Enzkreis is a Landkreis (district) in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Karlsruhe , Heilbronn , Ludwigsburg , Böblingen and Calw . The district-free Pforzheim area in the south is nearly completely surrounded by Enz.
7-474: Engelsbrand is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg , Germany . It is home to the luxury watchmaker Stowa . It contains the villages of Engelsbrand, Salmbach, and Grunbach. The three villages of Engelsbrand, Salmbach, and Grunbach were founded in the 11th or 12th centuries Waldhufendorf as part of the settling of the area around Hirsau Abbey . The first documentation of
14-478: A burning log over a white field divided by an oblique and wavering blue band, combining the coats of arms of the three villages in the municipality. A first draft of this coat of arms, commemorating the merger of Engelsbrand, Grunbach, and Salmbach into one municipality on 1 January 1975, was authorized for use by the Enzkreis district office on 20 December 1984. The blue band is taken from Grunbach and Salmbach, as
21-471: Is the holly leaf that symbolizes the flora of the Black Forest , while the burning log, representing forest-clearing activities by medieval farmers, is from Engelsbrand proper. Enz (district) The district was created in 1973, when the previous district Pforzheim was merged with parts of the neighboring districts Vaihingen, Leonberg and Calw. Some part of the district Pforzheim was included into
28-648: The Italian province Reggio Emilia . Since 1996 the district has a partnership with the Polish city Mysłowice . As two municipalities left the city in a communal reform in 1995, the partnership also includes Imielin and Chelm Slaski . In March 2001 the Enz district together with the city Pforzheim started a friendship with the Hungarian Komitat Györ-Moson-Sopron . The four diamonds in
35-672: The Thirty Years' War , the reign of Louis XIV of France , and the Coalition Wars . In 1807, the three villages were assigned to Oberamt Calw [ de ] , a province of the Kingdom of Württemberg . Three years later, they were assigned to Oberamt Neuenbürg [ de ] , which both came under the Schwarzwaldkreis in 1817. The coat of arms of Engelsbrand shows a holly leaf with two berries and
42-664: The city Pforzheim. The district Pforzheim dates back to 1939, when the Bezirksamt Pforzheim was split into the district and the district-free city. The south of the Enz district covers the northern part of the Black Forest . In the north-west of the district is the Kraichgau, a mainly agricultural area. The main river is the Enz , a tributary of the Neckar . Since March 1993, the district has an official partnership with
49-592: The communities occurred on 24 July 1404, when canons from Brötzingen requested the separation of several villages, including the Engelsbrand three, from Brötzingen for the formation of a new parish in Langenbrand. This application was approved on 10 September of the same year, making Engelsbrand subservient to the Count of Württemberg . The Engelsbrand three were struck with plague and frequently sacked during
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