Hassloch

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Haßloch
Hassloch
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Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 15'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Bad Dürkheim
Height : 110 m above sea level NHN
Area : 39.95 km 2
Residents: 20,234 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 506 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 67454
Area code : 06324
License plate : DÜW
Community key : 07 3 32 025
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Rathausplatz 1
67454 Haßloch
Website : www.hassloch.de
Mayor : not occupied
Location of the community of Haßloch in the Bad Dürkheim district
Bad Dürkheim Grünstadt Grünstadt Haßloch Meckenheim (Pfalz) Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim Ruppertsberg Forst an der Weinstraße Deidesheim Wattenheim Hettenleidelheim Tiefenthal (Pfalz) Carlsberg (Pfalz) Altleiningen Ellerstadt Gönnheim Friedelsheim Wachenheim an der Weinstraße Elmstein Weidenthal Neidenfels Lindenberg (Pfalz) Lambrecht (Pfalz) Frankeneck Esthal Kindenheim Bockenheim an der Weinstraße Quirnheim Mertesheim Ebertsheim Obrigheim (Pfalz) Obersülzen Dirmstein Gerolsheim Laumersheim Großkarlbach Bissersheim Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Kleinkarlbach Neuleiningen Battenberg (Pfalz) Neuleiningen Kirchheim an der Weinstraße Weisenheim am Sand Weisenheim am Sand Weisenheim am Sand Erpolzheim Bobenheim am Berg Bobenheim am Berg Dackenheim Dackenheim Freinsheim Freinsheim Herxheim am Berg Herxheim am Berg Herxheim am Berg Kallstadt Kallstadt Weisenheim am Berg Weisenheim am Berg Landkreis Alzey-Worms Worms Ludwigshafen am Rhein Frankenthal (Pfalz) Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Landkreis Germersheim Neustadt an der Weinstraße Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße Landau in der Pfalz Kaiserslautern Landkreis Kaiserslautern Donnersbergkreis Kaiserslautern Landkreis Südwestpfalzmap
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Haßloch is an association-free municipality in the Bad Dürkheim district near the Mannheim / Ludwigshafen am Rhein conurbation . In the Bad Dürkheim district, Haßloch is the largest municipality, even ahead of the district town that gave it its name . According to state planning, Haßloch is designated as a medium-sized center. The community has a well-developed infrastructure with educational and shopping opportunities.

The place grew out of a single core and, together with its population, is also referred to as the “largest village” in Germany. However, Haßloch is not the most populous municipality in Germany without a town charter - that is the Seevetal in Lower Saxony, formed in 1972 from 19 individual municipalities . Haßloch serves as the average German community for market research.

geography

Haßloch is located east of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse and is part of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region ( Bad Dürkheim district ) southwest of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein . Haßloch is on the whole a contiguous settlement area, the most south-eastern part of Haßloch, the so-called Wehlachsiedlung , is somewhat remote. Neighboring communities are - clockwise -  Meckenheim , Böhl-Iggelheim , Hanhofen and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse.

The Ordenswald extends south of the settlement area . The Speyerbach forms the boundary to Neustadt in the south; the Ranschgraben branches off to the left .

history

Early history and the Middle Ages

Around 5000 BC A first linear ceramic settlement with long houses existed in the area of ​​today's municipality.

In addition, ancient bronze wheels were discovered in the area of ​​Haßloch. Around 4100 years later, a Celtic settlement has also been proven.

During the first four centuries after the new era, the Romans settled the area. The Alemanni were driven out by the Franks around 500, before the village was probably founded near today's Weisengasse a century later.

The first documentary mention was in 773 and 774 as "Hasalaha". In 985, Haßloch fell victim to the Salian church robbery . Around the year 1100, the status of Haßloch as an imperial village can be proven. In 1186, Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa stayed there . In the course of the pledging by Emperor Ludwig the Bavarians , Haßloch finally came to the Electoral Palatinate and in 1410 to the newly created Principality of Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken , where it housed an office.

Modern times

In 1621 the village was devastated by the Spaniards in the Thirty Years' War , and 68 years later in the Palatinate War of Succession with the participation of France. 1797 ended the dual rule of the Palatinate and Leiningen over Haßloch.

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate belonged to the French Republic (until 1804) and then to the Napoleonic Empire , the municipality was part of the canton of Neustadt in the Donnersberg department and formed its own mairie . In 1815 the place was added to Austria , a year later the village and the entire Palatinate fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 it was part of the Landkommissariat Neustadt , which was then converted into a district office.

