Gaiberg

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 45'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	293 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.15 km 2
Residents:	2383 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	574 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	69251
Area code :	06223
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 022
Address of the municipal administration:	Hauptstrasse 44 69251 Gaiberg
Website :	Gaiberg community
Mayor :	Petra Müller-Vogel
Location of the community Gaiberg in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

The center of Gaiberg: Town Hall (left, painted orange) and Evangelical Church (now an outdated photo. The center of the village no longer exists, it was extensively redesigned in 2018-2020.)

Gaiberg 2017 from south to north towards Königstuhl

Center of Gaiberg seen from the gyroplane from the west

Gaiberg and surroundings 1907

Place name sign Gaiberg

Gaiberg is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg with around 2,400 inhabitants.

geography

Geographical location

Gaiberg lies at an altitude of 200 to 445 meters on the border with the Odenwald and Kraichgau in the Neckartal-Odenwald nature park , around ten kilometers south of Heidelberg . The place is an original street village on a slope sloping to the southeast.

Neighboring communities

Gaiberg borders Bammental in the east, the Leimen districts of Gauangelloch and Lingental in the south, and Heidelberg in the west and north .

geology

The community lies in the area of ​​the watershed between Elsenz and Leimbach on the southeast slope of the Königstuhl . The subsurface consists of upper red sandstone . This is covered with loess clay of varying thickness.

Historical geography

In the municipality of Gaiberg are the desert areas of Waldolfeshusen and the village of Gowenkirchen, which is dated to 1016 in a forged document from the 12th century, but which is probably not in Gaiberg.

history

Gaiberg probably originated in the High Middle Ages as a clearing settlement from Gauangelloch and was first mentioned in 1312 as Gauberg . The place originally belonged to the diocese of Worms and was bought by the Electoral Palatinate in 1419 . There Gaiberg belonged to the Meckesheimer Zent and from the 15th century to the own villages of the Dilsberg winery . Most of the farmland was owned by the residents. In 1803 Gaiberg came to Baden and was subordinated to the Neckargemünd office, which in 1857 became the Eberbach district office , which in 1863 was merged into the Heidelberg district office , later the Heidelberg district. In 1967 Gaiberg became a state-approved resort. When the district of Heidelberg was dissolved in 1973, Gaiberg became part of the Rhein-Neckar district .

Until recently, the place was characterized by a purely agricultural character, with forestry being particularly important, with extensive use of the forest for pasture and chopped forest operations. The village's day laborers also mostly found their livelihood in the forestry of the Heidelberg city forest. From the middle of the 19th century to the First World War, the cultivation of cherries , and later raspberries, was an important source of income. The first industrial company in Gaiberg only settled in 1957 with a company producing automotive rubber parts that offered around 200 jobs. In 1968 more than half of the labor force in the town were out commuters to the surrounding cities, the majority (261 of 385 commuters) were employed in Heidelberg. In 2012 Gaiberg celebrated its 700th anniversary.

In 2018 the "Linden-Apotheke" closed its doors forever. There was no successor who could continue to run the pharmacy.

From 2018 to 2020 the center of Gaiberg was extensively redesigned. The new town center now has several stairs and steps. The traffic island that shaped Gaiberg was also removed. There is now a new fountain and a new location for a snack. The building of the former restaurant "zur Krone" was demolished. The restaurant "zur Linde" was also demolished and there are now residential buildings in its place.

year	1439	1577	1727	1818	1852	1905	1939	1961	1965	1970	1991	1995	2005	2010	2015
Residents	90	100	97	433	467	742	880	1328	1564	1545	2318	2347	2467	2704	2380

politics

choice	2014		2009		2004
Political party	be right	Seats	be right	Seats	be right	Seats
SPD / Active Gaiberger	28.6%	3	33.0%	4th	28.3%	4th
Free voters	22.1%	3	24.4%	3	24.2%	3
CDU	20.2%	2	22.2%	3	27.9%	3
Green list	29.1%	4th	20.4%	2	19.5%	2
voter turnout	65.4%		68.6%		69.4%

The town hall in Gaiberg

Municipal council

The council has twelve members who are elected every five years. In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

FWG	22.0%	3 seats (−1)
GL	28.1%	3 seats (−1)
CDU	27.6%	3 seats (+2)
Joint list SPD and active Gaiberger	22.3%	3 seats (± 0)

The turnout was 74.0% (+8.6).

