Waghausel
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Coordinates: 49 ° 15 ' N , 8 ° 31' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Karlsruhe | |
| County : | Karlsruhe | |
| Height : | 104 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 42.84 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 20,935 (Dec. 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 489 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 68753 | |
| Area code : | 07254 | |
| License plate : | KA | |
| Community key : | 08 2 15 106 | |
City administration address : |
Gymnasiumstrasse 1 68753 Waghäusel |
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| Lord Mayor : | Walter Heiler ( SPD ) | |
| Location of the city of Waghäusel in the district of Karlsruhe | ||
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The large district town Waghäusel is located on the northern edge of the Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg . It consists of three districts (Wiesental, Kirrlach, Waghäusel) and is named after the smallest and youngest of these three.
geography
Geographical location
Waghäusel is located in the Upper Rhine Plain , roughly halfway between the cities of Karlsruhe and Mannheim .
City structure
The city of Waghäusel consists of the three districts Waghäusel (1,174 inhabitants), Kirrlach (9,753 inhabitants) and Wiesental (10,598 inhabitants). The spatial boundaries of the city districts are those of the earlier municipalities of the same name with the exception of the area within the scope of the development plan "Commercial Area Lochjagen II", which formerly belonged to the municipality of Waghäusel, but is now part of the Kirrlach district. The city districts also form residential districts within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code .
Only the villages of the same name belong to the districts of Kirrlach and Waghäusel. The Wiesental district includes the Wiesental village and the houses near the Schönborner (Neudorfer) mill, Waghäusel train station and Wiesental train station.
The largest district in terms of area is Wiesental with 2,124 hectares, followed by Kirrlach with 1,938 hectares and Waghäusel with 222 hectares. The total area of the district is thus 4,284 hectares. Of this, 844 hectares are settlement and traffic areas, 1,268 hectares are used for agriculture and 2,172 hectares with forest , Water and other surface.
history
Until the 19th century
The area of today's Waghäusel came through donations from the Salier emperor Heinrich III. and Heinrich IV. between 1056 and 1063 to the bishopric of Speyer , where it remained until the secularization of the prince-bishoprics due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1806. Then the area came to the Grand Duchy of Baden .
In the battle near Waghäusel on June 21, 1849, Baden revolutionary troops under Franz Sigel and an invading army under Prussian leadership faced each other. The Baden troops were able to defeat the invaders that day, but they did not pursue them consistently enough so that the Prussians were able to reorganize themselves and ultimately wear out the revolutionaries.
20th and 21st centuries
Today's community was formed on January 1, 1975 by the union of the communities Kirrlach, Waghäusel and Wiesental. Originally the new community was to be named Lusshardt. The city was raised on May 1, 1984. Waghäusel has been a sub-center since 2003. The mark of 20,000 inhabitants was exceeded in 2005.
At the request of the city, the state cabinet of Baden-Württemberg decided in its meeting on April 30, 2013 to appoint the city of Waghäusel as a major district town as of September 1, 2013 . This makes it the 93rd major district town in Baden-Württemberg.
Districts
Waghausel
The village of Waghäusel itself has its origins in a monastery founded in 1616 by Capuchins at the invitation of Prince Bishop Philipp Christoph von Sötern next to the Marian pilgrimage church . It was not until Prince Bishop Hugo Damian von Schönborn built a hunting lodge, the Hermitage , from 1724 to 1729 , however, that a larger number of people settled. Nevertheless, the settlement remained dependent for a long time, since 1847 it belonged to Oberhausen . Waghäusel only became independent in 1930. In 1945 Waghäusel had 298 and in 1950 already 329 inhabitants; 63 of them were displaced . Until 1973 the community belonged to the district of Bruchsal , which then became part of the district of Karlsruhe .
Kirrlach
Kirrlach was first mentioned in 1234 in a document from the St. German Abbey near Speyer. The document of May 4, 1234 mentions the original name of Kirrlach: Kirloch ("Church in the Forest"). This document has been preserved undamaged and is kept in the General State Archives in Karlsruhe. At that time (and until 1806) Kirrlach belonged to the Speyer Monastery .