From 1939 Haßloch was part of the district of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . After the Second World War , Haßloch became part of the French occupation zone and a year later part of Rhineland-Palatinate . In the course of the first Rhineland-Palatinate administrative reform , the place moved in 1969 to the newly created district of Bad Dürkheim .

Origin of name

The former, old high German town name "Hasalaha" means something like "water flowing through hazel bushes". "Hasal" is the Old High German name for the hazel bush , "aha" means something like "water" or "brook". By shifting sounds and changing the spelling, the name "Haselach" and finally the current place name "Haßloch" arose (documented around 900).

population

Population numbers

The development of the population of Haßloch, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses: In 1993 the number exceeded the limit of 20,000 inhabitants.

Population development of Haßloch from 1815 to 2018 according to the table below
year Residents
1815 3,560
1835 4,772
1871 5,144
1905 7.115
1939 10,971
1950 12,291
1961 15,350
1970 17,864
1987 18,502
year Residents
1997 20,683
2005 20,722
2010 20,416
2011 19,847
2013 19,911
2016 20,460
2017 20,433
2018 20,326

religion

  • Evangelical Christ Church in Hassloch

  • Evangelical Luther Church

  • Roman Catholic St. Gallus Church

As a result of the rule of the Counts of Leiningen, Haßloch is a Protestant community, as can be seen from the old Protestant church buildings - in contrast to the newer building of the Catholic community. In contrast to this, the Protestant Paulus Church is kept modern; the Catholic St. Ulrich Church is an older building. At the end of 2017, 42.1% of the population were Protestant and 30.2% were non-denominational. 24.2% were Catholic and 3.5% were of any other religion.

The Jewish community once resident there owned a synagogue that fell victim to the November pogroms in 1938 . From 1821 it had a cemetery where burials took place until 1944.

Buildings

politics

Municipal council

town hall

The local council in Haßloch consists of 36 honorary council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the full-time mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU AfD GREEN FDP LEFT PIRATES FWG 1 HLL 2 DUH 3 total
2019 6th 8th 6th 7th 2 - - 4th 3 - 36 seats
2014 10 13 - 4th 1 1 1 3 3 - 36 seats
2009 11 13 - 3 - 1 - 3 4th 1 36 seats
2004 13 17th - 2 - - - - 4th - 36 seats

1 FWG = Free Voter Group Haßloch e. V.
2 HLL = Haßlocher List e. V.
3 DUH = The Independent e. V.

mayor

On June 16, 2013 Lothar Lorch was elected full-time mayor , who stepped down prematurely in August 2020. He replaced Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld in this position. Ihlenfeld was in office from 2004 until he was appointed District Administrator of the Bad Dürkheim district on April 17, 2013.

Youth Council

The Youth Community Council Haßloch (until 1999 “Child and Youth Community Council Haßloch”) was decided and set up by the local council on May 17, 1995. The initiative for this came from the youth department head Jürgen Hurrle in 1993, who complained that many measures were adopted that affected young people without including them in the decisions. As one of the first youth councilors in Rhineland-Palatinate, he assumed a role model function in the following years.

The youth community council represents the concerns and interests of the Haßloch youth towards the community, either independently or through the permanent members of the social committee and the partnership advisory board. It is intended to familiarize young people with democratic decision-making structures and to arouse interest in municipal tasks. It is an impartial body and consists of 15 members (as of 2006).

The following activities are perceived:

  • Activities against racism
  • Panel discussions before elections
  • Sporting events (soccer and beach volleyball tournaments)
  • Leisure events and festivals

Civic engagement

The local alliance for families has been running in Haßloch since 2006. It serves to promote families and civic engagement in cooperation with politics, administration, citizens, educational institutions and associations.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Hassloch
 Blazon : "Divided and split by black and blue at the top, a red-armored, tongued and crowned golden lion on the top right, three red-armored silver eagles 2: 1 on the left, a curved black hook in the shape of a mirror-inverted capital S"
Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms was designed in 1926 by the Main State Archives in Munich, but rejected by the Haßloch municipal council because "the memories of the Leininger family are not the best". In 1938 the decision was repealed. The coat of arms was approved by the competent Reich governor in Munich on April 2, 1938. It shows the golden lion of the Electoral Palatinate and next to it the three silver eagles of the Counts of Leiningen . The double hook in the form of an inverted Roman "S" goes back to the court seal of the Haßloch care.

Community partnerships

Haßloch maintains partnerships with the following municipalities:

Culture

Haßloch's oldest houses in Gillergasse, right house from 1599
Roller coaster, holiday park

Events

The “Leisböhler Weintage” wine festival takes place in May . The “Andechs Beer Festival and Street Festival” in September is attended by up to 60,000 guests and is also known beyond the borders of the Palatinate. The Christmas market of 1000 lights takes place in December. There is also a trumpet choir on site, which is a member of the Gnadauer Trumpet Covenant .

