Königstein im Taunus

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Königstein im Taunus
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Coordinates: 50 ° 11 '  N , 8 ° 28'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Hochtaunuskreis
Height : 362 m above sea level NHN
Area : 25.07 km 2
Residents: 16,722 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 667 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 61462
Primaries : 06174, 06173Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : HG, USI
Community key : 06 4 34 005
City structure: 3 districts

City administration address :
Burgweg 5
61462 Königstein im Taunus
Website : www.koenigstein.de
Mayor : Leonhard Helm (independent, CDU member)
Location of the city of Königstein im Taunus in the Hochtaunus district
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The city of Königstein im Taunus is a climatic health resort in the Hessian Hochtaunuskreis and is located on the wooded slopes of the Taunus in the area surrounding the city of Frankfurt am Main in the Rhine-Main area .

Königstein im Taunus, like the neighboring town of Kronberg im Taunus, is known for its preferred and expensive residential areas with a number of villas . In addition, the city of Königstein im Taunus had a purchasing power index of 205.2 percent of the national average in 2017, which is well above the national average.

geography

Neighboring communities

Königstein borders in the north on the municipality of Schmitten and the town of Oberursel (Taunus) , in the east on the towns of Kronberg im Taunus and Schwalbach am Taunus , in the south on the towns of Bad Soden am Taunus and Kelkheim (Taunus) (all three Main-Taunus District ) and in the west to the community of Glashütten .

structure

In addition to the core city, Königstein comprises three districts: Falkenstein , Mammolshain and Schneidhain . Falkenstein has also been given the rating of climatic health resort since 2002 ; a nationwide unique constellation that a district of a spa town has its own rating.

history

View of the city from the castle ruins of Königstein
View of the castle ruins
Königstein with castle ruins from Atzelbergturm seen

According to a local legend, King Clovis I is said to have built Königstein Castle and a chapel around 500 .

Königstein was first mentioned in a document in 1215. At that time the castle was owned by the Lords of Hagen-Münzenberg . When this family died out in 1255, the Falkensteiner owned Königstein . Under her rule, Königstein received city rights in 1313.

In 1418 the male line of the Falkenstein family also died out, and the Eppstein family became their inheritance in Königstein. On August 6, 1505, the Eppstein brothers, Eberhard, Georg and Philipp, received the right to use the title "Count of Königstein" from the Roman-German king and later Emperor Maximilian I. This established the County of Königstein . On May 25, 1535 Eberhard IV. Von Eppstein died , and his universal heir, Count Ludwig zu Stolberg , came into the possession of the town and castle of Königstein. In 1581 Königstein came to the Archdiocese of Mainz . With the secularization , the secular rule of the Archbishop of Mainz was abolished and his property was divided. In 1803 Königstein was added to the Principality of Nassau-Usingen and in 1806 went to the Duchy of Nassau .

In 1851 a cold water sanatorium was built, which led to an economic boom. In 1866, Königstein became Prussian with the annexation of Nassau . In 1935 the city was declared a "climatic health resort".

After the Second World War, Königstein became part of the newly founded state of Hesse.

From January 17 to 21, 1947, the first meeting of the Junge Union in Germany was held in Königstein im Taunus. The place is therefore considered the founding place of the Junge Union, the youth organization of the CDU and the CSU .

On January 1, 1977, the city received its current official name Königstein im Taunus .

Incorporations

On the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse , the state government approved the incorporation of the community of Schneidhain / Ts with effect from April 1, 1972 . to the city of Königstein i. Ts. In the Obertaunus district . On August 1, 1972, the municipalities of Falkenstein and Mammolshain were incorporated by law . In addition, an area in the neighboring town of Bad Soden with a population of almost 200 at that time was incorporated. This area called Johanniswald, a settlement in the Bad Soden town of Altenhain, was allocated to the Königstein district of Schneidhain.

For the area of ​​the three incorporated municipalities, local districts with a local advisory council and local councilor were established by the main statute . The boundaries of the local districts follow the previous district boundaries.

Religions

Monument to the Königstein Church Fathers

Orders and religious communities

Influenced by Gabriel Biel appointed Eberhard III. from Eppstein-Königstein 1466 the brothers from common life , also called "Kugelherren", to Königstein; they were followers of the devotio moderna . The Königstein Kugelherrenstift existed until 1540. Count Ludwig zu Stolberg introduced the Lutheran Reformation in the middle of the 16th century and dissolved the Kugelherrenstift in 1540. With the takeover of the city by the Archdiocese of Mainz, the Counter Reformation began in 1601 . Between 1646 and 1813 the Capuchin monastery in Königstein , later the Hotel Pfaff, existed. The Ursuline Convent was founded in 1884/1891, and its sisters made it their business to expand the Sunday school. The St. Angela School emerged from this project.

Philosophical-Theological University of Koenigstein

On April 29, 1949, a Philosophical-Theological University in Königstein was officially founded as an independent Catholic university and "noted" by the Hessian state government. The first bishop of expellees, Maximilian Kaller , appointed the philosophy professor Erich Kleineidam at the end of May 1947 as professor at the newly founded university. In 1948 he also became Regens, in 1949 rector of the university. In addition to Kleineidam, Anton Janko , Philipp Schäfer and Leo Scheffczyk also taught at the church university . Well-known graduates include Karl Gabriel , Johannes Gründel , Ehrenfried Schulz and Gerhard Pieschl . 417 priests emerged from the college. The college was dissolved on February 15, 1978.

Jewish community

House of the Jewish cultural community and the rabbi Siegfried Wetzler - Ölmühlweg 19

There were Jewish communities in both Falkenstein and Königstein until they were extinguished during the Nazi era . While the synagogue in Falkenstein has been preserved, the synagogue in Königstein im Taunus was burned down during the November pogrom in 1938 . A bronze model of the synagogue has been a reminder of the crime since 1996. The Jewish cemetery in Falkenstein is a listed cultural monument.

In the town of Koenigstein next recall some stumbling blocks to former Jewish families who are victims of NS - Regimees were. With the public participation of many citizens, 18 stumbling blocks were laid for the first time in 2013 at various memorial sites in the city. In 2015, 24 more were added. The house of the Jewish cultural community was located on Ölmühlweg 19 until the end of the 1930s . Siegfried Wetzler was the rabbi and teacher until he was abducted.

Stumbling blocks

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
     
A total of 37 seats
Königstein Town Hall
Nominations ALK k CDU FDP SPD Green Distribution of votes
2016 Voting share a 35.5 31.0 17.4 9.3 6.8
Seats (of 37) 13 12 6th 3 3
2011 Voting share a 32.0 37.2 11.8 10.9 7.9
Seats (of 37) 12 14th 4th 4th 3
2006 Voting share a 33.2 37.3 13.6 13.0 2.9
Seats (of 37) 12 14th 5 5 1
2001 i Voting share a 23.7 44.4 13.0 14.9 3.9
Seats (of 37) 9 16 5 6th 1
1997 Voting share a 22.4 45.8 10.1 16.1 5.6
Seats (of 37) 8th 17th 4th 6th 2
ALK CDU FDP SPD Green Distribution of votes
a percentage of the valid votes cast
i since the 2001 election there has been the possibility of accumulating and spreading ; the 5% threshold has been abolished
k Action group Lebenswerte Königstein

37 city councilors had to be elected for the legislative period from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021. Of the 12,299 eligible voters, 6,374 voted. As a result, voter turnout rose slightly from 50.3 percent in 2011 to 51.8 percent in 2016.

mayor

The mayor has been Leonhard Helm (CDU), who has been an independent candidate since 2006, and who prevailed over the official CDU candidate in the January 2006 election. In his re-election in 2012 and 2018, he was also supported by the CDU.

On January 28, 2018, Leonhard Helm came with 32.4% and Nadja Majchrzak (ALK) with 29.5% on the promising places, followed by Ascan Iredi (FDP) with 20.7% and Winfried Gann (independent) with 17, 5%, with a turnout of 53.1%. In the second ballot on February 18, Leonhard Helm prevailed with 52.4% against Nadja Majchrzak with 47.6%, with a turnout of 47.8%.

coat of arms

Blazon : In red between two silver towers with tent roofs, a shield divided and split at the top; at the top in front in gold a left-facing, red armored black lion, at the back divided by red and gold; below three red rafters in silver.

The coat of arms has been official since 1907 and is designed according to the court seal of 1535. The towers symbolize the imperial castle , the split of red and gold field is the coat of arms of the Lords of Münzenberg -Falkenstein as local men; as their legal successors since 1418, the Lords of Eppstein are represented with the rafter shield. The lion may indicate the Counts of Nürings , to whose area the place belonged in the 12th century.

Town twinning

City sign of the twin town - Königstein - Saxon Switzerland district

The city of Königstein im Taunus maintains city partnerships with Le Cannet -Rocheville on the Côte d'Azur in France, Königstein in Saxon Switzerland and, since July 2005, with the Polish city of Kórnik (Kurnik). The Falkenstein district also has a partnership with the Norman Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe in France. There are also friendly relationships with Königstein in the Upper Palatinate.

Economy and Transport

Purchasing power

Kursana Villa Königstein, retirement home

Königstein's population has a purchasing power that is well above average. In 2017, the purchasing power index was 205.2. The reason for this is that Königstein is a preferred and expensive residential area for commuters to nearby Frankfurt. Königstein and its districts comprise a number of residential areas with villa developments and a senior citizens' home run by the Kursana company .

Companies

Several independent business and personnel consultants have settled in the village, many of them former business executives. By taking over the German HR consultancy Hofmann Herbold & Partner, Königstein was the seat of the largest international executive search company Korn / Ferry for several years . Several offshoots of former Korn / Ferry employees are still based in Königstein today. The Commerzbank operates on the edge of Koenigstein a training and conference center, which is also open to third parties. The Asklepios clinics are based in Königstein. The headquarters of Seeger-Orbis is also located here.

traffic

Königstein is conveniently located for motorists. Via the federal highways 8 and 455 , which intersect here in a roundabout , you can reach the federal motorway 66 at the Frankfurt-Höchst junction, the A 661 at the Oberursel junction and the A 3 (Niedernhausen junction) in a few minutes . The convenient location also means that Königstein regularly has long traffic jams in front of the roundabout in the mornings and evenings during rush hour. The roundabout was for it with Lichtzeichenanlagen brought and other structural measures to January 2007 to "new heights", the lights were shut down after some time but because they impede the flow of traffic more. For a long time, the continuation of the four-lane federal highway 8 from the current end of expansion at Kelkheim-Hornau around Königstein to the donkey tail was discussed controversially. With the decision of the District President against the expansion, this planning was finally ended at the end of 2009.

The nearest airport is Frankfurt International Airport .

Motorcar of the type LINT 41 of the Frankfurt-Koenigsteiner Eisenbahn below Koenigstein Castle on the way to Frankfurt

The RB 12 line of the Königsteiner Bahn connects via the Königstein terminus in the city center and the train station in the Schneidhain district in 40 minutes with Frankfurt Central Station . This line runs every 30 minutes on weekdays. Further connections with Frankfurt exist via the S-Bahn stations Kronberg ( S4 ) and Bad Soden (S3). Thus there is a good connection to the rail network of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund . Kronberg can be reached in around 15 minutes by bus line 85 (every 30 minutes) or line 261 (every 15 to 30 minutes). Line 261 goes beyond Kronberg, via Oberursel (S5) to the district town of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (S5). Bad Soden train station can be reached every 30 minutes by line 253 in 15 minutes. This line forms an important axis between Höchst , Main-Taunus-Zentrum and Königstein. With the 2009 timetable change, two city bus routes that regularly connected Mammolshain and Schneidhain with the Königstein city center were no longer available . The city bus 84 was introduced for this, which connects Falkenstein to the train station via Königstein city center. This bus drives to five new bus stations that are located south of the train station. Königstein is also the starting point for regional bus connections, for example line 223 to Idstein .

