Großer Heuberg (Great Heuberg) or Grosser Heuberg , often simply called Heuberg ( Swabian : Haiberg ), is the name of a sparsely populated plateau in the southwestern Swabian Jura with mountains of about 1,000 metres above sea level or even higher. The word beginning Heu is German for hay , which was the major income source for the inhabitants in recent times and is until today formative for the landscape of the Heuberg. The word ending berg means mountain .
20-639: Smuggling across the border ( Württemberg , Baden , Province of Hohenzollern ) in Meßstetten. 30,000 Bibles (Martin Luther) to Habsburg : Hans Ungnad von Weißenwolff, Freiherr von Sonneck, Hans III (1493–1564), famous Bible printer and smuggler in Bad Urach Smuggler, translator and Slovene refugee Protestant preacher Primož Trubar , who published the first books in Slovene and is regarded as
40-599: A document from 1477, could be no other place in the district. The microtoponyms ( flurnames ) of the mountaintop "Weng" in the Heuberg Training Area and "Wangen" by the radar installation are in common use. During the construction of a drainage ditch Alfred Ludwig Oetinger, pastor in Meßstetten und Hossingen from 1856 to 1868, discovered a bronze cauldron and potsherds near the Weichenwang. To
60-785: A documentary film about the Bachem Ba 349. The Überbündische Meeting (in short "ÜT") took place 1977 and 2017 in Allenspach near Böttingen courtyard of the evangelical church youth, Jungenschaft Horte. A total of 3.400 people took part in at least 45 different societies and institutions of scouts and youth movement. The climate of the Heuberg is harsh and cold; precipitation averages 1,000–1,100 millimetres (39–43 in) annually. Places now lost are remembered in legend. A town called "Wangen" between Hossingen and Meßstetten has now disappeared. An as-yet undiscovered Celtic town of Pyrene
80-794: Is a historical territory in southern Germany . In earlier times it was considered to be on both sides of the Upper Rhine , but since the Napoleonic Wars , it has been considered only East of the Rhine. The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen . Baden is named after the margraves' residence, Hohenbaden Castle in Baden-Baden . Hermann II of Baden first claimed the title of Margrave of Baden in 1112. A united Margraviate of Baden existed from this time until 1535, when it
100-531: Is a town in the Zollernalbkreis district of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . In 1805 Hausen am Tann, formerly a possession of Austria , became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg , whose government assigned it to Oberamt Balingen [ de ] . In 1810, it was reassigned to Oberamt Spaichingen [ de ] and in 1842 to Oberamt Rottweil [ de ] . In 1938, that district
120-697: The French historical region of Alsace , to its south Switzerland , the Palatinate to its northwest, Hesse to the north, and parts of Bavaria to the northeast. Its eastern border with the region of Württemberg runs from the Kraichgau through the Black Forest , and from some parts of the forest to the Rhine the distances become as low as 18 kilometres (11 mi) in the so-called "Wespentaille" near Gaggenau . Hausen am Tann Hausen am Tann
140-730: The Grand Duchy of Baden . The Grand Duchy of Baden was a state within the German Confederation until 1866 and the German Empire until 1918, succeeded by the Republic of Baden within the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany . From 1945 to 1952, South Baden and Württemberg-Baden were territories under French and American occupation, respectively. They were united with Württemberg-Hohenzollern to form
160-523: The Hemmadhäddlers. All passengers survived the encounter with the apparitions, but they had to cut the traces of the skittish horses and abandon the wagon stuck in the deep loam. Another old tale tells of a spectral rider on a white horse ( Schimmelreiter ), who secretly visited his lover on the Weichenwang . Many times in stormy autumn weather a Schimmelreiter is said to be seen riding toward
180-535: The Weichenwang (Heiligenwang) from the old castle of Burtel near Hossingen, the remains of which are visible today. Regarding the couple, there was a recorded relationship between a knight and the daughter of the lord of the castle, whose homes are said to be the castles of Hossingen and Tierburg. In 1898, Emil Schweizer included a version of this story in his article on the Balingen Mountains ( Balinger Bergen ). More vague evidence occurs in an old document:
