Habershof
- 1936: Area Kuhbacher Hof
- April 1, 1974: Community Lehengericht
- 1979: Area Vor Heubach
Emblem
The emblem shows three red shields in a white field. Almost the same emblem can be found in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
at the house of the Rappolstein, which castle stands above Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.Its inhabitants are called Ribeauvillois.The picturesque town is located around north of Colmar and south of Strasbourg.-History:...
. A member of the Ursling family married into Rappolstein family.
Local council
The local council has besides the mayor 14 members, including three women. The local electionLocal election
Local elections vary widely across jurisdictions. In electoral systems that roughly follow the Westminster model, a terminology has evolved with roles such as Mayor or Warden to describe the executive of a city, town or region, although the actual means of elections vary...
took place on 7 June 2009 and had following results:
| Bund unabhängiger Wähler Free Voters Free Voters is a German concept in which an association of persons participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it is a locally organized group of voters in the form of a registered association . In most cases, Free Voters are active only at the... |
41,7% (+1,5) | 6 Seats (=) |
| CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
25,8% (+1,3) | 4 Seats (=) |
| Freie Wählervereinigung Schiltach | 20,9% (+0,7) | 3 Seats (=) |
| SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
11,6% (-3,4) | 1 Seat (-1) |
The town district Lehengericht has a Ortsschaftsrat with eight members.
Industry
Despite its rural location an industrial base with several internationally-known companies. Already in the time of Industrialization there were industrial areas. Schiltach had several cloth mills, which took advantage of the soft water from the two rivers; also there were multiple saw mills and tanneries for the same reason. Until the KinzigtalbahnKinzig Valley Railway (Black Forest)
The Kinzig Valley Railway is a railway line in Germany that runs from Hausach to Freudenstadt and follows the Kinzig River that gives it its name...
was built there was a timber rafting, which had to close because of the railroad. The wood from Schiltach and surroundings was partly shipped to the Netherlands on the Rhine, where it was used for ship building. Today these branches of industries have vanished except for the famous tannery Trautwein and some small saw mills. The earlier privileged timber rafting is kept alive by an active raftergroup to keep the once important industry of Schiltach in mind.
There are still some companies which were established at the turn of the century like Hansgrohe
Hansgrohe
'Hansgrohe is a German sanitary fittings manufacturer. It was founded by Hans Grohe in 1901, in Schiltach, Germany. Hansgrohe is currently the world's largest shower head and hand-held shower attachment supplier followed by competitors such as GROHE and ROHL...
(1901), and (BBS, VEGA Grieshaber KG etc.) established later.
The industry of Schiltach provides roughly 3350 local employments, which is extraordinary because Schiltach has only roughly 4000 citizens. Also the Schiltach is topographically disadvantaged because it is in the narrowest place in the Kinzigtal
Kinzig (Rhine)
The Kinzig is a river in southwestern Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine.It runs for 95 km from the Black Forest through the Upper Rhine River Plains. The Kinzig valley and secondary valleys constitute the largest system of valleys in the Black Forest...
and the motorways Autobahn 81
Bundesautobahn 81
is a motorway in Germany. It branches off the A 3 at the Würzburg-West triangle and ends near the border to Switzerland.The oldest part of the A 81 between the Weinsberg intersection near Heilbronn and the Leonberg triangle near Stuttgart was finished in the years 1938 to 1940...
and Autobahn 5
Bundesautobahn 5
is a 445 km long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the...
are far away. So much the more the city fathers are more grateful for the local companies to stay at Schiltach and are willing to support the companies.
Education
The town of Schiltach has one elementary schoolElementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
and a Hauptschule
Hauptschule
A Hauptschule is a secondary school in Germany and Austria, starting after 4 years of elementary schooling, which offers Lower Secondary Education according to the International Standard Classification of Education...
(Nachbarschaftsschule Schiltach/Schenkenzell
Schenkenzell
Schenkenzell is a village in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The town is twinned with Schenkon in Switzerland.-External links:*...
) with Werkrealschule
Werkrealschule
Werkrealschule is a relatively young branch of German secondary education , which offers pupils additional lessons in grades 8 and 9 and allows them to qualify after ten years with a final exam which is equal to graduation from Realschule....
