Kämpfelbach
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 Kämpfelbach
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| Coordinates: 48°56′53″N 08°37′26″E / 48.94806°N 8.62389°ECoordinates: 48°56′53″N 08°37′26″E / 48.94806°N 8.62389°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe | |
| District | Enzkreis | |
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| • Mayor | Udo Kleiner | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 13.64 km2 (5.27 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 250 m (820 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 6,273 | |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 75236 | |
| Dialling codes | 07231 Ersingen 07232 Bilfingen | |
| Vehicle registration | PF | |
| Website | www.kaempfelbach.de | |
Kämpfelbach is a municipality in the district of Enz in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, 7 km away from the town of Pforzheim.
The municipality of Kämpfelbach is located in the transition area between the Kraichgau and the northern Black Forrest. This area also forms the transition area between "Buntsandstein" (colored sandstone) and limestone. The municipality is named after the stream "Kämpfelbach". It rises in Ispringen and ends with a total length of twelve miles in the Pfinz at Remchingen. His catchment area is 88 km².
The Neighboring Communities of Kämpfelbach are Ispringen, Eisingen, Königsbach-Stein, Remchingen, Keltern and Pforzheim.
The municipality of Kämpfelbach consists of the two villages Ersingen and Bilfingen.
Grave mounds from the Hallstatt period can be found in the areas Rainwald, Ernstenfeld, Kühlloch and Bernel. These have been dated to 900-500 BC. Bilfingen was first mentioned in 1193, Ersingen in 1197. This was done in papal bulls whereby pope Celestine III. confirmed the possessions of the monastery of Frauenalb in Ersingen and Bilfingen. The names of the villages Ersingen and Bilfingen are of Alemannic origin. Around 260 AD, the Allamanni inhabited this area. They normally gave their settlements the name of their clan elders with the additional sylabble -ingen. Bilfingen is probably named after a Binolf and Ersingen after Ergeso.
The two villages have more in common than one might suspect at first. The villages Ersingen and Bilfingen formed already in the middle ages a market cooperative and had a common administration. They differed from the surrounding villages not only in therms of Religion but had also different sovereigns.
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