200-486: The great derision of the workmen he secured the finds and forwarded them for scientific evaluation. Around 1850 the area was a frequent target of grave robbers. The pastor then carried out systematic excavations, first on his own, and later on behalf of the "Staatssammlung vaterländischer Alterthümer" (State Collection of Patriotic Antiquities). The investigators documented unique finds of Celtic wagon burials with preserved wooden pieces and jeweled harness fittings. In 1869 it
220-747: The key consolidator of the Slovene identity, lived in Tübingen Derendingen. The smuggler was called Schwärzer in the local dialect due to the black camouflage color on his face. Startingpoint: Sportheim Eichhalde, Schelmenwasenstraße 11 , 72469 Meßstetten. Bibles of Martin Luther paid with cows way Bad Urach smuggler cave Meßstetten border to Crypto-Protestantism in Habsburg Empire Smuggler used caves in Meßstetten and Hossingen. Bibles of Martin Luther, coffee, corn and steel
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#1732772718388240-618: The late 1990s. The municipality ( Gemeinde ) of Hausen am Tann covers 8.49 square kilometers (3.28 sq mi) of the Zollernalb district of Baden-Württemberg , a state of the Federal Republic of Germany . It is physically located in the western foothills of the Swabian Jura [ de ] . Elevation above sea level in the municipality ranges from a high of 995 meters (3,264 ft) Normalnull (NN) at
260-607: The modern Federal State of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. Baden lies in the southwest of Germany, with most of its major cities on the Upper Rhine Plain . Bounded by Lake Constance on the south and by the river Rhine on the south and west, the region of Baden stretches from the Linzgau , Lörrach and Freiburg im Breisgau to Karlsruhe and then on to Mannheim , leading to the Main and Tauber rivers. To its west lies
280-741: The noble knight Kunz acquired a castle in Meßstetten on July 14, 1327, from the Lord of Bubenhofen . It may be that lord of Castle Hossingen in financial difficulties so that he had to pawn his fiefdom to the rich lord of Bubenhofen. Perhaps the Schimmelreitier was Kunz, from Neuentierberg Castle , and had he acquired for his beloved her father's castle in Hossingen. 48°08′00″N 8°45′00″E / 48.1333°N 8.7500°E / 48.1333; 8.7500 Baden Baden ( / ˈ b ɑː d ən / ; German: [ˈbaːdən] )
300-630: The top of the Schafberg to a low of 697 meters (2,287 ft) NN in the valley of the Schlichem . A portion of the Federally-protected Schafberg-Lochenstein [ de ] nature reserve is located inside Hausen's municipal area. Hausen's coat of arms displays two white foothold trap jaws upon a field of blue . It was adapted from the arms of Dietrich Spät [ de ] , who
320-478: Was impossible to exactly date the finds. Without evidence a very extensive, but short-lived, settlement was postulated at the time of the burials. An old story talks about the Hemmadhäddlers , which are said to appear at certain times. A bold teamster from Tieringen was driving an empty wagon over the Weichenwang to Baienberg with a group of men from Hausen am Tann . At midnight he chanced to invoke
340-493: Was mentioned in ancient sources. The identification of Pyrene would bring special honor to researchers, since it is the oldest town in the Upper Danube region known from written sources. In 2010 more vague evidence occurs in old blood in the region of the Upper Danube : a virus of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever , CCHF which mostly led to death in earlier times. The locality "Neu-Wangenhausen" ( Nüwenghausen ), mentioned in
360-455: Was merged into the new Landkreis Balingen [ de ] . There was modest development in Hausen after World War II in the 1950s. In 1973, as part of that year's reform of Baden-Württemberg's districts [ de ] , Balingen's district and by extension Hausen were merged into a new district, Zollernalbkreis . There was some additional development to the north and southwest in
380-695: Was smuggled. In 1831 the smuggler Haux was shot dead on the path. In the book Via Bologna a murder is on the secret path to the smuggler cave ( 48°11′19″N 8°57′46″E / 48.188521°N 8.962843°E / 48.188521; 8.962843 ( Schmugglerhöhle ) ), today a hiking way. in 1945 the rocket Bachem Ba 349 startet on the Heuberg Ochsenkopf in Straßberg-Kaiseringen. On March 1, 1945, Lothar Sieber died near Nusplingen. The first manned rocket flight in history. In 2010 Oliver Gortat and Philip Schneider made
400-532: Was split into the two Margraviates of Baden-Durlach and Baden-Baden. Following a devastating fire in Baden-Baden in 1689, the capital was moved to Rastatt . The two parts were reunited in 1771 under Margrave Charles Frederick . The restored Margraviate with its capital Karlsruhe was elevated to the status of electorate in 1803. In 1806, the Electorate of Baden , receiving territorial additions, became
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