Hahnheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 8 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mainz-Bingen
Association municipality :	Rhine-Selz
Height :	124 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.39 km 2
Residents:	1538 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	241 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55278
Area code :	06737
License plate :	MZ , BIN
Community key :	07 3 39 025
Association administration address:	Sant 'Ambrogio-Ring 33 55276 Oppenheim
Website :	www.hahnheim.de
Local Mayor :	Werner Kalbfuß ( SPD )
Location of the local community Hahnheim in the Mainz-Bingen district

Hahnheim is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Selz community , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Oppenheim .

geography

The wine village is located in Rheinhessen about 12 kilometers south of Mainz . The Selz flows to the south and east of Hahnheim . The community borders on Selzen to the east , other neighboring communities are Köngernheim , Sörgenloch , Undenheim and Zornheim .

Hahnheim also includes the Eberbacherhof, Sonnenhof and Wahlheimerhof residential areas .

history

Archaeological finds from the Bronze , Iron and Roman Ages indicate an early settlement.

Hahnhaim was first mentioned in a document on July 12, 764 in the Lorsch Codex as Hagenheim . The occasion was a gift from Williswinda , widow of Robert I , and her son, Count Cancor , to the Lorsch monastery . In the copy book of the Lorsch Codex, 13 donation deeds are noted for Hahnheim (deeds 1921–1932 and 1999).

Later the place became an imperial knighthood . From 1560 to the end of the 18th century, local lords were the Freiherren von Dienheim .

On March 18, 1945 Bad Kreuznach was handed over to the US troops without a fight. On March 19, 1945, however, the 5th US Infantry Division under Stafford LeRoy Irwin encountered bitter resistance from a German unit of the 7th Army , from two batteries of the 9th Flak Division , in Hahnheim. On March 21, 1945, units of the 3rd US Army , XII. US Army Corps , Nierstein am Rhein.

politics

Municipal council

Hahnheim Town Hall

The municipal council in Hahnheim consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGR	total
2019	9	4th	3	16 seats
2014	9	4th	3	16 seats
2009	7th	4th	5	16 seats

mayor

In the local elections on May 26, 2019, Werner Kalbfuß (SPD) was once again directly elected mayor with 71.46% of the vote . He is the successor to Sigrid Mangold-Wegner (SPD) , who held this office from 2004 to 2014.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In red a left-facing golden (yellow) rooster."
	Justification for the coat of arms: The rooster stands “ talking ” for the place name.

Sights and culture

Cultural monuments

In the area in the direction of Köngernheim , on the road that leads to the B 420, there is a Jewish cemetery that was laid out around 1884 .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Hahnheim

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  Former castle of the Lords of Dienheim

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  Catholic Epiphany Church

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  Protestant church

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  Old Selzen-Hahnheim station

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  Water tank

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  Entrance to the Jewish cemetery

Biotopes

In the district , several biotopes were created , especially on the Selz and on the former Alzey – Bodenheim railway line , the “Amiche” .

traffic

The community is crossed by the state road  432. It is 2 km south to the B 420 . The federal highways 60 and 63 can be reached by car in about 20 and 10 minutes respectively.

Personalities

Born in Hahnheim

• Johann Hoffmann (1857-1919), neurologist and neuropathologist

Associated with Hahnheim

• Sigrid Mangold-Wegner (* 1950), politician (SPD) and 2002–2006 member of the state parliament, long-time member of the Hahnheim municipal council and 2004–2014 local mayor

literature

• Marek Zurowski: Hahnheim 764–1990. From the history of a wine-growing community in Rhine-Hesse . 1st edition. Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar 1991, ISBN 3-89264-591-4 .
• Karl Johann Brilmayer : Rheinhessen in the past and present. Giessen 1905, pp. 197-198.
• Literature about Hahnheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Hahnheim  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Hahnheim
• Historical information about Hahnheim at regionalgeschichte.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 107 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 1), Certificate 1, July 12, 764 - Reg. 2. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 50 , accessed on January 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 3), documents 1921 ff. In: Heidelberger historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 342 , accessed on January 10, 2018 . 
5. ^ Kurt Rosendorn: The Rhine-Hessian simultaneous churches up to the beginning of the 18th century . Jaeger, Speyer 1958, p. 226, online at dilibri.de
6. ↑ Heinz Leiwig : Finale 1945 Rhein-Main, The cock Heimer boiler, Dusseldorf 1985, pp 52-53
7. ^ Nierstein History Association
8. ^ Election results for the Hahnheim municipal council in 2019
9. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rhein-Selz, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth result line. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .