Diersheim

Diersheim City of Rheinau
Coordinates: 48 ° 38 ′ 47 "  N , 7 ° 53 ′ 21"  E
Height :	130 m
Area :	7.08 km²
Residents :	1063  (Dec. 31, 2013)
Population density :	150 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	1st January 1974
Incorporated into:	Rheinbischofsheim
Postal code :	77866
Area code :	07844
Location of Diersheim in Rheinau

Diersheim is a district of the city of Rheinau (Baden) .

Geographical location

Kilstett		Freett
La Wantzenau		Rheinbischofsheim
Honau and Leutesheim	Linx	Hobühn

In the west, the district borders 1.3 kilometers on the Rhine , which forms the border with France. Across the river are the Alsatian communities of La Wantzenau (west) and Kilstett (northwest). Neighboring settlements on the German side are the Rheinau districts of Freistett (northeast), Rheinbischofsheim (east), Linx (south), the hamlet of Linx Hohbühn (southeast) and Honau (southwest); further the district of Leutesheim (southwest) belonging to Kehl with the common border at the Mühlbach.

history

Early history

A Suebi burial site in Gewann Oberfeld, which includes 48 urn and campfire graves, proves that Germans settled in the Diersheim district as early as Roman times . A number of grave supplements, especially ceramic finds, indicate brisk trade with Roman neighbors. At that time, an important Roman road , the Argentorate , ran through the area , connecting what is now Strasbourg with Aquae ( Baden-Baden ). In addition, the Romans used the Rhine as an important axis for freight traffic. Smaller Roman settlements near Helmlingen and Auenheim have been found in close proximity to Diersheim . However, there are no indications of a Suebi conquest elsewhere in Rheinau and surrounding communities.

middle Ages

The oldest surviving mention of Diersheim comes from 1241 in connection with the Brigittenkirche. The village of Diersheim was in the Lichtenau district of the Lichtenberg rule . It was a fiefdom of the Bishop of Strasbourg , the first feudal lending probably took place in 1274. In 1335, the middle and younger lines of the House of Lichtenberg divided the country. The office of Lichtenau - and thus Diersheim - fell to Ludwig III. von Lichtenberg , who founded the younger line of the house.

Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474) was the daughter of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474), one of two heirs with claims to the rule of Lichtenberg . In 1458 she married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417, † 1480), who had received a small secondary school from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to marry her. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage . After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Anna, Philipp I. d. Ä. 1480 half of the Lichtenberg rule. The other half went to his brother-in-law, Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . The office of Lichtenau belonged to the part of Hanau-Lichtenberg that the descendants of Philipp and Anna inherited.

Modern times

After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, the inheritance - and with it the office of Lichtenau with Diersheim - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte von Hanau-Lichtenberg , Landgrave Ludwig (IX.) Von Hessen-Darmstadt .

With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the office and the village of Diersheim were assigned to the newly formed Electorate of Baden in 1803 .

Up to and including December 31, 1973 Diersheim was an independent municipality. The administrative reform of Baden-Württemberg, which was initiated on March 26, 1968, initially met with little response in Diersheim. The "Second Law to Strengthen the Administrative Power of the Municipalities" passed by the state on June 16, 1970 led to negotiations between the municipal councils of Diersheim and Rheinbischofsheim. On June 20, 1973, an administrative partnership was sealed at the end of the year. Diersheim was able to negotiate an investment agreement. On January 1, 1974, after bilateral negotiations, the amalgamation of Diersheim to Rheinbischofsheim was sealed. As a result of multiple interventions by various members of the state parliament, the municipalities of Rheinbischofsheim and Freistett decided in tough negotiations to merge into the city of Rheinau, which was completed on January 1, 1975.

religion

A sacred building was first mentioned in a document in Diersheim in 1241. It was dedicated to the Irish saint Brigida de Kildare . This strongly suggests that the chapel was founded by monks from neighboring Honau , because most of them came from Ireland. The Brigittenkapelle was in the Fischereck. In 1440, Diersheim appears for the first time in documents as an independent parish separated from Honau.

Count Philip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1514–1590), after taking office in 1538, consistently carried out the Reformation in his county, which now became Lutheran . In 1585 Diersheim is listed as a branch of the Rheinbischofsheim church game, so it had lost its independence in the meantime. In 1731 the parish of Diersheim was given independence again, as the population had risen to around 350. The Brigitten Chapel, which had become too small, was replaced by the Trinity Church, which still exists today.

In 1999 the Diersheim parish again lost its independence. With the neighboring villages of Linx , Hohbühn , Holzhausen and Honau , one has to share a parish office due to austerity measures by the Evangelical Church in Baden. Since then, the clergyman has lived in Linx.

