Bensheim

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Coat of arms of the city of Bensheim
Bensheim
Map of Germany, position of the city of Bensheim highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′  N , 8 ° 37 ′  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
Circle : Mountain road
Height : 115 m above sea level NHN
Area : 57.83 km 2
Residents: 40,756 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 705 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 64625
Area code : 06251
License plate : HP
Community key : 06 4 31 002
LOCODE : DE BEH
City structure: 9 districts

City administration address : 		Kirchbergstrasse 18
64625 Bensheim, Germany
Website : www.bensheim.de
Mayor : Rolf Richter ( CDU )
Location of the city of Bensheim in the Bergstrasse district
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Bensheim ([ ˈbɛnshaɪ̯m ]; in the local dialect Bensem ) is a town in the Bergstrasse district in southern Hesse . Bensheim is located on Bergstrasse and with more than 40,000 inhabitants is the largest city in the district.

geography

Geographical location

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180 ° panorama picture of Bensheim in 2008 (center of picture is west)
The louder at the middle bridge
Bensheim from the north

The city is located on the eastern edge of the Upper Rhine Plain on the slopes of the western Odenwald on the Bergstrasse . The next larger cities are Darmstadt (about 22 km north), Heidelberg (about 35 km south), Worms (about 18 km west) and Mannheim (about 32 km south-west). The district town of Heppenheim is about 5 km south.

By Bensheim from the flowing Lauter coming from the east Lauter , which from Rinnentor Winkelbach is. South of the city which also flows from the Odenwald (Meerbachtal with cell and Gronau) coming Meerbach . Largely canalised and only on the surface from the western edge of the city is the Neue Graben branching off from the Lauter .

  • Aerial view from the west

  • Bensheim city center photographed on Hessentag

  • Bensheim Auerbach and Melibokus

  • Flowering ornamental cherries (foreground) and almond trees in Wormser Strasse on March 16, 2007

Neighboring communities

Bensheim borders in the north on the city of Zwingenberg and the communities Alsbach-Hähnlein and Seeheim-Jugenheim , (both in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg ), in the east on the community Lautertal , in the south on the city of Heppenheim and in the west on the city of Lorsch and the community Einhausen .

City structure

The urban area of ​​Bensheim is divided into eleven districts, for each of which a local district with a local advisory board and mayor has been set up, two of which are in the core city and nine for the municipalities incorporated into Bensheim and consists of ten districts. The core city and the incorporated places each form a district.

  • Bensheim-Mitte: the core town (old town and suburb) to the east of the railway line with numerous modern city expansions (for example Brunnenweg and Metzendorf districts: Griesel, Meerbach and Hemsberg districts)
  • Bensheim-West: the core city to the west of the railway line, for example with the districts of Port Arthur, Morocco, Leibwehviertel or the Cape Gardens
  • on the Bergstrasse north of the city center: Auerbach ,
  • in the front Odenwald valleys: Hochstädten , Schönberg , Wilmshausen , Gronau and Zell as well
  • in the Hessian Ried : Langwaden , Fehlheim and Schwanheim .

climate

Bensheim is characterized - like the other places on the Bergstrasse - by a particularly mild and sunny climate with around 2000 hours of sunshine annually and the earliest start of spring in Germany. Protected by the Odenwald, kiwis, almonds, figs and peaches thrive here in the mild climate. The Bergstrasse is therefore often referred to as “ Germany's Riviera ”.

The city of Bensheim promotes the cultivation of almond trees, for example, in the front gardens of the residents. Every year there is a flower queen in Bensheim. It has been provided annually by the Bensheim Automobile Club since 1948 and has been the flagship of the city of Bensheim at home and abroad for decades.

history

population

Population structure

According to the surveys of the 2011 census , 39,253 inhabitants lived in Bensheim on May 9, 2011. These included 3325 (8.5%) foreigners, of whom 1322 came from outside the EU , 1196 from other European countries and 807 from other countries. 7.6% of the German residents had a migration background . The inhabitants lived in 17,398 households. Of these, 5812 were single households , 4731 couples without children and 4781 couples with children, as well as 1602 single parents and 472 shared apartments .

