Dörzbach

Coat of arms

Dörzbach

Location of Dörzbach within Hohenlohekreis district

Coordinates: 49°23′N 9°42′E / 49.383°N 9.700°ECoordinates: 49°23′N 9°42′E / 49.383°N 9.700°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Willi Schmitt

Area

• Total

32.36 km² (12.49 sq mi)

Elevation

242 m (794 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

2,463

• Density

76/km² (200/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

74677

07937

KÜN

Website

www.doerzbach.de

Dörzbach is a town in the Jagst river valley in the Hohenlohe district of Baden-Württemberg, in south central Germany. It is also the site of 3 historic castles, the Chapel of St. Wendel (in a limestone hillside), and a stone bridge built in 1808-1810 for King Frederick I of Württemberg. Records for the Dörzbach area date to 1230, but the modern incorporation was approved during 1972-74.

Dörzbach is located in the Jagst river valley, at an elevation of 230–430 metres (750–1,410 ft), in southern Germany.

Dörzbach includes Dörzbach proper (1465 inhabitants, with the churches of Birkenhöfe and St. Wendel zum Stein) and from the unincorporated former municipalities, Hohebach (with the hamlets Eisenhutsrot, Heßlachshof and Wendischenhof, together 646 inhabitants), Laibach (183 people) and Meßbach (170 inhabitants). In the area of the community of Dörzbach, within the limits set 31 December 1971, are the deserted villages of Albertshof, Dürrenhof and Rortal. In the area of former municipality Hohebach are the towns Lieboldsbronn, Eschbronnen and Ripperg. In the former municipality of Laibach lie the villages of Büchelich and Dacht. In the former municipality Meßbach is found the town Niedermeßbach.

Dörzbach was first documented in the Jagst Valley, in 1230, under the name "Torzebach". Tombs and other findings indicate, however, that Dörzbach had been inhabited for millennia by Celtic peoples.

On 1 January 1972, the communities of Laibach and Meßbach were combined. On 1 January 1974, they were followed by Hohebach.

The local elections on 25 May 2014 had the following seats allocated, as percentages of the town council:

The blazon of arms of Dörzbach is: set as 3 sections, with 4 bars (2 silver & 2 red), a section of three (2-1) red scallop seashells, plus a section in black with a silver five-spoke wheel. The flag of the municipality is red and white.

Emperor Rudolf II granted Dörzbach 27 June 1583 along with the market law, a coat of arms that connected the wheel of the men and haunts the bar from the arms of an extinct local noble family. After the sale of Dörzbach to the Lords of Eyb in 1601, they replaced the Eybschen mussel shells (with the joint turned-up scallops shown), and the wheel in the upper half of the shield. In 1931, the town added to the Berlichingen-lords wheel in the lower (blue) half of the shield. The tinge of the ground shield of arms and shells or wheel figures were adjusted later. The flag of the town was confirmed on 2 February 1970 by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior, who awarded the coat of arms.

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