Hirsau

Hirsau
Hirsau
	Stadtteil of Calw
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hirsau
	Hirsau Hirsau
	Coordinates: 48°44′N 8°44′E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Karlsruhe
District	Calw
Town	Calw
Elevation	341 m (1,119 ft)
Population (2005)
• Total	2,260
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	75365
Dialling codes	07051
Vehicle registration	CW
Website	calw.de

Hirsau (formerly Hirschau) is a district of the town of Calw in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, located in the south-west portion of the country, about two miles north of Calw and about twenty-four miles west of Stuttgart.

Hirsau, 1907

Town

Hirsau's economy includes small retail establishments, tourism, and light industry. There is a saw mill on the Ernstmuhlerweg, the road that runs along the railroad in the post card pasted above. The saw mill is a long building at the upper edge (in the picture) of town.

The town has been called a "Luftkurort" ("air spa") for the purity of its air. The town's bridge over the Nagold River dates to the Carolingian period.

Hirsau Abbey

The town grew round the Benedictine monastery that is its main historical significance and was once among the most famous in Europe. It was founded in about 830 by Count Erlafried of Calw and re-founded, after a period of collapse, in 1059. William of Hirsau, abbot from 1069 to 1091, brought it to international prominence as the origin of the Hirsau Reforms. It was secularised in 1558, and the buildings destroyed by the French in 1692.

Ruins of Monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul

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References

Baer, 1897. Die Hirsauer Bauschule. Freiburg.
Giseke, 1883. Die Hirschauer während des Investiturstreits. Gotha.
Helmsdorfer, 1874. Forschungen zur Geschichte des Abts Wilhelm von Hirschau. Göttingen
Klaiber, C.H., 1886. Das Kloster Hirschau. Tübingen.
Steck, 1844. Das Kloster Hirschau
Süssmann, 1903. Forschungen zur Geschichte des Klosters Hirschau. Halle.
Weizsäcker, 1898. Führer durch die Geschichte des Klosters Hirschau. Stuttgart

External links

(in German) Hirsau im Nagoldtal

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hirsau". Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 524.

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