Reichelsheim (Odenwald)
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Reichelsheim (Odenwald) is a municipality in the Odenwald district in southern Hesse .
geography
location
Reichelsheim is located in the middle Odenwald at an altitude of 200 to 538 meters in the middle of the Bergstrasse-Odenwald Geo-Nature Park .
Neighboring communities
Reichelsheim borders in the north on the municipalities of Fränkisch-Crumbach , Brensbach and Brombachtal , in the east on the city of Michelstadt and the municipality Mossautal (all in the Odenwald district), in the south on the municipality of Fürth and in the west on the city of Lindenfels (both in the Bergstrasse district ).
Community structure
In addition to the town of Reichelsheim, the municipality includes the thirteen districts of Beerfurth (consisting of Kirch-Beerfurth and Pfaffen-Beerfurth ), Bockenrod , Eberbach , Erzbach , Frohnhofen , Gersprenz , Gumpen (consisting of Groß-Gumpen and Ober-Klein-Gumpen ), Klein- Gumpen , Laudenau , Ober-Kainsbach (with the hamlets of Hutzwiese , Spreng , Vierstöck and Wünschbach ), Upper Easter , Rohrbach and Lower Easter .
Reichelsheim is the Hessian municipality with the second largest number of districts after Heidenrod and Oberzent .
history
The community was first mentioned in 1303 as Richelsheim .
In April 1744 the first post office was opened in Reichelsheim and the centgrave Georg Sebastian Willenbücher was appointed imperial postman . With a certificate of appointment from Thurn und Taxis dated December 8, 1843, the occupant Friedrich Volk was appointed post keeper and on January 1, 1844 a letter and carriage expedition was set up in Heidelberger Strasse. From January 1, 1852, there were the first postage stamps (stamps) from Thurn und Taxis with the currency Kreuzer and Gulden in Reichelsheim. Since 1852 there was a regular stagecoach , the Reichelsheim-Darmstädter express coach .
The savings and credit association was founded as a registered cooperative on November 27, 1872 and entered in the register of cooperatives at the Fürth district court (Odenwald) on January 5, 1873. Due to name changes and mergers, the Volksbank in Reichelsheim is now an office of the Volksbank Odenwald in Michelstadt. In the seventies of the 19th century, the first agency of the Sparkasse and Leihkasse Erbach (Sparkasse) was opened in Reichelsheim.
In 1880 there was a telegraph machine in the post office in Reichelsheim , via which 257 telegrams were sent and 333 telegrams were received (Erbacher Kreisblatt No. 10 of February 2, 1881). From November 13, 1899, Reichelsheim was connected to the telephone network with a public telephone station (Erbacher Kreisblatt No. 135 of November 18, 1899).
Reichelsheim was the end point of the Gersprenz Valley Railway from Reinheim from October 10, 1887 to August 1964 . From 1893 a central drinking water supply was created in Reichelsheim . The first swimming pool was inaugurated on July 4, 1927.
In 1903 Helene Göttmann built a coal-fired power station on Flutgraben to provide electrical lighting for her sanatorium. From 1910 Reichelsheim had electric street lighting.
On April 1, 1904, the Grand Ducal District Court of Reichelsheim was opened in Bismarckstrasse. The district court district of Reichelsheim was dissolved on July 1, 1968 and assigned to the district court district of Michelstadt. The district court building has served as Reichelsheim's town hall since 1973.
On January 1, 1975, the name of the community was officially changed from Reichelsheim i. Changed to Reichelsheim (Odenwald) .
The place was given the title of state-recognized health resort in 1986. However, this was revoked again in 2011.
Incorporations
In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , a number of incorporations took place on a voluntary basis . On February 1, 1971, the previously independent communities Eberbach, Frohnhofen and Unter-Easter were incorporated. On July 1, 1971, Laudenau, which until then belonged to the Bergstrasse district , was added. Erzbach, Gumpen (created on January 1, 1968 through the merger of Ober-Gumpen and Ober-Klein-Gumpen), Klein-Gumpen, Ober-Ostern and Rohrbach followed on December 31, 1971 December 1970 was created through the merger of the forerunner communities Kirch-Beerfurth and Pfaffen-Beerfurth and on February 1, 1971 Bockenrod and Gersprenz added, and Ober-Kainsbach, the series of incorporations was completed on August 1, 1972.
politics
Community representation
The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:
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Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
A total of 31 seats
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Parties and constituencies |
% 2016 |
Seats 2016 |
% 2011 |
Seats 2011 |
% 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDU-RWG |
Christian Democratic Union of Germany - Reichelsheimer voter community |
59.3 | 18th | 51.4 | 16 | 41.1 | 13 | - | - | |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 40.7 | 13 | 42.8 | 13 | 45.8 | 14th | 45.8 | 14th | |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party | - | - | 5.9 | 2 | 7.5 | 2 | 4.6 | 1 | |
| GREEN | Alliance 90 / The Greens | - | - | - | - | 5.6 | 2 | 6.4 | 2 | |
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24.4 | 8th | |
| RWG | Reichelsheim voter community | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18.8 | 6th | |
| total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 31 | ||
| Voter turnout in% | 53.9 | 53.8 | 55.2 | 62.0 | ||||||
mayor
In 2008, Stefan Lopinsky (RWG) won the election for mayor with 61.2 percent of the vote.
- 1990-2008: Gerd Lode (SPD)
- 1960–1990: Helmut Born (RWG)
coat of arms
Blazon : "On golden ground in red under three six-pointed stars standing next to each other, three golden oak trees, in between two golden oak saplings."
