Obertshausen

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Obertshausen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′  N , 8 ° 51 ′  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Offenbach
Height : 122 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.62 km 2
Residents: 24,982 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 1834 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 63179
Area code : 06104
License plate : OF
Community key : 06 4 38 010
City structure: 2 districts

City administration address :
Schubertstrasse 11
63179 Obertshausen
Website : www.obertshausen.de
Mayor : Manuel Friedrich ( independent )
Location of the town of Obertshausen in the Offenbach district
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Obertshausen is a town in the Offenbach district in southern Hesse .

geography

Obertshausen (district of Hausen),
in the foreground Lammerspiel

Geographical location

Obertshausen is located in the southern part of Hesse not far from Odenwald and Spessart at 122  m above sea level. NN over NN , seven kilometers southeast of Offenbach am Main . It is one of 13 cities and municipalities in the Offenbach district. The city is located in the wooded eastern part of the Upper Rhine Plain south of the Main , southeast of Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach. Southwest is located in Darmstadt as the administrative seat of the administrative district , northeast of the city of Hanau ( Main-Kinzig-Kreis ).

Obertshausen borders in the northwest on Offenbach with the districts of Bieber and Tempelsee , in the north on the city of Mühlheim (district Lämmerspiel ), in the northeast on Hanau with the districts Steinheim and Klein-Auheim , in the east on the municipality of Hainburg , in the southeast on the city of Rodgau ( Weiskirchen district ) and in the southwest to the city of Heusenstamm .

Urban area

Obertshausen today consists of the districts Obertshausen and Hausen , both of which have roughly the same number of inhabitants. The urban area extends over 13.7 square kilometers, of which 7.8 square kilometers are forest and green areas as well as arable land. This makes Obertshausen the smallest of all cities and municipalities in the Offenbach district in terms of area.

history

middle Ages

The oldest surviving mention of Obertshausen under the name Oberdueshuson is recorded in a document from the Benedictine monastery Seligenstadt from the year 865, when it was mentioned as the monastery courtyard. In Obertshausen there was a moated castle in the form of a defense tower, the " Burg im Hayn ". The Lords of Hausen , a sideline of the Hagenhausen family, owned this property.

Obertshausen was in the office of Steinheim , which initially belonged to the Lords of Eppstein and, from 1371, half as pledge to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen and half of the Lords of Hanau . In 1393 the pledge came to the Lords of Kronberg . In 1425 Gottfried von Eppstein sold the Steinheim office to the Electorate of Mainz . From the Middle Ages until 1819 Obertshausen belonged to the Biebermark .

The mother church of the medieval church of Obertshausen, consecrated to Saint Nicholas , was initially in Mühlheim am Main . In 1340 the village belonged to the parish of Lammerspiel . The church patronage was with St. Peter-Stift in Mainz . The central church authorities were the archdeaconate of the St. Peter and Alexander monastery in Aschaffenburg and the Rodgau chapter .

Remains of the castle in Hayn

Historical forms of names

In historical documents, the place is documented under changing place names over the centuries :

  • Oberolveshuson (around 1000)
  • Oberodeshusun (1109–1131)
  • Oberoldeshusen (around 1234)
  • Oberoldeshusen (1282)
  • Oppershusen (1288)
  • Obratshusin (1340)
  • Obirachteshusen (1371)
  • Oberhusen (1425)
  • Obertzhusen (1446)
  • Obbertzhusen (1542)
  • Obertshausen (1838)

Modern times

In the years 1631 to 1634, during the Thirty Years' War , King Gustav II Adolf confiscated the office as spoils of war and endowed the later Hanau Counts Heinrich Ludwig von Hanau-Münzenberg (1609–1632) and Jakob Johann von Hanau-Münzenberg (1612–1636) ) who were allied with him. Since both counts died soon and the Peace of Westphalia was based on the normal year 1624, Obertshausen came back to Kurmainz. The Thirty Years War and the plague epidemic of 1636 severely decimated the population.

In 1173 sovereign rights over the town of Obertshausen, the neighboring lands and the castle passed to the Lords of Eppstein, who emerged from the Hagenhausen family. In the following centuries the owners changed several times. From 1664 Obertshausen and the castle were owned by the Counts of Schönborn and from 1806 by the Princes of Isenburg-Birstein . In 1816 the Grand Duchy of Hesse became the owner of the village and castle.

