Bechtheim

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Coat of arms of the local community Bechtheim
Bechtheim
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Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '  N , 8 ° 18'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Alzey-Worms
Association municipality : Wonnegau
Height : 131 m above sea level NHN
Area : 13.34 km 2
Residents: 1751 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 131 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67595
Area code : 06242
License plate : AZ
Community key : 07 3 31 006
LOCODE : DE BTM
Association administration address: Am Schneller 3
67574 Osthofen
Website : www.bechtheim.de
Mayoress : Jutta Schick ( FWG )
Location of the local community of Bechtheim in the Alzey-Worms district
Gimbsheim Hamm am Rhein Eich (Rheinhessen) Alsheim Mettenheim Osthofen Bechtheim Dittelsheim-Heßloch Frettenheim Westhofen Monzernheim Gundheim Bermersheim Gundersheim Hangen-Weisheim Hochborn Offstein Hohen-Sülzen Monsheim Wachenheim (Pfrimm) Mölsheim Flörsheim-Dalsheim Mörstadt Wendelsheim Stein-Bockenheim Wonsheim Wonsheim Siefersheim Wöllstein Gau-Bickelheim Gumbsheim Eckelsheim Gau-Weinheim Vendersheim Wallertheim Partenheim Saulheim Udenheim Schornsheim Gabsheim Wörrstadt Sulzheim (Rheinhessen) Spiesheim Ensheim Armsheim Flonheim Erbes-Büdesheim Nack Nieder-Wiesen Bechenheim Offenheim Bornheim (Rheinhessen) Lonsheim Bermersheim vor der Höhe Albig Biebelnheim Bechtolsheim Gau-Odernheim Framersheim Gau-Heppenheim Alzey Ober-Flörsheim Flomborn Eppelsheim Dintesheim Esselborn Mauchenheim Freimersheim (Rheinhessen) Wahlheim Kettenheim Hessen Mainz Landkreis Mainz-Bingen Worms Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Landkreis Bad Dürkheim Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Donnersbergkreismap
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Bechtheim is a municipality in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wonnegau community .

geography

Bechtheim is located in the conservation area "Rheinhessisches Rhine region". The Bechtheim-West and Welheimer Hof residential areas also belong to the community .

history

Parish Church of St. Lambert
Obelisk on the market square

St. Lambert Church

A Franconian nobleman named “ Bero ” is said to have taken his manor here in the 6th century and founded “ Beroheim ”, from which the place Bechtheim developed. A precursor church to today's St. Lambert Church was built in the 8th century by the Liège Monastery, which then came into possession of the place.

Bechtheim was first mentioned in a document in 793 as Beraheim in a document from the Fulda monastery . The place name was 817 Berthahem, 1193 Berthehem. The place is mentioned in the Lorsch Codex in 1070. First the Lords of Bolanden and then from 1267 the Counts of Leiningen had ownership rights to Bechtheim. These pledged their property several times. In 1700 the so-called Simultaneum was introduced in Bechtheim (Protestant churches could also be used by Catholics), which increasingly led to quarrels between the denominations. In 1722 Bechtheim was granted market rights .

Bechtheimer rod

At the market square there is an obelisk with a height of 4,842 meters. The length of a side area of ​​4.375 meters corresponds to the length of a " Landesfreirute " in the former Leininger Flecken Bechtheim. The " Bechtheimer Maß von 1817 " was called the " ordinary Landesfreirute " and was divided into 16 shoes or 192 inches. The " Geometric Rod ", which corresponds to the length of a national free rod , is used for easy calculation .

The rod length of 4.842 meters, erroneously published by the French administration in 1802, was only used in neighboring towns. The meter was abolished in 1811 and reintroduced in 1872. From 1818 the " Hessian Customs " was the unit of measurement in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . According to this, the Bechtheimer rod was the only local measure in Rheinhessen to have 175 inches (= 4.375 meters).

"Wine partnership" with Erfurt

In 1934 a "wine partnership" was concluded with Erfurt . In 1964, through the association Heimattreue Erfurter (Erfurter in West Germany) contacts to Bechtheim were established again. From then on, the Martinsfest on 10./11. November committed together in Bechtheim. After the “ reunification ” in 1990, the city of Erfurt officially resumed the partnership.

Population development

The development of the population of Bechtheim, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 1,187
1835 1,754
1871 1,347
1905 1,449
1939 1,607
1950 1,959
year Residents
1961 1,901
1970 1,862
1987 1,617
1997 1,765
2005 1,883
2019 1,751

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Bechtheim 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 local council:

choice SPD CDU FWG total
2019 5 6th 5 16 seats
2014 3 7th 6th 16 seats
2009 3 7th 6th 16 seats
2004 4th 7th 5 16 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Group Wonnegau

mayor

  • 1984 - 2009 Mayor Wolfgang Thomas (FWG)
  • 2009 - today mayor Jutta Schick (FWG)

In the local elections on May 26, 2019, Jutta Schick was confirmed in office with a share of the vote of 52.87%.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Bechtheim
 Blazon : "In blue, a striding red armored and tongued silver bear with a red collar, holding a golden staff with both paws."

Culture and clubs

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture

Bechtheim is significantly shaped by viticulture and with 654 hectares of vineyards, of which 70.2 percent are white and 29.8 percent are red wine varieties. After Worms (1,490 hectares), Nierstein (783 hectares), Alzey (769 hectares), Westhofen (764 hectares) and Alsheim (704 hectares), Bechtheim is the largest wine-growing community in Rheinhessen and one of the largest in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The field name Pilgerpfad was first used in 1392 as on the bilgerim phade and is reminiscent of an existing north-south route (from Bingen to Speyer) of the Way of St. James .

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See also

Personalities from Bechtheim

literature

Web links

Commons : Bechtheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 86 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
  3. ↑ (Old German name book, 2 vol., 1856/59)
  4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  5. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections . Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Wonnegau, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved September 9, 2019 .
  7. ↑ S. Thiebes: Jakobspilger S: 11 ff with documentary evidence for 1392