Neckarwestheim
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Coordinates: 49 ° 3 ' N , 9 ° 11' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Stuttgart | |
| County : | Heilbronn | |
| Height : | 266 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 13.97 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 3961 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 284 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 74382 | |
| Area code : | 07133 | |
| License plate : | HN | |
| Community key : | 08 1 25 066 | |
| LOCODE : | DE commercial vehicles | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Marktplatz 1 74382 Neckarwestheim |
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| Mayor : | Jochen Winkler | |
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Neckarwestheim is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn , Baden-Württemberg . It belongs to the Heilbronn-Franken region and the edge zone of the European metropolitan region of Stuttgart . It is well known as the location of the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant . Due to the high trade tax income from the nuclear power plant operator EnBW , Neckarwestheim is one of the richest communities in the Heilbronn district with (as of February 2005) reserves of over 30 million euros.
geography
Geographical location
Neckarwestheim is located in the southern district of Heilbronn am Neckar , approx. 8 kilometers south of Heilbronn . The community belongs to the northern edge of the Stuttgart metropolitan area .
Neighboring communities
Neighboring cities and municipalities of Neckarwestheim are ( clockwise , starting in the northwest): Lauffen am Neckar , Ilsfeld (both districts of Heilbronn), Großbottwar , Mundelsheim , Besigheim (suburb of Ottmarsheim ), Gemmrigheim and Kirchheim am Neckar (all districts of Ludwigsburg ). Neckarwestheim has entered into an agreed administrative partnership with Lauffen and Nordheim .
Community structure
To Neckarwestheim are still the yard Leuchtmannshof, castle and courtyard Liebenstein and the living space Pfahlhof (zip code 74360). Geißelhausen, the Itzinger Hof and the Neckarberg residential area have been abandoned, i.e. no longer exist today, in the Neckarwestheim district . The former Liebenstein mark with Liebenstein Castle and Farm and the Pfahlhof formed the Liebenstein sub-community from 1852 to April 1, 1932.
Division of space
According to data from the State Statistical Office , as of 2014.
history
Neckarwestheim was first mentioned as Westheim on March 5, 1123 in a document from Emperor Heinrich V. The name suggests the establishment of the place from the Franconian royal court in the east of Ilsfeld, which probably also owes its name to the Auenstein (originally Ostheim ) east of Ilsfeld .
Most of Westheim belonged to the Counts of Lauffen , and the Odenheim monastery , which they founded, was also wealthy in the village. Later the Lords von Liebenstein owned parts of the place. Around 1500 the name Westheim was lost, the place was now called Kaltenwesten for an unknown reason . In 1511 the Counts of Eberstein acquired half of the Cold West from the Baden region, which later came to the Margraves of Baden . In 1555 the place was raised to a market town and then fortified. In 1673/1678 the place came to Württemberg , half of which was acquired by the Lords of Liebenstein and the other half by the Margraves of Baden. After the founding of the Kingdom of Württemberg , the new administrative structure also resulted in some changes for the Cold West. Belonged to the Liebenstein staff office until 1807, Kaltenwesten then came to the Bietigheim Office , and finally to the Besigheim Office in 1810 .
The community was dissatisfied with the name Kaltenwesten, as in their opinion it could “deter many wine buyers in the autumn and thereby cause serious economic damage.” Therefore, in May 1884, they submitted a request to the Oberamt Besigheim with the request to use the name in To be able to change west on the Neckar . The Oberamt agreed in principle to a name change, but suggested the name Westen ob dem Neckar , since the place is not directly on the Neckar, but a little further away and above. The community insisted on the Neckar , because the river flows through the mark and has economic importance for many residents. A registered repeatedly from Württemberg Interior Ministry report of the Royal Statistical Topographic Offices recommended on July 23, 1884 the old name Westheim , as with the Neckargartach with the intent Neckar the location of the place can be prefixed. The municipality, the Oberamt, the district government of the Neckar district and the Ministry of the Interior approved this proposal, so that the latter could submit the corresponding application to the king, who had the final decision. On August 19, 1884, King Karl complied with the request, and on August 27, 1884 the renaming of the place Neckarwestheim was made public in the State Gazette for Württemberg .
