page_title: Kuppenheim
section_title: City History
hierarchical_section_title: Kuppenheim / City History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Altes Rathaus in de:Kuppenheim
context_page_description: Kuppenheim is a town in the district of Rastatt, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the river Murg, 5 km southeast of Rastatt, and 8 km north of Baden-Baden.
context_section_description: Kuppenheim's founding date is unclear, but there was certainly a settlement from Roman Times in the district, as the foundations of a Roman Road have been found in the foothills of the Black Forest that roughly follows country route L67 to Baden-Baden.
  Kuppenheim itself was first mentioned in documents around 1095. At that time it was the most important place in the Ufgau, a historical county of the Duchy of Franconia between the southern Ortenau and the northern Kraichgau. In addition, the Murg River represents the former border between the Alemannic and the southern Franconian language area. As a result, the old Kuppenheim dialect, which arose out of the Lower Alemannic dialects, includes South Rhine-Franconian language features.
  In 1283, the city was sold to the Margraves of Baden by the Counts of Eberstein, whose power was declining, in order to address financial debts. In 1453 there was even talk of a “Kuppenheim Alliance” to which 14 villages belonged. From 1500 the city was also included in the Swabian Circle. In 1535, Kuppenheim was raised to the status of a District Council in Baden-Baden and was responsible for more than 22 villages. However, in the course of the Palatinate War of Succession, Kuppenheim was burned down "except for one house" in 1689 and thus lost its status as District Council. This status then went to the resident city of the Margraviate of Baden-Baden, Rastatt. After a slow reconstruction at the beginning of the 18th century, Kuppenheim grew beyond the bounds of its city wall. Most of the fortifications were razed at the beginning of the 19th century, with only parts of the city wall left preserved. At that time, the pastor was Rector Franz Joseph Herr in Kuppenheim, an important clergyman who had both the city church and the Antonius chapel renovated or rebuilt. Herr, presumably an illegitimate descendant of Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, is an honorary citizen of the city of Kuppenheim.
  In the course of the Baden Revolution, a battle took place between local militia and the Prussian intervention forces in 1849. The Prussian military was stationed in Kuppenheim as part of the siege against the federal fortress seized by revolutionaries at Rastatt. 
  After many Kuppenheimers had died in the First World War, the depression of the 1920s hit the city hard. To make matters worse, Kuppenheim was in the demilitarized zone. Many citizens therefore emigrated to the United States during this time. (As a side note, one emigrant from Kuppenheim who emigrated to the United States in 1850 built a large US clothier company in the late 19th century that bore the name "Kuppenheimer".)
  The period of National Socialism did not leave Kuppenheim untouched. The loss of city autonomy in 1935 weighed heavily on the city. The courageous city pastor Heinrich Geiler, another honorary citizen of the city, spoke out against the Nazi regime beyond his pulpit and his church gazette, both before and after the Machtergreifung in which Nazis seized power, despite great personal risk. A street was later named after him for his courage.
  Despite the above, Kuppenheim survived the Second World War relatively unscathed.
  In 1950, Kuppenheim was again granted city rights by the then President of the State of South Baden, Leo Wohleb.
caption: Old town hall, built in 1730. View from the north
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