Stetten am kalten Markt

History

The area was documented early as being in the possession of the Reichenau monastery as "Stetten am kalten Markt." Within the Heuberg Training Area there is the legendary Dreibannmarke, also called the "Bahn", a 17th-century border, which today marks the border between three different municipalities, formerly in the three states of Württemberg, Baden, and Hohenzollern. The meadow at the Dreibannmarke served as a stopping place for traveling merchants, wagons and craftsmen. With care it is possible to identify traces of the border. After the inauguration of the firing ranges, a meadow in Meßstetten was allocated as a camping site at the edge of the restricted area. Until 1835 merchandise was smuggled over the customs borders guarded by local hunters. Coffee smuggler Haux had been killed on 21 July 1831 in Pfaffental. On March 1, 1945, Air Force pilot second lieutenant Lothar Sieber died about 7 kilometers south of the Heuberg Military Training Area with the Heuberg barracks, the location of the first manned rocket flight in history. Sieber was piloting a one-man rocket of the type "Bachem Ba 349 Natter".

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  785
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  703
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  670
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  635
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  624
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  528
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  466
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  459

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-06-27
  1 km SSW of Todtmoos, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 3.6 — 2013-07-20
  3 km ESE of Andwil, Switzerland
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-16
  2 km S of Niederbüren, Switzerland