In 1938 Neckarwestheim came to the Heilbronn district. During and after the Second World War , the predominantly agricultural area took in many refugees and displaced persons from the east. In the 1970s , the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant was built on the site of a former Portland Cement Works ( ZEAG ) quarry , which significantly enriched Neckarwestheim's municipal finances through the trade tax paid in the following decades.
In 1995 the mayor at the time, Horst Armbrust, was accused of embezzling more than DM 40 million from the property of the community and the Neckarwestheim community foundation. He had unlawfully put the money in various dubious investments and hoped for high returns. However, the money disappeared in dark channels. Crossbow was convicted of breach of trust and forgery of documents and spent a good four years in prison. The attempt to get back at least some of the misappropriated money kept his successor Mario Dürr, who was elected in 1996, busy and the Neckarwestheim community for 13 years. In eleven lawsuits against various banks in Germany and abroad, which Armbrust had used for its illegal business, Neckarwestheim was able to recover around 16 million euros in capital and interest by April 2009, offset by around 2.8 million euros in court and legal fees.
Religions
Neckarwestheim has its own Protestant parish. The Catholic parish in Lauffen am Neckar is responsible for Catholic Christians.
Population development since 1900
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politics
mayor
- 1928–1938: Gottlob Theodor Klingler
- 1948–1959: Hermann Göldenbot
- 1960–1995: Horst Armbrust (FDP)
- 1996–2016: Mario Dürr (independent)
- Since 2016: Jochen Winkler
Municipal council
The local council in Neckarwestheim has 12 members. The local elections on May 25, 2014 led to the following official final result. The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council.
| Parties and constituencies |
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Seats 2014 |
% 2009 |
Seats 2009 |
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| FBV | Free Citizens' Association Neckarwestheim | 36.3 | 5 | 34.3 | 4th | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 36.2 | 4th | 39.2 | 5 | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 27.4 | 3 | 26.5 | 3 | |
| total | 100.0 | 12 | 100.0 | 12 | ||
| voter turnout | 46.5% | 53.7% | ||||
badges and flags
The blazon of the Neckarwestheim coat of arms reads: In a split shield in front a green wreath of leaves in silver, behind in green a silver spade. The flag of the municipality is green and white.
The meaning of the wreath is unclear. The spade in the coat of arms dates back to the spot signs Neckarwestheim home or cold West, even on a mountian landmark appears in 1689: a washing timber as it was formerly used to knock the dirt from the laundry in the wash. A stain seal from 1684 shows a lying washing wood and a wreath surrounded by two stag poles pointing downwards . A seal from 1710 shows a ducal hat over the washing wood, below it the letters KW (for cold west , the place name at that time). From the 19th century until 1938, the municipal seals showed the three Württemberg deer sticks in a split shield in front, the washing wood in the back, and two inclined branches above the shield.
In the course of time, the washing wood became less detailed and more symbolic. In the description of the Oberamt Besigheim from 1853 it was still correctly described as washing wood , but when the coat of arms was redesigned in 1938 it was incorrectly interpreted and described as a spade leaf . In this redesign, at the suggestion of the Württemberg archives, the stag sticks were replaced by the wreath from the seal of 1684. At the same time, the colors of the coat of arms and flag were determined. When the current coat of arms was finally designed in 1963, the spade sheet became a complete spade. The coat of arms and flag were awarded to the municipality by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Interior on March 4, 1963.
Partner municipality
Neckarwestheim has had a partnership with the municipality of Ceton in the Orne department , France , since 1978 .
Culture and sights
Buildings
- Liebenstein Castle south of the village is the former ancestral seat of the Lords of Liebenstein and was built from 1120 onwards. The complex was given its present form through renovations and extensions in the late 16th century. From 1590 to 1599 the ornate castle chapel with style elements of the Gothic and Renaissance was built. The plant was acquired by the municipality in 1982. Today the castle is used as a restaurant and hotel. There is a golf course near the castle, which is operated by the Golf- und Landclub Schloss Liebenstein eV.
- The Protestant parish church of St. Gregor in Neckarwestheim was first mentioned in 1275 and rebuilt in 1844 while retaining the tower of a previous building in the style of historicism according to plans by Stuttgart's senior building officer Ludwig Friedrich Gaab . Two very old bells have been preserved in the church tower: a bell from the Lachaman workshop in Heilbronn, dated 1524, and an older bell, probably from the 13th century. The sanctuary is located in the basement of the tower.