In 1664 Archbishop Johann Philipp von Mainz sold the villages of Hausen and Obertshausen to his brother Philipp Erwein von Schönborn for 9,000 guilders . In 1806 the princes of Isenburg-Birstein received sovereignty over the Schönborn office Heusenstamm, which was formed from it . With the dissolution of the Rhine Confederation , the principality south of the Main became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . After the division of the Biebermark in 1819, shares of the Obertshausen market property were assigned as a community forest. Within the Grand Duchy, Obertshausen belonged to the patrimonial rule of the Counts of Schönborn until 1821 and then to the following administrative units of the Grand Duchy:

In 1896 the Rodgaubahn Offenbach- Reinheim was opened with the Obertshausen station.

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse on January 1, 1977, the previously independent municipalities of Obertshausen and Hausen were merged by law. The community was initially called Hausen. On January 1, 1978, the name was changed to Obertshausen. Both parts of the city are spatially separated from each other by federal highway 448 . Local districts were not formed in Obertshausen. On September 29, 1979 Obertshausen received by the Hessian state government , the municipal rights .

Population development

Population development of Obertshausen from 1829 to 2017
  • 1576: 00.27 families
  • 1829: 0.479 inhabitants
  • 1834: 0.554 inhabitants
  • 1840: 0.637 inhabitants
  • 1846: 0.664 inhabitants
  • 1852: 0.799 inhabitants
  • 1858: 0.688 inhabitants
  • 1864: 0.802 inhabitants
  • 1871: 0.857 inhabitants
  • 1885: 01,067 inhabitants
  • 1895: 01,295 inhabitants
  • 1905: 01,634 inhabitants
  • 1910: 01,852 inhabitants
  • 1925: 02,091 inhabitants
  • 1939: 02,444 inhabitants
  • 1946: 03,174 inhabitants
  • 1950: 03,415 inhabitants
  • 1956: 04,182 inhabitants
  • 1961: 05,481 inhabitants
  • 1970: 09,096 inhabitants
  • 1998: 24,522 inhabitants
  • 2000: 24,658 inhabitants
  • 2002: 24,521 inhabitants
  • 2004: 24,532 inhabitants
  • 2007: 25,317 inhabitants
  • 2011: 25,207 inhabitants
  • 2012: 24,956 inhabitants
  • 2013: 24,966 inhabitants
  • 2014: 25,087 inhabitants
  • 2015: 24,786 inhabitants
  • 2016: 24,573 inhabitants
  • 2017: 25,023 inhabitants

politics

City Council

The city council is the highest body of the city. Its political composition is determined every five years in local elections by the city's electorate. Whoever has reached the age of 18 and is a German citizen within the meaning of the Basic Law or a citizen of one of the other member states of the European Union may vote. Everyone has to have been registered in the city for at least three months.

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
     
A total of 37 seats
Nominations CDU SPD Citizen GREEN FDP Distribution of seats
2016 Voting share a 39.9 21.4 20.1 11.6 7.1
Seats (of 37) 15th 8th 7th 4th 3
2011 Voting share a 43.1 22.2 13.6 17.8 3.4
Seats (of 37) 16 8th 5 7th 1
2006 Voting share a 49.9 19.3 9.9 10.3 10.6
Seats (of 37) 18th 7th 4th 4th 4th
2001 Voting share a 51.8 25.6 6.3 9.9 6.3
Seats (of 37) 19th 10 2 4th 2
1997 Voting share a 45.5 32.5 - 14.8 7.3
Seats (of 37) 17th 12 - 5 3
a percentage of the valid votes cast

The 37 members of the city council were elected for the legislative period from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021. Of 18,635 eligible voters, 8,058 went to the polls. As a result, voter turnout fell slightly from 43.7% in 2011 to 43.2% in 2016.

mayor

Town Hall Beethovenstrasse
Town hall Schubertstrasse

The mayoral election of June 2, 2002 ended with the following result:

  • Bernd Roth (CDU): 53.0 percent
  • Mechthild Schmitt (SPD): 20.4 percent
  • Renate Schuhmacher (Alliance 90 / The Greens): 11.4 percent
  • Thomas Zeiger (FDP): 15.2 percent

The turnout here was 49.13 percent.

