Lachen-Speyerdorf

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Lachen-Speyerdorf
Former coat of arms of Lachen-Speyerdorf
Coordinates: 49 ° 19 '43 "  N , 8 ° 11' 59"  E
Height : 123 m above sea level NHN
Area : 24.27 km²
Residents : 5470  (Jan. 12, 2012)
Population density : 225 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : 7th June 1969
Postal code : 67435
Area code : 06327
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Lachen-Speyerdorf (red) within the urban area of ​​Neustadt
Listed half-timbered building
Listed half-timbered building

Lachen-Speyerdorf is a district of the northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate town of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . On June 7, 1969, the previously independent local congregation lost its independence. Originally there were two farming and wine-growing villages that were merged into one community in 1874 at the latest.

geography

location

Schloßberg with Spangenberg Castle in the forest enclave
Speyerbach weir at Heidehof

The district of Lachen-Speyerdorf is located 5 km southeast of the city center. The total area of ​​the district is about 24 km². The Speyer Forest , which in this area is known as the Ordenswald , extends to the north and east . The district also includes an exclave in the Palatinate Forest , which is located in the far west of the city limits southwest of Lambrecht , which is why Lachen-Speyerdorf is the westernmost district of Neustadt.

Together, the two sub-communities form the most populous of the nine districts incorporated into Neustadt. Lachen-Speyerdorf also includes the Buschwiesenhof, Diakonissen-Mutterhaus, Heidehof, Molkenheimerhof, Schlittern and Lindenhof residential areas. Two thirds of the area are vineyards and meadows. "Pool" is available as from Latin lacus derived term for "little water" and "Spiridorf" for its proximity to Speyer , today Speyerbach.

Surveys

The highest elevations are within the aforementioned forest dexclave. On the west, extending Schlossberg ( 343.2  m ), a little further east of Kropfsberg ( 517.1  m ), the Überzwerchberg ( 502  m ) and the High head ( 464.7  m ).

Waters

The Speyerbach flows through Speyerdorf. As a left tributary of the Rhine within the Palatinate Forest, it forms the western border of the forest enclave and thus also of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. In this area it takes up the 2.7 km long Höllisch valley brook from the right . The Hartgraben runs through Lachen and flows into the Kropsbach a few kilometers from the left .

Surroundings

In addition to the Neustadt core town, the following districts border Lachen-Speyerdorf: in the west the districts of Diedesfeld and Hambach , in the north the district Mußbach , in the northeast the community Haßloch , in the southeast the district Geinsheim , in the south the district Duttweiler and the community Kirrweiler .

climate

The location in the Vorderpfalz has a mild climate. The Haardt mountain range in the west holds off a large part of the precipitation.

history

Development up to the early modern period

Lachen and Speyerdorf were first mentioned in a document in 774 and, like other neighboring villages mentioned in documents as early as the time of Charlemagne (774 AD), older than the city of Neustadt. As in almost all incorporated places, numerous prehistoric artefacts prove an even earlier settlement. The rural and rural charm of the wine village results from its half-timbered buildings, the style of which is named after the Germanic tribes of the Alemanni and Franks, who followed the Celts ( Mediomatrics ), other Germans ( Nemeters ) and Romans in the settlement of this region. The two former villages have a large number of prehistoric soil and grave finds. The Essigberg is a Celtic burial mound. From Roman times were u. a. Remains of a villa, a statue of Diana and a wine amphora found. In the Middle Ages, the village of Molkenheim, which has now disappeared, was located on the district in the direction of Geinsheim .

They were nearly depopulated by the Thirty Years War . After bad harvests in the second half of the 18th century, numerous families emigrated to North America and Poland. Only in the 19th century did the population continue to grow steadily. Until the end of the 18th century, both places belonged to the Electoral Palatinate . Lachen was also the ancestral seat of the noble Schliederer von Lachen family, who were wealthy there until the end of the feudal period .

From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the French Republic (until 1804) and then part of the Napoleonic Empire , Lachen and Speierdorf - as they were called at the time - were incorporated into the canton of Neustadt (Donnersberg) and owned their own Mairie Lachen . In 1815 the place Austria was added. Just one year later, the place, like the entire Palatinate, changed to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1817 to 1862 "Lachen und Speyerdorf" belonged to the Neustadt Land Commissioner ; from this the district office of Neustadt emerged.