Attractions

The oldest house in Haßloch is a three-sided courtyard from 1599, with a facade dominating the street and a mighty gate. It has been open to the general public as a local museum and cultural center since 1986. The interior of the house has been restored and provides an insight into the living conditions in such a house at that time.

Leisure and sports facilities

In the vicinity of Haßloch is the Holiday Park , an amusement park with rides such as the Free Fall Tower , a wild water ride and the Expedition GeForce roller coaster .

With the "Badepark", Haßloch has an indoor and leisure pool with outdoor facilities and a sauna area. There are also several theater stages in Haßloch. There are playgrounds and sports areas throughout the local area, which also include the forest to the south, for example with the “fitness trail”.

With the TSG Sports Center, Haßloch owns a training center for handball, gymnastics and weight training. The flagship of TSG Haßloch is the handball department, whose first team currently plays in the third handball league. In the 1950s, the team was considered the German national team and was the first West German team to enter the GDR. In addition, TSG Haßloch won the last officially played field handball championship in 1975.

Horse racing track

  • Hassloch Racecourse, 2010

  • Cross-Country Championships, 2013

In Haßloch there is a horse racing track, on which horse races have been held since 1885 . The Palatinate Rennverein Haßloch eV organizes a race day on Ascension Day and at the end of June. The highlight of the season is the Haßloch Mile in June.

The racetrack is on grass and is 1,820 m long. This makes it one of the largest racetracks in southern Germany after Baden-Baden and Munich. Inside the racetrack there is a diagonal hunting track with twelve fixed obstacles. There is a 2,050 m long dirt track and an extensive network of forest paths for training. The area holds 10,000 to 15,000 spectators. The totalizator is integrated in the grandstand. On the opposite side is the boxing village for 150 horses. The training center is also located there. The racetrack is also used for other events, such as cross-country races . utilized.

Soccer, cheerleading and football

There are three football clubs in Haßloch: 1. FC 08 Haßloch, VfB 1951 Haßloch and FV 1921 Haßloch. In addition to the football department, 1. FC 08 Haßloch has also had a cheerleading department and an American football department since 2012. The "Hassloch 8-Balls" compete in the Oberliga Mitte, the fourth highest division in American football.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Most of the metalworking industry is based in Haßloch. This can also be seen in the three “large” companies producing in Haßloch (Ardagh group, Gottlieb Duttenhöfer GmbH and Dinex Deutschland GmbH). With the Hasslocher Brauhof , the brand Hasslocher produced, also a brewery in the town is located. One of the largest and most modern beverage can plants in the world, the Ardagh Group, is located in Haßloch . Among other things, the first 0.5-liter can (beer can) was manufactured in Haßloch. The municipality was also the seat of the car manufacturer Fischer & Co., which existed from 1902 to 1905 .

Occasionally, wine is grown in the district; Haßloch itself is part of the Palatinate wine-growing region . The "Leisböhl" is a vineyard located in the north-west of the municipality; it is part of the large Deidesheimer Hofstück site .

Haßloch, together with the neighboring community Böhl-Iggelheim and Neustadt, houses adWstr. the Open Canal Weinstrasse , one of the 28 open canals in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Haßloch as a test market

GfK test market

Haßloch is the test market of the Gesellschaft für Konsumforschung (GfK) for new branded articles and consumer products: In Haßloch retailers, products are available in advance that will only be introduced in Germany in the future. In the local television cable network , specially made advertising films for these products are shown, individual magazines (such as Hörzu , Bunte ) are published especially for Haßloch with advertisements for the new products. Some citizens also have cards with barcodes that are scanned when shopping so that purchases can be assigned to individual households or individuals.

GfK can thus determine how the tested products are received by customers. GfK's experience here is 90 percent in line with later market data.

Haßloch was chosen because this place has a population structure that, according to various criteria, comes very close to the German average - for example in terms of age structure and social class. Haßloch also occupies a middle position between urban and village structures.

traffic

In 1843 the construction of the Palatinate Ludwigsbahn Ludwigshafen – Bexbach began, through which Haßloch received a railway connection in 1847. From this later the Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway emerged. The Haßloch (Pfalz) train station is on the northern outskirts. Since the original station building was damaged in World War II, it was replaced by a new one in 1961. The S-Bahn lines S1, S2, as well as the S3 and S4 in the morning and evening, depart every 30 minutes from the Haßloch train station during rush hour.