State institutions

Königstein is the seat of a local court and an office of the German Pension Insurance Hesse .

education

Bishop Neumann School

Elementary schools

  • Königstein primary school
  • Falkenstein primary school
  • Mammolshain Primary School
  • Schneidhain Primary School
  • Kids Camp Bilingual primary school

Further training

  • Taunusgymnasium , previously Taunusschule
  • Friedrich Stoltze School, secondary school and secondary school
  • Bischof Neumann School , state-recognized private school (grammar school)
  • St. Angela School , state-recognized private school (grammar school and secondary school for girls)

More schools

  • Königstein Music School, member of the Association of German Music Schools

Culture and sights

spa

As a recognized climatic health resort , Königstein has a spa park and a spa house, the Villa Borgnis .

Spa

Spa

The city's spa is separated from the city by the B8. With its blue-orange color scheme, the bathroom cannot be overlooked against the green of the surrounding landscape and, with Königstein Castle and Villa Andreae, is one of the three buildings that characterize the cityscape of Königstein's core city. It has been preserved almost unchanged since it was built and is therefore an authentic witness to the spirit of the 1970s in Germany right down to the last detail. During the construction of the spa, the choice of blue-orange colors by the Stuttgart artist Otto Herbert Hajek was controversial in 1977. The architectural design was carried out after a competition by the Stuttgart office Rudolf and Ingeborg Geier, which u. a. specialized in pool construction with projects in Bad Bevensen and often worked with Hajek.

In addition to the indoor pool and sauna, there is space for a number of spa facilities in the building; an outdoor pool was added in 1989. From the sun terrace and the pool you have a wide view over town and castle to the west and north. In front of the bath there is a starting point for the Hochtaunus climatic park. The bath belongs to the Königsteiner Kur-GmbH. In recent years it has been rediscovered as one of the “most extraordinary baths in Central Europe” and has been a listed building since 2013 (see the list of cultural monuments in Königstein im Taunus or Königstein spa ). In April 2014, the Frankfurter Rundschau reported that the spa was to be renovated.

health

St. Joseph Hospital

There is a wide range of health options in Königstein. In addition to the spa, this also includes various clinics, including: Königstein Clinic of the KVB below the Hardtberg , migraine clinic, special clinic for psychosomatic diseases, heart clinic, neurological clinic and the Taunus pain center.

The St. Josef Hospital in Woogtalstrasse, founded in 1912, is a basic care hospital with 45 beds. Connected to it is a dialysis ward with 16 outpatient places operated by the Board of Trustees for Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation. The clinic was run by the Congregation for Poor Maidservants of Jesus Christ until 1991 , and the city has been the sponsor ever since.

The two health resorts of Königstein and Falkenstein form an entrance portal to Germany's first medicinal climate park . From here, numerous hiking trails go into the forests around Falkenstein up to the heights of Altkönig and Großem Feldberg .

In 1929 the outdoor pool in Woogtal was inaugurated. The plans for such a bath had already been started in the imperial era. The building could only be implemented thanks to a generous donation from the Dutch spa patient Lili Mannheimer.

Regular events

The largest folk festival in Königstein is the annual " Castle Festival " on the Königstein castle ruins. In spring and summer, further events take place at the castle: “ Knight tournament ” of the “Knights of Königstein Association” in May, the “ Rock auf der Burg ” festival in August, “Theater auf der Burg ”as well as various music and cinema events. The association “Stadtwache” tried its hand at the concert series “Middle Ages rocks the castle” from 2005 to 2007, which has been continued under new leadership since 2009.

The association " Historische Eisenbahn Frankfurt " has organized the " Bahnhofsfest Königstein " annually at Whitsun since 1981 . In this context, special trips with steam trains take place.

Buildings

High altar of St. Mary
Front of the Luxembourg Castle
Back of the Rothschild Villa
House of Encounter

For the listed objects and complexes see the list of cultural monuments in Königstein im Taunus . In addition to the city's landmark, the Königstein castle ruins , the historic old town with the church, built in 1887 by the church builder Ludwig Hofmann , as well as the old town hall , now a museum, and the Falkenstein castle ruins are particularly worth seeing. The Villa Andreae , built in 1891 by the Frankfurt banker Albert Andreae de Neufville , which housed a student dormitory of the Evangelical Association for Inner Mission from 1957 to 1987, also shapes the cityscape . Until its sensational bankruptcy of billions in 1994, Villa Andreae was the company headquarters and private residence of the art-loving real estate entrepreneur Jürgen Schneider .

