Mainz Drais

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Drais coat of arms
Mainz coat of arms
Drais
district of Mainz
Location of Drais in Mainz
Coordinates 49 ° 58 '30 "  N , 8 ° 11' 30"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '30 "  N , 8 ° 11' 30"  E.
surface 3.078 km²
Residents 3101 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 1007 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners 6.5% (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation Jun 7, 1969
Post Code 55127
prefix 06131

Administration address		 Daniel-Brendel-Strasse 11
55127 Mainz, Germany
Website www.mainz.de
politics
Mayor Norbert Solbach ( CDU )
Allocation of seats (local advisory board)
CDU SPD Green FDP
6th 3 3 1
Transport links
bus MVG Mainz lines 54, 55, 71, 78, 93

Drais is a district of the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz .

With around 3,100 inhabitants and an area of ​​308 hectares, it is the city's smallest district. Drais was incorporated into a new district in 1969 along with five other suburbs . Drais is located on a hill above Mainz and is located in the southwest of the city. Drais is mainly characterized by fruit and vegetable cultivation ( cherries , asparagus , strawberries ). Drais is a popular place to live due to its far-sighted location.

Neighboring districts and municipalities

The following municipalities or districts of Mainz border the Drais in a clockwise direction:

in the north Mainz-Gonsenheim , in the east Mainz-Bretzenheim , in the south-east Mainz-Lerchenberg , in the south-west Ober-Olm and in the west Mainz-Finthen .

history

The earliest traces of settlement go back to the Hallstatt period (850–450 BC). A continuous settlement did not come about until around the year 1000 after clearing in the area of ​​the former royal forest, today's Ober-Olmer Forest . The place was under King Konrad III. on August 24, 1149 first mentioned as a trip . In the Middle Ages, Drais belonged to the Electoral Mainz Office of Olm. After belonging to France and the Département du Mont-Tonnerre from 1797 to 1814, Drais was assigned to the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt and from 1835 belonged to the Mainz district. On June 7th 1969 the history of Drais ended as an independent village with the incorporation into the city of Mainz.

The development of the various new building areas is causing increasing population numbers and changing the character of the district from a predominantly rural village to a residential suburb. Apart from a few shops for local food supplies and the like, the district has only a few business settlements.

Coat of arms and name development

The place name Drais is probably derived from the Gothic driusan , the term for "bubbling springs". The derivation of Driesch , the Old High German term for "undeveloped land" can also be found occasionally.

In the two-part local coat of arms , the golden Peter key can be seen on a blue background. The lower part of the coat of arms shows a red jagged line on a yellow background.

Development of the population

  • 1800: 0113 inhabitants
  • 1834: 0268 inhabitants
  • 2004: 3,184 inhabitants
  • 2007: 3,165 inhabitants
  • 2016: 3,143 inhabitants
Drais seen from the Lerchenberg

Local political conditions

Local council election 2019
Turnout: 66.3%
 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
44.8%
24.2%
23.5%
7.4%
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-2.3  % p
-3.1  % p
+ 6.6  % p.p.
-1.3  % p
The town hall in Drais

Politically, the district is traditionally a CDU stronghold. Accordingly, the CDU is the strongest parliamentary group in the local advisory board with six seats. The SPD lost one seat to the Greens after the 2019 local elections .

Since the elections for the local council in 2019, the following parties have been represented in the local council:

Norbert Solbach (CDU) has been the mayor of Drais since 1995 and is also a member of the city council. His first deputy is Horst Schollmeyer-Schüler, also a member of the CDU parliamentary group.


Worth seeing

The former cloister courtyard of the Hirzenach Provostry
Catholic Church "Maria Königin"

Jesuit Court

The former cloister courtyard of the Hirzenach Propstei in Drais became the property of the Jesuit order in 1670 , who settled in Drais. After the order was dissolved in 1773, the building from the Baroque period in Seminarstrasse was given over to private hands and since January 14, 2002 has housed the stationary Christophorus Hospice on the ground floor.

Catholic Church "Maria Königin"

In 1737 the church was rebuilt with the support of the Jesuit Order, as the previous building was only partially usable since the Thirty Years War . The church has a baroque altar with a wooden relief from 1740. A so-called “plague cloth” from 1632 is attached to the north wall below the gallery, which is likely to be related to the devastating epidemic between 1632 and 1635. A skull with crossed bones is embroidered on this silk scarf with gold thread. The Latin inscription reads: VIVIT POST FUNERA VIRTUS (Virtue lives after death).

The organ on the west gallery was built in 1873 by the organ builder Johann Schlaad ( Waldlaubersheim ). The instrument was last restored in 1987 by the organ building company Vleugels (Hardheim), which also reversed changes made in the meantime and returned the organ to its original sound condition. With the exception of the reconstructed Salicional, the pipe material has been preserved in its original form. The abrasive loading instrument has nine register on a manual work (Cf 3 : Bourdon 16 ', Principal 8', Grossgedackt 8 ', Salicional 8', Octave 4 ', Flötgedackt 4', Superoctave 2 ', mixture III 1 1 / 3 ') and pedal (Cg 0 : Subbass 16 ') and has a pedal coupler .

G i MM - gallery in the media house Mainz

The gallery mainly shows contemporary art and mainly exhibits artists related to the city of Mainz.

Economy and Infrastructure

Company in Drais

There are several medium-sized and small companies in the Mainz district.

traffic

Drais is connected to the rest of the city by several MVG bus routes. Mainz main station can be reached in around 15 minutes, and the city center in 20-25 minutes, depending on the line.

The Autobahn 60 in the direction of Bingen or Mainz-Süd junction (and from there towards Frankfurt am Main ) can be reached in a few minutes via the Mainz-Finthen motorway junction.

literature

Web links

Commons : Mainz-Drais  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 170 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
  2. ↑ Article on Norbert Solbach in the context of the 2019 local elections , Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz , March 14, 2019
  3. ↑ http://www.bistummainz.de/pfarrei/dekanat-mainz-stadt/pgld/drais/index.html
  4. ↑ More information about the organ on the website of the parish