As a result of immigration and marriage, a number of Catholics now live in Diersheim, who are looked after by the Hanauerland Catholic Church Community . The nearest Catholic church is in the neighboring town of Honau.

politics

The local constitution applies in Rheinau. This means that local politics in all parts of the city (with the exception of Freistett) is shaped by the local council and a local mayor. The local council advises the city administration and has the right to make suggestions in all matters relating to the district. The municipal council must take into account the majority opinion of the local council in its decisions in the important local issues.

The members of the local council are elected every five years by the citizens of the respective district. Two groups of voters ran for the local elections on May 26, 2019 : Free Voting Community (FWG) and Diersheim Women's List (FLD).

The following local councils were elected (in order of the number of votes):

• Ralf Kaiser (FWG)
• Doris Bleß (FLD)
• Susanne Kaiser (FLD)
• Sven Hahn (new; FWG)
• Jörg Bliss (new; FWG)
• Heiko Gronau (FWG)
• Thorsten Stephan (new; FWG)
• Rebecca Gmeiner (new; FLD)

58% come to FWG and 42% to FLD. The turnout was 66%.

In the legislative period May 2014 - May 2019, the two electoral associations FLD and the CDU / FWG each provided four local councils. Doris Bleß has held the office of mayor since 2009 and succeeded Gerd Birsner in this position.

Culture and sights

Attractions

• Half-timbered houses such as the town hall and the Zum Rappen inn
• Oberdiersheimer Mill
• The Rheinauewald as one of the most biodiverse protected landscape areas in Central Europe
• The promenade on the Rhine dam with a view of the historic Odilienberg in Alsace, the Barrage de Gambsheim and, in places, the Strasbourg Cathedral

Festivals

Several larger village festivals have been celebrated in Diersheim in recent years.

On the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the first documentary mention, a festival took place in 1991, the focus of which was the musical "Diersche forever", which the songwriter and former mayor Gerd Birsner composed and staged. This festival was the subject of an episode of the SWR series Treffpunkt.

"Sagenhaft", another musical penned by Gerd Birsner, premiered in 1995 as part of another summer festival at Diersheim town hall and draws on the many legends (see next chapter).

This article or section needs revision: Celebrations should not occupy as much space in the article. It should suffice to briefly mention that the festival dealt with the past and the individual historical events should, if not already done, be added to the "History" section above.
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On July 30th and 31st, 2016, the people of Diersheim celebrated the 775th anniversary under the motto "Diersheim in the heart of Europe". All clubs represented a European country and offered delicacies from these countries for sale in tents that were set up in the village center. The accompanying cultural program made it clear what Diersheim owes to other cultures:

• The conquest by Suebi, who left the Baltic Sea region (today's German-Polish border area) as part of the migration of peoples and a. settled in Diersheim
• The brisk trade with the Romans (evidenced by finds in the Suebi burial grounds)
• Christianization by Scottish-Irish monks
• The settlement of Swiss after the population in Hanauerland was decimated after the Thirty Years War.
• Close trade relations with the European capital Strasbourg due to the location at the former confluence of the Ill into the Rhine (up to the Rhine damming in the 1970s) and the geographical proximity (approx. 15 km distance). The free imperial city was dependent on agricultural products from the surrounding area and the Ill connection made it easier to transport goods.
• The "Battle of Diersheim" fought out by the French and Austrians on the Diersheim district in April 1797. Thanks to the French victory, the name Diersheim is immortalized in the triumphal arch of Paris.
• The location in the Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau
• Villagers u. a. with Egyptian, Belgian, French, Italian, Swiss, Serbian and Thai passports

Say

• Diersheim semolina curlers, Honauer mendicants and Rheinbischofsheimer Pfannenschlecker
• The mold on the Breitenwörthbrücke
• Hexed lizards
• The white woman
• The fiery man
• The Dengelgeist in the Fachheu
• Spooky at the Schützensteg
• The walled-in ghost
• A Sunday offender will be punished
• The poltergeist in the bakery
• The Käsmatt
• The bells in the dam hole
• The mysterious vehicle
• Fugger ship in the Bauernmattsteg
• The witches at the Reiherstegböschel
• Unexpected slap in the face
• The gray cat in the Fischereck
• Haunted Langhei
• The mutton in the upper field
• The fiery plow
• The hare in Herrengasse
• The white woman
• The Kindlesbrunnen
• The forest bas
• The Moosmännel
• The hoe man
• Mermaids in the Rhine Forest
• The Ilwedritsche
• Hans Trapp

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Diersheim is located on Kreisstraße 5373. There are direct bus connections to Bühl (Baden)  via Freistett and Kehl . The station Diersheim was on the railway line Kehl-Buhl , which shut down is. Due to its proximity to the Rastatt district and the agglomeration of  Strasbourg  , Diersheim is in the transition area from the tariff community Ortenau (TGO) to the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund  (KVV) and to the municipal utilities of the  Strasbourg city association  (CTS) and therefore benefits from special tariffs. Not far from the gravel works there is a landing stage on the Rhine.

education

There is a Protestant kindergarten in Diersheim. The elementary school is located in the Krütt district of Diersheim. In addition to Diersheim, the school district includes the neighboring villages of Honau, Linx and Hohbühn and Leutesheimer Aussiedlerhöfe, which are located near Honau.