During the Second World War are found in Won holes hunting a military airport. Nevertheless, the place was hardly damaged in an artillery bombardment on March 27, 1945, in which three people were killed. On April 1, 1945, two Kirrlachers died while repairing a gun. In 1945 Kirrlach had 4649 and in 1950 already 6134 inhabitants; 750 of them were displaced.
Wiesental
The area was already settled in Roman times. The Wagbach fort from the late 1st century and an associated vicus are located in the district of Wiesental . The modern town of Wiesental was founded in 1297 on the instructions of Prince-Bishop Friedrich von Bolanden . The planned layout as a street village along the Wagbach can still be seen in the parceling of the plots along Kirchstraße and Wagbachstraße, which, with the exception of a few buildings in the cross streets near the church, made up the entire development of the place in the 18th century. Due to the secularization, Wiesental also fell to Baden in 1806. Up until the early 20th century, Schanzenstrasse and Lußhardtstrasse, a western settlement expansion parallel to the older settlement structure, emerged. The place did not reach its present size until the late 20th century.
During the Second World War , Wiesental was bombed by an air mine at the lower end of Lußhardtstrasse on the night of May 6th, 1942 and other areas on January 21, 1945, killing a total of 41 people and over 100 buildings, such as the church, were partly badly damaged. In 1945 Wiesental had 4809 inhabitants and in 1950 it had 5977 inhabitants; 615 of them were displaced.
religion
The majority of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church . Even today there is a Roman Catholic church in all three suburbs. Due to the population development there is a Protestant community and a mosque in the city. There are also two communities of Jehovah's Witnesses , Waghäusel-Ost and Waghäusel-West, the latter also offering a program in German sign language . The Protestant parish has existed since 1860 and had its center for over 100 years in a large prayer room in the Hermitage right next to the monastery and the pilgrimage church.
politics
Mayor, Lord Mayor since 2013
- 1975–1999: Robert Straub, CDU
- since 1999: Walter Heiler , SPD
Results of the mayoral elections 2015
- Walter Heiler: 4941 votes 61.94%
- Jimmy Jüttner: 2908 votes 36.45%
Total valid votes: 7,977 votes Turnout: 48.01%
Municipal council
The parish council typically has 26 honorary members who are elected for five years. The municipal councils use the designation city council. The number of municipal councils can increase through compensating seats (total 2019: 28 seats; 2014: 29). In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights.
By choosing the wrong part of town , the districts are guaranteed a fixed number of seats: at least two members come from Waghäusel, and at least twelve from Kirrlach and Wiesental each.
The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):
| Municipal Council 2019 | ||||
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| Party / list | Share of votes | Seats | ||
| CDU | 26.0% (−9.2) | 7 (−3) | ||
| SPD | 17.9% (−9.1) | 5 (−3) | ||
| Free voters | 16.7% (−0.7) | 5 (± 0) | ||
| Independent citizens for Waghäusel (The Independents) | 10.9% (+10.9) | 3 (+3) | ||
| Young List (JL) | 10.2% (−0.4) | 3 (± 0) | ||
| New commitment for Waghäusel (NEW) | 8.9% (−0.3) | 2 (−1) | ||
| AfD | 5.8% (+5.8) | 2 (+2) | ||
| Green | 3.6% (+3.6) | 1 (+1) | ||
| Turnout: 57.7% (+7.2) | ||||
coat of arms
Blazon : In a split shield in front a red chapel in gold, behind in blue a continuous cut silver cross.
The chapel, the eponymous Sanctuary Waghäusel . The Speyer Cross has centuries of belonging to the Bishopric of Speyer down.
