Wicker (Flörsheim am Main)
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Wicker
City of Flörsheim am Main
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| Height : | 143 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 5.91 km² |
| Residents : | 3497 (June 30, 2017) |
| Population density : | 592 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Postal code : | 65439 |
| Area code : | 06145 |
Wicker is a district of Flörsheim am Main in the Main-Taunus district in Hesse and has around 3,500 inhabitants.
Geographical location
Wicker is located in the Rhine-Main area on the south-west corner of a 40-meter-high step in the terrain that rises on the northern edge of the Upper Rhine Plain . The Wickerbach floodplain lies on the western flank of the step . The place gave the brook its name. There are still three mills in the Wickerer area, but they are no longer in operation.
On the outskirts there are many viewpoints with a view to the east, south and west, especially from the Flörsheimer Warte , which is about 400 meters south of Wicker and was built in 1996 for the RheinMain Regional Park as a reconstruction of a medieval Landwehr tower. The original watchtower was demolished in 1817.
In terms of viticulture , it is called the gateway to the Rheingau .
Wicker borders the towns of Massenheim , Hochheim , Weilbach and Flörsheim .
By Wicker of the lead Mainz to Frankfurt leading federal Straße 40 . There is a connection to the federal motorway 66 via Hofheim-Wallau and Weilbach .
history
The place was first mentioned on April 6, 910 in a deed of donation from Archbishop Hatto I of Mainz to the Fulda monastery .
Around 1540 wicker was fortified, i.e. H. surrounded by a wall, moat and rampart. The wall was about 4 meters high and 70 cm thick. Remains of the town wall are still visible in some places today. It was not until the end of the 18th century that the wall was razed and the first houses built outside the wall.
A school is mentioned in Wicker as early as 1588.
In April 1610, Wicker was struck by a great fire. In two to three hours, 48 of the 71 courtyards, including stables, barns and wine press houses, burned down to the ground. Only 11 houses remained intact, the rest were damaged. The Thirty Years War prevented an early reconstruction. In 1654 there were 47 house and landowners in Wicker. Instead of the previously existing 71 houses, only 38 were recorded. Wicker had a population of 179 in 1668. In 1792 there were 100 houses again.
During the Napoleonic Wars in 1813 9,000 men were quartered in Wicker for seven days. After the storehouses and barns were empty, the community of Medenbach had to hand 200 rations of hay to 10 pounds each, 125 rations of straw and 50 Simmer barley or oats, on December 14th, even twice as much, to the Russian artillery from December 6th to 13th, 1813 deliver here.
After the First World War, Wicker was under French occupation . A memorial stone in the area still bears witness to the withdrawal of the French, the inscription of which says that this stone fell from the hearts of the people when the occupation troops withdrew.
During the Second World War, the residents had to endure a night of fire on July 8, 1941, and even the town was bombarded on March 28, 1945. Then the place was taken by American soldiers and also incorporated into the American zone of occupation.
In the run-up to the regional reform in Hesse , Flörsheim, Weilbach and Wicker voluntarily merged into one town on December 31, 1971.
Population development
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 1609: | 60 households |
| • 1648: | 28 men |
| • 1668: | 48 houses |
| • 1796: | 100 houses |
| Wicker: Population from 1609 to 2010 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1609 | 210 | |||
| 1668 | 179 | |||
| 1745 | 426 | |||
| 1817 | 622 | |||
| 1834 | 704 | |||
| 1840 | 759 | |||
| 1846 | 755 | |||
| 1852 | 750 | |||
| 1858 | 738 | |||
| 1864 | 764 | |||
| 1871 | 716 | |||
| 1875 | 716 | |||
| 1885 | 741 | |||
| 1895 | 787 | |||
| 1905 | 782 | |||
| 1910 | 788 | |||
| 1925 | 815 | |||
| 1939 | 895 | |||
| 1946 | 1.106 | |||
| 1950 | 1,182 | |||
| 1956 | 1,298 | |||
| 1961 | 1,403 | |||
| 1967 | 1,510 | |||
| 1970 | 1,799 | |||
| 1987 | 3,090 | |||
| 2007 | 3,529 | |||
| 2010 | 3,537 | |||
| Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Further sources:; after 1987 town of Flörsheim | ||||
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 1885: | 30 Protestant (= 4.05%), 711 Catholic (= 95.95%) residents |
| • 1961: | 178 Protestant (= 12.69%), 1215 Catholic (= 86.60%) residents |
Economy and Transport
With 42.5 hectares, vineyards make up a large part of the agricultural area and are cultivated by many part-time and some full-time vintners. The Wickerer vineyards are part of the Rheingau wine-growing region . This is where the Rheingau Riesling route begins and leads west from here to Lorchhausen through all of the Rheingau wine-growing communities.
With an area of around 85 hectares, Wicker is the location of the Rhein-Main landfill park (formerly the district garbage dump of the Main-Taunus district ). Since the through-road of the B 40 is closed to heavy traffic, most of the transports destined for the landfill, namely those from the eastern and northern districts, have to take a long detour via the A 66 to Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, then via the B 455 to Mainz Kastel and then via the A 671 to Hochheim-Nord, where you can reach the landfill from the west via the B 40.
Culture and sights
Buildings
The Catholic parish church of St. Katharina is an impressively preserved fortified church with a wall ring, which dates back to a church of the 13th century and was remodeled in various construction phases. The massive, three-storey tower with corner blocks was built around 1500. The medieval nave was extended to the west in 1814. In addition to the old town hall and the Catholic rectory, a number of other properties are listed, as well as a number of crossroads and sculptures.
Clubs and events
The club system in the place is very diverse. There is a gymnastics club, two singing clubs, the historical club, the rural women’s club, the Club Fidelio (club for the care of customs), the riding and driving club, small animal breeding club, shooting club, volunteer fire brigade club and the winegrowing club.
The “Fassenacht” is also celebrated in Wicker, not only because of its proximity to Mainz. The highlight of each year is the wine festival that takes place on the first weekend in August. A large part of the old town center is lined with wine and food stalls that often have 20,000 visitors.
Web links
- Wicker district. In: Internet presence. Flörsheim am Main
- Wicker, Main-Taunus-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Wicker in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Wicker, Main-Taunus-Kreis district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ↑ "Figures - Data - Facts" on the website of the city of Flörsheim am Main , accessed in August 2017.
- ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 370 .
- ^ Rheingauer Weinbauverband: Rheingauer Riesling Route ( Memento from April 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Rheingau Riesling Path , accessed in May 2019.
- ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments in Hesse (ed.): Kirchstrasse 5: Catholic Parish Church In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