This image comes from the 17th century court seal that was found again in 1914. The stars refer to the sovereignty of the Counts of Erbach, the trees should probably symbolize the location of the village in the Odenwald. In 1923 the coat of arms was awarded by the Hessian Minister of the Interior in the tinging recommended by Hupp .
Town twinning
Reichelsheim has partnerships with the French Dol-de-Bretagne Cherrueix since the mid-1990s, and with the Hungarian Nagymányok and the Polish Jablonka since 2010 .
Culture and sights
Fairy tale and legend days
Since 1995, the Reichelsheim Fairy Tale and Sage Days have been held annually on the last weekend in October, with the awarding of the Wildweibchenpreis . Many medieval structures and claddings can be admired.
Regional museum
Housed in the former town hall from 1554, Germany's oldest half-timbered town hall with the man shape as a strut figure. The focus of the exhibition is mining, typical handicrafts such as gingerbread bakery, Gäulchesmacher (wood carvers for horses), Schindler and shoemaker as well as the former village school system; The former Reinheim-Reichelsheimer Eisenbahn (" Odenwälder Lieschen ") is also a theme: The exhibition of over 800 rail mail cars and locomotives from Germany and abroad, primarily in H0 scale, was redesigned in 2015. The 'Family Archives Reichelsheim im Odenwald' subdivision is housed in the club house, which deals with genealogy and family structures in the village and the entire Odenwald.
For details on mining, see: List of mines in the Odenwald .
Reichenberg Castle
Today's Reichenberg Castle was built as Richenburg Castle in the 13th century, first mentioned in a document in 1307. The manor house (Palas) is remarkable. The hall was called the Krumme Bau because of its curved floor plan.
The future natural scientist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was born here on February 14, 1776 . He was a friend of Goethe , co-founder of the University of Bonn and the Bonn Botanical Garden, President of the Leopoldina and Director of the Botanical Garden in Breslau for 40 years , where he died on March 16, 1858.
Until the middle of the 19th century, the castle was in various noble hands. From 1876 to 1924 the complex, now called Reichenberg Castle, was used as a private school for boys of the upper classes. The Siefert family then took over the castle from the Frohnhof. In 1963 she sold some buildings as a vacation home to the Deutsche Bundespost .
In July 1979 the ecumenical community Offensive Young Christians (OJC) bought Reichenberg Castle. She converted it into an (publicly accessible) international meeting and conference center with a castle café. The upper, older part of the castle, the so-called Krumme Bau, is currently being renovated.
Cultural monuments
See the list of cultural monuments in Reichelsheim
Economy and Infrastructure
traffic
By federal roads 47 ( Nibelungenstraße between Michel city and Worms ) and 38 (between Roßdorf near Darmstadt and Weinheim / Mannheim ), which jointly carry Reichelsheim, the community is connected to the transport network. The Reinheim – Reichelsheim railway line has been dismantled. Bus connections to Bensheim, Fürth i. Odw., Reinheim and Michelstadt create connections to the public rail network ( Main-Neckar Railway , Weschnitztalbahn and Odenwaldbahn ).
Authorities
There is a police post in Reichelsheim that belongs to the Erbach / Odenwald police station .
Sons and daughters of the church
- Karl Christian Schweickart (also Schweikart, Schweickert or Schweikert) (1769–1839), Hessian landowner and member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), botanist and natural philosopher
- Johann Peter Arras (1870–1939), member of the state parliament and mayor of Ober-Easter
- Carl Geist (1870–1931), German landscape painter
- Heinz Kitz (1907–1971), Hessian politician (CDU) and former member of the Hessian state parliament
- Otto Dingeldein (1915–1981), Flotilla Admiral in the German Navy
- Anne Pfeifer (* 1987), artist, part of the artist duo "Pfeifer & Kreutzer"
literature
- Literature about Reichelsheim in the Hessian Bibliography
- Literature by and about Reichelsheim in the catalog of the German National Library
Web links
- Official website of the Reichelsheim community
- Reichelsheim (Odenwald), Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
- ^ Reichelsheim (Odenwald), Odenwaldkreis. Historical local lexicon for Hesse (as of July 8, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL)
- ^ Reichelsheim in the Odenwald 700 years. From a market town to a large community. ISBN 3-00-010145-4 .
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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. 357-359 .
- ↑ 77th meeting of the specialist committee for health resorts, recreation places and healing wells in Hesse on November 17, 2011 . In: State pointer for the state of Hesse . No. 7 , 2012, ISSN 0724-7885 , p. 221 .
- ^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 19 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
- ^ Municipal reform in Hesse: mergers and integrations of municipalities from June 21, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 28 , p. 1117 , item 988; Paragraph 16. ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 5.0 MB ]).
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the district of Erbach (GVBl. II 330–16) of July 11, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1972 No. 17 , p. 224 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
- ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
- ↑ Klemens Stadler: German coat of arms Federal Republic of Germany. Volume 3: The municipal coats of arms of the State of Hesse. Angelsachsen-Verlag Bremen, 1977, DNB 458203440 p. 76.
Beerfurth from the towns of Kirch-Beerfurth and Pfaffen-Beerfurth | Bockenrod | Eberbach | Erzbach | Frohnhofen | Gersprenz | Gumpen from the places Groß-Gumpen and Ober-Klein-Gumpen | Small pools | Laudenau | Ober-Kainsbach | Upper Easter | Reichelsheim | Rohrbach | Under-Easter