The 571 bus of the Rhein-Neckar transport association connects the community with Ludwigshafen am Rhein . The federal autobahn 65 is located on the northern border, from there it is around 25 kilometers to Ludwigshafen, Mannheim and Heidelberg.

In addition, Haßloch is on the cabbage and beet cycle path .

Public facilities

For the citizens of Haßloch, the citizens' office is available for all questions and applications during the week. Haßloch also has a police station.

education

Considering its size, Haßloch has numerous educational institutions.

  • Primary schools:
    • Ernst Reuter School
    • Schiller School
  • further training
    • Siebenpfeiffer Realschule plus and Fachoberschule Haßloch
    • Hannah Arendt High School
  • Special schools
    • Gottlieb Wenz School, school with a focus on learning
  • other school facilities
    • Community College
    • music school

energy

Haßloch is the location of two Fuhrländer FL MD / 77 wind power plants with a total output of 3 MW. The total height of these systems is 135 meters.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 2001: Kurt Flockert, retired mayor D. von Haßloch
  • 2005: Gérard Martin, retired mayor D. the partner community Viroflay
  • 2015: Gabrielle Bouyssou, retired city councilor D. from Viroflay

Sons and daughters of the church

People who worked on site

  • Ruth Barwinske (1926–2005), high wire artist Camilla Mayer , died in Haßloch.
  • Gabriele Biebinger , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Guido Dieckmann (* 1969), author, lives on site.
  • Hanns Uwe Gebhardt (SPD), local mayor from 1996 to 2004
  • Stefan Gillich (1932–2019), politician (CDU), was part of the local council and was chairman of the parliamentary group there.
  • Johann Michael Hartung (1708–1763), master organ builder, built the organ in Haßloch in 1751.
  • Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld (* 1963), district administrator, local mayor from 2004 to 2013
  • Heinrich Jacqueré (1808–1884) was the last pastor on site.
  • Katrin Keßler (* 1967), general practitioner and author of books on primary school education, opened a family doctor's practice on site in 2017.
  • Torsten Lieberknecht (* 1973), soccer player and coach, played in his youth at FV 1921 Haßloch and 1. FC 08 Haßloch .
  • Franz Lind (1900–1967), sculptor and painter, designed the war memorial in the cemetery in 1958.
  • Natalia Osada (* 1990), reality TV participant, participated in 2014 in Galileo's “Don't Stop the Action” experiment in Holiday-Park.
  • Rudi Otterstätter , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Siegfried Perrey (1915–1984), German handball player and sports official, co-organizer of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games
  • Werner Schröter (* 1944), a Palatinate politician (SPD) and former wrestler, grew up in Haßloch.
  • Jakob Klaus (1788– ~ 1855), barber from Haßloch and author of a memoir about his participation in the Napoleonic Wars on the Iberian Peninsula
  • Ronny Weller (* 1969), Haßloch weightlifter at the Olympic Games

literature

Web links

Commons : Haßloch  - Collection of Images
Wikisource: Haseloch in the Topographia Palatinatus Rheni (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ↑ "Where Germany is the most average". In: welt.de. April 14, 2002, accessed March 25, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Doppelgrabenanlage east of the Weisengasse.
  5. ^ Bandkeramische Siedlung Haßloch.
  6. ↑ Bronze wheels by Haßloch ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum.speyer.de
  7. ^ Villa Rustica Haßloch.
  8. ↑ Hasalaha is Old High German and means "water flowing through hazel bushes"
  9. ↑ Erhard Nietzschmann: The free in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 42.
  10. ↑ From “Haßloch” to “Haselheim”? Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  11. ↑ History | Haßloch municipal administration. Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Municipal statistics EWOISneu, as of December 31, 2017
  13. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
  14. ↑ The new district administrator ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hassloch.de
  15. ↑ www.focus.de: Lothar Lorch is the new mayor of Haßloch
  16. ↑ https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=Hassloch_(Bad_D%C3%BCrkheim)
  17. ↑ Municipality of Haßloch ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hassloch.de
  18. ↑ Pfälzischer Rennverein Haßloch eV ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rennverein-hassloch.de
  19. ↑ Stefaniw Wenz: Home. In: fascinations.de. Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
  20. ↑ Home. (No longer available online.) In: hassloch8balls.weebly.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2016 ; Retrieved December 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / hassloch8balls.weebly.com
  21. ↑ Focus
  22. ↑ Andreas Räntzsch: The railway in the Palatinate. Documentation of their creation and development . 1997, p. 16 .
  23. ↑ a b c Gabrielle Bouyssou new honorary citizen of the Haßloch community. Retrieved on August 10, 2017 (German).