draft article - Sexau
Sexau is a community in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg in Germany, about 15 km north of Freiburg im Breisgau.
Geography edit
Sexau is situated at the entrance to the valley of “Brettenbachtal”, where the Black Forest joins the plains of the river Rhein.
Community structure edit
The community of Sexau includes the village itself, the hamlets Lörch, Vordersexau and Obersexau, the farmyards Eberbächle, Mühlebächle, Reichenbächle and Staudenhöfe, and the residential areas Am Horn, Am Schloßberg and Lindenhof. The community includes the bygone villages of Berlinsberg and Tehsmer.
History edit
Sexau was first mentioned in a document in 862 as a gift of King Louis the German to his son Charles the Fat. Later, the community passed from the Margraves of Baden-Hachberg into the possession of the Margraves of Baden, who abolished serfdom in 1783. Home of the Margraves of Baden-Hachberg was the Hochburg (high castle) in Sexau. The name derives from its original disposition into six floodplains (“Auen”).
Religion edit
The reformation – as in all of Baden – came to Sexau in 1556. The village is still predominantly Protestant.
Politics edit
The mayor edit
Mayor Michael Goby has been in office since 2001. In the mayoral election on the 8th of March, 2009, he was, without an opponent, confirmed for a second term. He received 98,8 percent of the valid votes in a voter turnout of 53 percent.
The local council edit
The council election on 7th June, 2009, had a voter turnout of 61,1 percent (+2,6) with the following result:
| SPD | 37,7 % | – 3,6 | 4 Sitze | – 1 |
| CDU | 31,2 % | + 1,2 | 4 Sitze | ± 0 |
| FWG | 31,1 % | + 2,4 | 4 Sitze | + 1 |
Crest edit
Blazon: On a split plate on the golden front a red oblique beam, on the silver back a green shrub with six acorns.
Twinning edit
Economy and infrastructure edit
Traffic edit
Through the Rheintalbahn (Mannheim–Karlsruhe–Basel railway) and the Bundesautobahn 5 (Federal Motorway 5), which is only 12 km away, Sexau is linked to the main arteries of the region.
Education edit
Sexau has its own Grund- und Hauptschule (correlates roughly to primary and secondary school).
Culture and sights edit
Buildings edit
- Visitor tunnel Grube Caroline (former silver mine)
- Ruin Hochburg
Other edit
The Protestant church awards the "Sexauer Gemeindepreis für Theologie" since 1981. It goes to academic teaching theologians, who distinguish themselves through their affinity to the community in their working and publishing.