Biebergemünd

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 9 ° 18 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
County :	Main-Kinzig district
Height :	214 m above sea level NHN
Area :	78.55 km 2
Residents:	8288 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	106 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63599
Area code :	06050
License plate :	MKK, GN, HU , SLÜ
Community key :	06 4 35 003
Community structure:	6 districts
Address of the municipal administration:	Town hall at the community center 63599 Biebergemünd
Website :	www.biebergemuend.de
Mayor :	Manfred Weber (independent)
Location of the municipality of Biebergemünd in the Main-Kinzig district

Municipal area with districts

Biebergemünd is a municipality in the Kinzigtal in the Main-Kinzig district of Hesse , just under ten kilometers east of Gelnhausen .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Biebergemünd extends through the Bieber and Kinzig valleys. The Bieber rises in the district of Bieber, meanders north through the Biebertal and flows into the Kinzig in Biebergemünd-Wirtheim . The topographically highest point of the municipality is at about 520  m above sea level. NN below the summit of the Long Mountain.

Neighboring communities

Biebergemünd borders in the north on the city of Wächtersbach , in the east on the city of Bad Orb and the community Jossgrund , in the southeast on the community Flörsbachtal , in the south beyond the state border in Bavarian Lower Franconia on the Wiesener Forst , the community Westerngrund and the community Kleinkahl (all three districts of Aschaffenburg ). In the west, Biebergemünd borders on the municipality of Linsengericht and the city of Gelnhausen .

Community structure

Biebergemünd consists of the following six districts:

• Bieber , structurally connected to the previously independent villages of Büchelbach , Gassen and Röhrig
• Breitenborn / Lützel , formed from the formerly independent villages Breitenborn and Lützel
• kassel
• Lanzingen
• Rossbach
• Wirtheim including Neuwirtheim

history

Church building

In the course of administrative reform in Hesse on 1 September 1970, the previously independent municipalities Kassel and Wirtheim were merged to Biebergemuend together . On October 1, 1971, the communities of Breitenborn AB, Lanzingen and Roßbach were incorporated into the community of Bieber. On July 1, 1974, the municipalities Biebergemuend and Bieber were to the same name Biebergemuend powerful state law together . This happened against the express resolution of both municipal councils.

Population development

Biebergemünd municipality

year	Residents
2003	8,379
2004	8,397
2005	8,373
2008	8,784
2009	8,784
2011	8,380
2012	8,390
2019	8,424

According to districts

place	Ew. 1961	Ew. 1970	Ew. 2012	Ew. 2019
Beaver	1,711	1,867	2,228	2,194
Breitenborn / Lützel	239	256	400	401
kassel	1,837	2,045	2,464	2,445
Lanzingen	325	337	632	626
Rossbach	457	487	755	745
Wirtheim	1,422	1,627	1.911	2.013

religion

Protestant churches

• Evangelical Laurentius Church , Am Römerberg 7 in Bieber
• Lutheran parish church, Am Pflaster 16 in Bieber
• Emmaus Church, Spessartstrasse 52 in Kassel

Catholic churches

St. Peter and Paul in Wirtheim

• Mary's Birth, Biebertalstrasse 9 in Bieber
• St. Johannes Nepomuk , Spessartstrasse in Kassel
• St. Mauritius Chapel, Castle Hill near Bieber
• St. Peter and Paul, Kirchstrasse 10 in Wirtheim

politics

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016     A total of 31 seats SPD : 9 FW : 11 CDU : 11	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	36.0	11	37.4	11	41.3	13	45.4	14th
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	29.7	9	31.5	10	26.1	8th	30.0	9
	FWG	Free community of voters	34.3	11	31.1	10	31.5	10	24.7	8th
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	-	-	-	-	1.1	0	-	-
	total		100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31	100.0	31
	Voter turnout in%		56.5		52.5		47.0		54.8

badges and flags

coat of arms

Blazon : In a wave cut divided by silver and red, above a six-spoke red wheel, below a golden mallet and a golden iron crossed diagonally.

Reason: The coat of arms of Biebergemünd symbolizes the different parts of the community. The upper half is based on the wheel symbol from the Mainz coat of arms , to which Wirtheim and Kassel belonged for a long time. The lower half symbolizes mining in Bieber. The arrangement of the elements of the coat of arms is optically similar to that of the old Bieber coat of arms. The colors red and gold are reminiscent of the county of Hanau.

The coat of arms of the municipality of Biebergemünd was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on October 19, 1979 , and it was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

flag

Together with the coat of arms, the municipality was also approved a flag, which is described as follows:

"Divided by red and gold, with the municipal coat of arms in the upper third."

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural monuments in Biebergemünd

Biebergrund Museum in Bieber

In addition to the local history aspects of the museum, there is a major focus on mining in the Biebertal. The museum is located in the Bieber district directly on the B 276 through road and is run by the Biebergemünd e. V. led.

music

There are numerous music associations in the community:

• Biebertal musicians
• Marching band Teutonia 1963 Bieber
• Musikverein 1965 Kassel
• Original Kassel musicians 1974

There are also some choral societies:

• "Liederkranz" 1847 Bieber
• "Unity" Wirtheim 1897
• "Harmony" Kassel
• "Liederkranz" Kassel
• “Singer lust” Lanzingen 1924
• "Edelweiss" Breitenborn / Lützel
• Church choir "Cäcilia" Wirtheim

Sports

Due to its history and the long independent districts, Biebergemünd has many sports clubs. They also maintain appropriate sports facilities. In the south of the community this is the sports facility of SV Germania 08 Bieber with a hard and a grass field. The clubs there, TSV 08 Kassel and TSV 09 Wirtheim , also maintain sports fields in Kassel and Wirtheim . In the districts of Roßbach and Breitenborn there are also football fields . The only public swimming pool in the municipality is the spring swimming pool in the district of Bieber.