Lachen and Speyerdorf did not always belong together. However, there are contradicting information about the time of their union. Johann Goswin Widder wrote about “Speierdorf und Lachen” in 1786: “ Although these two villages are half an hour away from each other, they only make up one municipality… ” In official Bavarian statistics from 1863, published by “k. statistical bureau ”, Lachen-Speyerdorf - exactly in today's spelling - is also listed as one of the municipalities belonging to the Neustadt district office. After Wilhelm Volkert , the previously independent municipalities of Lachen and Speyerdorf were only merged into the new municipality of Lachen-Speyerdorf in 1874. Other well-known historians have also shared this view.

From the 20th century

During the time of National Socialism, there was a civil labor camp in Lachen-Speyerdorf.

From 1939 Lachen-Speyerdorf was part of the district of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse . After the Second World War , the place within the French occupation zone became part of the administrative district of Palatinate in the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . By the Rhineland-Palatinate Administrative Simplification Act of January 10, 1969, the municipality of Lachen-Spreyerdorf with 1804 hectares of municipal area was dissolved on June 7, 1969 and incorporated as a local district into the city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse. The formerly rural Lachen-Speyerdorf celebrated its 1225th anniversary in 2000. Especially after the Second World War, new residential and commercial areas were opened up.

Population development

In 1815 the place had a total of 1,600 inhabitants. Formerly a typical farming and winegrowing village, Lachen-Speyerdorf is increasingly becoming a residential suburb of Neustadt. According to the city administration, Lachen-Speyerdorf is the largest district of Neustadt with more than 5000 inhabitants. In January 2012 Lachen-Speyerdorf had 5470 inhabitants.

politics

Local advisory board

A local district was created for the Lachen-Speyerdorf district. The local council consists of 15 members, the chair of the local council is chaired by the directly elected mayor.

For the composition of the local advisory board, see the results of the local elections in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

Mayor

The mayor is Claus-René Schick (SPD). In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed with 50.66% of the vote.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Lachen-Speyerdorf
 Blazon : "Split by black and gold, on the right a left-facing red armored and tongued golden lion, on the left a blue marking in the form of the capital letter L"

Culture and sights

  • Water tower and catholic church

  • Church tower clock by Gernot Rumpf in Lachen

  • Roundabout

  • Historic hay cart at the traffic circle

  • "Lilienthal" airfield

  • Former barracks at the airfield

Cultural monuments

Listed castle Spangenberg

The Bauer Doctor Gros-road , the Bonhoefferstraße , the Theodor-Heuss-Straße and the ruins of the present in the Waldexklave Spangenberg Castle and the south of it lying Stutengarten are each as monument zones reported.

There are also numerous individual objects that are under monument protection , including the two Protestant churches in Lachen and Speyerdorf. Half-timbered houses stand out throughout the district, especially old farms, which are also listed.

nature

The Former Allmende-Viehweiden Lachen-Speyerdorf nature reserve is located on site .

archeology

There are two menhirs in the area of ​​the village .

Events

Annually recurring festivals are the Froschkerwe at the end of April in Speyerdorf, the Hampeterbrunnenfest on May 1st in Lachen and the farmers and winegrowers' kerwe in Lachen in mid-August. In 2001 the Open German Helicopter Championship also took place on site .

social life

The Deaconess Mother House Neustadt-Lachen is located in Lachen-Speyerdorf . In ArtProPan is an artist project in the former girls' boarding school. The project [51] art culture ; renovated since December 2014 the single monument Theodor-Heuss-Str. 51 in laughter in coordination with the monument protection authority. Lachen-Speyerdorf also has a local branch of the Palatinate Forest Association .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Vineyard in Lachen-Speyerdorf

The favorable climatic conditions allow viticulture . This goes back over 2000 years to Roman times. Well-known vineyards are Lerchenböhl , Pfaffengrund and Trappenberg . On site is the Freytag nursery , where the Cabernet Blanc , Cabertin , Pinotin and Satin Noir grape varieties were bred in 1991 .

In the course of the Haingeraide , Lachen and Speyerdorf were involved in the so-called first Haardtgeraiden , which was dissolved in the early modern times and partially subordinated to the community.