The mayoral election of March 2, 2008 confirmed Bernd Roth in office. With a turnout of 44.88 percent, the votes were divided as follows:

  • Bernd Roth (CDU): 63.70 percent
  • Werner Friedrich (SPD): 22.79 percent
  • Manfred Christoph (citizen for Obertshausen): 13.51 percent

The mayoral election of March 9, 2014, for which the previous mayor Bernd Roth (CDU) no longer ran, ended with a turnout of 43.10 percent with the following result:

  • Roger Winter (independent): 50.60 percent
  • Hubert Gerhards (CDU): 49.40 percent

The mayoral election of March 8, 2020, for which the previous mayor no longer ran, ended with a turnout of 43.22 percent with the following result:

  • Manuel Friedrich (independent): 51.89 percent
  • Manfred Schmutzer (CDU): 37.40 percent
  • Rudolf Schulz (citizen for Obertshausen): 10.71 percent

badges and flags

Banner Obertshausen.svg

coat of arms

DEU Obertshausen COA.svg

Blazon : "In a shield divided by three points, above in red a striding golden lion, below in silver an upright green, two-leaved oak branch with an acorn."

The coat of arms of the city of Obertshausen was approved by the Hessian Interior Minister on September 29, 1979 . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

The lion on the three points is the coat of arms of the Counts of Schönborn , who used to belong to today's Obertshausen district. The tips were already included in the coat of arms of the district. The oak branch is a reference to the Dreieich Wildbann , on whose territory the city lies. It was already included in the coat of arms of the Hausen district.

flag

Together with the coat of arms, a flag was approved by the Hessian Minister of the Interior on August 17, 1967, which is described as follows:

"On a white central track, accompanied by two red side stripes, placed the city coat of arms in the upper half."

Obertshausen district

Banner Obertshausen 1957.svg

coat of arms

DEU Obertshausen 1952 COA.svg

Blazon : "In red a silver tower castle under three fallen silver spikes."

The approval for the use of a coat of arms was granted to the then municipality Obertshausen on June 20, 1952 by the Hessian Minister of the Interior . It was designed by the heraldist Georg Massoth.

The coat of arms shows in stylized form the castle of the Mainz archbishopric, which existed in Obertshausen since the 12th century. The tips in the shield head indicate the sale of the place to the later Counts of Schönborn . The colors go back to the ore pen.

flag

The flag was approved for the municipality on July 8, 1957 by the Hessian Minister of the Interior and is described as follows:

"The municipal coat of arms on 8 red and white, longitudinally striped flag cloth."

Town twinning

Sacred Heart Church
St. Thomas More Church
Forest Church
With in since
Blason ville for Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne) .svg Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois FranceFrance France 1971
Coat of arms at laakirchen.png Laakirchen AustriaAustria Austria 1972
Coat of arms Meiningen.svg Meiningen GermanyGermany Germany Friendship in 1990, partnership in 2007

Culture and sights

Museums

  • Local history museum in Karl-Mayer-Haus with permanent and changing exhibitions on local history.

Events

  • Various festivals take place in spring / summer. These include in particular the European Festival of the Offenbach district, the wine festival, the parish festivals of the local communities, the notch weekend and the open day of the association of friendly specialist shops.
  • In the Bürgerhaus Hausen, theater performances and cabaret events take place regularly, especially in the winter months.
  • The oldest amateur indoor flea market has been held six times a year since 1982 in the winter months.
  • Outside of the summer holidays, older films for children and young people are shown every 14 days in the conference room of the Beethovenstrasse town hall.
  • There is a St. Martins market in November.
  • In December there is a small Christmas market on a weekend around the Protestant forest church with music events in the church.
  • With the community center Hausen and the multi-purpose hall Obertshausen, rooms are available for larger events and music concerts.

Buildings

  • The Hausener market square with its artwork from three hands, which bear the coats of arms of the two twin cities and that of the city of Obertshausen.
  • Remains of the castle in the grove
  • cath. Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Obertshausen, Bahnhofstrasse
  • cath. St. Josef Church in Hausen, Seligenstädter Strasse
  • cath. St. Pius Church in Hausen, Gumbertseestrasse
  • cath. Church of St. Thomas More in Obertshausen, Berliner Straße, since 2014 a pilgrimage church with a blood relic of Pope John Paul II.
  • ev. forest church in Obertshausen, Schönbornstrasse
  • small chapel in Obertshausen, Heusenstammer Strasse

Green spaces and recreation

  • Forest Park Sainte Geneviève des Bois in Hausen with a children's playground.
  • Beethovenpark amusement park in Obertshausen with adventure playground and ice cream parlor and kiosk opposite
  • Mini golf course at the Hausen community center
  • Kreuzloch in the Obertshausen district and renatured Rodau lowland in the Hausen district

Natural monuments

Sports

Monte mare adventure pool Obertshausen

The monte mare is one of the largest leisure pools in Hessen. The sauna and wellness area was extensively renovated and redesigned from mid-2013 to October 2014. Originally the pool operated under the name “Atlantis” and after the operator's bankruptcy in 2005 it became part of the monte mare group of companies that operate throughout Germany.