Population development

• 1618: approx. 3000 inhabitants
• 1628: 2500 inhabitants
• 1806: 3095 inhabitants, 450 houses
• 1829: 3977 inhabitants, 497 houses
• 1867: 4781 inhabitants, 597 houses
Bensheim: Population from 1757 to 2015
year     Residents
1757
  
 2.131
1806
  
 3,095
1829
  
 3,977
1834
  
 6,566
1840
  
 7,335
1846
  
 7,539
1852
  
 7,755
1858
  
 8,056
1864
  
 7,296
1871
  
 7,589
1875
  
 8,049
1885
  
 9,015
1895
  
 9,716
1905
  
 11,667
1910
  
 12,545
1925
  
 14,349
1939
  
 16,416
1946
  
 20.207
1950
  
 22,279
1956
  
 22,770
1961
  
 24,060
1967
  
 26,162
1970
  
 27,498
1972
  
 33,032
1976
  
 32,605
1984
  
 33,109
1988
  
 34,022
1992
  
 35,604
2000
  
 38,600
2005
  
 39,642
2010
  
 39,635
2011
  
 39,253
2015
  
 39,761
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1972 :; 1976 :; 1984 :; 1988 :; 1992 :; 2000 :; 2005 :; 2010 :; 2011 census; 2015:
From 1972 including the towns incorporated into Hesse as part of the regional reform .

Population development of the later incorporated places

The following population figures are the census results of June 6, 1961, May 27, 1970 and May 9, 2011

place
1961 residents
1970 residents		 Residents
2011
Fehlheim 1147 1401 1692
Gronau 704 802 1203
High cities 323 406 669
Long calves 206 266 381
Schwanheim 730 846 1218
Wilmshausen 455 454 633

Religious affiliation

• 1829: 90 Lutheran (= 2.26%), 8 Reformed (= 0.20%), 74 Jewish (= 1.86%) and 3850 Catholic (= 95.68%) residents
• 1961: 11617 Protestant (= 48.28%), 11696 Catholic (= 48.61%) residents
• 2011: 13,450 Protestant (= 34.5%), 13,510 Catholic (= 34.6%), 390 free church (= 1.0%), 590 Orthodox (= 1.5%), 1170 non-believers (= 3.0%), 9860 other (= 25.3%) residents

Gainful employment

The municipality in comparison with the district, administrative district Darmstadt and Hesse:

year local community district Administrative district Hesse
Employees subject to social security contributions 2017 18,590 72,939 1,695,567 2,524,156
Change to 2000 + 42.7% + 17.1% + 16.1% + 16.0%
of which full-time 2017 75.5% 71.9% 72.8% 71.8%
of which part-time 2017 24.5% 26.1% 27.2% 28.2%
Only marginally paid employees 2017 2961 15,613 224.267 372.991
Change to 2000 + 18.1% −4.3% + 9.0% + 8.8%
Branch year local community district Administrative district Hesse
Manufacturing 2000 31.4% 39.6% 27.0% 30.6%
2017 33.0% 32.1% 20.4% 24.3%
Commerce, hospitality and transport 2000 23.0% 25.1% 26.4% 25.1%
2017 25.4% 25.1% 24.7% 23.8%
Business services 2000 17.6% 11.6% 25.1% 20.2%
2017 18.6% 15.6% 31.6% 26.1%
other services 2000 24.2% 22.0% 20.1% 22.5%
2017 24.5% 25.3% 23.0% 25.4%
Other (or without assignment) 2000 03,% 01.7% 01.4% 01.5%
2017 00.8% 01.2% 00.3% 00.4%

politics

Magistrate and city council

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 45 seats
  • SPD : 8
  • GLB : 7
  • FDP : 3
  • CDU : 15
  • FW : 1
  • BFB: 5
  • AfD : 6
 Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 33.3 15th 36.4 16 43.2 20th 43.1 20th
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 17.5 8th 23.8 11 29.5 13 32.7 15th
GLB Green List Bensheim - The Greens 14.1 7th 22.9 10 13.6 6th 13.7 6th
AfD Alternative for Germany 13.3 6th - - - - - -
BFB Citizens for Bensheim 11.8 5 7.2 3 - - - -
FDP Free Democratic Party 6.9 3 4.0 2 7.1 3 5.3 2
FWG Free voter community Bensheim 3.0 1 5.7 3 6.6 3 5.2 2
total 100.0 45 100.0 45 100.0 45 100.0 45
Voter turnout in% 49.1 47.0 43.0 50.5
Town hall Bensheim (former Episcopal Konvikt)
The old town hall of Bensheim, redesigned by Heinrich Metzendorf and destroyed in the Second World War, in 1905

