Elchesheim-Illingen

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Elchesheim-Illingen
Elchesheim-Illingen
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Coordinates: 48 ° 56 '  N , 8 ° 13'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Karlsruhe
County : Rastatt
Height : 110 m above sea level NHN
Area : 10.14 km 2
Residents: 3246 (December 31, 2018)
Population density : 320 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 76477
Area code : 07245
License plate : RA, bra
Community key : 08 2 16 012
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Rathausplatz 8
76477 Elchesheim-Illingen
Website : www.elchesheim-illingen.de
Mayor : Rolf Spiegelhalder
Location of the municipality of Elchesheim-Illingen in the Rastatt district
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Elchesheim-Illingen is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg , between Karlsruhe and Rastatt .

geography

location

Elchesheim-Illingen is 1.8 km east of the Rhine  - viewed downstream between stone walls in the south-south-west and Au am Rhein in the north-north-east. The Altrhein near Elchesheim and the Illinger Altrhein are in the municipality .

Neighboring places

The following places are in the immediate vicinity: Au am Rhein , Würmersheim (to Durmersheim), Bietigheim , Steinmauern and Mothern (France).

Community structure

The municipality of Elchesheim-Illingen consists of the former municipalities of Elchesheim and Illingen, to which only the villages of the same name belong.

history

Old church in Illingen
Church in Elchesheim

First mention

Illingen was first mentioned in a document in 960 . Elchesheim was first mentioned in a document in 1102 .

fusion

In the course of time, both places grew together, which then led to the merger of the two municipalities into the municipality of Elchesheim-Illingen in the course of the Baden-Württemberg municipal area reform on July 1, 1971.

Elchesheim district

Elchesheim

The community of Elchesheim is first mentioned in a document in 1102. At that time, Elchesheim was an estate that consisted of a manor and a castle. This castle was the property of Emperor Heinrich IV. It was used by him and his entourage as a temporary residence on the extended hunts. One year before the Peace of Mainz (1103), Emperor Heinrich IV donated the entire area of ​​Elchesheim to the Speyer Monastery . The castle has long since disappeared and forgotten. The first numerical documents about the inhabitants of Elchesheim can be found in the Speyer visit protocol from 1683. 35 years after the end of the Thirty Years' War, 18 Catholic families (around 100 souls) are listed in this document. Measured against the great casualties of this war, the population is estimated to be around 200 around the year 1600.

As soon as the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War was over, in 1689 French troops under General Mélac destroyed many villages and towns, which also affected Elchesheim and the neighboring towns. The unrest that reappeared in the immediate vicinity around the middle of the 19th century, the economic hardship and above all the uncertainty about the future must have been what caused many residents to leave their homeland to emigrate to southeast Europe, Russia or America . Despite the wars of 1870–1871 and the two world wars, a continuous growth in population could be observed from then on.

District Illingen

Illingen

According to the local researchers, Illingen was founded in the 10th or even 9th century. In the document book on the history of the bishops of Speyer, the place was first mentioned in 960. Existing old files suggest that Illingen was one of those villages that had suffered greatly from the perils of the Rhine from the earliest times. The files also show that Illingen was formerly a branch church of the Mothern municipality on the left bank of the Rhine. From this it can also be concluded with certainty that an arm of the Rhine flowed past Illingen in the 15th century, as the old maps also show. This meant that Illingen used to be on the left bank of the Rhine at times before the Rhine was straightened by Tulla.

Due to the continually changing bends in the river Rhine, the residents of Illingen had to relocate their place several times. The Rhine traffic map from 1590 also shows that the village was at the mouth of the Murg at that time. Illingen belonged to the Speyer Monastery and was subordinate to the Lauterburg Oberamt. From 1773 Illingen was supplied by the parish of Elchesheim, before it was officially a branch of the parish of Elchesheim from 1803-1948 and 1952-1967. Illingen developed into a residential community in the 1950s, fishing and agriculture decreased in importance.

politics

mayor

  • 1971–1987: Klemens Wittmann
  • 1987-2003: Kurt Hertweck
  • 2003–2011: Joachim Ertl
  • since 2011: Rolf Spiegelhalder

Spiegelhalder was elected in March 2011 with 91.27% of the vote.

Local council after the election on May 25, 2014

  1. ABL (Alternative Citizens List) 1 seat
  2. CDU 4 seats
  3. EIL (Elchesheim-Illinger List) 7 seats

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

State and district roads lead to Au am Rhein, Würmersheim, Bietigheim and Steinmauern. Local transport is only available by bus, not by train. The nearest federal road is the B36 , which leads around Bietigheim and Durmersheim, the nearest airport is Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Airport . The next big city is Karlsruhe , 16 km northeast and can be reached in 20 minutes by car.

education

With the Rheinwaldschule , Elchesheim-Illingen has a primary school . There is also a Roman Catholic kindergarten .

Culture and sights

Museums

In the Illingen district, in the former church, there is the Museum Arbeit am Rhein , which deals with the professions typically practiced in the Upper Rhine. The medal collection of the athlete Heinz Fütterer is also exhibited there.

Waters and nature

The Gold Canal and the Rhine are among the most important bodies of water in Elchesheim-Illingen, both located in the area of ​​the Illingen suburb. Both bodies of water and the surrounding forests are under nature protection. A flood dam protects the village from the floods of the Rhine. Numerous water sports and fishing clubs are based on the Gold Canal. However, due to the intensive use by gravel works, there are only limited opportunities for bathing. The village area is traversed by a former arm of the Old Rhine, which forms the border between the suburbs of Elchesheim and Illingen.

Sports

The local club RW Elchesheim 1929 e. V. for the first time in the regional league .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 1987: Klemens Wittmann, former mayor
  • 1996: Bernhard Bitterwolf, longstanding CDU councilor
  • 2004: Heinz Fütterer , athlete
  • 2011: Kurt Hertweck (* 1941), former mayor

Born in Elchesheim-Illingen

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 160-161
  3. ↑ http://www.elchesheim-illingen.de/index.cfm?fuseaction=gemeinde&rubrik=ehrenbuerger&id=233

Web links

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