The coat of arms of the former Waghäusel municipality before the municipal reform shows three blue sugar hats in silver . The sugar loafs refer to the sugar refinery founded in 1837, the coat of arms was awarded on the occasion of the elevation to an independent municipality in 1930. The coat of arms of the former municipality of Kirrlach shows in green an upright silver ax with a black handle turned to the right. On old seals from the 18th century, the ax is still a meat hoe , the shape of which was later changed to the ax. The description as a hatchet was retained at the request of the municipality when the coat of arms was awarded in 1959. The coat of arms of the former community Wiesental shows a silver heart in blue. The heart goes back to a Wiesental court seal from 1767, which showed a heart over a six-pointed star. Since the early 19th century, only the heart in seals was shown. The coat of arms with a heart in the Speyerian colors was established in 1907.
Partnerships
Waghäusel has city partnerships with the following cities abroad:
Economy and Infrastructure
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The closure of the Südzucker AG production facility in 1995 was a severe blow to the city of Waghäusel. However, a broad mix of companies has settled in the city's eight commercial areas, including the former Südzucker site, which the city was able to acquire for the symbolic price of DM 1.
traffic
Waghäusel is conveniently located. The Kronau / Waghäusel junction of the A5, five kilometers away, connects the city to the trunk road network. The federal highway 36 (Mannheim - Lahr / Schwarzwald ) runs right past the town.
In the large district town there are two train stations, both of which are located on the Rheinbahn ( Mannheim - Karlsruhe ) and are usually served by Deutsche Bahn every half hour. The Waghäusel train station on the southwest of the district Waghäusel. Regionalbahn and Regionalexpress trains stop here. The Wiesental Station (officially breakpoint Wiesental) located in the southwest of the district Wiesental and is operated by regional rail trains. During the second stage of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn two stations since mid-2017 -Train S remodeled and are intended from December 2020 through the new S-Bahn line S are operated. 8
| line | Course of the journey |
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| RB 2 | Karlsruhe main station - Graben-Neudorf - Wiesental - Waghäusel - Hockenheim - Schwetzingen - Mannheim main station (- Biblis ) |
| RE 2 | Karlsruhe main station - Graben-Neudorf - Waghäusel - Hockenheim - Schwetzingen - Mannheim main station |
The districts of the city are also connected to the surrounding area by bus routes 125, 126, 127, 128 and 193 of the KVV .
| line | Course of the journey |
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| 125 | Kirrlach - Waghäusel - Wiesental - Hambrücken - Forst - Bruchsal - Karlsdorf - Spöck - Karlsruhe |
| 126 | Waghäusel - Wiesental - Graben-Neudorf |
| 127 | Wiesental - Philippsburg |
| 128 | Altlußheim - Rheinhausen - Oberhausen - Waghäusel |
| 193 | Bad Schönborn - Kronau - Kirrlach - Waghäusel - Wiesental - Philippsburg - Rheinsheim |
Two transport associations meet in Waghäusel; the city (with all three districts) belongs to both the tariff area of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV) and the tariff area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) . Tickets from both transport associations are recognized in the city. However, only KVV tickets are issued for trips between the city districts. The following applies on the Karlsruhe - Mannheim railway line: Waghäusel is the last station where KVV journeys are valid, Wiesental the last where VRN tickets are valid.
education
In the large district town of Waghäusel there are four primary schools at five locations and one secondary school. Since the 2014/2015 school year there has also been a community school at which the two previous Werkrealschulen are expiring.
- Bolandenschule I (elementary school), Wiesental
- Bolandenschule II (elementary school, community school), Wiesental
- Goetheschule (elementary school), Kirrlach
- Johann-Peter-Hebel-Realschule, Waghäusel
- Schillerschule (elementary school, community school), Kirrlach
- Wilhelm Busch Elementary School, Waghäusel
In addition, there had recently been discussions about introducing an upper secondary school level in Waghäusel.
In addition to the general education schools, there is also the Waghäusel-Hambrücken music school and the adult education center with branches in Kirrlach and Wiesental.
telecommunications
In the district Wiesentalstrasse is since 1969, the communications tower Waghaeusel , a 131-meter communications tower ( tower type Type FMT 6) of the Deutsche Telekom in reinforced concrete.