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for eight years . Petra Müller-Vogel has been in office since 2018 and was elected with 31.6 percent (14 votes ahead).

• 1977–1994 Josef Klehr (CDU)
• 1994–2018 Klaus Gärtner
• 2018: Petra Müller-Vogel

Administrative association

Gaiberg is part of the Neckargemünd local authority association based in Neckargemünd .

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: In silver on green ground a red stone column and a green deciduous tree with a black trunk.

The coat of arms goes back to a court seal from 1751. It already showed a column next to a tree. In 1900 the coat of arms was accepted by the municipality at the suggestion of the General State Archives. The stone still stands next to a linden tree in front of the Protestant St. Peter's Church. The meaning of the stone is unclear. Conjectures range from an ancient grave to the remains of a cross.

The flag is green and white and was awarded by the Interior Ministry in 1956.

Partnerships

Gaiberg maintains a partnership with La Canourgue in the Lozère department , Occitania region , in the south of France .

Culture and sights

Evangelical St. Peter's Church

Catholic St. Michaelskirche

Buildings

The town hall of Gaiberg was built as a schoolhouse in 1857 and has been used as a town hall since a new schoolhouse was built in 1905.

The tower of the Protestant St. Peter's Church probably dates back to the 13th century. The church became Protestant in the course of the Reformation in 1556 , but temporarily fell back to the Catholics during the time of the Palatinate church division, who exchanged it for the church in Dilsberg in 1707. In 1737/38 the nave was renewed, and around 1850 the tower received a new bell room. In 1957 the church was extensively renovated.

The Catholic St. Michaelskirche was built in 1955/56 instead of an older chapel. The outside of the choir tower was adapted to that of the Protestant church. The church was extensively renovated in 2007.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The community is connected to the national road network via state roads and the Heidelberg / Schwetzingen junction of the A5, which is eight kilometers away .

Gaiberg also has public transport connections . BRN bus routes lead to Leimen, Heidelberg and Schatthausen, as well as to Bammental and Wiesenbach. Gaiberg is part of the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

education

There is a primary school in Gaiberg. Secondary schools are located in Leimen, Heidelberg, Neckargemünd and Bammental. There is a municipal kindergarten for the youngest residents . The community runs a library.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• Manfred Lautenschläger (* 1938), entrepreneur, honorary citizen since 2005

Sons and daughters of the church

• Friedrich Klingmann (1874–1947), oenologist

People in connection with Gaiberg

• Hermann Rieder (1928–2009), sports scientist

literature

• State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and districts Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description .
  • Vol. 1: General part . Karlsruhe 1966
  • Vol. 2: The city of Heidelberg and the municipalities of the district of Heidelberg . Karlsruhe 1968

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Gaiberg. Discover regional studies online, Baden-Württemberg, accessed on August 7, 2017 . 
3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . P. 385
4. ↑ Municipal elections 2014: State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ Bulletin Bammental Gaiberg Wiesenbach, No. 24, June 9, 2009, page 6
6. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, Gaiberg ; Municipality of Gaiberg: municipal council election 2019 (PDF) ; accessed May 31, 2019.
8. ↑ https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/region_artikel,-gaiberg-petra-mueller-vogel-gewinnt-wahl-in-gaiberg-_arid,371292.html
9. ↑ https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/region_artikel,-Region-Heidelberg-Gaiberg-trauert-um-Josef-Klehr-_arid,53558.html
10. ^ Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Ubstadt-Weiher 1996, ISBN 3-929366-27-4 , p. 57
11. ↑ http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/region_artikel,-Manfred-Lautenschlaeger-Gaiberg-ist-meine-ruhige-Oase-_arid,97441.html

Web links

Commons : Gaiberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Gaiberg  - travel guide

• Official website of the community of Gaiberg
• Gaiberg bei leo-bw.de (discover regional studies online, Baden-Württemberg)