Rheinmünster
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Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ' N , 8 ° 4' E |
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| State : | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Administrative region : | Karlsruhe | |
| County : | Rastatt | |
| Height : | 122 m above sea level NHN | |
| Area : | 42.5 km 2 | |
| Residents: | 6898 (December 31, 2018) | |
| Population density : | 162 inhabitants per km 2 | |
| Postal code : | 77836 | |
| Primaries : | 07227, 07229 | |
| License plate : | RA, bra | |
| Community key : | 08 2 16 063 | |
| LOCODE : | DE RHR | |
| Address of the municipal administration: |
Lindenbrunnenstrasse 1 77836 Rheinmünster |
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| Mayor : | Helmut Pautler (independent) | |
| Location of the municipality of Rheinmünster in the Rastatt district | ||
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Rheinmünster is a municipality in Baden-Württemberg that belongs to the Rastatt district.
geography
Geographical location
Rheinmünster is located in the Upper Rhine Rift between Baden-Baden , Bühl and the Rhine . The individual sub-municipalities have not grown together and do not form a uniform settlement area.
Neighboring communities
The district of the entire municipality borders in the north on the communities Hügelsheim and Sinzheim , in the east on Bühl and in the south on Lichtenau (Baden) . In the west, the district is bounded by the Rhine, which is both the state and federal border with France . The neighboring Alsatian municipality is Drusenheim .
Community structure
The municipality of Rheinmünster consists of the former municipalities of Greffern , Schwarzach , Söllingen and Stollhofen . The village of Greffern belongs to the former municipality of Greffern. The villages of Schwarzach and Hildmannsfeld and the Hubershof homestead belong to the former community of Schwarzach . The village of Söllingen and the Rheinbauhütte house belong to the former municipality of Söllingen. The village of Stollhofen, the Heckenmühle homestead and the Jägerhof houses belong to the former municipality of Stollhofen.
In the area of the former municipality of Greffern lie the deserts of Oberowe and Oedenhof, in the area of the former municipality of Schwarzach the deserts of Feldern and Langhurst and in the area of the former municipality of Stollhofen the Hartung desert.
history
The community was created on October 1, 1974 through the merger of the formerly independent communities Schwarzach, Greffern and Stollhofen (all in the district of Bühl until the end of 1972 ) and Söllingen (also before 1973 in the district of Rastatt).
The parish name comes from the pastor Karlheinz Willmann, who grew up in Söllingen , and was determined in a competition. It reflects two of the most important historical influences: The Schwarzach Abbey of the Benedictines , secularized in 1803 , and the Rhine , which limits the district to the west.
Religions
The community is shaped by Roman Catholicism . There are still four Catholic churches in the village today, and 4223 (as of June 30, 2012) residents, i. H. 64 percent are members of the Catholic Church. Furthermore there are 1005 evangelical believers (15%) who are spiritually cared for from Lichtenau . Ten residents belong to other religious communities, while 1407 residents (21%) gave no information about their religion.
politics
Localities
Until 1998, the joint municipal council was staffed equally according to locality. At the local level there was a local council and a local councilor each until 2019. Since 2010 there have been discussions about abolishing local councils in order to save costs. In July 2018 it was finally decided that Schwarzach will no longer have a local council or mayor from the election period beginning in 2019.
Municipal council
The municipal council consists of the elected voluntary councilors and the mayor as chairman. The mayor is entitled to vote in the municipal council. The local election on May 26, 2019 in Rheinmünster led to the following final result. The turnout was 58.67% (2014: 49.9%).
| Political party | Seats | 2019 | 2014 |
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| CDU | 7th | 38.05% | 42.47%, 8 seats |
| Citizens for Rheinmünster | 5 | 28.43% | 35.65%, 6 seats |
| GREEN | 3 | 18.97% | - |
| SPD | 3 | 14.56% | 21.88%, 4 seats |
mayor
In November 2014, the independent mayor Helmut Pautler was confirmed in office with 51.56% of the votes.
Community partnerships
The municipality maintains a partnership with the Sère et Garonne in southern France. Reactivated in 1993, the partnership goes back to contacts between the then Stollhofen community and the Castelmayran community since 1956. The “ Place de Saint Nicolas de la Grave ” in Schwarzach and the “ Place de Castelmayran ” in Stollhofen are an expression of the European idea and friendship with France.