Personalities

• General Jean-Victor-Marie Moreau (1763-1813)
• Johann Georg Hummel (1806-1858)
• Friedrich Saenger (1867–1976)
• Friedrich Kößler (1886–1887)
• Gottlob Schlörer (1891–1976)
• Georg König (1897–1976)
• Fred K. Prieberg (1928-2010)
• Gerhard (Gerard) Ruddies (born 1947)
• Gerd Birsner (born 1953)

literature

• Johannes Beinert: History of the Hanauerland in Baden taking into account Kehl , Morstadt, Kehl 1909
• Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
• Walter Fuchs, Herbert Riebold: Prehistory and early history . In: Memprechtshofen through the ages . Achern 1999, ISBN 3-928207-09-1
• Adolf Hirth: Legends of the homeland. Central Baden legends from the Rhine to the Schwarrwald, from the Kinzig to the Murg . Verlag Achertäler Druckerei, 1986
• Nikolaus Honold, Kurt Schütt: Chronicle of the city of Rheinau . sL 1988
• Friedrich Kößler: Diersheim . Schnoog, Diersheim 1994. ISBN 3-9803985-1-X ; Extended second edition of Das Rhein- und Grenzdorf Diersheim with additions by Lieselotte Simon, Kurt Bleß and Helga Grampp-Weiß
• Friedrich Kößler: The Rhine and border village Diersheim . Typewriter manuscript 1938.
• Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
• Rolf Nierhaus : Diersheim . In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde Volume 5. Berlin 1984.
• Rolf Nierhaus: The Swebian burial ground of Diersheim. Studies on the history of the Teutons on the Upper Rhine from the Gallic War to the Alemannic conquest. Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-11-001205-7 .
• Lieselotte Simon: The fate of emigrants in the 19th century - An example for many: Diersheim . Schnoog textbildton, Diersheim, ISBN 3-9803985-8-7
• Gerhard Waag: Small Diersheimer History Book . Typewriter manuscript prepared on the occasion of the Waag family meeting on April 22nd and 23rd, 1989
• Ernst Wahle : Prehistory on the Upper Rhine . Heidelberg 1910 and 1937.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ellen Matzat: Diersheim - Still space on the wish list. In: Kehler Zeitung from April 11, 2014
2. ^ Rolf Nierhaus 1966 and 1984; Ernst Wahle 1910 and 1937; Walter Fuchs and Herbert Riebold 1999; Friedrich Kößler 1995, page 32ff .; Honold and Schütt, p. 30ff.
3. ↑ Eyer, pp. 99, 239; Knöpp, p. 13.
4. ↑ Eyer, p. 56; Knöpp, p. 13.
5. ↑ Eyer, pp. 56, 145.
6. ↑ Eyer, pp. 79f.
7. ↑ Honold and Schütt, p. 13ff.
8. ^ 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. 513 f .
9. ↑ Honold and Schütt, p. 43ff.
10. ↑ Honold and Schütt, p. 61ff.
11. ↑ https://www.kath-hanauerland.de/
12. ^ Kehler Zeitung: The new council in Diersheim . May 28, 2019.
13. ↑ Stefan Bruder: Local elections: The majority of the Rheinau local councilors want to stand again for the citizens' vote. Koch will no longer run in May . In: Kehler Zeitung , January 11, 2014; accessed May 27, 2014
14. ↑ R. Carbiener and E. Dister: floodplains on the Upper Rhine. Ecology and Management - Les plaines alluviales du Rhin supérieur. Ecology et géstion. Rastatt & Strasbourg 1988; Extract from the register of protected landscape areas in Baden-Württemberg rips-dienste.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de
15. ^ Nierhaus 1966 and 1984
16. ^ Nierhaus 1966 and 1984
17. ↑ Honold & Schütt 1988
18. ↑ Honold & Schütt 1988
19. ↑ Kößler 1994
20. ↑ Ellen Matzat: "Enormous, what is stored in houses." Deputy local expert Helga Grampp-Weiß looks back on insightful history from Diersheim. In: Kehler Zeitung, September 25, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2016 . 
21. ↑ ^{a b c d handed down} by Friedrich Kößler 1938 and Adolf Hirth 1986.
22. ↑ ^{a b c handed down} by Friedrich Kößler 1938
23. ↑ ^{a b c d e f handed down} by Adolf Hirth 1986
24. ↑ ^{a b handed down} by Adolf Hirth 1986 and Lieselotte Simon 1994
25. ↑ handed down by Lieselotte Simon in 1994 in the second edition of Kößler's Diersheim book
26. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l handed down} by Lieselotte Simon 1994