Bönnigheim

Sister cities

• Balatonboglár
• Rouffach
• Neukirch/Lausitz

History

The first documentary reference to Bönnigheim occurs in the Lorsch codex. In a document dated 16 February 793, the nun Hiltburg bequeathed the parishes of Bönnigheim, Erligheim and Alt-Cleebronn to the abbey of Lorsch, and it was due to this bequest that Bönnigheim fell to the bishopric of Mainz. The monastery of Hirsau later bought the village as a fief and sold it in 1284 to the monastery of Bebenhausen.

Geography

The town includes the previously separate parishes of Hofen and Hohenstein. The boundaries established on 31 December 1971, saw the inclusion of the property known as the Burgermühle and the lost village of Birlingen. The former parish of Hofen now comes under the village of Hofen. In the same way, the former parish of Hohenstein now comes under the village of that name.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,352
• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,240
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,148
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,127
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  2,898
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,795
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,380
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,331

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-09
  1 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany