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.[3]
History
Dornhan - View from the Topograhiae Sueviae by Matthäus Merian 1643/1656
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.[4] 1095 the Alpirsbach Monastery received estates located in Dornhan by donation.[4] The monastery gained more and more influence in Dornhan in the course of time and maintained a nursing home to administer the property. The abbot of Alpirsbach monastery had a court held in Dornhan three times a year, either personally or through a deputy.[4] However, the monastery was only responsible for cases with lower jurisdiction, the high jurisdiction was the responsibility of the dukes of Teck, who held the hereditary bailiwick rights of the monastery. Because of his high debts, Duke Friedrich von Teck ceded the bailiwick rights to Count Eberhard den Greiner in 1380 and thus to Württemberg.[4] From this time on, a Württemberg sheriff exercised the sovereign rights. [4] With the reformation of the Alpirsbach monastery in 1534, Dornhan finally fell to Württemberg and was since then the seat of a Württemberg bailiff as the office of Dornhan until 1807.[4]
In 1807 Dornhan came to the Oberamt Sulz, in 1808 to the Oberamt Alpirsbach and in 1810 again to the Oberamt Sulz.[5]
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.
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.[6]
On November 7, 2004, Markus Huber was elected mayor as of February 1, 2005 with 74 percent of the vote. The previous incumbent Günter Wößner (1973–2005) did not run for office in the election. Wößner's predecessor was Erich Blocher.
The next mayoral election took place on 11 November 2012, in which Markus Huber was the only candidate to receive 98% of the votes, making him mayor of Dornhan for another term of office.[8]
Dornhan-Leinstetten Denkmal Albrechts II von HohenbergCodex Manesse Albrecht von Haigerloch
In the Zitzmannsbrunnenbach Valley (also known as Bettenhauser Valley) between Dornhan and Bettenhausen is the so-called Wasserhäusle, a fully preserved pumping station dating from 1889, which was the origin and part of Dornhan's water supply.
In Bettenhausen there is also a portrait of the risen Christ in the church of St. Konrad, which Hans Marx von Bubenhofen donated in 1596. The alliance coat of arms of the founder couple and the coats of arms of their ancestors provide the frame for the painting.
The ruins of Lichtenfels Castle, Brandeck Castle and Leinstetten Castle are located on the municipal boundary mark.
In Leinstetten, the minstrel monument commemorates Count Albrecht von Hohenberg (Haigerloch), who fell in the battle of Leinstetten on 17 April 1298. Albrecht von Hohenberg is depicted in the Codex Manesse in battle. There the only two verses handed down by him are preserved. The grave of Count Albrecht II of Hohenberg and his second wife Margareta of Fürstenberg is in Kirchberg Monastery near Sulz am Neckar.
In the district of Weiden there is a church from the 15th century and the birthplace of Hermann Römpp as well as the primary school, which is already over 100 years old.
Economy and Infrastructure
Education
In the Dornhans school centre there is a primary school and a secondary school. In the districts Leinstetten, Marschalkenzimmer and Weiden there is one primary school each. Gymnasium and secondary schools are available in the nearby towns of Oberndorf and Sulz.
^The State of Baden-Württemberg. Official description according to districts and communities. Volume VI: Administrative district Freiburg Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN3-17-007174-2. p. 467-471
