Igelsberg is a village in the town of

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in the

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. The settlement was built in a

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first recorded around 1230 as ''Illigsberg''. Count Palatine Rudolf of Tübingen assigned the place to the

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as a

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. From 1381, Igelsberg belonged to the administrative office or ''

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'' of Reichenbach and went with it in 1595 to the

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. In 1807, Igelsberg became part of the ''Oberamt'' of Freudenstadt. On 1 July 1971, Igelsberg was incorporated into Freudenstadt.Statistisches Bundesamt, publ. (1983). ''Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- und Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen und Regierungsbezirken vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982''. Stuttgart/Mainz: W. Kohlhammer. ISBN 3-17-003263-1, p. 528. Igelsberg has almost 250 inhabitants and has an agricultural character. In particular The village has numerous guesthouses for spa and holiday guests and as well as a hotel, the Hotel Krone (built 1890) in the town centre. The nearby

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is open to bathers and the managed forests in the area have hiking trails.

Coat of arms

The former municipal coat of arms displays a golden abbot's staff on top of a silver tri-peak mountain on a red field. On either side of the staff are the coats of arms of Reichenbach Abbey (red ''r'' in

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on a gold field) and the

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(tripartite red flag on a gold field).

References

Literature

* Paulus, Karl Eduard, ed. (1858). "Igelsberg" in ''Beschreibung des Oberamts Freudenstadt'' (= ''Die Württembergischen Oberamtsbeschreibungen 1824–1886''. Vol. 38). Stuttgart: Karl Aue. pp. 258–260 (see ikisource.

External links

Information about Igelsberg on the website of the town of Freudenstadt
{{Authority control Villages in Baden-Württemberg Freudenstadt (district)