203:
351:
221:
212:
194:
17:
167:
185:
176:
230:
81:
are the main sources of income of its inhabitants. The hills and their high quality soil offer perfect conditions for growing a variety of fruits. Wine is grown in the steep hills facing South; the sun penetrates the dense leaves much better, which results in improved levels of sugar and alcohol,
92:
was conducted in
Varnhalt from 1777 to 1900. The yield was relatively low and it didn't generate enough money to compete with coal mines in other parts of Germany. Mining attracted a limited number of people from near and far seeking employment, which were experienced in the craft of underground
148:
Historic family names of inhabitants of the village of
Varnhalt have been compiled in a family book. The winemaker or vintner family names are: Benz/Binz, Bilger, Dresel, Eckstein, Ernst, Frank, Hagenunger, Hochstuhl, Huck, Greis/Kreis, Liebich, Lörch/Lerch, Lorenz, Mast, Maier, Reiss, Schmalz,
134:
Originally, the village was an agglomerate of a few individual farmsteads, which were loosely connected. Over the centuries these farmsteads grew together to become the village of
Varnhalt, together with the farmsteads of the hemlock of Gallenbach and the winery of Nägelsfürst.
101:
The
Catholic parish church in Steinbach was the mother church for many places in the area, including Varnhalt and Gallenbach. A small chapel was built in 1891. Varnhalt became an independent parish in 1909. The current church building was consecrated in 1958.
62:. Varnhalt is about 2 miles away from the center of the town of Steinbach (Baden). It can be reached locally from Steinbach via the Gallenbacher-Strasse. The center of the village is situated at an altitude of 204 meters on the western slope of mount
110:
The name
Varnhalt was first mentioned in a document from 1368. As the name Varnhalt and its earlier name or spelling "Fahrenhalt" implies, the origin of the village was as the location where the farmers from Steinbach kept the local bull or
50:. In 2004, the population of Varnhalt was about 2000. Steinbach, Neuweier and Varnhalt formed the joint community "Ortschaft Rebland" and are as such represented in the municipal council of Baden-Baden.
392:
416:
385:
411:
145:
Gallenbach developed alongside the creek
Geroldsbach. It is unclear if there was a creek named Gall or if the name Gall was derived from Gerold.
378:
202:
149:
Werner/Wörner, Zäpfel, and
Zwingert. The names of the coal miners Golaschek, Balzer and Schwendemann appeared in the 1800 in Varnhalt.
312:
82:
respectively, critical for a good wine. This has elevated the region to one of the top wine growing regions in
Germany, with
260:
220:
350:
300:
211:
27:
193:
16:
358:
31:
166:
184:
43:
362:
175:
261:
https://www.baden-baden.de/stadtportrait/stadt/stadtportrait/rebland/geschichte-varnhalt/
58:
The location of
Varnhalt is carved deep into the foothills and mountains of the Northern
272:
405:
59:
229:
139:
89:
74:
39:
305:
78:
327:
314:
83:
47:
138:
The winery Nägelsfürst was first mentioned in 1588 as belonging to the
35:
284:
63:
15:
38:. Since 1972, Varnhalt has become a suburb of the spa town of
366:
273:
https://historischer-verein-yburg.de/orts-Geschichte/
386:
8:
271:Ortsgeschichte des Baden-Badener Reblandes
393:
379:
250:Das Baden-Badener Rebland unter der Yburg
26:is a village to the north of the town of
142:nuns abbey in Baden-Baden Lichtenthal.
243:
159:
86:the predominant grape varieties grown.
7:
347:
345:
365:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by
285:https://ofb.genealogy.net/varnhalt
14:
417:Baden-Württemberg geography stubs
349:
228:
219:
210:
201:
192:
183:
174:
165:
1:
412:Villages in Baden-Württemberg
259:Aus der Geschichte Varnhalts
433:
344:
304:Ortsfamilienbuch Varnhalt
119:(from middle-high German
361:location article is a
20:
283:Family Book Varnhalt
19:
328:48.73500°N 8.18000°E
299:Wine-region Rebland
161:Baden-Baden-Varnhalt
324: /
21:
374:
373:
359:Baden-Württemberg
333:48.73500; 8.18000
127:), also known as
44:Steinbach (Baden)
32:Baden-Württemberg
424:
395:
388:
381:
353:
346:
339:
338:
336:
335:
334:
329:
325:
322:
321:
320:
317:
287:
281:
275:
269:
263:
257:
251:
248:
232:
223:
214:
205:
196:
187:
178:
169:
42:, together with
432:
431:
427:
426:
425:
423:
422:
421:
402:
401:
400:
399:
342:
332:
330:
326:
323:
318:
315:
313:
311:
310:
296:
291:
290:
282:
278:
270:
266:
258:
254:
249:
245:
240:
233:
224:
215:
206:
197:
188:
179:
170:
157:
155:
108:
99:
72:
56:
12:
11:
5:
430:
428:
420:
419:
414:
404:
403:
398:
397:
390:
383:
375:
372:
371:
354:
308:
307:
302:
295:
294:External links
292:
289:
288:
276:
264:
252:
242:
241:
239:
236:
235:
234:
227:
225:
218:
216:
209:
207:
200:
198:
191:
189:
182:
180:
173:
171:
164:
162:
154:
151:
107:
104:
98:
95:
71:
68:
55:
52:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
429:
418:
415:
413:
410:
409:
407:
396:
391:
389:
384:
382:
377:
376:
370:
368:
364:
360:
355:
352:
348:
343:
340:
337:
306:
303:
301:
298:
297:
293:
286:
280:
277:
274:
268:
265:
262:
256:
253:
247:
244:
237:
231:
226:
222:
217:
213:
208:
204:
199:
195:
190:
186:
181:
177:
172:
168:
163:
160:
158:
153:Photo gallery
152:
150:
146:
143:
141:
136:
132:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
105:
103:
96:
94:
91:
87:
85:
80:
76:
69:
67:
65:
61:
53:
51:
49:
45:
41:
37:
34:southwestern
33:
29:
25:
18:
367:expanding it
356:
341:
309:
279:
267:
255:
246:
156:
147:
144:
137:
133:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
109:
100:
88:
73:
60:Black Forest
57:
23:
22:
331: /
140:Cistercians
90:Coal_Mining
75:Viticulture
40:Baden-Baden
406:Categories
316:48°44′06″N
238:References
129:Fasel-Vieh
79:wine trade
66:(517 m).
319:8°10′48″E
54:Geography
28:Steinbach
97:Religion
93:mining.
84:Riesling
77:and the
48:Neuweier
24:Varnhalt
106:History
70:Economy
36:Germany
117:Pharre
357:This
113:Farre
64:Yberg
363:stub
121:phar
46:and
131:.
125:var
115:or
30:in
408::
394:e
387:t
380:v
369:.
123:/
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
