Bollschweil

Bollschweil
Bollschweil
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Freiburg
District Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
Mayor Josef Schweizer
Basic statistics
Area 16.42 km2 (6.34 sq mi)
Elevation 328 m  (1076 ft)
Population 2,281 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 139 /km2 (360 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate FR
Postal code 79283
Area code 07633
Website www.bollschweil.de

Bollschweil is a municipality in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located approximately 10 km south of Freiburg.

History

The earliest surviving written record of the settlement appears in the records of the monastery at St Gallen, dated 838. At this time Bollschweil was named Puabilinisvilare. The town's subsequent history is closely entwined with that of the aristocratic Snewlin-Bernlapp family, a branch of the Snewlin family which was extremely influential throughout the Breisgau region. When, in 1837, the Snewlin-Bernlapps died out, the castle and settlement came into the hands of the von Holzing-Berstett family, whose descendants still inhabit the castle.

Between 1087 and his death in 1093, Ulrich of Zell established here the Priory convent of St Ulrich in the Black Forest, but this was relocated to Sölden in 1115.

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