Aid organization THW
The Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW), local association Waghäusel, has been based in the Waghäusel district of Wiesental for almost 50 years to protect the population. The main areas of activity are auxiliary and protective measures after storms and accidents (e.g. Elbe flood in 2002 ) and support for the police and public prosecutor's office after serious traffic accidents, mainly on the A5 and A8 motorways. Above all, this also includes operations after heavy snow and rainfalls and after storms. In addition, the Waghäusel special unit supports the police during traffic controls with extensive lighting equipment.
Sightseeing and cultural
Attractions
In Waghäusel there are several interesting and worth seeing buildings, where the history of the city can be viewed.
- Marian pilgrimage church in the Waghäusel district
- Hermitage - an octagonal palace with four wings for Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn ( Diocese of Speyer ) on the former site of the sugar factory, next to the pilgrimage church. Built from 1724 by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer and expanded from (around) 1737 by Johann Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753).
- Freedom Monument at the Hermitage
- Day laborer's house in the Kirrlach district
- Gothic wood carved altar in the Catholic Church of St. Kornelius and Cyprian in Kirrlach
- Old German wine bar with a license since July 15, 1700 in the Kirrlach district
- The Hagkapelle in Wiesental on the upper Hagweg
- Catholic parish church of St. Jodokus , built in 1846 in the Wiesental district, with the largest censer in the world
- Local history museum of the old town hall in the Wiesental district
- Heimatstube in the Wiesental district
- Hussar monument in the Wiesental district
- Marienbrunnen by the sculptor Klaus Ringwald in front of the town hall to commemorate Waghäusel's elevation to town in 1984
Catholic St. Jodokus Church in Wiesental
Catholic Church of St. Kornelius and Cyprian in Kirrlach
Old town hall in Wiesental
Old German wine bar in Kirrlach
Tourist routes
Wiesental and Kirrlach are on two major tourist roads:
- Badische asparagus road , which leads from Schwetzingen to Lichtenau- Scherzheim .
- Bertha Benz Memorial Route , from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back to Mannheim via Waghäusel.
Events
In addition to the club festivals and concerts of the music and choral societies, there are several cultural events in the city during the year, to which numerous visitors come from other communities:
- City festival on the grounds of the Hermitage, for the first time in 2002 (further city festivals in 2005, 2008, 2013, 2018)
- Zucker Wag & Häusel, summer festival on the Hermitage site with live acts, garden and handicraft exhibition, for the first time in May / June 2019
- Sounding Hermitage, changing cultural program
- Carnival parade in Wiesental, since 1984
- Street festival in Kirrlach and Wiesental
- Spring Festival and Kerwe in Kirrlach and Wiesental
- Stable Christmas, at the Forlenhof
- Christmas market in Kirrlach and Wiesental
There are also several theater groups that play their plays in front of the population several times a year:
- Amateur theater "Parole eV Wiesental", Wiesental parish hall
- Dialect theater "Wissädalä Duddärä", gymnasium Bolandenschule II
- "The small stage", Sängerheim GV Sängerbund 1862 eV Wiesental and the parish hall in Kirrlach
- "Klimpermimen", Wiesental parish hall
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- Valentin Brenzinger (1910–1986), clergyman, pastor in Wiesental from 1947 to 1980
- Friedrich Müller (1922–2014), German politician (SPD), MdL (Baden-Württemberg), district administrator of the former district of Bruchsal from 1961 to 1973
- Emil Groß (1923–2006), Mayor of the Wiesental community from 1962 to 1974
- Ernst Oechsler (1912–1997), mayor of the Kirrlach community from 1948 to 1974
- Robert Straub (* 1935 in Kirrlach), Mayor of Waghäusel from 1975 to 1999
- Friedrich Osswald (1914–2008 in Wiesental), doctor in Wiesental; Honorary Ring Bearer of the City of Waghäusel
Sons and daughters of the church
- Johann Herberger (1919–2002), soccer player and soccer coach
- Friedrich Müller (1922–2014), economist and politician (SPD), district administrator, member of the state parliament
- Roland Baader (1940–2012), graduate economist and freelance journalist mostly on classical liberalism
- Monika Knoche (* 1954), politician ( GREEN , Left ), Member of the Bundestag
- Walter Heiler (* 1954), politician (SPD), member of the state parliament, mayor
- Louise Hoffner (* 1963 in Waghäusel), musician
- Walter A. Oechsler (1947–2013), b. in Kirrlach , economist
- Uta Elisabeth Hassler (* 1950), architectural theorist
Personalities who work or have worked in Waghäusel
- Martin von Cochem (1634–1712), religious priest and folk writer of numerous religious books that were distributed worldwide
- Lars Stindl (* 1988 in Speyer ), professional footballer from Borussia Mönchengladbach , formerly Hannover 96 and Karlsruher SC , lived in the Wiesental district
- Erik Weispfennig (* 1969), cyclist, lives in Kirrlach and organizes cycling events
- Saliha Özcan (* 1988), German-Turkish web video producer ("Sallys Welt")
literature
- Artur J. Hofmann / Peter Disson / Klaus Schwabenland: Waghäusel. Kirrlach - Waghäusel - Wiesental . Edited by the city of Waghäusel. Ubstadt-Weiher, Verlag Regionalkultur 2005. ISBN 978-3-89735-250-6 . 96 p. With over 330, mostly color illustrations, texts in German / English, large format, hard cover.