There is also the sports center at the forest swimming pool. This open-air swimming pool, which is under municipal management, was demolished in 2010 - reasons for this on the part of the city were dilapidation and maintenance costs.

The city of Obertshausen has numerous sports and leisure clubs as well as several fitness studios. In particular, in the area of ​​football, tennis, gymnastics, swimming and children's sports, there is a very wide range in several clubs.

societies

Obertshausen has 124 registered associations.

Economy and Infrastructure

railway station

economy

For a long time Obertshausen, together with Offenbach am Main, was considered a supra-regional center for the manufacture of leather goods . Even today there are manufacturers of leather goods that export their products all over the world, the best known being the Picard company, based in Hausen. After the decline of the leather goods industry, mechanical engineering dominates today . Many residents also find employment in nearby Frankfurt am Main. In 2003, purchasing power in Obertshausen was 19,315 euros / inhabitant. This corresponds to a rate of 116.3 percent on the national average.

In June 2016, DHL opened a parcel center in Obertshausen. 600 employees can handle up to 50,000 shipments per hour.

Obertshausen has a large industrial wasteland belonging to Ymos AG. The further development and use of the former company premises has not yet been clarified and has been the subject of urban development planning for years.

Companies

media

  • Offenbach-Post : The publishing house is based in Offenbach am Main and regularly reports on Obertshausen in the regional section.
  • Heimatbote : Regional newspaper for Obertshausen, reports on events in Obertshausen (meanwhile under the umbrella of Offenbach-Post)
  • Dreieich mirror
  • Dreieich newspaper

Local supply

Obertshausen has a variety of shopping opportunities for everyday necessities. In addition to numerous supermarkets, there are also specialist shops.

In Obertshausen there are a large number of medical practices of various specialties, pharmacies and other facilities in the health sector.

education

Elementary schools

  • Forest school, district of Hausen, Brückenstraße 35 with an adjoining leisure education center
  • Joseph von Eichendorff School, Obertshausen district, Schulstr. 1
  • Sonnentauschule, Obertshausen district, Rembrücker Weg 15

The primary schools each have afternoon care, whereby the demand regularly exceeds the number of places available.

The Friedrich Froebel School used to exist in the Hausen district. Since the school year 2009/10, the pupils have been taught in the forest school for a time. In the meantime the Froebel School no longer exists.

Further training

  • Georg-Kerschensteiner School, Georg-Kerschensteiner-Straße 2
  • Hermann Hesse School, Im Hasenwinkel 6

Kindergartens

In the Hausen district there are three communal, one Catholic kindergarten and one forest kindergarten. Obertshausen has three municipal, two church kindergartens and one forest kindergarten. The demand for kindergarten places exceeds the available capacities, so that the kindergarten places are currently only allocated according to the age of the children, with the oldest children being the first to receive a place.

traffic

The Rodgaubahn runs through Obertshausen. The city has been connected to the Rhein-Main S-Bahn network with the S1 line since the end of 2003 .

Located directly on the federal highway 3 , the Frankfurt airport with the Frankfurter Kreuz as well as the Egelsbach airfield can be reached in a short time. Obertshausen benefits from the proximity of the business location Frankfurt am Main and the Rhine-Main area as well as the very good transport connections.

Several bus lines operate within the city, including the Offenbach bus line 120, which connects Obertshausen with the district of Hausen, Mühlheim and Offenbach .

natural reserve

NSG Gräbenwäldches field

The nature reserve Gräbenwäldchesfeld von Hausen (NSG identification 1438017) comprises around 5.4 hectares of meadows that are located in the urban area of ​​Obertshausen. The area was temporarily secured on May 26, 1986 by the Upper Nature Conservation Authority. It consists of species-rich wet meadows with two amphibian ponds, large sedge beds and reed beds.

This natural area is home to rare plant and animal species, especially orchids such as the broad-leaved and spotted orchid. The final designation as a nature reserve "Gräbenwäldchesfeld von Hausen" took place on December 10, 1990. The purpose of the protection is to preserve and secure the species-rich wet meadows, the reed beds and large sedges with their rare animal and plant species.

NSG Hochbruch von Hausen

The nature reserve Hochbruch von Hausen (NSG identification 1438003) is mainly located in the urban area of ​​Obertshausen in the Offenbach district and to a lesser extent in the Hanau area in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse. It covers an approximately 112 hectare, largely wooded area east of the Obertshausen district of Hausen. The Hanau Wildlife Park Alte Fasanerie borders in the northeast of the nature reserve. The area extends in a slight depression on the highest terrace on the left Main in the northern Main Valley. The soil is largely made up of alluvial sands and interspersed or underlain by lettuce (clay lenses). Deposits of peat can be found in hollows and hollows.

