Sea wood

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Sea wood
City of Gelnhausen
Meerholz coat of arms
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 59 ″  N , 9 ° 8 ′ 16 ″  E
Height : 141  (125-177)  m
Area : 5.08 km²
Residents : 3554  (Dec. 31, 2014)
Population density : 700 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 63571
Area code : 06051

Meerholz is a district of the district town of Gelnhausen in the East Hessian Main-Kinzig district .

Sequoia sea wood

geography

Meerholz is located on the southeastern edge of the Wetterau in the Main-Kinzig district in Hesse. The village, 4 km southwest of the main town, has a train station called Hailer-Meerholz on the Kinzig Valley Railway . The sequoia sea wood is also known.

history

From January 1, 2007 to June 30, 2013 the geographic center of the EU was exactly at 50 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  N , 9 ° 9 ′ 0 ″  E in the southernmost part of Meerholz: in the middle of a field at the foot of the "Niedermittlauer Heiligenkopf" . On January 26, 2007, the Hessian European Minister Volker Hoff symbolically hoisted a flag of the European Union . After that this center was in the Bavarian Westerngrund .

The village was first mentioned on September 14, 1173, when it came to border regulations between the Selbold monastery and the town of Meerholz.

Historical forms of the place name are:

  • Miroldis (1173)
  • Merholdis (1190)
  • Meiroldis (1207)
  • Merolt (1362)
  • to the Meroldis (1384)
  • Merlitz (1555)

In the north-east of the local area is the Meerholz Castle on the site of a former monastery (reconstruction after 1564). Today there is a nursing home in the building .

1 July 1974 at sea timber was in the course of administrative reform in Hesse powerful state law in the city of Gelnhausen incorporated .

Personalities

Wilhelm Bodenbender , b. July 2, 1857 Meerholz, died April 20, 1941 Córdoba / Argentina, mineralogist / geologist

politics

Local council elections

Local council election 06.03.2016
Turnout: 53.4%
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54.8
23.8
21.5
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Remarks:
b Citizen for Gelnhausen
Local council elections
Political party 2011 Seats 2016 Seats
SPD 58.4% 5 54.8% 5
CDU 32.5% 3 21.5% 2
BG 5.6% 1 23.8% 2
left 3.5% 0 nk 0
voter turnout 46.8% 53.4%

Distribution of seats 2016–2021:

5
2
2
5 2 2 
A total of 9 seats
  • SPD : 5
  • BG : 2
  • CDU : 2nd

coat of arms

Meerholz coat of arms
 Blazon : "In a shield divided by red and white, a pointed blue spire over golden masonry with two black key loopholes, crowned by a golden rooster."

The coat of arms was approved on April 26, 1954 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Attractions

literature

Web links

Commons : Meerholz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meerholz, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Basic data of the city. In: Internet presence. City of Gelnhausen, archived from the original on January 19, 2016 ; accessed in October 2018 .
  3. ↑ New focus of the EU: Westerngrund in Lower Franconia , Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 4, 2013, accessed July 5, 2013
  4. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
  5. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 363 .
  6. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Meerholz in the district of Gelnhausen, administrative district of Wiesbaden from April 26, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1954 No. 20 , p. 482 , point 428 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.9 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Spessart project
  8. ↑ Historical information on the castle and former monastery