Bieber maintains leisure facilities in Webersfeld with a treading pool (Kneipp facility) and a barbecue hut. Roßbach has the so-called rose garden with a Kneipp facility . There are tennis courts at the community center in Kassel .

Bowling alleys can be found in the districts of Kassel and Rossbach. Table tennis clubs are also active in Lanzingen and Rossbach . The Tanzsportclub Barbarossa Biebergemünd meets regularly in the community center there.

In the Kassel district there is the motocross track on the Idel .

Regular events

January

• Masked ball in Lanzingen

February

• Carnival / outside meeting in Bieber (Biebertalhalle)
• Children's carnival in Kassel

May

• Village festival Kassel (citizens' meeting place / town center)
• Whitsun tournament Wirtheim
• "Father's Day Grilling" in Nonnengrund, Freischütz Bieber

June

• Baking and slaughter festival at the old town hall in Bieber
• Biebergrund bike marathon (start / finish in Roßbach)
• Brunnenfest Kassel (Citizens' Meeting / town center)
• Parish festival Wirtheim
• Street festival of the Biebertal musicians

July

• Curb in Breitenborn
• Curb in Lanzingen
• Fire brigade festivals in Kassel and Wirtheim
• Fisherman Festival Bieber
• Fischerfest Kassel (in years with an even number)
• Mill Festival of Harmony Kassel

August

• Baking and slaughter festival in Lanzingen
• Score in beaver
• Curb in Rossbach
• Kirb in Kassel
• Parish festival Kassel

September

• KAB Bratfest Kassel (Mühlwiese)
• Curb in Wirtheim
• Kinzigtal total - 2nd Sunday (through Neu-Wirtheim)
• Nachkirb of the original Kassel musicians (community center / town center)
• Bieber parish festival

October

• Roast festival with game goulash, Schützenhaus, Freischütz Bieber

Natural monuments

• Thick oak on the larch plan at Bieber with a chest height circumference of 6.54 m (2016).

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Biebergemünd is located directly on the A 66 between Frankfurt am Main and Fulda . In north-south direction, the B 276 runs through the community, which leads from Birstein to Lohr am Main .

The Kinzigtalbahn Fulda – Frankfurt runs parallel to the motorway on the northern edge of the municipality . The regional train Wächtersbach - Frankfurt stops every hour at the Wirtheim train station . The Spessartbahn , a narrow-gauge railway that ran from Gelnhausen to Lochborn, above Bieber, and opened up all of today's municipal area, was shut down in 1951.

education

• Alteburg School, Kassel (primary school)
• Alteburg School, Kassel (secondary and secondary school)
• Elementary school Biebertal, Bieber
• Wirtheim primary school, Wirtheim

health

• As part of the Hessian model project “Health Network Main-Kinzig-Kreis”, the municipality, together with Ärztenetz Spessart eG, took the initiative to look for a new family doctor nationwide,

Economic structure

In addition to many small shops and supermarkets in the districts, the economy is concentrated in the commercial and industrial areas "Zehn Morgen" in Wirtheim and "In der Strutt" in Kassel. The largest employer in the community is the occupational safety and clothing company Engelbert Strauss .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann Heinrich Cassebeer (* 1784 in Gelnhausen; † April 21, 1850 in Bieber) was a botanist , geologist , agricultural and viticulture specialist and politician
• Hugo Bücking (born September 12, 1851 in Bieber; † November 18, 1932 in Heidelberg ) was a geologist and mineralogist

Personalities who have worked on site

• Wilm Hosenfeld (born May 2, 1895 in Mackenzell ; † August 13, 1952 in Stalingrad ) was a Wehrmacht officer in World War II . In Biebergemünd he worked as a socially and Christian committed village school teacher first in the district of Rossbach, later in the district of Kassel. Hosenfeld became known through the description in Wladyslaw Szpilman's autobiography, which was made into a film by the Polish director Roman Polański under the title " The Pianist " (three Oscars 2003).

literature

• Literature on Biebergemünd in the Hessian Bibliography
• Literature by and about Biebergemünd in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Commons : Biebergemünd  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Biebergemünd  - travel guide

• Internet presence of the municipality of Biebergemünd
• History of the beer reason. Local history, information. In: www.geschichtsverein-biebergemuend.de. Biebergemünd history association 
• Link catalog on the topic of Biebergemünd at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Merger of the municipalities of Kassel and Wirtheim in the Gelnhausen district to form the new municipality of "Biebergemünd" on August 17, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 35 , p. 1698 , point 1592 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.8 MB ]).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 362 f .
4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. II 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 9 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
5. ↑ https://www.biebergemuend.de/seite/de/spessart/0454:38/tn_38/Zahlen_Daten_und_Fakten.html
6. ↑ https://www.biebergemuend.de/seite/de/spessart/0454:38/tn_38/Zahlen_Daten_und_Fakten.html
7. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
8. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
9. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
10. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag of the municipality of Biebergemünd, Main-Kinzig-Kreis from October 26, 1979 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1979 No. 46 , p. 2147 , point 1259 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
11. ^ Entry in the directory of monumental oaks . Retrieved January 10, 2017
12. ^ Community seeks family doctor