The high altar of the parish church of St. Mary was created by the court plasterer Johann Peter Jäger from Mainz in 1758; he points out the patronage.

The former castle of Duke Adolph von Nassau , called Luxembourg Castle since 1890 , is now leased as a district court .

The House of Encounter, built in 1954/1955, is an important architectural and historical witness for its time . In the years 1955 to 1961 (or 1968?) The chapel wagons of the Church in Need / East Priest Aid of the "Speck Father" Werenfried van Straaten were stationed here, with which displaced persons in the West German diaspora were supplied spiritually, initially also materially. In 1968 the German Bishops' Conference published the " Königstein Declaration " on the encyclical Humanae vitae Pope Paul VI . adopted. Numerous nationally important congresses took place here. The future of the building complex, which has been owned by the city since 1998, was controversial in Königstein's local politics. While the CDU / FDP majority decided in the city parliament to demolish and build a new building, on October 30, 2008 there was a narrow majority of 18 to 17 votes with one abstention for renovation. As a result, the house, which for the most part still has its interior fittings from 1955, would be preserved in accordance with monument regulations and energy-efficient. This was already the request of a referendum for the renovation of the HdB from June 2006. In November 2009 the city received the national “Green Building Award” of the EU Commission in the category “Renovated Buildings” and in 2011 the European one Green Building Award from the EU Commission. The renovation began in spring 2010, the hall building was reopened on March 23, 2012, the guest wing was demolished.

The Villa Rothschild , built in 1884 as the summer residence of Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild , was used from 1948 to 1949 as a conference center for the Parliamentary Council , the Economic Council of the Bizone and the West German Prime Minister and is now a hotel.

At the foot of the castle hill, surrounded by a park, through which the Woogbach flows and to which the wide Woogtal connects, is the Ursuline convent of St. Angela, which was founded in 1884 and which includes a state-approved private school of the same name .

Königstein is also known for its idyllic old town. This is where the house at Hauptstrasse 37 is located, a half-timbered construction that could be dendrochronologically dated to the year 1537. It is considered to be the first house built after the city expansion around 1535 and is currently threatened with demolition.

Its villa districts (also in the Falkenstein district) are primarily characterized by historicism and art nouveau, as well as its home-style-influenced deviation, as well as the chic of the 1960s ( bungalows ). In 1961 the American architect erected Richard Neutra for the Director of the Pedagogical Seminary of the University of Frankfurt am Main , the House rank whose living spaces merge smoothly into the garden. However, due to the spatial reorganization and the resulting development plans, the plot sizes are not comparable with similar residential areas in other cities.

The Villa Gans , built by the architect Bruno Paul , was Adolf Gans' retirement home, a rest home for female postal workers, the Heinerberg clinic and currently the administrative headquarters of the German Pension Insurance. In 1939 the villa was immortalized on a postage stamp from the Reichspost.

Museums

The castle and city museum is located in the historic old town hall.

music

The nationally successful music and show band of the fanfare corps 1966 Königstein won the German championship in the brass band class at Whitsun 2006 .

Eugen Kogon Prize

The city has been awarding the Eugen Kogon Prize regularly since 2002 .

Literary work

  • According to oral tradition, Gerdt von Bassewitz 's work Peterchens Mondfahrt is said to have originated from second or third hand in 1911 during a cure in Königstein im Taunus.

Monuments

In 2015, a Staufer stele was erected at Königstein Castle, commemorating Kuno I von Munzenberg , who was an Imperial Treasurer of the Staufers . He came into possession of the castle through his marriage to Luckharde von Nürings, but is incorrectly referred to as its builder on the stele.

Soccer

1. FC-TSG Königstein plays in the group league West in 2017. He owns an artificial turf pitch.

Personalities

Monument to Duke Adolph von Nassau in Koenigstein im Taunus

literature

Web links

Commons : Königstein im Taunus  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Königstein im Taunus  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

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  19. Rock on the Castle - Open Air Festival. Retrieved January 16, 2018 .
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