The industrial and commercial area “Im Altenschemel” lies in the direction of Haßloch. With one of the largest solar systems in Germany, the Airfield Lilienthal solar park, an industrial park for solar technology and renewable energies, was created . Right next to the airfield, the solar park generates an output of 2 megawatts on an area of ​​70,000 m²  and supplies around 700 households with green electricity. He is one of the largest solar power power plants in Germany. This saves 1000 tons of carbon dioxide annually.

traffic

Public transport

From 1908 Lachen-Speyerdorf owned a train station on the 1956 disused local line Speyer – Neustadt . Today the next rail connection is the Neustadt main station . The 507 bus of the Rhein-Neckar transport association , which is based on the route of the former local railway, connects Ort with the Neustadt core city and with Speyer. The 508 bus, which provides a connection to BASF , runs occasionally . Line 509 connects with Lustadt and line 510 with Haßloch.

Street

Bundesstrasse 39 in the area of ​​Lachen-Speyerdorf

The national road connection is via the A 65 (Neustadt-Süd junction) in the directions of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Karlsruhe . As a bypass, the B 39 leads from Neustadt past Lachen to Speyer . The county road 1 leads to the core center and to Haßloch and the County Road 7 provides a connection to the motorway forth. The state road 540 leads past Duttweiler towards Bellheim .

air

The "Lilienthal" airfield in Speyerdorf, which was built in 1912 and opened in 1913, is one of the ten oldest airfields in Germany. Today, classified as a commercial airfield, it is the scene of the activities of the Neustadter Flugsportverein founded in 1912 and is used by sports and glider pilots . During the First World War , the Military Aviation School II of the Bavarian Army was located there . The airship LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" landed on the airfield as part of the liberation celebrations on the occasion of the withdrawal of the French crew on July 20, 1930, organized by the Neustadt publisher Daniel Meininger , in front of about 100,000 spectators . In 1985, the then US President Ronald Reagan drove to the airfield by helicopter to visit the nearby Hambach Castle . After the Second World War, the air bases Quartier Dorance and Quartier Colonel Edon of the Forces françaises en Allemagne were in Lachen-Speyerdorf until 1992 .

tourism

The PWV hut Lachen-Speyerdorf , which was inaugurated in 2017, is located north of Speyerdorf . The cabbage and beet cycle path leads through the village .

Personalities

Anastasia Kronauer

Sons and daughters of the place

People who worked on site

  • Rudolf Krüger (1898–1980), architect, completed his military service in Lachen-Speyerdorf.
  • Otto Rumpf (1902–1984), sculptor
  • Bernhard Kimmel (1936-2019) was the leader of the Kimmel gang that broke into a weapons depot on site in 1959.
  • Malu Dreyer (* 1961), Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate (SPD)
  • Daniel Meininger (1876–1964), 1st chairman of the aviation club and print shop owner from Neustadt ad Haardt

literature

  • Otto Reichart: Lachen-Speyerdorf. Home history. Südwestdeutsche Verlagsanstalt, Mannheim 1966.

Web links

Commons : Lachen-Speyerdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the city of Neustadt.
  2. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 173 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  3. ^ A b Günter Preuss , Karl-Heinz Rothenberger, Berthold Schnabel: Places in the Palatinate Rhine plain . In: Michael Geiger, Günter Preuß, Karl-Heinz Rothenberger (eds.): The Rhine and the Palatinate Rhine plain . Palatinate regional studies, Landau id Pfalz 1991, ISBN 3-9801147-3-2 , p.  518 .
  4. ↑ Google Books, accessed January 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ Google Books, accessed January 27, 2018.
  6. ^ Wilhelm Volkert (ed.): Handbook of Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 539 .
  7. ↑ List of companies that profited from forced labor during National Socialism ( memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) based on: Martin Weinmann (editor), Das Nationalozialistische Lagersystem Frankfurt am Main: Zweiausendeins, 3rd edition 1999 (PDF file , 1.4 MB).
  8. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Website of the city of Neustadt. )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.neustadt.eu
  9. ↑ Lachen-Speyerdorf. Neustadt city administration, accessed on January 25, 2011 .
  10. ^ Website of the city of Neustadt.
  11. ^ City of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse: main statute. (PDF, 134 kB) § 3 to August 5, 2019, accessed on October 19, 2019 .
  12. ^ City of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse: Lachen-Speyerdorf Mayor 2019. Accessed on October 19, 2019 .