Dornhan

Sister cities

• Pont-de-Vaux

History

Dornhan was first mentioned in a document as "Turnheim" in 777, but the exact date of its becoming a town is unknown, although it is certain that the place has been called "civitas" (town) since 1276. The town of Dornhan originally belonged to the Grafen von Sulz. 1095 the Alpirsbach Monastery received estates located in Dornhan by donation. During the administrative reform in during the NS period in Württemberg Dornhan came to the district of Horb in 1938. After the Second World War, the town of Dornhan fell into the French occupation zone and thus came to the newly founded state Württemberg-Hohenzollern in 1947, which was absorbed into the state of Baden-Württemberg in 1952. In 1973, the District Reform in Baden-Württemberg took place, in which Dornhan became part of the district of Rottweil. Today's town was newly formed on 1 March 1972 by merging the town of Dornhan with the communities of Bettenhausen, Fürnsal, Leinstetten and Marschalkenzimmer. On 1 April 1974, the previously independent community of Busenweiler was incorporated. The incorporation of Weiden took place on 1 January 1975.

Geography

Dornhan is situated on a plateau in the Black Forest foothills above the valleys of Neckar and Glatt. Nearest bigger towns are Freudenstadt in the northwest, Rottweil and Oberndorf am Neckar in the southeast and Horb am Neckar in the northeast. The city area lies in 450 to 685 m above sea level. Dornhan borders in the east on Sulz am Neckar, in the south on Oberndorf (both county of Rottweil), in the west on Alpirsbach and Loßburg and in the north on Glatten and Schopfloch (all Freudenstadt (district)). To the city of Dornhan with the districts Bettenhausen, Busenweiler, Dornhan, Fürnsal, Leinstetten, Marschalkenzimmer and Weiden belong 15 villages, hamlets, farms and houses besides the city of Dornhan. The Busenweiler district includes the village Busenweiler and the hamlet Aischfeld. To the district Dornhan belong the town Dornhan, the hamlets Dobel and Gundelshausen, the farms Friedrichshof and Oberhart and the residential areas Brandeck and Braunhalden. The Fürnsal district includes the village of Fürnsal and the Fürnsaler Sägmühle residential area. The Leinstetten district includes the village Leinstetten and the hamlet Kaltenhof. Only the villages of the same name belong to the districts Bettenhausen, Marschalkenzimmer and Weiden. In the district Dornhan lies the Burgstall of Brandeck Castle and in the district of Leinstetten lies the ruins of the castle Lichtenfels.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  508
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  457
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  449
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  403
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  369
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  339
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  330
• Great Spotted Woodpecker

  Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  311

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