Renchen

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Renchen
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Coordinates: 48 ° 35 '  N , 8 ° 1'  E

Basic data
State : Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region : Freiburg
County : Ortenau district
Height : 150 m above sea level NHN
Area : 32.08 km 2
Residents: 7361 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 229 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 77871
Area code : 07843
License plate : OG, BH , KEL, LR, WOL
Community key : 08 3 17 110

City administration address :
Hauptstrasse 57
77871 Renchen
Website : www.renchen.de
Mayor : Bernd Siefermann ( CDU )
Location of the city of Renchen in the Ortenau district
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Renchen is a small town in Baden-Württemberg and belongs to the Ortenau district .

geography

Renchen is located in the foothills of the northern Black Forest at the exit of the Renchtal into the Upper Rhine Plain .

Neighboring communities

The urban area borders the city of Achern in the north, the municipality of Kappelrodeck in the east, the city of Oberkirch in the south, the municipality of Appenweier in the southwest and the city of Rheinau in the far northwest .

City structure

The city of Renchen consists of the districts Erlach (approx. 900 inhabitants), Renchen and Ulm (approx. 2030 inhabitants). The districts are spatially identical to the formerly independent communities of the same name. The official names of the districts of Erlach and Ulm are given by the name of the city in front of them and followed by the name of the respective district, connected with a hyphen. In these two districts, localities are set up in the sense of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code, each with their own local council and mayor as its chairman. In both localities there are local administrative offices under the names local administration Ulm and local administration Erlach . All three districts also each form a residential district within the meaning of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code. The village of Erlach belongs to the Erlach district. The town of Renchen and the district of Maiwald belong to the Renchen district. The Ulm district includes the village of Ulm, the Zinken Kaier, Kolbenhalt and Reiersbach and the Rothof homestead. In the district of Erlach lie deserted villages Oberhof and Zoeller yards, the only one field name indicates, and Walhofen. In Renchen are the deserts of Brunnhurst, Holzhof, Hornhofen (but possibly renamed), Lohern, Schneckenhöfen and Schwenzelshöfen, which may also have been renamed. The village of Armenhöfen has risen in Ulm.

Approx. 7 km northwest of Renchen, the municipality has an exclave in which u. a. the Maiwaldsee lies.

history

Renchen was first mentioned in a document in 1115 . In 1326 Renchen was granted city rights. Due to the destruction of the Thirty Years War , however, the place sank to insignificance and lost its city rights. In 1838 Renchen was declared a town again by the Grand Duke of Baden, lost the right to call himself town, but a second time in 1935 with the new German municipal code. In 1950 Renchen was granted city rights for the third time because of its historical past. During the French occupation of Kehl after the Second World War , Renchen was the seat of the district administration of the Kehl district .

Until the end of 1972 Renchen belonged to the district of Kehl , Erlach and Ulm, however, to the district of Offenburg . When the two districts were dissolved, the entire area fell to the newly formed Ortenau district . On January 1, 1975, the two previously independent municipalities Erlach and Ulm were incorporated.

Coats of arms of the earlier municipalities

politics

Municipal council

The local elections on May 26, 2019 led to the following result with a turnout of 54.8% (2014: 48.2%):

Party / list Share of votes Seats 2014 result
Free voters Renchen 44.1% 9 42.5%, 8 seats
CDU 38.0% 8th 32.7%, 6 seats
SPD 17.9% 4th 24.8%, 4 seats

mayor

  • 1945: Albert Dietrich
  • until 1969: Franz Brandstetter
  • 1969–1985: Erich Huber
  • 1985–2000: Klaus Brodbeck
  • 2001 until today: Bernd Siefermann. In November 2016 Siefermann was confirmed in office with 99.6% of the votes.

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms reads: "In silver a red clover-leaf cross ."

Partnerships

Renchen maintains a city ​​partnership with the following cities :

Culture and sights

Renchens Weinbrenner Church

Buildings

In the center of Renchen there is a church by Friedrich Weinbrenner , built in 1817 as an unadorned, geometrically structured building in the classicism style.

