Ketch (municipality)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 22 '  N , 8 ° 32'  E
Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	101 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.52 km 2
Residents:	12,762 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	773 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	68775
Area code :	06202
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 037
Address of the municipal administration:	Hockenheimer Strasse 5 68775 Ketsch
Website :	www.ketsch.de
Mayor :	Jürgen Kappenstein (independent)
Location of the municipality of Ketsch in the Rhein-Neckar district

Ketch seen from the Rheininsel, in the foreground the Ketscher Altrhein, in the back the Catholic Church

The Kraichbach

Ketsch [ kɛt͡ʃ ] is a municipality in the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg . It is part of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region , a metropolitan area with 2.4 million inhabitants. The ketch, first mentioned in a document around 1150, belonged to the Speyer cathedral chapter for centuries .

geography

location

Ketsch is located in the north-west of Baden-Württemberg in the Upper Rhine Plain . It is 2.4 km from there the border with Rhineland-Palatinate forming and about in North-South direction flowing Rhine away. Looking down the river, it lies between Altlußheim in the south-south-west and Brühl in the north. The Ketscher Altrhein extends right up to the west of Ketsch , with the Ketscher Rheininsel nature reserve immediately to the west .

Neighboring communities

Neighboring cities and communities are Brühl in the north, Schwetzingen in the east, Hockenheim in the south and, on the left bank of the Rhine, the Rhineland-Palatinate Otterstadt in the west. With Speyer 11 km southwest, Heidelberg 14 km northeast and Mannheim 18 km north, three larger cities are not far away.

Geology and natural space

The local development is on a high bank of the low terrace on the Rhine . To the west are the Rheinaue meadows , which are several meters lower . An extension of the Neckar alluvial cone ends to the east . Coming from the Kraichgau , the Kraichbach flows through the local area and flows into the Rhine. The Rhine Island, which was created by the straightening of the Rhine in Tulla , has also belonged to Ketsch since 1931 . It has been under nature protection since 1983 and, with its near-natural Rhine meadow landscape, offers a habitat for a rich fauna, especially birds and butterflies.

As early as 1896, the area of ​​the former Karl-Ludwig-See was incorporated in the south. It has been under nature protection since 1990 as part of the so-called Hockenheimer Rheinbogen . The bend of the Rhine offers biologically diverse, secondary wetland biotopes, which serve as a retreat for endangered plant and animal species. It is also an internationally important resting and feeding area for hibernating bird species.

The district extends over 1652 hectares. Of this, 25.5 percent is settlement and traffic area, 33.3 percent is used for agriculture, 12.7 percent is water and 26.9 percent is forested.

history

Ketsch was first mentioned in a document around 1150 and belonged to the Bishop of Speyer. In 1159 the manor was given to the Maulbronn Monastery , which in 1329 sold its property to the Speyer Cathedral Chapter. In the same year an epidemic struck ketch. After there were only individual farms until then, the first village settlement was probably built in the middle of the 14th century. In 1529 the so-called "English sweat" broke out in the community.

From 1558 to 1583 there is evidence that there was a mayor named Enderle in Ketsch. According to legend, he is said to have claimed peasant rights from the Count Palatine and later Elector Ottheinrich of the Palatinate and to have turned against the damage that the sovereign hunting parties caused to the fields. A song by Joseph Victor von Scheffel and a play by Georg Meyer, which premiered at the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 1934 and has been staged every ten years during the so-called Enderle Festival since the first production in Ketsch - in 1950 - report on the folk traditions .

In the 17th century, ketch was destroyed in the Thirty Years War and the War of the Palatinate Succession .

In 1803, Ketsch was added to the Grand Duchy of Baden after the Speyer rulership was dissolved. There it belonged to the Ladenburg office and from 1924 to the Mannheim district office and later to the Mannheim district .

From 1910 to 1938 the Schwetzingen – Ketsch tram operated . In 1915, Ketsch was connected to the drinking water and electricity network. In the Reichstag elections of the Weimar Republic since 1924, with the exception of 1928, the KPD has always been the strongest party in town. In the last free election in 1933 it reached another 48 percent, the center 27 percent and the NSDAP 17 percent. After the NSDAP came to power in the Reich, there was resistance in Ketsch for a long time. In 1935 the ketch communists fought a battle in the hall against the SA. In World War II, 255 houses were damaged and 1945 ketch by the US armed forces was occupied. In 1959 the Rheinhalle was opened.

When Baden-Württemberg was reformed in the 1970s, there were initially plans to form a large administrative unit with Schwetzingen, Brühl, Ketsch, Oftersheim and Plankstadt. Ultimately, however, Ketsch was able to maintain its independence. With the dissolution of the Mannheim district, Ketsch came to the Rhein-Neckar district in 1973 .

Population development

year	1731	1818	1875	1925	1950	1961	1967	1970	1991	1996	2000	2005	2010	2015	2017
Residents	295	612	1,566	3,622	5,000	6,471	8,334	8,674	12,489	12,678	13,014	12,882	12,782	12,555	12,758

Religions

Protestant church

The first parish in Ketsch was mentioned in 1249. According to the fact that the place belongs to the Speyer cathedral chapter, the vast majority of the population was Catholic . In 1960 Catholics made up more than 80 percent of the population. The St. Sebastian Church in neo-Romanesque style was built in 1905. The community belongs to the Wiesloch deanery of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

The Protestant residents belonged to the Brühl parish in the 19th century. It was not until 1938 that Ketsch became a separate parish and received its own church in 1956. In 1968 the parish finally became independent. The community is part of the southern Electoral Palatinate district of the Evangelical Church in Baden .

There have been Jews in Ketch since the 17th century . In 1853 the Jewish community in Ketsch had its highest level with 44 members. Afterwards there was an emigration to the cities, so that in 1933 there were still 13 residents of Jewish faith living in the village. Six of them were murdered during the National Socialist era. The synagogue was devastated on the Night of the Reichspogrom in 1938.

politics

The town hall of Ketsch.

Municipal council

The municipal council has 22 seats and is directly elected for a five-year term. In addition, the mayor acts as the municipal council chairman with voting rights. According to Baden-Württemberg's local electoral law, voters have the option of accumulating and variegating .

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

Municipal Council 2019
Political party	be right	Seats
CDU	34.3% (−8.1)	7 (−2)
SPD	24.4% (−3.1)	5 (−1)
B90 / greens	21.2% (+9.8)	5 (+2)
FWV	16.5% (+2.7)	4 (+1)
FDP	3.7% (−1.1)	1 (± 0)
Turnout: 63.5% (+15.6)

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for a term of eight years. After his predecessor did not run for reasons of age, Jürgen Kappenstein won the office in the first ballot in 2006 with 94.09 percent. He is the brother of the former mayor of the neighboring town of Schwetzingen, Bernd Kappenstein.

The previous community leaders:

1890–1909: Heinrich Rohr 1909–1919: Karl Stratthaus 1919–1928: Herrmann Lang (SPD) 1928–1933: Joh. Sebastian Baro 1933–1945: Heinrich Jünger (NSDAP)

1945–1948: Paul Schilling (CDU) 1948–1952: Lorenz Krupp (KPD) 1953–1990: Ferdinand Schmid (CDU, later independent) 1990-2006: Hans Wirnshofer ( CDU ) since 2006: Jürgen Kappenstein ( independent )

Enderle statue

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: In front of the shield, split by silver and blue, the green clad Enderle von Ketsch with a green feather hat, red collar and belt, slung red leather bag and black gauntlets, in his hands holding a black ax with a red handle across; at the back a golden angle (triangle), from the apex of which a golden end rhombus cross grows, accompanied by four six-pointed golden stars (1: 2: 1).

The enderle is a legendary figure of the 16th century. The cross goes back to a seal from 1715. This is also what the coat of arms drawn up by the General State Archives in 1912 looked like. The colors were Speyerian silver and blue. At the request of the community, a new coat of arms with the added Enderle was created in 1957 and awarded by the Ministry of the Interior.

The ketch flag has also been yellow and blue since 1957.

Community partnerships

There is a partnership with Vielau in Saxony , which was incorporated into Reinsdorf in 1999. A partnership with Trélazé ( Maine-et-Loire ) in France has existed since 2010 .

Neighborhood association

Ketsch belongs to the Heidelberg-Mannheim neighborhood association , whose task it is to draw up the regional zoning plan.

Culture and sights

Ketsch is on the Bertha Benz Memorial Route , which leads past many sights.

The Catholic Church

Buildings

The Ketsch market square is decorated with a picture of a basket weaver. There is also a bronze statue of “Enderle von Ketsch” in the city as well as a Nepomuk statue at the transition to the Ketscher Rheininsel, on which a myriameter stone can also be found on the banks of the Rhine at km 406.5 .

The Catholic St. Sebastian Church was built by Johannes Schroth in the neo-Romanesque style until 1905 .

A local history museum has been housed in the old waterworks since 2007.

The place in literature

The Heidelberg writer Michael Buselmeier describes in the chapter "In der Altrheinschleife" of his novel Schoppe (1989) how the Rhine in the nature reserve Ketscher Rheininsel near Ketsch often resembles its original appearance before the regulation by the Baden engineer Johann Gottfried Tulla in the 19th century.

leisure

In 2003, the Ketsch outdoor pool, which opened in 1973, was largely renovated and modernized. In addition to the existing pool with a wave pool, the jumping and swimming pools were modernized and an approx. 50 meter long water slide was built. Right next to the outdoor pool is the indoor pool, which opened in 1967 and was renovated for the 2007/2008 winter season and made barrier-free. The old basin was replaced by a stainless steel basin.

In addition to the swimming pool, there is also a skate park with a half pipe in the Bruchgelände. This is complemented by the dirt park (BMX park) in Schwetzinger Straße.

There are various lakes near the city that were created in the 1950s by gravel dredging. One of them is open to the public as a swimming lake. The area around this lake is called "Hohwiese".

