Reinheim (Gersheim)

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Reinheim
community Gersheim
Former municipal coat of arms of Reinheim
Coordinates: 49 ° 8 ′ 17 "  N , 7 ° 10 ′ 47"  E
Height : 212 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 1100  (2005)
Incorporation : 1st January 1974
Postal code : 66453
Area code : 06843
Reinheim (Saarland)
Reinheim

Location of Reinheim in Saarland

Reinheim (in the local dialect Reinem / Reinum ) is a district of Gersheim in the Saar- Palatinate district . Until the end of 1973 Reinheim was an independent municipality in the district of Sankt Ingbert .

location

Reinheim is located in the south of the Bliesgau biosphere reserve, right on the German-French border. The Blies flows through the village . The district of the village borders on the districts of Gersheim and Niedergailbach (municipality of Gersheim), Habkirchen and Bebelsheim (municipality of Mandelbachtal ) and, in the south, on the French Commune Bliesbruck .

history

Merovingian graves on the "Homerich" and the ending - heim speak for a foundation in the early Middle Ages (6th / 7th centuries). The place first appeared in documents in the 13th century. In a certificate from Saarbrücken in 1267 the Teutonic Knight Konrad von Reinheim ( Rynheim ) appears as guarantor.

In the Middle Ages, the Lords of Forbach, Nassau-Saarbrücken, the Leininger, the Mauchenheimer and the Gentersberger (Bitsch) had rights to the village. In the early modern period, the village was largely owned by the Blieskasteler barons von der Leyen and the county of Nassau-Saarbrücken .

In 1525 a mill was first handed down in Reinheim. That still today z. Some of the mill buildings (the "Alt Miehl") from a later period, which have been preserved in part, bear the year 1625 on the lintel. In 1656, the gallows of the Reinheim High Court, which had existed until then, was laid down on the "Homerich" and burned.

As of 1797, like all areas on the left bank of the Rhine , it belonged to France. After the reorganization due to the Congress of Vienna , the village was Bavarian from 1816 .

In 1861 an extension of the old stone arched bridge over the Blies is handed down, the year of which is unknown. This bridge was blown up by German soldiers on September 8, 1939. A special feature of the bridge was a small holy house for the patron saint of the bridge, St. John Nepomuk .

With the construction of the Bliestalbahn , the place was connected to a railway network from 1879 and also received a train station, which has been preserved to this day. From 1923 there was electricity in the village, from 1935/36 a water pipe enabled running water in the households.

In September 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, the village was evacuated . In 1939 and 1945 the place suffered severe destruction. 75% of the building was destroyed. As a result, the place largely lost its original character as a farming village.

After the destruction of the old arch bridge, today's reinforced concrete bridge was built in 1955/56. Today there is a statue of St. Nepomuk on it again.

From 1956 the place was an independent municipality. Since the territorial and administrative reform that came into force on January 1, 1974, it has belonged to the Gersheim community. Today most of the residents are commuters to the surrounding cities.

politics

Local council

Allocation of seats in the local council (municipal election 2014):

Allocation of seats in the local council (municipal election 2019)

  • CDU 5 seats
  • SPD 3 seats
  • AFD 1 seat

Mayor

Mayor is Peter Wagner (CDU).

nature and landscape

Only the shell limestone is to be found in the area. Due to the high groundwater level and regular flooding, the Bliesaue is an important habitat for many animal and plant species. The banks of the Blies are bordered by black poplars , willows and black alders . After being released into the wild, the beaver has been at home again for several years .

Probably nothing is more characteristic of the Bliesgau than its orchard meadows that characterize the valley slopes next to isolated arable land. In the “high forest” on the ridge north of the village, beech and common oak dominate .

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Panorama from Reinheim (Gersheim)

Attractions

View from the princess grave of the town center
Excavation fields in the European cultural park
"Reinheimer Kanne" with "Reinheimer Pferdchen" (bronze): grave goods, exhibited in the reconstructed burial mound

European culture park Bliesbruck-Reinheim

The place gained national fame through the discovery of a princess grave from the springtime La Tène period . After the discovery (1987) of a stately palace villa from Roman times (1st – 4th century AD) and a Gallo-Roman vicus (1st –4th century AD). 5th century AD) in neighboring Bliesbruck (1971), the archaeological park was founded in 1989 under the name of European Culture Park Bliesbruck-Reinheim .

The extensive park area includes the preserved and z. Some of the walls of the Gallo-Romanesque town and palace villa also reconstructed a protective pavilion for the remains of the ancient thermal baths, two museum buildings, an accessible reconstruction of the burial mound of the Celtic princess' grave and a restaurant that opened in summer 2013.

Viticulture

The earliest evidence of viticulture in Reinheim comes from the 16th century. In 1877 "Rhinnemer" Rother is mentioned. From the end of the 19th century, the winemaking tradition began to decline slowly. In 1928 five vineyard owners are still occupied. After the restoration of some old vineyards, wine has been grown again for a few years.

sports clubs

  • Football: SF 1921 Reinheim - the club plays in the Homburg district league
  • Tennis: TC Reinheim '86

Regular events

literature

  • Mußzeyko, Wolfgang; Müller, Gerda: Reinheim an der Blies. From the history of a border village, 2 volumes (Gersheim 1990).
  • Rosemarie Müller:  Reinheim. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 24, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003, ISBN 3-11-017575-4 , pp. 379-381.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saarbrücken Regesten Online 1267-12-11
  2. ^ 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. 809 .
  3. ↑ a b Local councils and mayors ( memento of the original from January 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: www.gersheim.de, accessed on May 16, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gersheim.de