In Bensheim, the CDU, GLB and BfB rule together in a coalition.

Christine Deppert (CDU) is the head of the city council of Bensheim.

The magistrate consists of three full-time members Mayor Rolf Richter (CDU), First City Councilor Helmut Sachwitz (CDU) and City Councilor Adil Oyan (GLB) as well as the eight honorary city councilors: Hans Seibert, Oliver Roeder (both CDU), Norbert Bauer (SPD), Andreas Born, Joachim Uhde (both BfB), Bernd Aßmus (AfD), Peter Kalb (GLB) and Wilhelm Rothermel (FDP)

mayor

When the new municipal code of the Grand Duchy of Hesse came into force on June 30, 1821, the citizens of Bensheim were able to elect their mayor.

  • 1822–1825: Philipp Meißel
  • 1825–1837: Philipp Werle
  • 1837–1840: Adam Done
  • 1840–1857: Johannes Traupel
  • 1857–1859: Joseph August Hainz
  • 1860–1870: Franz Heinz
  • 1871–1902: Aloys van Gries (1831–22 March 1902), last honorary mayor of Bensheim
  • 1902–1912: Ignaz Frenay , first paid mayor of Bensheim
  • 1913–1922: Karl Löslein
  • 1922–1933: Rudolf Angermeier, German Center Party
  • 1933–1934: Heinrich Nachtigall, NSDAP
  • 1934–1938: Johann Georg Brückmann (1896–1973), NSDAP
  • 1938–1945: Ernst Missler (1882–1950), NSDAP
  • 1945–1945: Theodor Krag (1888–1963), SPD
  • 1945–1946: Willy Klapproth (1892–1967), SPD
  • 1946–1954: Joseph Treffert (1883–1963), CDU
  • 1954–1972: Wilhelm Kilian (1914–1971), CDU
  • 1972–2002: Georg Stolle (1938–2020), CDU, honorary mayor of the city of Bensheim since 2002
  • 2002–2014: Thorsten Herrmann (* 1964), CDU; elected on June 30, 2002 with a share of the vote of 52.8 percent, re-elected on June 15, 2008 with 60.5 percent.
  • since December 15, 2014: Rolf Richter (* 1966), CDU; elected on May 25, 2014 with a share of 54.2 percent of the votes in the first ballot.

Districts

The following local districts with local advisory board and local councilor according to the Hessian municipal code exist in the municipality:

  • Local district Bensheim-Mitte (limited by the railway line). The local advisory board consists of 11 members.
  • Bensheim-West district (bounded by the railway line). The local advisory board consists of 11 members.
  • Local district of Auerbach (areas of the former municipality of Auerbach ). The local advisory board consists of 11 members.
  • Fehlheim district (areas of the former municipality of Fehlheim ). The local advisory board consists of 6 members.
  • District of Gronau (areas of the former municipality of Gronau ). The local advisory board consists of 7 members.
  • Hochstädten district (areas of the former Hochstädten municipality ). The local advisory board consists of 7 members.
  • Langwaden district (areas of the former Langwaden municipality ). The local advisory board consists of 5 members.
  • Local district Schönberg (areas of the former community Schönberg ). The local advisory board consists of 7 members.
  • Schwanheim district (areas of the former Schwanheim community ). The local advisory board consists of 7 members.
  • Wilmshausen district (areas of the former Wilmshausen community ). The local advisory board consists of 7 members.
  • District of Zell (areas of the former municipality of Zell ). The local advisory board consists of 7 members.

