Bühlertal
Bühlertal is a municipality in the district of Rastatt in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Bühlertal | |
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 Bühlertal | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bühlertal within Rastatt district  | |
  Bühlertal  Bühlertal | |
| Coordinates: 48°40′59″N 08°11′00″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Karlsruhe |
| District | Rastatt |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2016–24) | Hans-Peter Braun[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17.68 km2 (6.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 196 m (643 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,059 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 77830 |
| Dialling codes | 07223 |
| Vehicle registration | RA |
| Website | www.buehlertal.de |
Geography
Geographic location
Bühlertal encompasses almost the entirety of the Bühlot Valley and its side valleys on the Western slope of the Northern_Black_Forest at the ridge to the Upper Rhine Valley from an elevation of 190 meters to 1000 meters above sea level.
Municipality
To the municipality of Buehlertal belong the Obertal (Upper Valley), the settlements Altenberg, Denni (now fused with the Obertal), Boosweg (joined with Obertal), Laengenberg, the hamlets Buchkopf, Buechelbach (joined with Butschenberg), Laube (bridging Untertal and Obertal), Liehenbach (fused with Untertal), Schafhof, Schoenbuech (joined with Obertal and Buchkopf), Schwarzwasen, Sessgass, Steckenhalt, Untertal, Wintereck and Wolfsbrunnen, the hamlets Eichwald, Freihoefen, Haaberg, Hatzenwoerth, Hirschbach, Hof, Hungerberg, Klotzberg, Lachmatt, Matthaeuser, Schmelz und Sickenwald, the farmsteads Butschenberg und Gertelbach, Grasiweg, Holzmatt, Immenstein, Kohlbergwiese, Mittelberg, Oberer Plaettig (Upper Plaettig), Wiedenfelsen und Wolfshuegel. The hamlet Mistgraben is defunct since 1492.
History
Oldest records about Buehlertal are from 1301. It belonged to the County_of_Eberstein. The Margraviate_of_Baden owned farms in Buehlertal since 1536. In 1688, the ownership of Bühlertal was transferred between the Earl of Eberstein and the Margrave of Baden. It belonged to the county of Bühl, which became the Landkreis Bühl. When the county (Landkreis) of Bühl was dissolved in 1973, Bühlertal became part of the county of Rastatt (Landkreis Rastatt).
References
- Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2021" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2021] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2022.