The proportion of meadows is around 10% of the total area of ​​the Hochbruch, the rest consists of forest (mainly pine, but also black alder forests). A fifth of the total forest area is border management forest. The purpose of the NSG designation is to protect the area with its rare plant species from interference.

NSG stallions

The Hengster nature reserve (NSG identification 1438002) comprises around eight hectares of forest, most of which are located in the urban area of ​​Rodgau and a small part in the Obertshausen area. It is considered to be one of the oldest nature reserves in Hesse and Germany. The stallion is a former moorland area that was known nationwide at the beginning of the 20th century due to its remarkable flora. The area was discovered as a "botanical treasure chest" as early as 1821. It attracted researchers from all over the world who found a moor landscape that reached into the so-called cross hole. Water-permeable drift and dune sands made the soil poor in nutrients. A number of raised bog plants were to be found, including numerous rarities, u. a. Orchids . Until 1995 the sundew , a carnivorous plant, could be detected in the area. Many other animal and plant species that are now extinct or threatened also flourished.

Around 1930 several trenches were dug for agriculture and the area drained . In the meantime, at the beginning of the 21st century, the stallion is largely a dry quarry forest with alder and birch trees, which is primarily of historical importance.

A permanent exhibition is dedicated to the area in the Obertshausen local history museum. The history of the stallion from 1884 to 1969 was documented in two books.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Honorary Citizen of the City of Obertshausen:

  • Hildegard Bühl, longtime local politician
  • Peter Döbert (* 1907; † 1994), longtime local politician
  • Robert Flügel (* 1909, † 1990), from 1954 to 1972 mayor of Obertshausen
  • Kurt Formhals (* 1914; † 2009), long-time local politician, association chairman and head of the Georg Kerschensteiner School
  • Heide Heß (* 1940), long-time local politician
  • Johann Karl Kämmerer (* 1870; † 1957), from 1906 to 1933 mayor of Obertshausen
  • Valentin Mahr (* 1908; † 1972), first full-time mayor of the municipality of Hausen from 1951 to 1971
  • Karl Mayer (* 1909; † 1995), founder of the knitting machine factory Karl Mayer GmbH .
  • Ulrich Mayer, longtime local politician
  • Robert Pappert (* 1930; † 2010), composer
  • Josef Pieroth (* 1885; † 1957), long-time local politician and first honorary citizen of the Obertshausen community
  • Robert Roth (* 1929; † 2015), from 1972 to 1976 mayor of the municipality of Obertshausen and from 1976 to 1992 first mayor of the city of Obertshausen
  • Pastor Peter Valentin Schwahn (* 1889; † 1964), first pastor and honorary citizen of the Hausen community
  • Marie Friederike Vetter (* 1904; † 1995), entrepreneur
  • Leonhard Wilhelm (* 1883; † 1960), longtime local politician
  • Jakob Wolf (* 1899; † 1982), co-founder of the former Ymos AG

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities associated with the city

literature

  • Barbara Demandt: The medieval church organization in Hesse south of the Main. (= Writings of the Hessian State Office for Historical Regional Studies. 29). 1966, p. 141.
  • Peter Engels: The Seligenstadt interest register and the first mention of the Darmstadt district of Arheilgen. In: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology. Vol. NF 60, 2002, pp. 371-386 (382).
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 410.
  • Wilhelm Müller: Hessian place name book. Volume 1: Starkenburg. Historical Commission for the People's State of Hesse, Darmstadt 1937, pp. 541f.
  • Hans Georg Ruppel (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse. With proof of district and court affiliation from 1820 to the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform. (= Darmstädter Archivschriften. Vol. 2). Darmstadt 1976, p. 161.
  • Georg Schäfer: Erbach district. (= Art monuments in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. A: Province of Starkenburg. ) Vol. 1. Darmstadt 1891, p. 127ff.
  • Dagmar Söder: Offenbach district (= monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany - cultural monuments in Hesse. ) Braunschweig 1987, pp. 235–242.
  • Literature on Obertshausen in the Hessian Bibliography
  • Publications about Obertshausen in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Commons : Obertshausen  - Collection of Images
Wikivoyage: Obertshausen  - travel guide

Individual evidence

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  4. Law on the reorganization of the Offenbach district (GVBl. II 330-33) of June 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 316–318 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
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