Bestheid

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Bestheid
City of Wertheim
The coat of arms shows an ascending arrow and roses.
Coordinates: 49 ° 46 ′ 55 ″  N , 9 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 155 m
Residents : 3449  (December 31, 2017)
Incorporation : January 1, 1913
Postal code : 97877
Area code : 09342
Besteheid (Baden-Wuerttemberg)
Bestheid

Location of Besteheid in Baden-Württemberg
Aerial photo of Besteheid (2014)
Aerial photo of Besteheid (2014)

Besteheid is the largest and oldest district of the large district town Wertheim in the Main-Tauber district , in the north of the state of Baden-Württemberg.

geography

The designated water protection area Besteheid with the WSG no. 128143 covers a protected area of ​​278.7 hectares.

history

The exact age of the place on the Mainaue is not documented, presumably there was already a prehistoric settlement here, as archaeological finds suggest. Bestheid was first mentioned in a document on July 2, 1284 in a document from Count Rudolf II of Wertheim. The landlord hereby certifies the sale of income from the village of "Bestinheide" to three sisters, daughters of the knight Heinrich Klinkhart, who belonged to the count's castle team. Two villagers are mentioned in the document, a farmer Walther and a widow Jutta, who are therefore the oldest known Besteheider. It is interesting that these villagers do not yet have a family name , in contrast to other people named in the document, who presumably came from the city of Wertheim.

As early as 1909, the Besteheider voted for the connection to the city of Wertheim, on January 1, 1913 the village, which was located directly on the Wertheim city limits, was officially incorporated. At that time, Besteheid had 270 inhabitants.

After the Second World War, glassmakers who emigrated from Thuringia settled here and built a glassworks, from which the name of the station "Wertheim-Glashütte" was derived, which was often used synonymously for "Besteheid". Today, the Besteheider industrial area is, among other things, the seat of an important glass producing and glass processing industry with a wide range of products, from fiber optics to thermometers and measuring devices to high-tech laboratory devices for science and technology, which are exported worldwide.

After 1945, many expellees from Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia were housed in emergency quarters in Wertheim. In 1951, the construction of the "glassworks settlement" began for them in the vicinity of the new glass industry in Besteheid. In February / March 1952 approx. 1,400 new residents were able to move in here. Since it was a "federal settlement", this name was also used as a designation for the place of residence. In the period that followed, the district grew rapidly and building activity began, also to provide housing for the increasing number of employees.

religion

The Roman Catholic parish church of St. Elisabeth was built in 1953 and consecrated on October 9th. The Protestant Martin Luther Church with the glass blower window by Charles Crodel was consecrated in 1957.

In 2018, a grave field for Muslims is to be built in the Besteheider forest cemetery, as decided unanimously in the Wertheim municipal council on July 24, 2017. Wertheim is the first town in the Main-Tauber district to allow burials according to the Muslim rite .

Economy and Infrastructure

Besteheid is located in a loop of the Main north of Wertheim.

Established businesses

Around 3,500 people live in the district today, and the economy also grew strongly. Many important companies and several of the world market leaders based in Wertheim have their headquarters in Besteheid.

Besteheid has a good infrastructure with supermarkets, specialist shops and a comprehensive range of services, plus day-care centers, a primary school, secondary school and a vocational school center, sports facilities and clubs. There is a large heated outdoor pool and a well-known campsite right on the banks of the Main. The Main Harbor in Wertheim is also in the immediate vicinity .

traffic

Since 1912, Besteheid has been connected to the Miltenberg West – Wertheim railway line, which crosses the Main on the Hasloch railway bridge near Besteheid, through the former train station and today's Wertheim-Besteheid stop (Wertheim Glashütte until 2008) . In the neighboring Wertheim train station there is a connection to the Lauda – Wertheim railway line .

In 1950, at the same time as several industrial companies emerged, an industrial trunk line was built in Besteheid. It branched off to the right near the level crossing to the Besteheider Winterhafen at kilometer 30.4 from the Wertheim-Hasloch railway line. The main track ended after about 300 meters in the Schuller premises; there was a loading and bypassing track. The total length of the industrial track was around 900 meters. The industrial track was last used in 2002. In June 2007 the connecting switch to the main industrial track was removed, as were the tracks in the Mainmühle area.

From the Wertheim-Besteheid stop in the direction of Hasloch, after 400 meters, the approximately two-kilometer-long harbor track branches off to the left (at 29.3 km) to the Wertheim Main Harbor in Besteheid. It was built with the Mainhafen in 1967. The line initially runs on a single track, two tracks have been laid in the port area with the large portal crane. After 300 meters, two loading tracks branch off to the left back from the harbor track into a storage area of ​​the Schuller company.

There are stops of the Wertheim city bus service in the district. Besteheid can be reached via the L 2310 ( Besteheider Landstrasse ) and the Besteheider Höhenweg .

Culture and sights

Buildings and monuments

Biking and hiking trails

Besteheid is on the Main Cycle Route and the Liebliches Taubertal Cycle Route - the sporty one .

Sports

The Viktoria Wertheim sports club , located in the district of Besteheid, played in the 2nd amateur league North Baden in 1964/65 and, after advancing in 1965/66, for one year in the 1st amateur league North Baden , the top amateur class at the time and the third highest German division. Viktoria Wertheim is currently playing in the Odenwald regional league .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Besteheid  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Breakdown of the population of the city of Wertheim including suburbs. (PDF) City of Wertheim, accessed on September 4, 2018 (via: Figures, data, facts /).
  2. ↑ Jörg Paczkowski: 700 years first documentary mention of Besteheid 1284–1984 . In: Festival Committee "Besteheid once + today" (Ed.): Festschrift "Besteheid once and today" . 1992.
  3. ↑ Stadtverwaltung Wertheim: Wertheim.de - districts and localities. Retrieved September 7, 2017 .
  4. ↑ The prehistory of the new district Besteheid: Jörg Paczkowski . In: Festival Committee "Besteheid once + heute" (Ed.): Festschrift "Bestigkeit once and today" . 1992.
  5. ^ Jörg Paczkowski: The history of the new district Besteheid . In: Festival Committee "Besteheid once + today" (Ed.): Festschrift "Besteheid once and today" . 1992.
  6. ↑ Stadtverwaltung Wertheim: Wertheim.de - Companies at the business location. Retrieved September 7, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Ulrich Kirchner: Besteheid today . In: Festival Committee "Besteheid once + today" (Ed.): Festschrift "Besteheid once and today" . 1992.
  8. ↑ Stadtverwaltung Wertheim: Wertheim.de - Waldfriedhof. Retrieved September 7, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Final resting place for Muslims. City of Wertheim, July 27, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Final resting place for Muslims. In: press release. Stadtverwaltung Wertheim, Section 12, July 27, 2017, accessed on September 6, 2017 .
  11. ^ City of Wertheim: List of world market leaders from Wertheim. (PDF) Retrieved September 6, 2017 . , including glass producers like alfi and the Duran production of Schott AG
  12. ↑ a b c Industry and port with siding - Fränkische Nachrichten. In: fnweb.de. Retrieved May 26, 2020 .
  13. ↑ "The Sportive" - ​​Tourist Association Liebliches Taubertal. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .
  14. ↑ 1st day stage - Wertheim to Freudenberg - Liebliches Taubertal tourist office. In: liebliches-taubertal.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .