Bergheim (Ortenberg)

Bergheim City of Ortenberg Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 45 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 55 ″  E
Height :	165 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.71 km²
Residents :	648  (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	138 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	July 1, 1971
Postal code :	63683
Area code :	06046
Town center

Bergheim is a district of Ortenberg in the Wetteraukreis in Hesse .

Geographical location

Bergheim lies at the foot of the Vogelsberg at an altitude of 167  m above sea level. NN , about 2.5 km southeast of the city center of Ortenberg and 6.5 km northwest of Büdingen . The bleach (Nidder) flows through the village .

history

The place Bergheim is mentioned for the first time around 1220/1230 as Berchem in a document of the Konradsdorf Monastery .

Territorial Affiliation

In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, Bergheim belonged to the Ortenberg office , a condominium that was formed by three sovereigns from among the members of the Wetterau Counts' Association . In 1601 there was a real division of the condominium, whereby the village of Bergheim fell to the County of Hanau-Münzenberg , from 1642: County of Hanau . The county of Hanau fell in 1736 when the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III, died. , on the basis of an inheritance contract to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel . The Hanau, later Hessian " Amt Ortenberg " then formed part of the Grand Ducal Hessian Amt Ortenberg from 1810 onwards . In 1821 the Grand Duchy formed the district of Nidda , into which all parts of the former Ortenberg office were merged and which was called Kreis Nidda from 1832 . With the revolution of 1848 the administrative district of Nidda was briefly formed, but in 1852 the district of Nidda was revived. In 1874 the areas of the former Ortenberg district came to the Büdingen district , which was merged into the Wetterau district with the regional reform in Hesse in 1972 .

Bergheim was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 July 1971, the cities of Ortenberg and Lißberg and four other smaller surrounding communities on a voluntary basis to the new city Ortenberg together .

Population development

Bergheim: Population from 1834 to 2018
year				Residents
1834			423
1840			458
1846			414
1852			431
1858			399
1864			378
1871			338
1875			343
1885			347
1895			362
1905			365
1910			384
1925			429
1939			457
1946			646
1950			599
1956			553
1961			530
1967			558
1970			599
1980			?
1990			?
2000			?
2008			669
2010			651
2011			609
2014			674
2018			648
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; 2011 census

Recreational facilities

• sports ground
• Children's playground

traffic

In the village meet state roads 3184 and the 3190th

Others

• Evangelical "Holy Cross Church"
• Village community center , built in 1983
• Bakery in the center of the village
• Kindergarten Montessori
• Bergheim was named “Dollsten Village 2009” in the Dolles Dorf competition organized by the Hessian Broadcasting Corporation.
• Since 2011 there has been a heating plant operated with wood chips, which supplies more than half of the entire town with heat.

literature

• Hans Georg Ruppel (edit.): Historical place directory for the area of ​​the former Grand Duchy and People's State of Hesse with evidence of district and court affiliation from 1820 to the changes in the course of the municipal territorial reform = Darmstädter Archivschriften 2. 1976, pp. 379–383 .
• Heinz Wionski: Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Cultural monuments in Hessen. Wetteraukreis II. Stuttgart 1999, p. 56.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} "Bergheim, Wetteraukreis". Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of January 27, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Population figures . In: Website of the city of Ortenberg, accessed in April 2020.
3. ↑ Ludwig Clemm , On the history of the Premonstratensian Monastery Konradsdorf. in: Archive for Hessian History and Archeology. NF 22. Darmstadt 1942, pp. 209-243.
4. ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Para. 12. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
5. ^ 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. 352 .
6. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office 

Web links

• The place on the website of the city of Ortenberg
• Bergheim, Wetterau district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).