Museums

The Simplicissimus House deals with the reception of the works of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen . It is the first and so far only literary museum in Germany with a history of reception. It shows works by over 80 artists from German-speaking countries who have dealt artistically with the literary work of Grimmelshausen. The Simplicissimus House has the world's largest collection of illustrations for the literary work of Grimmelshausen. The house was built during the term of office of Mayor Klaus Brodbeck and inaugurated in 1998. The conception of the history of reception comes from Martin Bircher and Christian Juranek.

Johann Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen Prize

Together with the city of Gelnhausen , the city awards the Johann Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen Prize . The Grimmelshausen Prize is awarded to a narrative work published in German that makes a remarkable contribution to the examination of contemporary history. It cannot be older than six years.

Parks

The Grimmelshausen Park is located above the small town center of Renchen. In addition to local recreation, the park is used for both parties and smaller open-air performances.

Sports

Renchen owns a leisure pool which is open during the summer months and has over 80,000 visitors annually.

Economy and Infrastructure

With Erdrich Umformtechnik GmbH , a major automotive supplier is based in the Renchen district of Ulm.

traffic

Renchen is in the area of ​​the Ortenau tariff association . The Renchen stop is on the Rhine Valley Railway ( Mannheim - Basel ). Regional trains of DB Regio AG stop there every hour on the Karlsruhe - Konstanz line .

The federal highway 3 ( Buxtehude - Weil am Rhein ) runs through Renchen . You can use it to get to the next junctions of the federal motorway 5 , Achern and Appenweier .

media

Local daily newspapers in Renchen are the Acher and Bühler Bote, a local edition of the Badische Neuesten Nachrichten ( Karlsruhe ) and the Acher-Rench-Zeitung , which belongs to the Reiff Group ( Offenburg ). The Stattzeitung für Südbaden , a magazine read in the alternative scene in southern and central Baden , is also published in Renchen .

education

With the Grimmelshausenschule, Renchen has a primary , secondary and secondary school , to which a Werkrealschule is attached. There are also pure elementary schools in all three districts and the Renchen special school . Renchen is the seat of the Baden-Württemberg State Association for Prevention and Rehabilitation eV, a state institution for addiction aid (founded in 1919 as the Baden State Association against Alcoholism eV).

Personalities

Honorary citizen

sons and daughters of the town

Amand Goegg (1893)

Connected to the city

Others

The Ulm district is known for its “Ulmer Bier”, a specialty called “Vollmondbier”, which is only brewed on full moon nights.

On July 10, 2018, a meteorite fall occurred in Renchen . At 11:30 p.m. CEST it became a very bright meteor ( EN100718 Renchen ), a so-called fireball, over an area along the Middle Rhine , near the German-French border, particularly in Baden-Württemberg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Alsace and in Lorraine sighted. Between July 24 and September 30, 2018, four pieces of the meteorite, including a fragment, were found (as of October 2, 2018) . This makes the Renchen meteorite the first secure meteorite fall in Baden-Württemberg. There are historical reports of a meteorite that is said to have fallen near Ortenau on February 27, 1671, but since no more material has been preserved from the 10 pound stone, it was never scientifically examined.

Web links

Commons : Renchen  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Renchen  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
  2. ^ Main statute of the town of Renchen from June 23, 1986, last amended on July 2, 2012 (PDF; 104 kB)
  3. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume VI: Freiburg region Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007174-2 . Pp. 379-382
  4. ^ 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. 514 .
  5. Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office
  6. Bernd Siefermann remains mayor in Renchen
  7. The first meteorite fall in Baden-Württemberg based on calculations by the European fireball network at www.meteorites.de (PDF file; 6.58 MB); accessed on October 4, 2018
  8. Another meteorite with a pedigree found on the basis of data taken by the European Fireball Network press release of October 2, 2018 by the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (in Eng.); accessed on October 4, 2018