Genheim

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Genheim
Local community Waldalgesheim
Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 22 "  N , 7 ° 48 ′ 59"  E
Height : 243 m
Area : 16.01 km²
Residents : 525  (2009)
Population density : 33 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : November 7, 1970
Postal code : 55425
Area code : 06724
Genheim (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Genheim

Location of Genheim in Rhineland-Palatinate

Genheim is a district of the municipality of Waldalgesheim in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The wine village is administered by the Rhein-Nahe Association , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Bingen am Rhein .

Genheim: view from the south

geography

Genheim is located on the southeast slope of the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach, south of the Binger Forest and west of the Nahe and about seven kilometers west of Bingen; it is also on the route of the Nahe Wine Road .

Neighboring municipalities:

Waldalgesheim
Roth Neighboring communities
Schweppenhausen Waldlaubersheim
Historical postcard from Genheim

history

From approx. 750 BC. The region was settled by the Celts . The Celtic barrows between Genheim and Schweppenhausen and the chariot grave of the Princess von Waldalgesheim prove that there must have been important Celtic settlements nearby. Where exactly these settlements were and whether the origins of the village founding ultimately go back to a Celtic settlement cannot be proven.

Roman troops have occupied the area on the left bank of the Rhine since the time of the birth of Christ. For 500 years the area remained under Roman rule and influence. The Romans brought road construction and especially the cultivation of wine from Italy to Germania. They found good cultivation areas in the steep, sun-facing hills of the foothills of the Hunsrück, especially for viticulture.

In the time of the Great Migration around 500 AD, the Roman Empire fell apart and the Franks occupied the area. In 767 AD, viticulture in Genheim is mentioned for the first time in the Lorsch Codex . The Franconian Empire retained dominion over the area until it was divided and collapsed around 840 AD.

Dorfstrasse in Genheim in December 1939

In 881, plundering Vikings or Normans invaded the cities along the Rhine. They broke it up after Mainz and in the areas around Nahe and Hunsrück ago. Around 900–1000 AD, Hungarian armies raided today's areas of southern Germany several times and also reached the region around Bingen.

On November 7, 1970, the previously independent community of Genheim was incorporated as a district in Waldalgesheim.

Old names of Genheim are Goganheim and Gaginheim.

Karl May lets part of his novel Waldröschen play in Genheim.

dialect

The language in the villages around Genheim is assigned to the greater-speaking area of ​​West Central German. The local dialect is influenced by various Moselle-Franconian and Rhine-Franconian dialects. Specifically, this means that Genheim speaks a modification of the Hunsrück dialect.

Buildings

Consecration of the bells of the Protestant church
  • Old school : the former Genheim school building, now the village community center
  • Evangelical Church : The single-nave sacred building was inaugurated on May 9, 1871 and is the successor to an older church.
  • Monumental war memorial: The memorial was built in 1914 and placed under protection as an individual memorial.
  • Baroque half-timbered house in Bergstrasse 9 from the early 18th century, placed under protection as a single monument
  • Remischenstein : On the Genheimer Dorfplatz there is one of a total of twelve Remischensteins along the Nahe wine road.

Economy and Infrastructure

There are smaller craft businesses and part-time and full-time farming. Here viticulture and agriculture play a role, cattle breeding is no longer noticeable. The vineyards, managed by Genheim winemakers, belong to the Nahe / Nahetal cultivation area, to the large area of ​​the Schlosskapelle . The cultivated areas are in the individual layers Lieseberg and Otterberg (belonging to Waldlaubersheim) and in the Genheimer location Rossel . On November 22nd, 2008, one of the largest solar panels in Rhineland-Palatinate was inaugurated on the Genheim district between Waldalgesheim, Roth and Genheim. The solar energy park, which was built in cooperation with the Wörrstadt-based Juwi Group, has an annual output of 2.5 million kilowatt hours and thus covers the annual requirements of over 700 households. The system is located on a former arable land of around 9.3 hectares and consists of around 36,000 thin-film modules from First Solar GmbH (USA / Germany). The total area of ​​the modules is around 25,920 square meters. The energy obtained is fed into the medium-voltage network of Rhein-Ruhr Distribution Network GmbH .

Tourism is particularly important for the local taverns and room rentals.

The village is known beyond its borders for three annual festivals.

  • the Nahe Wine Festival, which takes place in August
  • the forest festival
  • the romantic Christmas market on the first Saturday of Advent.

traffic

  • The federal motorway 61 is reached after about two kilometers at the junction Waldlaubersheim . Alternatively, about the same distance, is the junction "Stromberg" (also A 61).

societies

  • Oldtimer Freunde Genheim (old farm machinery and cars)
  • Men's choir MGV Liederkranz Genheim 1925 e. V.
  • Country women Genheim
  • Theater group Die Winzerkinder e. V.

politics

Local advisory board

Genheim is designated as a local district and therefore has a local advisory board and a local councilor .

The local advisory board consists of five local advisory board members. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation. The distribution of seats in the elected local council:

choice SPD CDU FDP FWG total
2019 2 2 1 - 5 seats
2014 2 2 - 1 5 seats

Mayor

The village mayor is Franz Josef Eckes (CDU). He was re-elected in the 2019 local elections with 76.95% of the vote.

Former officials

Former Schultheiße / Mayor / Mayor were:

  • around 1809: Gerhard Kärcher (Genheimer), listed as mayor in the Genheim camp or morning book
  • 1946–1989: Kurt Rothenbach (Genheimer), mayor, from 1970 mayor
  • 1989–1999: Oskar Hartwein (Genheimer), mayor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Schönherr: The Prince's Grave in Waldalgesheim (PDF; 5.5 MB), 2006.
  2. ↑ See Josef Heinzelmann: Annotations to the KDM-Band Oberwesel. P. 2.
  3. ↑ Lorsch Codex
  4. ↑ See: Photovoltaics & Solar; News about photovoltaics and renewable energies. Ed .: AlpaxX GmbH & Co. KG; November 23, 2008.
  5. ^ Community Waldalgesheim: main statute. (PDF) § 2. Waldalgesheim municipality, August 7, 2014, accessed on August 6, 2019 .
  6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council elections 2019. Accessed on August 6, 2019 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Direct elections 2019. Accessed on August 6, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Waldalgesheim our village and its people. Geiger Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-89570-858-5 .