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows in red a knight with a golden lance held with two hands (" Contus ") and in golden armor on a silver horse. Below in the base of the shield sits a green dragon that is pierced by the lance.

The red background refers to the coat of arms of Mainz , as the city was owned by the diocese of Mainz until 1802 . The rider killing the dragon represents Saint George , who was considered the patron saint of the city of Bensheim in earlier times .

Town twinning and sponsorship

The following city partnerships were entered into by December 2019:

On April 29, 1956, the sponsorship for the expelled Sudeten Germans from the city of Arnau (Czech Hostinné ) on the Elbe in the Hohenelbe district was taken over.

In addition, some districts have separate city partnerships:

Culture and sights

Squares and parks

Bensheim market square around 1904
Princely camp near Bensheim-Auerbach
Temple and mansion in the prince camp Bensheim
  • The market square has always been the center of the city of Bensheim. It is located almost 100 meters west of St. George's Church. There are a number of half-timbered houses around the market square .
  • The Fürstenlager State Park is a 42-hectare park with over 50 exotic trees and shrubs and a large number of courtyard buildings. It was built as a summer residence from 1790 by the Landgraves and Grand Dukes of Hessen-Darmstadt.
  • The Nibelungenanlage is a park accompanying the Lauter with leisure facilities east of the old town.
  • The Kronepark is a park with spa and leisure facilities in the Auerbach district.
  • The former Baßmannpark with several architectural components is a typical landscape park of the 19th century and is of cultural and local historical importance. Today it is largely overgrown and is located east of the city center between the Lauter in the Schönberger Tal and the Hohberg, where the Luginsland observation tower has been preserved as an architectural remnant .

Culture

  • Parktheater: The Parktheater was built in 1968 and, as a focal point, offers various cultural activities. In addition to the city's game plan, independent organizers, clubs and schools bring a diverse program from the areas of spoken, music and dance theater. From October 1998 to December 1999 the Parktheater was completely renovated visually, technically and creatively.
  • PiPaPo Theater: cabaret
  • Front theater
  • Variety show Pegasus
  • Authors collective walk-in customers
  • Museum of the city of Bensheim with the Arnauerstube
  • Synagogue Auerbach : There is also a museum in the synagogue.
  • Music School Bensheim : was founded in 1979. By participating in various competitions, the students of the municipal music school in Bensheim regularly belong to the circle of award winners at state and federal level. Numerous ensembles promote the community of the music school. The Bensheim Music School offers a wide range. You can choose from 17 different instrument subjects.
  • Bensheim City Library : a public library with over 50,000 media units. The city library has been in the Neumarkt-Center since 2010 - before that it was in the Alte Post for 10 years and before that in the old factories . In 2013 the city library was awarded the Hessian Library Prize.

Hessentag

Logo of the Hessentag
Bensheim Hessentag

The city of Bensheim hosted the Hessentag twice . In 1976 the 16th Hessentag took place in Bensheim . From June 6th to 15th, 2014 the city hosted the 54th Hessentag .

Buildings

Bensheim has a total of 557 cultural monuments together with all parts of the city  .

A selection of the most important buildings in the city:

Sacred buildings

All 557 cultural monuments are listed in the list of cultural monuments in Bensheim .

gallery

Protected areas

There are five FFH areas in the Bensheim district : "Clay pit area of ​​Bensheim and Heppenheim", "Lean lawns of Gronau and adjacent areas", "Kniebrecht, Melibocus and Orbishöhe near Seeheim-Jugenheim, Alsbach and Zwingenberg", "Beech forests of the front Odenwald" and parts of the "Jägersburger / Gernsheimer Wald". The Jägersburger / Gernsheimer Wald is also designated as a bird sanctuary , as is the " Hessian Altneckarschlingen ". The nature reserve category includes the areas “Hemsberg von Bensheim-Zell”, “ Erlache bei Bensheim ” and “ Orbishöhe von Auerbach and Zwingenberg ”. The "Forehahi" conservation area refers to the forest in the west of the district, while the Bergstrasse-Odenwald nature park encompasses the entire district.

After all, the Bergstrasse district has designated 26 natural monuments for Bensheim , namely special trees and the Schannenbacher Felsenmeer in Schliefenbach.

