Trechtingshausen

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mainz-Bingen
Association municipality :	Rhine-Nahe
Height :	97 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.22 km 2
Residents:	1028 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	125 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55413
Area code :	06721
License plate :	MZ , BIN
Community key :	07 3 39 058
LOCODE :	DE TRH
Association administration address:	Koblenzer Strasse 18 ; 55411 Bingen am Rhein
Website :	www.trechtingshausen.de
Local Mayor :	Herbert Palmes ( SPD )
Location of the local community Trechtingshausen in the Mainz-Bingen district

Trechtingshausen

Clemens Chapel and Reichenstein Castle

Trechtingshausen (formerly also Trechtlingshausen ) is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Nahe Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Bingen am Rhein . Trechtingshausen has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2002 .

geography

The wine town of Trechtingshausen is located northwest of Bingen in the upper Middle Rhine Valley . It is located on the northeast slope of the Binger Forest . The Morgenbach flows into the Rhine near Trechtingshausen .

Trechtingshausen includes the residential places Rheinstein Castle , Gerhardshof, Morgenbachtal and Restaurant Swiss house .

history

The chronicler already spoke of a "Castrum Trajani" of the Romans.

In the Franconian period Trechtingshausen belonged to the lower Nahegau . Row graves from this period were uncovered during construction work. In the first documentary mentions in 1122 the name of the village is mentioned Drodingishusen, 1135 Drohtenhusen, 1328 Dreieckshusen and 1335 Drechlingshusen.

From the documents from 1135 we learn that Trechtingshausen in the "Sprengel St. Clemens " was owned by the Cornelimünster Abbey near Aachen. Because of the long distance, the abbey had appointed knights ( bailiffs ) as administrators and protectors. They were based at Reichenstein Castle . But over time the knights degenerated into robber knights .

On September 6, 1270, the abbey sold the entire "Sprengel St. Clemens" to the Mainz cathedral chapter and the Maria ad gradus monastery in Mainz. But the robber barons continued their mischief until the Roman-German King Rudolf von Habsburg destroyed Reichenstein Castle in 1282 and had the robber barons executed at the Clement Chapel.

In 1290 Dietrich von Hohenfels illegally sold the rebuilt castle and Trechtingshausen to the powerful Count Palatine Ludwig the Strict . Disputes between Mainz and the Count Palatine over the property were not decided until 1344; Trechtingshausen and Reichenstein Castle finally came to Mainz. Trechtingshausen and Niederheimbach were assigned to the Bingen office . Every congregation had a mayor . The Oberschultheiß had its seat in Niederheimbach . The " thing days " were held below Sooneck Castle , where the gallows stood. The Thirty Years' War brought much suffering and misery to Trechtingshausen. 35 houses were burned down. The plague ruled for several years .

Trechtingshausen belonged to Kurmainz for around 500 years, with the official seat in Bingen. After the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine by the French revolutionary troops , the church princes were expropriated and Trechtingshausen was assigned to the Mairie Niederheimbach in the canton of Bacharach when the French administration was introduced .

After the Wars of Liberation , Trechtingshausen stayed with the mayor's office in Niederheimbach in the St. Goar district in the Rhine Province .

In 1938 the village came to the Bacharach office , on October 1, 1968 to the Bacharach association and on November 8, 1970 to the Rhein-Nahe association in the Mainz-Bingen district, to which the municipality has belonged since June 9, 1969.

Source: Valentin Reuschel -verst.-, former village chronicler

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Trechtingshausen, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses.

year	Residents
1815	502
1835	672
1871	770
1905	874
1939	856

year	Residents
1950	1,000
1961	985
1970	1,155
1987	1.101
2005	1,041

politics

Municipal council

town hall

The municipal council in Trechtingshausen consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	total
2019	10	6th	16 seats
2014	11	5	16 seats
2009	11	5	16 seats
2004	9	7th	16 seats

mayor

Herbert Palmes (SPD) has been the local mayor of Trechtingshausen since 2004. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office with a share of 69.57% of the votes.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Divided and split up of red and silver, above right a sechsspeichiges silver cartwheel, top left, diagonally left black anchor, silver blue three bottom boat (2: 1)."

Justification of the coat of arms: The silver Mainz wheel in red symbolizes the uninterrupted affiliation to Kurmainz from 1344 to 1798; the anchor refers to the shipping and haulage services and is the attribute of Saint Clement , the local patron. The three barges symbolize the relationship between the village, which is composed of three neighborhoods, and the Bodental valley on the right bank of the Rhine . The vineyards there were the main livelihood of the Trechtingshäuser, which they reached with the boats.

Culture and sights

Buildings

The most important building is the late Romanesque Clement Chapel (1220/1230), once the parish church of Trechtingshausen, with its ossuary , the Michael Chapel; Thoroughly renovated and the basilica shape restored in 1907 by architect Ludwig Hofmann .
The new parish church of St. Clemens in the village was built at the beginning of the 19th century and extensively renovated in the 1920s.
Individual gates, wall sections and a tower have been preserved from the fortifications.
Reichenstein Castle is located above the village .
A bit up the Rhine lies Rheinstein Castle in the municipality .

Regular events

Rhein in Feuerzauber on the 1st Saturday in July: large fireworks and boat tour on the Middle Rhine from Trechtingshausen with Reichenstein Castle , along Rheinstein Castle , Assmannshausen , Binger Mäuseturm , ruins of Ehrenfels Castle (Hesse) , Bingen am Rhein with Klopp Castle to Rüdesheim am Rhein with the Brömserburg .
Fire brigade festival of the Trechtingshausen volunteer fire brigade on the last weekend in June (Friday – Sunday).
Tal Total - the last Sunday in June. At the event, federal highway 9 from Bingen to Koblenz is closed to car traffic.

Economy and Infrastructure

Opencast mine (Grauwacke), Sooneck Castle on the right

Trechtingshausen is economically shaped by viticulture and mining .

A company well-known beyond the borders of Trechtingshausen is the hard stone factory, which mines and processes the quartzitic greywacke in opencast mining . The origins of opencast mining go back to the middle of the 17th century. The quarry has been owned by the de Beijer family since 1963. The location near the Rhine and the railway line means that it is well connected to international transport routes. With the products of the quarry, the coastal protection in the Netherlands is maintained and expanded.

Incidentally, tourism is an important economic pillar for the municipality.

traffic

Bundesstraße 9 , which connects Mainz with Koblenz, runs right through the municipality .
The federal highways 60 and 61 are reached after approx. 11 km at the junction Bingen Mitte .
Trechtingshausen station is on the Mainz – Koblenz line .