Auenheim (Kehl)

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Auenheim
City of Kehl
Auenheim coat of arms
Coordinates: 48 ° 36 ′ 17 ″  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 138 m
Area : 10 km²
Residents : 2445  (2013)
Population density : 245 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 1st January 1975
Postal code : 77694
Area code : 07851

Auenheim is a district of Kehl in the Ortenau district of Baden-Württemberg . The village has almost 2500 inhabitants.

Church and old town hall

Geographical location

Auenheim is located in the Rhine Valley approx. 300 m east of the Kinzig and the Rhine , which forms the German - French border here, and approx. 4 km north of Kehl. The city center of Strasbourg in France is approx. 10 km away.

history

War memorial in Auenheim

Roman times

The remains of a Roman settlement were found in the Pfarrmatte area towards Bodersweier . A wood and a more recent stone phase can be distinguished. The ceramic finds corresponded to the Upper Rhine-Swebian type, which is why a Germanic population seems conceivable. There is also evidence of bronze processing . A burn trace from the middle of the 3rd century in the cellar examined could be connected to the Limes Falls around AD 260.

middle Ages

The oldest surviving mention of Auenheim, as Ouuanheim , comes from 888. The Lichtenbergers held the village since 1274 as a fiefdom of the Bishop of Strasbourg . Around 1330 there was a first division of land between Johann II. Von Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and Ludwig III. from Lichtenberg . Auenheim fell into the part of the property that was managed by the older line in the future. This division of the country was also the occasion for a new internal organization of the Lichtenberg rule : Auenheim was assigned to the Willstätt office, which was newly formed. It was a fishing village that also panned gold . The oldest document of the Auenheim fishermen's guild dates from 1442.

When Jakob von Lichtenberg, the last male member of the house, died in 1480 , the inheritance passed to his two nieces, Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474) and Elisabeth von Lichtenberg. Anna had married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417, † 1480) in 1458, who had received a small secondary education from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to get married. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage . Elisabeth married Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . The Lichtenberg legacy was shared between them. The Willstätt office and thus Auenheim became a condominium between the two heirs.

Modern times

Under the government of Count Philip III. From Hanau-Lichtenberg there was a real division of the common condominiums: Willstätt came entirely to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg. In return, the Brumath office came entirely to Zweibrücken-Bitsch. Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), after taking office in 1538, consistently carried out the Reformation in his county, which now became Lutheran .

After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, the inheritance - and with it the office of Willstätt - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg , Landgrave Ludwig (IX) of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss the office of Willstätt and the village of Auenheim were assigned to the newly formed Electorate of Baden in 1803 .

On January 1, 1975, the village was incorporated into Kehl as part of the municipal reform.

politics

As a result of the municipal reform in 1973 , Auenheim was incorporated into Kehl in 1975 and the office of mayor was created. The incumbent and thus chairwoman of the local council has been Sanja Tömmes (Free Voters) since 2014. Werner Müll (SPD) previously held the office for 25 years.

Local council
The local election on May 26, 2019 resulted in the following distribution of seats:

6th
4th
6th 4th 
A total of 10 seats

religion

Protestant church

Auenheim has a Protestant parish . The church building was last rebuilt in 1792. The previous church buildings in the same place went back to the 10th to 12th centuries.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

To the south of the village is the “Auenheim-Süd” industrial park , which, at 40 hectares, is the third largest industrial park in the city of Kehl. Among other things, the German headquarters of the logistics company Gartner KG are located there ; the headquarters of the logistics company Albatros Speditions GmbH, which has been part of the Nagel-Group since 2004 ; as well as the headquarters of MSG-Krandienst GmbH.

The municipal sewage treatment plant is located in the Auenheim district .

education

Auenheim has a kindergarten and a primary school .

traffic

Auenheim is crossed by the district road 5373, which connects to the state road 75. Local public transport is carried out with the SWEG bus line 403 .

literature

  • Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
  • Wilhelm Mechler: The territory of the Lichtenberger to the right of the Rhine . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 31-37.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eyer, pp. 56, 145.
  2. ↑ Eyer, pp. 56, 141.
  3. ↑ Eyer, p. 78.
  4. ↑ Eyer, p. 239.
  5. ↑ Mechler: Das Territorium , p. 34.
  6. ^ 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. 514 .
  7. ↑ Results of the local council election Auenheim 2019. kehl.de, accessed on September 3, 2019 .
  8. ^ Document by Karl List on the structure of the church .
  9. ↑ Overview of the Kehler commercial areas