Details on the protected areas can be found under the Hessian lists of FFH areas , landscape protection areas and bird protection areas as well as the list of nature protection areas in the Bergstrasse district .

Youth culture

Bensheim offers a variety of activities for children. For example, a new youth center was opened on January 26, 2006 , which offers children up to 14 years of age ample opportunities to be busy. The old, larger youth center on Wilhelmstrasse was closed for this. There are relatively few offers for young people, especially for the subcultural currents such as skaters, bikers or the young music scene. However, on August 30th, 2008 a new BMX / Skatepark was inaugurated, where skaters and BMXers now meet regularly. The park was requested and planned by the young people themselves.

Regular events throughout the year

  • Bergstrasse Jazz Festival: The Bergstrasse Jazz Festival has been taking place since 2008 under the artistic direction of Bruno Weis. The series of events with four concerts at four different locations extends over the entire calendar year.
  • Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring : Since 1986, in memory of Gertrud Eysoldt , the Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring, one of the most important theater prizes in Germany, has been awarded annually in March in Bensheim.
  • Bensheim Passion Play : The performance of the Passion of Christ based on the Italian model, staged by Italian and German amateur actors in the form of a procession every Good Friday since 1983, is shown throughout Bensheim city center.
  • Vineyard hike: It has been taking place on May 1st since 1988. The path begins in Alsbach and leads through the vineyards above and partly through the towns touched by the Weinlageweg to the Hessian-Baden border. Up to 40,000 participants take part in the event.
  • MaiWay: The MaiWay Festival has been held annually since 2003. The unique music spectacle in Bensheim always starts on the night of Ascension Day. Numerous restaurants and larger halls offer the platform for over 30 live bands in one evening. A red line on the sidewalks running through the city links the entire event and shows the way to the individual events.
  • Citizens 'festival: The citizens' festival, introduced on the occasion of the inauguration of the pedestrian zone in 1975, has been celebrated regularly in early summer since 1977.
  • Auerbacher Bachgasse Festival: The Auerbach Bachgasse Festival has been held in July since 1987.
  • Bird of the Night: It is a six-day music festival that has been held annually in the Bensheim city park since 2005. The festival always takes place in the last week of the summer holidays and is an acoustic festival with a social background.
  • Bergsträßer Winzerfest : The nationally known Bergsträßer Winzerfest takes place every year in the first week of September in the entire city center. The festival, which begins on Saturday, lasts nine days. On the first Sunday there is a big pageant and on the second Saturday of the wine festival a fireworks display is set off on the Kirchberg. The first winegrowers festival was celebrated from October 19-22, 1929. Already at this wine festival there was a parade and in the evening fireworks on the Kirchberg.
  • Jog and Rock: It's an annual running event; it has taken place at the end of September since 2005. There are now more than 1600 participants, which is why the organizer also offers appropriate running courses in preparation.
  • Pley / Repley: It's an electronic festival that takes place in November in the Weststadthalle.

Sports

The women's team of the HSG Bensheim / Auerbach , which plays in the handball Bundesliga , is known nationwide . 25 years after relegation to the second division, the team made it back to the first division in 2013, but was relegated straight away. In 2017 the rise was achieved again.

In addition to the traditional soccer department, SV 1949 Schönberg also has a gymnastics department with gymnastics and a Zumba department.

In addition to the football clubs in the districts, Bensheim has three clubs of its own. FC 07 Bensheim, FSG Bensheim and FC Italia Bensheim.

Culinary specialties

Zwewwelkuche à la Fraa vun Bensem ( onion cake in the style of Frau von Bensheim)

Economy and Infrastructure

Land use

The municipal area covers a total area of ​​5783 hectares, of which in hectares are:

Type of use 2011 2015
Building and open space 913 928
from that Living 566 562
Business 93 113
Operating area 56 57
from that Mining land 27 27
Recreation area 69 77
from that Green area 36 43
traffic area 453 461
Agricultural area 2587 2552
from that moor 0 0
pagan 0 0
Forest area 1541 1543
Water surface 105 105
Other use 59 61

Established businesses

Bensheim is part of the economically strong Rhine-Neckar triangle and, together with various neighboring cities and communities (such as Heppenheim, Lorsch and Lautertal), is shown as a middle center in the South Hessian regional plan.

