Erlensee

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Erlensee
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Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 8 ° 59 ′  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Main-Kinzig district
Height : 110 m above sea level NHN
Area : 18.59 km 2
Residents: 15,187 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 817 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 63526,
63543 ( near the clay pits)Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / zip code contains text
Area code : 06183
License plate : MKK, GN, HU , SLÜ
Community key : 06 4 35 007
City structure: 2 districts

City administration address : 		Am Rathaus 3
63526 Erlensee
Website : www.erlensee.de
Mayor : Stefan Erb ( SPD )
Location of the city of Erlensee in the Main-Kinzig district
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Aerial view of Langendiebach and Rückingen

Erlensee is a town in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse on the federal highway 66 about 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main .

geography

Geographical location

Erlensee is located at the transition from the Wetterau to the Kinzig valley at around 110 m above sea level. NN. The Kinzig flows south past the city before entering the extensive forest area of ​​the Bulau , located southwest of Erlensee . The Ronneburg hill country begins north of the city .

Neighboring communities

The city of Erlensee borders in the northwest on the city of Bruchköbel and in the northeast on the municipality of Neuberg , in the east on the city of Langenselbold and the municipality of Rodenbach . In the southwest, the city of Erlensee borders on the city of Hanau .

City structure

Erlensee consists of the two districts of Langendiebach (~ 8,030 inhabitants) and Rückingen (~ 5,975 inhabitants).

history

Prehistory and the Middle Ages

Information pavilion and reconstructed foundation walls of the Rückingen fort baths .

During the Roman period (approx. 100 to 260 AD), the cohort fort Rückingen (also fort Alteburg or Altenburg ) with around 500 soldiers from Dalmatia and in Langendiebach was located in the area of ​​today's Rückingen to secure the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes Small fort Langendiebach . The fort and small fort are located on the Wetterau line of the Upper German-Raetian Limes , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005 .

Rückingen was first mentioned in 1173 as "Rukkingin". The district of Langendiebach was mentioned in a document in 1226 as "Dyppach". Different results from excavations suggest, however, that both parts of the city are much older.

In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , the communities of Langendiebach and Rückingen in what was then the district of Hanau merged on January 1, 1970 to form a community called Erlensee . It was named after the Erlensee in the Langendiebach district . On January 30, 2012, the municipality of Erlensee was granted city rights by the Hessian cabinet .

Air base

In 1936, the German taught Luftwaffe in Langendiebach an airbase ( code name " letter scale on"), which was used until March 1945 and then taken without a fight by American forces. After the Second World War it was used by the Americans.

Church building

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipalities of Langendiebach and Rückingen in what was then the district of Hanau merged on a voluntary basis on January 1, 1970 to form the municipality of Erlensee . It was named after the Erlensee in the Langendiebach district . On January 30, 2012, the municipality of Erlensee was granted city rights by the Hessian cabinet .

Development of the urban area

The new development areas “Am Kreuzweg”, “Im Büchensaal” and “Neue Mitte” in the Langendiebach district are currently being planned. The new building area “Am Kreuzweg” is located north of Langenselbolder Weg, the new building area “Im Büchensaal” is on the eastern edge of the city. The "Neue Mitte" building area is located in the city center. One area has already been successfully developed, the remaining areas will be developed when the new sports center is completed and the move has been carried out.

religion

Evangelical Church in Langendiebach, Evangelical Church in Rückingen and Catholic Church in Erlensee. In Erlensee around 37 percent of the population are Protestant, 23 percent Catholic and 40 percent belong to other religions (as of June 30, 2012).

politics

Mayor of Erlensee is Stefan Erb (SPD). The first city councilor is Birgit Behr (CDU). Since the amalgamation of the communities Langendiebach and Rückingen in 1970 to form the large community of Erlensee, the SPD has provided the mayor. Since then, there has been cooperation between the SPD and CDU in the city parliament.

