Braunsbach

Braunsbach
Municipality
Coat of arms of Braunsbach
Coat of arms
BavariaHohenlohekreisHeilbronn (district)Main-Tauber-KreisNeckar-Odenwald-KreisOstalbkreisRems-Murr-KreisBlaufeldenBraunsbachBühlertannBühlerzellBühlerzellCrailsheimFichtenauFichtenbergFrankenhardtGaildorfGerabronnIlshofenIlshofenKirchberg an der JagstKreßbergLangenburgMainhardtMichelbach an der BilzMichelfeldOberrotObersontheimRosengartenRot am SeeSatteldorfSchrozbergSchwäbisch HallStimpfachSulzbach-LaufenUntermünkheimVellbergWallhausenWolpertshausen
Location of Braunsbach within Schwäbisch Hall district
Interactive map of Braunsbach
Location within Germany
Location within Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 49°11′56″N 09°47′29″E / 49.19889°N 9.79139°E / 49.19889; 9.79139
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionStuttgart
DistrictSchwäbisch Hall
Government
 • Mayor (2024–32)David Hägele
Area
 • Total
52.85 km2 (20.41 sq mi)
Elevation
268 m (879 ft)
Population
 (2025-12-31)
 • Total
2,462
 • Density46.58/km2 (120.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
74542
Dialling codes07906
Vehicle registrationSHA
Websitewww.braunsbach.de

Braunsbach is a municipality in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is on the Kocher river, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the district seat of Schwäbisch Hall. The town is bordered to the north by the town Künzelsau, the county seat of Hohenlohe, in the east by the town of Langenburg, on the southeast by Wolpertshausen, in the south by the town of Schwäbisch Hall, in the southwest by Untermünkheim and in the west by Kupferzell in Hohenlohe.

History

Braunsbach was formed in February 1972 by the voluntary merger of the formerly independent communities of Arnsdorf, Braunsbach, Döttingen, Geislingen am Kocher [de], Jungholzhausen, Orlach [de] and Steinkirchen.

In late May 2016, severe weather led to flooding of the Orlacher Bach and Schlossbach within 3 hours that strewed rubble across the town, causing extensive damage but no casualties.

Points of interest

The Girl from Orlach

"The Girl from Orlach" is a ghost story of the Biedermeier whose protagonist, Magdalena Gronbach, allegedly was capable of extrasensory perception. In February 1831 a white ghost of a woman appeared to her several times. Always when she appeared, a small fire broke out in the house. She said she was the Cistercian nun Mariane Susanne from Orlach who had been born just as Magdalena on September 12, but not in 1812, but precisely 400 years before that, i.e. in 1412. She implored salvation from Magdalena, and when Magdalena wanted to know which reward she would receive she replied: "Do not lay up treasures on earth!" In early June of the same year the ghost of a Capuchin friar appeared to her in the form of a dark menacing black shadow. She fell into a trance and in this state answered all questions she was asked. Thereupon many people came from all over the country to ask for advice regarding what would happen in the future. After having observed Magdalena for five weeks the chief medical officer Justinus Kerner concluded that this was a "state of possession."

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bürgermeisterwahl Braunsbach 2024, Staatsanzeiger. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Tabellengruppe 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes zum 31. Dezember 2025" [Update of the population as of 31 December 2025] (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg.
  3. ↑ Beate Krause (1 June 2016). "Aufräumarbeiten im zerstörten Braunsbach". Bild (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ↑ WDR Fernsehen, "Der Unwetter-Sommer 2016", 8 July 2016, retrieved 8 July 2016 (in German)
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Braunsbach: Points of interest Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Braunsbach: History of Orlach Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ sphinx-suche.de: The Girl from Orlach Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine