Koblenz-Kesselheim

Koblenz-Kesselheim
Basic data
District since:	1969
Area :	6.01 km²
Residents :	2,583 (Sep 30, 2012)
Population density :	429 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	56070
Area code :	0261
License plate :	KO
District
Mayor :	Herbert Dott (CDU)
Kesselheim, aerial photo (2016)

Kesselheim is the northernmost district of Koblenz . The place was first mentioned in 966 and incorporated in 1969 . Kesselheim once consisted of two places. It was a small fishing village on the banks of the Rhine and was used as a place to stay for the boatmen who passed by.

location

Since it was incorporated by the city of Koblenz in 1969, the previously independent municipality of Kesselheim has been the northernmost part of the city and is located in the angle between the Rhine (border in the northeast) and A 48 (border in the northwest). Together with the Koblenz districts of Wallersheim , Neuendorf and Bubenheim , a north-western area is being formed. To the north is the town of St. Sebastian , on the opposite side of the Rhine is the Rhine island of Niederwerth .

history

The first half of the place name probably goes back to a settler with the old Germanic name Kestil or Keszil or similar. The Franconian ending heim most likely points to the time of the conquest of the Franks around the year 600. The place was mentioned for the first time on August 24, 966 in a deed of donation from Emperor Otto I via the Kescelenheim nunnery to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg .

The Aachener Hof is of particular importance. The coronation or Liebfrauenstift Aachen had a farm in Kesselheim at this time, which had a significant influence on the history of the village due to its extensive estates. In 1174, in a dispute between the Aachen monastery and its provost , which Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa arbitrated, a court and church of St. Martin in Kesselheim were mentioned for the first time as the property of the Lords of Aachen. In 1226, Emperor Friedrich II confirmed the donations made by all his predecessors to Aachen Abbey. This suggests that the farm is over 1000 years old and that it is an old Franconian royal estate. From 1698 to 1699 a new courtyard was built as a mighty half-timbered building. The time of the Lords of Aachen ended in 1794 with the conquest by French revolutionary troops in the First Coalition War .

Elector Franz Georg von Schönborn had the Schönbornslust hunting lodge built between 1748 and 1752 according to plans by Balthasar Neumann . It stood at the gates of Kesselheim and was destroyed when it was captured by the French revolutionary troops in 1794. Then the Maria Trost monastery was built on the site .

Kesselheim belonged to the electoral office of mountain maintenance and in French times within the Arrondissement de Coblence to Mairie Bassenheim in the canton of Rübenach. After the Prussians took over the Rhineland in 1815, it was assigned to the Koblenz district .

The war memorial at the parish church of St. Martin in Kesselheim

In the First World War there were 16 dead and 7 missing in Kesselheim, in the Second World War there were a total of 59 dead and missing.

On June 7, 1969, Kesselheim was incorporated into the city of Koblenz.

Attractions

The parish church of St. Martin

• The new construction of the Catholic parish church of St. Martin in Martinusstrasse dates back to 1933. The Romanesque church tower from the 12th century (remainder of the 1st parish church, which was renovated in 1787) was preserved, as were three old bells from 1414, 1496 and 1500.
• Several beautiful, lovingly restored half-timbered buildings (Aachener Hof, Halferhof, youth home “St. Nikolaus”, etc.) catch the eye, as do old houses made of quarry stone from the Eifel region.
• The asphalted Rheinuferweg (= operating route of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) that runs along the Rhine is ideal for cycling and walking. From there you have a beautiful view of the Rhine island Niederwerth and as far as Vallendar . Several small side streets lead to the Rheinuferweg from Martinus and Kaiser-Otto-Straße (Flößer-, Halfer- and Schöffengasse, Schmiede- and Herrenstraße, Im Sändchen).
• On property no. 49 in Kaiser-Otto-Straße there is an old, mighty robinia , a natural monument ( see list of natural monuments in Koblenz - ND-7111-392, Kesselheimer Baum ).

See also : List of cultural monuments in Koblenz-Kesselheim

politics

Local advisory board

A local district was formed for the Kesselheim district . The local advisory board consists of seven advisory board members, the chair of the local advisory board is chaired by the directly elected mayor.

For the composition of the local council, see the results of the local elections in Koblenz .

