Roggenbeuren
Roggenbeuren is a town in the commune Deggenhausertal in Baden-Württemberg Germany. Deggenhausertal itself is a part of the district Bodenseekreis which is on the north shore of Lake Constanz.
Geography
Roggenbeuren is located in valley halfway between Urnau and Wittenhofen. The municipal boundary includes no other settlements.
History
The existence of burial mounds in the vicinity prove the area was settled since prehistoric times. The first mention of Roggenbeuren dates from a donation from St Gall's Abbey in 860/1 in which the brothers Otholf and Teothard donated their territory in Gehrenberg to the abbey, and received the Roggenbeuren in exchange. Roggenbeuren later came into the hands of the ministerialis family of Schmalegg. In 1280 Conrad of Schmalegg sold the territory to the cathedral chapter of Constance. The upper jurisdiction was held by the Counts of Werdenberg-Heiligenberg[1] and after their extinction in 1534 by the Counts of Fürstenberg.
In the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, in which the principalities of the ecclesiastic rulers were dispersed to the counts and princes of the empire, Roggenbeuren with the other territories of the Prince-Bishopric of Constance was ceded to the Electorate of Baden.
Coat of arms
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Argent cross gules in a bordure argent nebuly azure The coat of arms display a red cross on a white field within a nebuly blue and white border. The red cross is taken from the arms of the Prince-Bishopric of Constance, which ruled over the village until 1803. The border is taken from the arms of the Princes of Fürstenberg who also held certain rights over the village in the pre-modern era. |
Coordinates: 47°46′10″N 9°24′21″E / 47.76944°N 9.40583°E