The city has favorable economic data, also in relation to the already favorable data for the Rhine-Neckar region and the above-average employment rate and particularly high proportion of academics with above-average purchasing power of the resident population.

The Sirona Dental Systems GmbH has its headquarters in Bensheim. The company is the largest employer in the Bergstrasse district and produces goods and services for dentists. Kern GmbH, a manufacturer of inserting systems for banks, insurance companies, telecommunications companies and IT service providers, and FICO TONBELLER (formerly TONBELLER AG), a manufacturer of compliance solutions, are based in Bensheim. The German subsidiary of Cegedim Relationship Management , Cegedim Deutschland GmbH, which offers services for pharmaceutical companies, has its headquarters here . The electronics company Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH , SAP AG , which is active in the IT sector, IFOK GmbH and HTV GmbH, which tests and programs for manufacturers from almost all areas of electronics and semiconductors, are also located here . In addition, the vehicle company Suzuki Deutschland GmbH is based in Bensheim. For this reason, the vehicles in the company's national TV advertising have the license plate "HP" (Heppenheim / Bergstrasse district), which is rarely found in this context is. Deutsche Papier Vertriebs GmbH, which belongs to PaperlinX, operates one of the most modern German high-bay warehouses in Bensheim as a national paper wholesaler. The GGEW AG, a Bergsträßer service sunternehmen for electricity , gas and water , has its headquarters in Bensheim.

The Christoffel Blindenmission is based in Bensheim, as is the Karl Kübel Foundation for Children and Family and the Hessen Foundation - Family has a future .

Judiciary

District court Bensheim

Bensheim is the seat of the Bensheim District Court . As a lay judge, it is also for the districts of Lampertheim and Fürth / Odw. responsible. The probation service of the Darmstadt Regional Court has a branch in Bensheim.

media

The Bergsträßer Anzeiger, which belongs to the Mannheimer Morgen publishing group and has its headquarters at Rodensteinstrasse 6, reports on local events in Bensheim and the surrounding area . The Bergsträßer Anzeiger appears from Monday to Saturday.

traffic

Bensheim train station
Bensheim airfield
ZOB Bensheim

Bensheim is at the intersection of federal highways 3 and 47 . The A5 runs to the west of the city . Bensheim can be reached via two exits: in the north via the Zwingenberg exit and in the south via the Bensheim exit. A few kilometers to the west, the A 67 runs parallel to the A 5 . Bensheim can be reached here via the Lorsch junction .

Listed on the Main-Neckar-Bahn Frankfurt - Heidelberg lying Bahnhof Bensheim is InterCity -Systemhalt. The station is also the end of the Nibelungen Railway, which runs from Worms to Bensheim . The district of Auerbach has its own train station on the Frankfurt am Main - Heidelberg line . However, only regional trains stop at it .

Local and regional public transport is served by two city bus routes (671 and 673) and eight regional bus routes (640, 641, 646, 665, 669, 675, 676, 677). Call taxis operate outside of the bus times, mainly in town and to the city districts, which must be booked in advance one hour before the scheduled departure if you wish to travel, and can only be used free of charge by season ticket users of the Rhein-Neckar transport association . As part of the re-tendering of the Bensheim line bundle, there were some adjustments to the bus and taxi lines.

The Frankfurt airport is located about 50 kilometers by road north of Bensheim. The Bensheim glider airfield is reserved for gliders, motor gliders or smaller powered aircraft.

education

Bensheim is a city of schools. There are six high schools here alone : the Alte Kurfürstliche Gymnasium , the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule (cooperative comprehensive school with gymnasial upper level), the Goethe-Gymnasium (high school from grade 5 with gymnasial upper level), the Liebfrauenschule (private Catholic girls' high school ), the Karl-Kübel-Schule as a vocational high school (with the subjects: business, bilingual economics , health, mechatronics , environment, data processing, design and media technology) and the Heinrich-Metzendorf-Schule as a vocational high school (with the subjects mechatronics and environment) .