. Secondary School
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
s are in the surrounding towns, e.g. in Schramberg
Schramberg
Schramberg is a town in the district of Rottweil, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Black Forest, 25 km northwest of Rottweil. With all its districts Talstadt, Sulgen, Waldmössingen, Heiligenbronn, Schönbronn and Tennenbronn it has about 22,000 inhabitants.One of...
, Wolfach
Wolfach
Wolfach is a city in the Black forest and part of the Ortenaukreis in Baden-Württemberg .- Geographical position :Wolfach lies where the 2 rivers Wolf and Kinzig meet in the Kinzig valley...
and Hausach
Hausach
Hausach is a town in the Ortenaukreis, in western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest, on the river Kinzig, 25 km southeast of Offenburg.-External links:...
. There also is an evangelic and catholic kindergarten, a Waldorfkindergarten and a private day care center. The Folk High School
Folk high school
Folk high schools are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses might exist leading to that goal...
Schiltach/Schinkenzell is a outpost of the Folk High School Schramberg.
Infrastructure
Schiltach is connected with the BundesstraßeBundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
n 294 and 462, which close the gap between Rhine and Neckar, thus also the gap between the motorways A 81
Bundesautobahn 81
is a motorway in Germany. It branches off the A 3 at the Würzburg-West triangle and ends near the border to Switzerland.The oldest part of the A 81 between the Weinsberg intersection near Heilbronn and the Leonberg triangle near Stuttgart was finished in the years 1938 to 1940...
and A 5
Bundesautobahn 5
is a 445 km long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the Hattenbach triangle intersection is a 445 km (277 mi) long Autobahn in Germany. Its northern end is the...
. Schiltach is traffic-calmed by a bypass. The Bundesstraße 294 directs through the 1830 m long Kirchbergtunnel and the 830 m long Schloßbergtunnel through which also the Bundesstraße 462 directs.
On workdays you can reach Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt 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 and Tübingen to the east ....
and Offenburg
Offenburg
Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg...
with the Kinzigtalbahn
Kinzig Valley Railway (Black Forest)
The Kinzig Valley Railway is a railway line in Germany that runs from Hausach to Freudenstadt and follows the Kinzig River that gives it its name...
every hour. At weekends single trains drive via Offenburg to Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. Besides the actual train station
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
Schiltach has another station closer to the town centrum where all passenger trains of a private railway company stop. The Schiltach-Schramberg railway
Schiltach-Schramberg railway
The Schiltach-Schramberg railway is a railway in Germany. At one time, the line branched off at Schiltach from the Kinzig Valley Railway . The line connected the City of Schramberg to the international railway system....
opened in 1892 was closed in 1959 for passenger trains and 1989 for cargo trains, too. Meanwhile the tracks were removed. The route is now a cycle route from Schiltach to Schramberg. Furthermore there is a very recommendable cycle route through the whole Kinzig valley from Haslach
Haslach
Haslach is a small city in south-west Germany, in the district Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg. As of 2010 it had a population of 7,010.-History:...
to Alpirsbach
Alpirsbach
Alpirsbach is a town in the district of Freudenstadt in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated in the Black Forest on the Kinzig river, 13 km south of Freudenstadt.Alpirsbach is twinned with the French commune of Neuville-sur-Saône....
. Various bus connections in direction of Offenburg
Offenburg
Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg...
and Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt
Freudenstadt 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 and Tübingen to the east ....
as well as a strong connection via bus to the county town Rottweil
Rottweil
Rottweil is a town in the south west of Germany and is the oldest town in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.Located between the Black Forest and the Swabian Alb hills, Rottweil has about 25,000 inhabitants...
complete the traffic. There is also an handicapped accessible bus which drives almost drives to all town districts at regular intervals.
Notable places
The whole medievalMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
inner city
Inner city
The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. In the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland, the term is often applied to the lower-income residential districts in the city centre and nearby areas...
is under monument protection
Cultural Heritage Management
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and worth seeing, especially the market place
Market Place
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including the town hall
Seat of local government
In local government, a city hall, town hall or a municipal building or civic centre, is the chief administrative building of a city...
, which was built after plans of the ducal württembergian architect Heinrich Schickhardt, and the Gerbergasse. In Schiltach are many half-timber houses from the 16th till 19th century in rarer closeness. The town is a part of the German tourist route Half-Timbered House Road.
