Worms-Hochheim

Hochheim City of Worms
Coordinates: 49 ° 38 ′ 21 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 6 ″  E
Residents :	3621  (December 31, 2014)
Incorporation :	October 1, 1898
Postal code :	67549
Area code :	06241
Location of Hochheim in Worms

View over Worms-Hochheim

Hochheim am Rhein [pronunciation ˈho: x haʏm , in dialect ˈhoɣəm ] is a town in Wonnegau in the Rhine-Hesse region and has been part of Worms since 1898 .

Hochheim was originally shaped by agriculture and the numerous carpentry shops in the village center, which is why it is still often referred to as the “carpenter's village” today. Today it is essentially a residential area.

geography

Hochheim connects to the north-west of the western city center of Worms. In the south the place borders on the Pfrimm with the Pfrimmpark, officially Karl-Bittel-Park . In the north is the Hochheimer Höhe main cemetery in Worms . In the east, Hochheim borders the Neuhausen district .

history

The oldest surviving mention of Hochheim comes from the Worms Bishop Adalbert I von Rheinfelden and from the year 1068. The place is much older. The previously independent village was incorporated into Worms in 1898.

Today's Binger Strasse, which comes from Worms, was always the main passage through the town; in the past it was used by raftmen and pilgrims because they could shorten the bend in the Rhine diagonally on this route . The first residential buildings with stables and barns were built on Berggasse, not far from the Bergkirche. In 1905 the Berggasse was still a ravine in which no two carts could pass each other.

From 1890 to 1910, the population of Hochheim doubled. From 1906 the tram drove through Hochheim, which ended at the "Hochheimer Höhe" cemetery. Between 1895 and 1907 the leather manufacturer Cornelius Wilhelm von Heyl zu Herrnsheim had semi-detached houses built for his workers in Schreinergasse.

Population development

date	Residents
2012	3,286
2014	3,621

politics

Local advisory board

A local district was formed for the Worms-Hochheim district . The local council consists of eleven members, the chair of the local council is chaired by the directly elected mayor .

For the local council see the results of the local elections in Worms .

Mayor

Mayor is Timo Horst (SPD). In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , he was confirmed in his office with a share of 64.0% of the votes.

Attractions

Catholic parish church St. Maria Himmelskron

• Romanesque mountain church St. Peter (Protestant) with west tower from the 12th / 13th centuries Century and four-column crypt from the beginning of the 11th century, the single-nave nave dates from 1609
• Parish church of St. Maria Himmelskron ( Roman Catholic ), former church of the Dominican convent Maria Himmelskron , founded in 1278, late Gothic lion baptismal font (from the mountain church of St. Peter)
• Former town hall, built in the 16th century (foundation walls date from 1594) and modified in the 18th century, the oldest preserved town hall in the Worms area.
• Cemetery church from the 20th century (architect: Karl Hofmann ) built in the neo-Romanesque style.
• Jewish funeral hall in Art Nouveau style from 1911 (architect: Georg Metzler )
• Carpentry Museum (at the old school)
• Karl-Bittel-Park , a spacious green area from the late 19th century in the style of an English landscape garden

See also: List of cultural monuments in Worms-Hochheim

Personalities

• Karl Emil Markel (1860–1932), entrepreneur and patron.

Web links

Commons : Worms-Hochheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hochheim on the homepage of Worms

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Residents of the city of Worms by type of residence ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 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. (PDF; 14 kB), residents with main residence in Worms (or suburbs) on the respective survey date  
2. ^ Website portal regional history, to Worms-Hochheim
3. ^ City of Worms: Main Statute of the City of Worms § 10 to August 13, 2019, accessed on September 30, 2019 . 
4. ↑ City of Worms: Local Authority Election Worms-Hochheim 2019. Accessed on September 30, 2019 .