In Bensheim there is a commercial and a commercial district vocational school, which before January 1, 1963 together formed the district vocational school, formerly a training school. The commercial district vocational school, the Karl-Kübel-Schule, offers a vocational school with a foreign language secretariat and a commercial college in addition to the technical college and the vocational school . The commercial district vocational school, the Heinrich-Metzendorf-Schule, expands the educational offer with a vocational school in the commercial-technical area, a vocational school, a technical school and a technical college.

There are seven public primary schools in the city . These are the Hemsberg School, the Elementary School in the Kappesgärten, the Joseph Heckler School, the Schloßberg School, the Kirchberg School, the Märkerwald School and the Carl Orff School. In addition, there is the Schillerschule as a primary, secondary and secondary school as well as the Senfkornschule privately run.

Three advice and support centers are based in Bensheim. These are the Kirchbergschule ( special school with a focus on “learning”), the Seebergschule (special school with a focus on “intellectual development”) and the Disabled Aid Bergstrasse GmbH.

Adult education providers are the Bensheim District Adult Education Center and the Bensheim Women's and Family Center; With around 2000 participants a year, it is the largest family meeting place in the Bergstrasse district.

The Bergstrasse Nature Conservation Center offers numerous environmental education events for children and adults.

science

The largest European ecumenical institute has been based in Bensheim since 1947 with the denominational institute of the Evangelical Federation . From 1947 to 1967 and since November 2007 it has been in the Wolfgang Sucker House.

The Institute for Personal History , one of the most important German research centers for genealogy , biography and prosopography , is also based in Bensheim.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • Peter Camesasca (1798–1859), district councilor, member of parliament, honorary citizen 1857
  • Julius Wilhelm (1847–1934), entrepreneur and member of the state parliament
  • Karl Albert Henkelmann (1858–1928), local history researcher and author
  • Joseph Treffert (1883–1963), trade unionist and local politician.
  • Georg Stolle (1938–2020), politician and mayor of Bensheim 1972–2002, honorary mayor since 2002

Personality born in Bensheim

Personalities related to Bensheim

literature

  • Joseph Stoll : Bensheimer Idiotikon, a collection of words and expressions of the Bensheim dialect with evidence of their origin and notes on local history. Museumsverein Bensheim 1984, ISBN 3-931960-04-8 .
  • Diether Blüm : Bensheim school buildings through the centuries. Bergsträßer Anzeiger publishing house, Bensheim 1992.
  • Diether Blüm: Noble families in the old Bensheim. K + G Verlag, Bensheim 1995.
  • Rudolf Köster, Wilhelm Weyrauch : Older field names of Bensheim and its districts up to the middle of the 19th century. (Special volume 17 in the series of history sheets in the Bergstrasse district). Edited by the Bensheim Museum Association in conjunction with the Association of History and Local History Associations in the Bergstrasse district. Verlag Laurissa Lorsch, 1995, ISBN 3-922781-82-9 .
  • Rudolf Köster: The names of the Bensheimer streets, paths, squares and passages from A – Z explained. Museumsverein Bensheim, 1996, ISBN 3-931960-05-6 .
  • Manfred Berg: Bensheim (series of archive images ). Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt 1998, ISBN 3-89702-090-4 .
  • Dorothea Schües: The corrupt Kommerzienrat [Johann Maria Schlinck, citizen and city councilor in Bensheim] A picture of the times around 1800. RG Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-8301-0390-5 .
  • Manfred Berg: Experience Bensheim - A guide to the historical sights. Edition Diesbach, Weinheim 2002, ISBN 3-936468-02-8 .
  • Wilhelm Weyrauch : The early Bensheim - lectures and essays on the development history of the city - with numerous historical images. VVB Laufersweiler Verlag, Giessen 2004.
  • Rudolf Köster: Bensheim family name. (Special volume 23 in the series of history sheets in the Bergstrasse district). Edited by the Bensheim Museum Association in conjunction with the Association of History and Local History Associations in the Bergstrasse district. Publishing house Laurissa Lorsch, 2004, ISBN 3-922781-25-X .
  • Manfred Berg: Discover Bensheim - A coloring book for school children. Self-published, Bensheim 2005, ISBN 3-00-017780-9 .
  • History workshop Geschwister Scholl: History of the Bensheim Jews in the 20th century. With memories and reflections by Hans Sternheim. Foreword: Minister of Education Karin Wolff. Weinheim 2004, ISBN 3-00-013826-9 .
  • History workshop Geschwister Scholl: Georg-Ludwig Prince of Erbach-Schönberg and his role in the Third Reich. Hidden memories. In: Archive for Hessian History and Antiquity 63, 2005, pp. 255–292.
  • History workshop Geschwister Scholl (ed.) Under the direction of Franz Josef Schäfer and Peter Lotz: Jakob Kindinger - A political life. Druckhaus Diesbach, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-00-018379-5 .
  • Reiner Maaß, Manfred Berg (ed.): Bensheim - traces of history. EditionDiesbach, Weinheim 2006, ISBN 3-936468-31-1 .
  • History workshop Geschwister Scholl: Fritz Bockius - Member of the Center and Nazi victim . Foreword: Minister of Education Dorothea Henzler. Bensheim 2010, 158 pages DIN A 4, ISBN 978-3-00-028434-2 .
  • Diane Dingeldein: The Bensheim Passion Play. Studies on an Italian-German cultural transfer. (Mainz contributions to cultural anthropology / folklore, vol. 7). Waxmann, Münster / New York / Munich / Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8309-2919-2 . (Abstract on Google books)
  • Bensheim City Bus Working Group, Peter Castellanos: Catalog of measures to optimize local public transport in Bensheim, 2016, [1]
  • Literature by and about Bensheim in the catalog of the German National Library
  • After leaving SV Darmstadt 89, Elton da Costa last played for FC 07 Bensheim in the 15/16 season and then worked as a player-coach for the club until the end.

Web links

Commons : Bensheim  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Bensheim  - travel guide
Wikisource: Bensheim in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - Sources and full texts
Wikisource: Bensheim in the Topographia Palatinatus Rheni (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b City councilor Christine Klein was elected from the list of the SPD and switched to the GLB parliamentary group shortly after the election, so that the SPD only had 10 and the GLB 11 seats. In 2013, Klein ran for mayor in Zwingenberg and gave back her Bensheim mandate, which then fell back to the SPD.
  2. ↑ a b c City councilor Franz Apfel was elected from the GLB's list, but had left the parliamentary group so that it only had five seats. Apple belonged to the assembly as a non-attached member. City councilor Angela Manteuffel switched from the SPD to the FWG parliamentary group, so that the SPD only had 12 and the FWG four seats.

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  3. ↑ Geoportal Hessen: districts ; accessed on August 29, 2018.
  4. ^ List of the Bensheim flower queens of the Bensheim Automobile Club since 1948 Website of the Bensheim Automobile Club. Retrieved August 24, 2020
  5. ^ A b Population by nationality group: Bensheim, Stadt. In: Zensus2011. Bavarian State Office for Statistics , accessed in July 2015 .
  6. ↑ Migration background in%: Bensheim, city. In: Zensus2011. Bavarian State Office for Statistics , accessed in July 2015 .
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  10. ^ Johann Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch or church history of the Upper Rhinegau . Darmstadt 1812, OCLC 162251605 , p. 11 ( online at google books ).
  11. ^ Ph. AF Walther : Alphabetical index of the residential places in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1869, OCLC 162355422 , p. nn ( online at google books ).
  12. ^ Local elections 1972; Relevant population of the municipalities on August 4, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No.  33 , p. 1424 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
  13. ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No.  52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
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  23. ^ Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 11 ( online at google books ).
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  36. ^ Rolf Richter becomes mayor in Bensheim. In: Echo-Online. May 26, 2014, archived from the original ; accessed in May 2014 .
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  41. ↑ Headlines from Bensheim on the 175th anniversary of the “Bergsträßer Anzeiger” 2007: “Inauguration of the Kirchberghäuschen”, p. 82
  42. ↑ 25 Years Evangelical Stephanus Congregation Bensheim, p. 49/50.
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