- Local associations Kirrlach and Wiesental (ed.): City guide Waghäusel . Ubstadt-Weiher, Verlag Regionalkultur 1997. ISBN 978-3-929366-29-7 . 80 p. With 35, mostly color illustrations, hard cover.
- Heimatverein Kirrlach / Heimatverein Wiesental / City of Waghäusel (ed.): Waghäuseler photo album. Old pictures from Kirrlach, Waghäusel and Wiesental up to the municipal merger in 1975 . Ubstadt-Weiher, Verlag Regionalkultur 2006. ISBN 978-3-89735-468-5 . 168 p. With approx. 300 ills., Hard cover.
- City of Waghäusel, district of Karlsruhe, publisher: Documentation of the urban planning ideas competition for the redesign of the area of the former sugar factory / Hermitage in Waghäusel . 2002. ISBN 3-934775-09-8 .
- Heimatverein Kirrlach: Rolf Schneider, Ortsfamilienbuch Kirrlach 1669–1900 , Ubstadt-Weiher, Verlag Regionalkultur 2011. ISBN 3-89735-676-7 . 768 pages, hard cover (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 147).
- Artur J. Hofmann / Katja Hoffmann: Timeline of the history of the large district town Waghäusel with the districts Kirrlach, Wiesental and Waghäusel , 2016 ( online ).
Web links
- Official website of the city
- Mikrokosmos Kirrlach on Die Zeit -Online
- Detailed Chronicle of the city of Waghäusel
- Waghäusel in the city wiki of Karlsruhe
- Wagbachniederung nature reserve - from sewage area to protected area
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ City of Waghäusel: Large district town Waghäusel - population figures. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Main statute of the city of Waghäusel of April 17, 2000, last changed on September 17, 2001 ( Memento of the original of February 24, 2006 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. (PDF; 23 kB)
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 127-128
- ^ City of Waghäusel: Large district town Waghäusel - district. In: www.waghaeusel.de. Retrieved November 14, 2016 .
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 482 .
- ↑ http://www.waghaeusel.de/,Lde/startseite/unsere+stadt/chronik.html History of Waghäusel
- ↑ Historical website for the foundation of Wiesental
- ↑ http://www.waghaeusel.de/,Lde/startseite/unsere+stadt/chronik.html History of Waghäusel
- ^ City of Waghäusel: Main Statute, §3 ; accessed July 6, 2019.
- ^ City of Waghäusel: Main Statute, §14 ; accessed July 6, 2019.
- ^ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal elections 2019, City of Waghäusel ; City of Waghäusel: municipal council elections 2019 and municipal council elections 2014 ; accessed July 6, 2019.
- ↑ Book of Arms of the Bruchsal District, Bruchsal 1971
- ↑ Altar boys St. Jodokus Wiesental / VdeM eV: Largest incense barrel in the world / St. Jodokus Wiesental. Retrieved February 20, 2018 .
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