Mayor

The mayor is Herbert Dott (CDU). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected in office with a share of 66.40% of the votes.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver a continuous red bar cross, covered with a vaulted, half, lowered blue tip , inside a golden crown."

Justification of the coat of arms: The red cross in silver indicates the Electorate of Trier , to which Kesselheim was subject for centuries. The emerging blue tip with the golden crown indicates that Kesselheim was originally a Franconian royal estate. The coat of arms was designed by the Koblenz State Archives taking into account the local history of Kesselheim. In 1934 it was given to the community of Kesselheim as its own coat of arms.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Machine and automotive supply industries, software companies and various other companies are based in Koblenz-Kesselheim:

• CompuGroup Medical AG : Provider of eHealth solutions
• TRW Automotive : automotive safety systems, main location for brake systems
• Scania Deutschland GmbH: German headquarters of the Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer

TRW is one of the really big companies. The production facility is still the largest industrial employer in Koblenz and, after numerous modernizations, is considered a showcase within the group. Another large industrial employer is Aleris (Aleris Rolled Products Germany GmbH). Aleris is a premium supplier (aluminum) to the automotive and aerospace industries. The Kimberly & Clark Group is also represented. As a global player, the company set up its regional distribution center (RDC) in the Rheinhafen industrial area in 1999.

The Rhine port of Koblenz is located southeast of Koblenz-Kesselheim .

traffic

The B 9 touches Kesselheim to the south and creates a connection to the north (to Bonn ) and to the south (to Bingen ), as well as to the A 48 and thus to the Westerwald (in the north-east) and the Eifel (in the south-west).

The Koblenz main station of the Deutsche Bahn, about 6.5 km from the center of Kesselheim, is located on the left-hand Rhine route that runs along the town to the west. Other train stations in the area are Urmitz and Koblenz-Lützel , but only regional trains stop there. In November 1928, a connecting line between Lützel and Kesselheim was inaugurated parallel to the Neuwied – Koblenz line . At the branch Kesselheim these routes separate.

graveyard

The cemetery on Kurfürst-Schönborn-Straße was created in 1878. The old part of the cemetery with the old cemetery cross in an open chapel, the old grave monuments, the war graves , the cemetery hall and the old trees are well worth seeing . There are no more burials in this part of the cemetery because it is in the flood area. On the newer part there are the following types of graves: election, row, urn row and urn election graves. The rest period for the deceased after the age of 5 is 25 years. The city of Koblenz is responsible for the cemetery.

High water marks at Halferhof, Halfergasse 4

Rhine flood

At Kesselheim the Rhine is normally around 300 m wide. Again and again it overflows its banks during floods and floods the Kesselheimer streets and the land of the homeowners. That was the case (since 1980) in 1983, 1988, 1993 , 1995, 2001, 2003 and 2020. Water levels of a maximum of 9.52 m (on December 23, 1993; Koblenz gauge) were reached. High water marks on houses document this fact and keep the memory alive that the flood - for example in Kaiser-Otto-Straße - was 2 m above street level.

Born in Kesselheim

• Hermann Jakob Doetsch (1831–1895), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
• Margot Kreuter-Tränkel (1929–2003), writer

literature

• 1000 years of Kesselheim. 966-1966. Festschrift. Kesselheim 1966.
• Kesselheim cemetery. In: City of Koblenz. The cemetery signpost. On the other side and beyond. Information, references, locations, history, addresses, advertisements. 1st edition, Leipzig 2005, pp. 56–57.
• Ulrike Weber (edit.): Cultural monuments in Rhineland-Palatinate. Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3.3: City of Koblenz. Districts. Werner, Worms 2013, ISBN 978-3-88462-345-9 .

Web links

Commons : Koblenz-Kesselheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Private website about Koblenz-Kesselheims
• Short portrait with film about Kesselheim in: Hierzuland , SWR television
• Historical information about Kesselheim in: regionalgeschichte.net
• Literature about Koblenz-Kesselheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 168 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
2. ^ City of Koblenz: main statute. (PDF) § 9 to July 11, 2019, accessed on October 20, 2019 . 
3. ↑ City of Koblenz: Mayor Kesselheim 2019. Accessed on October 20, 2019 . 
4. ^ Events in 1928–1928, newly opened railway lines in Germany.

Coordinates: 50 ° 23 ′ 47 "  N , 7 ° 35 ′ 8"  E