A long-distance walking trail the Mittelweg goes from north to south through the Black Forest
Black Forest
The Black Forest is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres ....
(between Pforzheim
Pforzheim
Pforzheim is a town of nearly 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. It is world-famous for its jewelry and watch-making industry. Until 1565 it was the home to the Margraves of Baden. Because of that it gained the nickname...
and Waldshut
Waldshut-Tiengen
Waldshut-Tiengen is a city in southwestern Baden-Württemberg right at the Swiss 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/Weil am Rhein to whose middle area most towns and communities in...
through Schiltach and is one stage of the trail.
Silvesterzug: The Silvesterzug is a rite that takes place on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
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. It is sort of an evangelic procession. The citizens drift with lanterns after a old tradition from the market place to the townchurch and sings thereby thankssongs which probably has pietestic origins. During the procession the electric light of the city is switched off and replaced by pitch torches. At the windows of the houses shall only lightned Christmas trees show up. The evangelic pastor helds a speech from the window of the rectory together with singing and trombone choir. Afterwards the citizens gather at the town hall, where the mayor holds a speech.
Museums
- Apothekenmuseum (former BiedermeierBiedermeierIn Central Europe, the Biedermeier era refers to the middle-class sensibilities of the historical period between 1815, the year of the Congress of Vienna at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions...
-pharmacy at the market place) - Museum am Markt (Museum at the market, townhistory, Industrialization, handcraft)
- Schüttesage-Museum (Lumbering and forestry, rafter, old saw with undershot waterwheel and transmittance, tanneryTanningTanning is the making of leather from the skins of animals which does not easily decompose. Traditionally, tanning used tannin, an acidic chemical compound from which the tanning process draws its name . Coloring may occur during tanning...
- Musum Wasser - Bad - Design (The evolution of bath and bathing)
Buildings
- Townhall featuring Crow-stepped gableCrow-stepped gableA Stepped gable, Crow-stepped gable, or Corbie step is a stair-step type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building...
from 1593 - Gasthaus zum Adler (Hotel to the eagle) from 1604
- Market place
- evangelic townchurch from 1839–1843
- Gerbergase (tannery alley) with Äußere Mühle (outer mill) from 1557
- Schloßbergstraße (Road to Schloßberg)
- Städtlebrunnen (Town well) on the market place
- Jägerhäusle (hunters house) from 1590
Ruined castles
- Schiltach ruin on the Schloßberg
- Willenburg, ruin above the Staighöfe on the Schlössleberg (Little castle mountain)
- Klingenburg, ruin in Hinterlehengericht on the Burbachfelsen (Burbachrock)
Regular events
Schiltach holds several markets over the year, e.g. a farmer's market on the third Sunday in October or an artisans' market on the last Sunday in April. Besides the Schiltacher Advent and the Silvesterzug every year Fastnacht is celebrated at the time of Fasching.Honorary citizens
- Heinrich Baumgartner, businessman, born in 1936, honorary citizen since 1 March 2002, founder of BBS
- Bruno Grieshaber, businessman, 1919–2005, honorary citizen since 1 March 2002, founder of VEGA Grieshaber KG
- Friedrich Grohe, businessman, 1904–1983, honorary citizen since 1 March 2002, founder of Friedrich Grohe ArmaturenfabrikGroheFriedrich Grohe AG & Co. KG is a European manufacturer of sanitary fittings, including kitchen and bathroom faucets, and shower systems. Grohe has roughly eight percent of the world market for such products. The Grohe corporate center is in Düsseldorf, Germany, and it has offices in many parts of...
- Klaus Grohe, businessmann, born 1937, honorary citizen since 1 March 2002, son of Hans GroheHansgrohe'Hansgrohe is a German sanitary fittings manufacturer. It was founded by Hans Grohe in 1901, in Schiltach, Germany. Hansgrohe is currently the world's largest shower head and hand-held shower attachment supplier followed by competitors such as GROHE and ROHL...
Sons and daughters of the town
- Horst Neugart, born 1940 in Schiltach, since 2002 president of the synod of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in WürttembergEvangelical-Lutheran Church in WürttembergThe Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg is a Protestant church in the German former state of Württemberg, now the part of the state Baden-Württemberg. The seat of the church is in Stuttgart.It is a full member of the Evangelical Church in Germany , and is a Lutheran Church...