- The old town hall is dated to 1751 on one of its arches. Opposite is the New Town Hall. The half-timbered house in Hauptstrasse 30 not far from it dates from 1603.
- The town's first school was located on the square of the old school building on Schulstrasse. A previous building collapsed in 1652. The building was renovated in 1797 and expanded several times.
- The school building from 1890 on Reblandstraße was extensively renovated in 2002 and received the distinctive glazed porch. The building is used today by the rural women and the adult education center.
- The parish barn dates back to the 17th century and is now used as the clubhouse of the Eintracht Neckarwestheim choral society. Part of the outer wall of the building still comes from the former walling of the place.
Half-timbered house from 1603
Parish barn
Old town hall from 1751
Schoolhouse from 1890
Economy and Infrastructure
The most important local company is the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant operated by Energie Baden-Württemberg .
Viticulture
150 winegrowers from Neckarwestheim and the Ilsfeld suburb of Schozach have joined forces in the Weingärtner Neckarwestheim eG . The Neckar Westheimer documents belonging to the United Church location vineyard in the area Württembergisch lowlands of the wine-growing region Württemberg . Since 2012 the Neckarwestheimer Weingärtner merged with the Felsengartenkellerei Besigheim.
traffic
Neckarwestheim is close to the A 81 (exit Ilsfeld or Mundelsheim) and the B 27 (in Lauffen am Neckar or Kirchheim am Neckar ). Also in Lauffen and Kirchheim there are train stations of the Frankenbahn Stuttgart- Heilbronn.
media
The daily newspaper Heilbronner Demokratie reported on the events in Neckarwestheim in its issue W, Landkreis West.
education
There is a primary school in Neckarwestheim ; the secondary schools are in Lauffen am Neckar. The Neckarwestheim library has a stock of 11,000 media. In addition to three communal kindergartens, there is also one Protestant kindergarten . In addition, the Unterland Adult Education Center in Neckarwestheim has a branch.
Personalities
- Friedrich Weidle (1808–1876), school founder in Stuttgart, born in Neckarwestheim
- Carsten Kengeter (* 1967), Manager, CEO of Deutsche Börse, grew up in Neckarwestheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ↑ Joachim Rüeck: From flows of money, mountains of files, processes and detectives . In: Heilbronner Voice of February 8, 2005
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↑ Sources for the section on community structure:
Das Land Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 . P. 102–103
The suburbs and residential areas of Neckarwestheim . In: Gottlob Geißler: Neckarwestheim 1884–1984 (see literature). Pp. 27-34.
Otto Conrad : From the field names and the creation of the Ilsfeld large marker . In: Ilsfeld in past and present. A home book for Ilsfeld, Auenstein and Schozach . Ilsfeld municipality, Ilsfeld 1989. pp. 353–362. - ↑ State Statistical Office, area since 1988 according to actual use for Neckarwestheim.
- ↑ Quoted from Geißler (see literature), p. 9.
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↑ Sources on the crossbow scandal:
In the spotlight: The Horst Crossbow affair began ten years ago . In: Heilbronn voice . February 8, 2005. Reto Bosch: Community takes back 16 million euros . In: Heilbronn voice . April 4, 2009 ( from Stimme.de [accessed on April 3, 2009]).
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Source: State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg
- ↑ Communications from the Württ. And Bad. State Statistical Office No. 1: Results of the population census on December 31, 1945 in Northern Württemberg
- ↑ Gottlob Geißler: Neckarwestheim 1884–1984 (see literature), p. 64.
- ↑ Election information from the municipal computing center in Stuttgart ( Memento from January 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
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^ Sources for the section coat of arms and flag:
Heinz Bardua: The district and community coat of arms in the Stuttgart administrative region . Theiss, Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-8062-0801-8 (district and municipality coat of arms in Baden-Württemberg, 1). P. 103.
Eberhard Gönner: Book of arms of the city and district of Heilbronn with a territorial history of this area . Archive Directorate Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1965 (Publications of the State Archive Administration Baden-Württemberg, 9). P. 118
Gottlob Geißler: Neckarwestheim 1884–1984 (see literature), pp. 13–14. - ↑ VHS Unterland branch offices .
literature
- Gottlob Geißler: Neckarwestheim 1884–1984. A section of our local history . Neckarwestheim community, Neckarwestheim 1984.
Web links
- Link catalog on Neckarwestheim at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )
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