Due to the large fish stocks in the rivers and lakes in the area, ketch is attractive to anglers . There are two fishing clubs, the ASV Ketsch and the sport fishing club Ketsch.

On the third weekend of July, the traditional place jousting place at the Hohwiese. The "Ketscher Backfischfest" takes place in August.

Sports

The first women's team of TSG Ketsch , which plays in the handball Bundesliga, is known nationwide. The wrestling team of KSV Ketsch wrestles in the Regionalliga BW. The 1st team (men) of the soccer players of Spvgg 06 Ketsch plays in the national league.

Economy and Infrastructure

In Ketsch, not far from the Badische Spargelstrasse, asparagus cultivation has played an important role since the 19th century. A regional company and a coffee roastery from Aldi-Süd are located in Ketsch . The Aldi-Süd warehouse is also located there .

traffic

A short distance away there is a junction for the A 6 in the east and one of the A 61 in the south .

From 1912 to 1968 there was a railway line from Ketsch via Brühl to Mannheim. Until 1938 there was also a tram to Schwetzingen . Public transport is now operated by the Rhein-Neckar bus service with regional bus routes 710 (Mannheim - Brühl - Ketsch (train station) - Schwetzingen, train station ), 717 (Heidelberg, Stadtwerke - Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof - Oftersheim - Schwetzingen - Ketsch ( train station ) - Hockenheim - Neulußheim - Speyer, Domplatz / Altlußheim, Rebstöckl) and the school bus line 728 (Ketsch, Waldsportplatz - Ketsch (Bhf) - Schwetzingen special needs school) as well as regular taxis the lines 7919 (Schwetzingen, Bhf - Ketsch (Bhf) - Ketsch, Albrecht) and 7922 (Schwetzingen, Bhf - Ketsch (Bhf) - Rohrhof, Lessingstrasse). Ketsch belongs to the tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

media

The Schwetzinger Zeitung and a regional edition of the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung report on local events . The official journal Ketscher Nachrichten appears weekly.

education

In Ketsch there is a primary school as well as a primary and community school with the Neurottschule . The Marion Dönhoff Realschule Brühl / Ketsch is located on the southern outskirts of Brühl. There are secondary schools in Schwetzingen and Hockenheim. The community runs a library.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

The year numbers indicate the time when the honorary citizenship was conferred .

• 1909: Alfons Blum, tobacco manufacturer
• 1954: Philipp Dörr, long-time local councilor
• 1988: Herbert Kemptner, long-term councilor
• 1990: Ferdinand Schmid, long-time mayor
• 2002: Robert Fuchs, local researcher
• Hans Wirnshofer, long-time mayor
• 2009: Heinz Keilbach, councilor from 1968 to 2009, deputy mayor for 20 years

sons and daughters of the town

• Klaus-Günther Voigtmann (* 1945), management consultant, member of the state parliament
• Uli Stielike (* 1954), soccer player and coach, European champion 1980
• David Aichele (* 1999), basketball player

Personalities who have worked on site

• Ernst-Otto Meyer (1927–2010), player, trainer and chairman of Spvgg 06 Ketsch
• Alexander Pschera (* 1964), author and publicist
• Oliver Kreuzer (* 1965), Bundesliga player and football official

literature

• Robert Fuchs: Local history and folklore writings: Illustrated local history of Ketsch . Ketch 1982.
• Robert Fuchs: home chronicle of the community of Ketsch . Lahr 1990.
• Ketch on the Rhine. Pictures from the past . Regional culture, Ubstadt-Weiher 2000. ISBN 978-3-89735-106-6 .
• Sabine Janson: 850 years of ketch: mirror images of an anniversary . Schwetzingen 2000, ISBN 3-87742-162-8 .
• Hans Huth: The art monuments of the Mannheim district: Without the city of Schwetzingen . Munich 1967.
• State Archive administration Baden-Württemberg in connection with d. Cities and districts Heidelberg u. Mannheim (Hrsg.): The city and districts Heidelberg and Mannheim: Official district description .
  • Vol. 1: General part . Karlsruhe 1966.
  • Vol. 3: The city of Mannheim and the municipalities of the Mannheim district . Karlsruhe 1970.
• Michael Buselmeier: "Schoppe". A country novel. Section: In the Altrheinschleife . Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 1989.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
2. ^ State Institute for Environment, Measurements and Nature Conservation Baden-Württemberg
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg, status: December 31, 2004  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Population figures up to 1967: District description, vol. 3, p. 595.
5. ↑ Working group for research into the history of the Jews in southern Germany and neighboring areas: Ketsch
6. ↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office: Municipal elections 2019, Ketsch ; Municipality of Ketsch: municipal council election 2019 ; accessed June 2, 2019.
7. ^ Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Ubstadt-Weiher 1996, ISBN 3-929366-27-4 , p. 70
8. ↑ Michael Buselmeier on the Old Rhine near Ketsch
9. ↑ Schwetzinger Zeitung September 17, 2009  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Schwetzinger Zeitung February 24, 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ nwzonline.de: Footballers mourn “Otti” from December 22nd, 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Ketsch  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ketsch community
• LEO-BW, discover regional studies online , ketch