City Council

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

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
    
A total of 31 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 47.8 15th 48.2 15th 42.1 13 38.4 14th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 29.4 9 32.8 10 32.0 10 28.9 11
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 11.0 3 19.0 6th 8.7 3 10.1 4th
TEZ Traditional Erlensee center 11.8 4th - - - - - -
UBE Independent citizens of Erlensee - - - - 17.3 5 22.6 8th
total 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 31 100.0 37
Voter turnout in% 45.2 43.8 42.0 50.1
The town hall in Erlensee

Town twinning

Erlensee has been twinned with Biggleswade in Great Britain since April 30, 2000 and with Wusterwitz in Brandenburg since August 1991 .

coat of arms

On June 6, 1970, the municipality of Erlensee in what was then the district of Hanau was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon : In a shield split by blue and gold, an alder with two leaves and several catkins in confused colors growing from a wavy bar divided four times.

Culture and sights

Culture

Over 80 clubs and associations create the cultural offer. Event halls and community center are available if required. The largest regular event is the court and street festival in Langendiebach , which takes place every 2–3 years .

Museums

A local history museum has been set up in the Rückingen moated castle . The foyer in the town hall shows a permanent exhibition on the history of the city. There are plans to set up a museum on the premises of the Langendiebach air base. The aim of this museum is to show the changing history of the air base from its construction and use in World War II, through its use as a NATO base for the US armed forces, to its final closure.

Cultural monuments

Among the cultural monuments to be mentioned are the Rückingen moated castle, the old towns of Langendiebach and Rückingen, historical mills and church buildings. The Upper German-Raetian Limes runs through both parts of the city. There were forts here, a Roman bath and Roman settlements. Parts of the Limes are to be reconstructed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

In Langendiebach there are sights including the old school and next door the Protestant church, the city wall with the well-preserved defense towers, the old train station, the half-timbered buildings and the old village well. The old Roman baths, the old castle and the moated castle are in Rückingen .

  • Evangelical Church in Langendiebach

  • Restored half-timbered houses in Langendiebach

  • Catholic Christ the King Church in Rückingen

  • Village well from 1699 in Langendiebach

  • Castle in Rückingen

Economy and Infrastructure

Commercial areas

In the new Erlensee business park in the Langendiebach district, the Honda company has built a European training center, the “Honda Academy”. The 24-hour truck stop is located next door. According to its own information, the chain of truck stops is one of the most important truck stop chains in Germany. Opposite the truck stop, McDonald’s was added in late June 2013. Dachser's “Frankfurt-Ost” logistics center started operations in February 2012. The Heinemann company has also set up shop. It operates duty-free shops at airports and is building its second large “South Logistics Center” in Erlensee. Thus Erlensee becomes a very important location in corporate development alongside Hamburg. The forwarding company Fenthols is building a large logistics center in the immediate vicinity.

traffic

The city of Erlensee is directly connected to the Bundesautobahn 66 (Frankfurt – Fulda) and the Bundesautobahn 45 . The State Road 8 / Federal Highway 40 led earlier by Rückingen. Between the Erlensee junction in the south-west and the Langenselbolder triangle in the north-east of the town, the federal road has now been replaced by the A 66 and the section has been downgraded. The regional roads L3193 and L3268 as well as the district roads K 850 and K854 also serve the city's regional traffic .

There is no direct train connection in the city of Erlensee, the next train stations are in the neighboring municipalities of Hanau, Rodenbach and Langenselbold. It remains to be seen how the vacated rail connection to the Langendiebach air base will be used in the future.

The KreisVerkehrsGesellschaft Main-Kinzig (KVG) ensures local public transport within the framework of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund .

Public facilities

The public facilities include the Erlensee town hall, the indoor swimming pool with sauna, the library, the Erlenhalle (600 people), the community center "Zum neue Löwen" (200 people), the Fallbachhalle (200 people), the Wasserburg, the Calaminuspark and the sports center.

The Erlensee volunteer fire brigade is housed in two fire stations. There are eleven emergency vehicles available for around 90 volunteers.

State institutions

In the city of Erlensee there is the Langendiebach air base . The air base was used as a NATO base by the American Army until the beginning of 2008. In addition to a helicopter squadron and various other military units and equipment, several hundred Americans were also based here. The area has meanwhile been abandoned by the American Army and is now owned by the "Zweckverband Fliegerhorst Langendiebach" founded by the cities of Bruchköbel and Erlensee. This special purpose association was founded to mark the area of ​​the air base.

The Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) also has a base in Erlensee. In addition to the Technical Train, various specialist groups from the State of Hesse are stationed there. The two rapid action groups flood protection and lighting are also based there.

Educational institutions

Georg Büchner School

In Erlensee there are three primary schools (Langendiebach, Rückingen and Eulenhof) as well as a secondary comprehensive school, the Georg Büchner School (GBS). There is no grammar school in the city, the students are distributed accordingly to the grammar schools in the area (Hanau, Bruchköbel, Freigericht).

Youth work

The full-time team for child and youth work in Erlensee is committed to child and youth care . On the basis of a cooperation agreement, the team has two cooperating sponsors, the Protestant parish Erlensee and the city of Erlensee. The TKJE makes regular offers at different places in Erlensee: Ev. Youth Center Langendiebach (JUZ), Ev. Kulturzentrum Rückingen (KUZ) and at the Roman playground. In addition, there are various special events such as leisure time, holiday games, concerts and seminars. There are several playgrounds throughout the city for the little ones. For the bigger ones there are several football fields as well as a skate facility on the fairground and the usual informal get-togethers.

Commercial areas

Langendiebach Air Base

A master plan was drawn up for the former military airfield at Langendiebach Air Base. This provides for large commercial areas to be created on the site. The logistics industry in particular is interested in the space, as the site is located in the Rhine-Main metropolitan region and near the motorway and airport. In order to optimize transport connections, the existing siding is to be reactivated and the site is to be connected to public transport. In addition to large commercial areas, leisure areas are also to be created on the site. It is also planned that the sports center in the city center will be relocated to the site of the former air base.

Currently (October 2015) the first companies have started operations. The approximately 100 hectare site resembles a large construction site.

On the beune

Also in the Langendiebach district, a comparatively small industrial area “Auf der Beune” is currently being developed. In contrast to the large industrial areas “Gewerbepark Erlensee” (a good 35 hectares) and “Gewerbepark Fliegerhorst Langendiebach”, mainly small companies are to be settled here; Established companies should be given the opportunity to expand.

Leisure and sports facilities

Event center Erlenhalle

There is an indoor swimming pool in the Langendiebach district. The indoor pool was extensively renovated in 2010–2011. Among other things, a sauna area was created. In the Markwald there is the fitness trail and the bird protection park Langendiebach. There is also a tennis facility with a ball sports hall, the sports center with soccer fields and the festival area.

The following cycle paths run through the city :

Honorary citizen

  • Heinrich Ruth († 1974), former mayor of Langendiebach (1948–1966).
  • Due to his services to the elevation of Erlensee to the city, the former member of the state parliament Aloys Lenz from Großkrotzenburg received the honorary citizenship of the city of Erlensee on June 25, 2014.
  • Günter Brennfleck (* 1944), clergyman and pastor i. R., received honorary citizenship in 2017.

literature

Web links

Commons : Erlensee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Erlensee  - Travel Guide

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. ↑ Erlensee, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Merger of the communities Langendiebach and Rückingen to form the community "Erlensee" on December 17, 1969 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 1 , p. 6 , point 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.0 MB ]).
  4. ↑ Hanau Online from February 2, 2012: “Erlensee ist Stadt!” ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Jens Arndt, Werner Kurz: Code name "Letter scales": The Langendiebach Air Base 1936–1945 , Ed .: AG Military History of the Hanauer Geschichtsverein 1844 e. V. and the home and history association Erlensee e. V., Hanau, 2008, ISBN 3-935395-09-4 .
  6. ↑ Merger of the communities Langendiebach and Rückingen to form the community "Erlensee" on December 17, 1969 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 1 , p. 6 , point 10 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.0 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Hanau Online from February 2, 2012: “Erlensee ist Stadt!” ( Memento from February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  9. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  10. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  11. ↑ Hanauer Anzeiger from January 11, 2016: Voting group "Traditional Erlenseer Zentrum" approved
  12. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the Erlensee community, Hanau district dated October 30, 1970 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1970 No. 48 , p. 2252 , point 2240 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,6 MB ]).
  13. ↑ Team child and youth work in Erlensee (TKJE)