Berkheim (Esslingen am Neckar)

Berkheim City of Esslingen am Neckar
Coordinates: 48 ° 43 ′ 8 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 5 ″  E
Height :	333 m
Residents :	7909  (Jun. 30, 2016)
Incorporation :	May 1st 1974
Postal code :	73734
Area code :	0711
Location of Berkheim in Esslingen am Neckar

The coat of arms made of flowers in the town center

Berkheim is a district of Esslingen am Neckar and is the southernmost district. It is located on the Filder Plain, southeast of Zollberg . To the west of it is Nellingen .

Expansion of the urban area

Berkheim includes the Berkheim district, the Grundhöfe and Lindenhof farms and the Hammerschmiede residential area.

history

In the area of ​​Berkheim there are traces of a settlement since the 3rd millennium BC. From Roman times there are traces in the form of a villa. The first small wooden church was built towards the end of the 7th century.

1142 Berkheim was by Count Berthold von Hohenberg-Lindenfels the monastery Denkendorf bequeathed. When the monastery placed itself under the protection of Württemberg , Berkheim was caught between the fronts.

In 1535 Berkheim became Protestant.

In the 19th century, during the industrial revolution, the farming village became a workers' community. More and more residents worked in the Esslingen factories.

On May 1, 1974, Berkheim was incorporated into Esslingen. This also introduced the false choice of part of town , which ensured that three Berkheimers were always represented in the Esslingen municipal council. Furthermore, Berkheim was granted its own local administration in the contract.

In 2009 the local constitution was abolished, the tasks of the local council were taken over by a citizens' committee.

coat of arms

The former municipal coat of arms shows a golden patriarchal cross in red with a half lower crossbar (left).

politics

A local council was elected for the last time in Berkheim on June 13, 2004. Until then, the local council had 18, then 14 seats. The local chief was police chief inspector Gerd Moßler. After the end of the 2009 electoral period, the local constitution was abolished and the local council had to hand over its tasks to a citizens' committee.

Results of the local council elections
1999			June 13, 2004
Political party	1999	Seats	Political party	2004	Seats
CDU	?	6th	CDU	37.36%	5
SPD	?	5	SPD	25.48%	4th
FW	?	4th	FW	21.32%	3
WVB	?	3	WVB	15.84%	2
voter turnout
			53.91%

The contact person for the issues of the district for the city administration and the municipal council of Esslingen is the Citizens Committee Berkheim . At the district level, the citizens' committee helps shape community life. He is a member of the working group of citizens 'committees , which exists to exchange experiences and coordinate the individual citizens' committees of the city. The basis for the working method and the structure of the citizens' committee and the working group is the status adopted by the working group on February 21, 1991 . An agreement was reached as the basis for the cooperation between the citizens' committee, the municipal council and the administration . This was approved by the working group on July 17, 1990 and approved by the municipal council on December 10, 1990. In June 2000, both the status and the agreement were editorially revised.

In the public citizens 'meeting , which the city of Esslingen held on July 23, 2009 in the Osterfeldhalle in Berkheim, the 1st  Citizens' Committee Berkheim was elected for 3 years.

Attractions

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  Michaelskirche (built in the 12th century)

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  The old town hall (built around 1780) is located on the German half-timbered street

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  Old half-timbered house (opposite the old town hall) from the 17th century

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  Hammer forge

• Michaelskirche from the 12th century with an organ by Johann Viktor Gurol the Younger .

Sons and Daughters of Berkheim

• Paul Hildenbrand (1904–1971), painter

literature

• Herbert Raisch: Berkheim. City of Esslingen am Neckar 1982.
• Event ring Berkheim eV (ed.): 800 years Berkheim 1190–1990 , undated (1990)
• Otto Wurster: Eßlinger Heimatbuch for town and surroundings. Esslingen 1931, p. 288.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Development of the resident population in the districts 2006-2016 As of June 30th each year. City of Esslingen, accessed on April 28, 2017 . 
2. ^ 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. 460 .
3. ^ Citizens' committees in Esslingen am Neckar
4. ^ Statute of the Citizens' Committees Esslingen am Neckar
5. ^ Agreement on cooperation between the citizens' committees and the Esslingen am Neckar municipal council and administration

Web links

Commons : Berkheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Citizens Committee Berkheim members