Culture and sights
- Romanesque Minster Schwarzach
- Medieval ossuary from 1522
- Historical tour of Schwarzach (leaflet available in the town hall)
- Baden-Airpark ( airport , flight museum, monument)
- Old Rhine
- Roman altar stone (Greffern)
Economy and Infrastructure
Rheinmünster's economy was shaped for a long time by a branch of the American chemical company Dow Chemical in Greffern. The plant in Greffern was built in 1965 and was the Dow Group's oldest production site in Germany. In the second half of 2019, the Dows production facilities were taken over by Trinseo . With this takeover, Trinseo expanded its existing production at the Rheinmünster location. Together with branches of the companies Evonik , Olin and Ravago , the Trinseo site forms the "Rheinmünster Chemical Park". In the course of the sale of the shares in Dow, Trinseo also took over the operation of the chemical park and was responsible for site-related services such as maintenance, logistics and disposal from the takeover. Historically, shipping, fishing, and agriculture were of great importance. The Canadian NATO base CFB Baden-Soellingen (districts Hügelsheim , Rheinmünster) was also an important factor until the withdrawal of the armed forces in 1993. The Baden-Airpark with airport and industrial area has been privately operated there since 1997 .
In 2006, Rheinmünster was the only debt-free municipality in the Rastatt district (source: Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office).
traffic
The airport Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden , the second largest commercial airport in Baden-Württemberg, located mostly on the Rhine Munster area.
A rail freight line of the SWEG , formerly part of the Mittelbadische Eisenbahnen , leads to the chemical plant in Greffern .
The Federal Highway 36 led by Rheinmünster, 2016 it was downgraded from national road 75 miles.
The car ferry “Drusus” connects Greffern with Drusenheim across the Rhine .
education
In addition to a secondary school and a secondary school with a Werkrealschule, there are also three primary schools in the municipality. Rheinmünster also offers four kindergartens.
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the church
- Heinz Bosl (1946–1975), German dancer
- Douglas Coupland (* 1961), Canadian writer and visual artist
- Ann-Marie MacDonald (* 1958), Canadian author, journalist and actress
Honorary citizen
- Hans Bohner, Mayor †
- Bernhard Hauer, pastor †
- Hans Bauer, pastor †
literature
- Ulrich Coenen: The architecture of the northern Ortenau. Monuments in Bühl, Bühlertal, Ottersweier, Lichtenau, Rheinmünster and Sinzheim . Verlag Badische Latest Nachrichten, Karlsruhe-Neureut 1993, ISBN 3-927725-14-5 .
- Patrick Götz: 10 years of the Mhou ostrich farm in Rheinmünster-Schwarzach . In: Landkreis Rastatt (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch . tape 42 . Rastatt 2003, ISBN 3-925553-20-7 .
- Patrick Götz: To zelouffen the fire and solace salvation. A documentation about the fire extinguishing system in the Rheindorf Söllingen taking into account the supraregional development . Self-published, Rastatt 1994 (awarded the State Prize for Local Research 1995).
- Patrick Götz: What you are / we were / what we are / you will - the medieval ossuary in Schwarzach . In: Landkreis Rastatt (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch . tape 43 . Rastatt 2004.
- Andrea Rumpf, Patrick Götz: Jewish traces in Achern, Lichtenau, Schwarzach and Stollhofen . In: Jewish life. On the trail of the Israelite community in Bühl . Stadt Bühl / Stadtgeschichtliches Institut, Bühl 2001, ISBN 3-928916-37-8 (Vol. 15 of the Bühler Heimatgeschichte).
- Patrick Götz: In joy and sorrow, ready for the song. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the choral society "Eintracht" Söllingen . Baden-Baden 1998.
- Ernst Gutmann: City history of Stollhofen: The history of the former official city and fortress . Sozia-Verl., 1995, ISBN 978-3-00-040123-7 . Naber & Rogge printing company, Rheinnmünster-Stollhofen
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).
- ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume V: Karlsruhe District Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-17-002542-2 . Pp. 182-185
- ^ 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. 483 .
- ↑ Numbers data facts on the municipality's website
- ^ Badisches Tagblatt, Schwarzach in future without local council, July 5, 2018
- ↑ Dow: Dow in Rheinmünster , accessed on May 13, 2019
- ↑ rheinmuenster.de: Dow and Trinseo sign agreement on intended change of ownership in the Rheinmünster Chemical Park , accessed on October 2, 2019
- ↑ swr.de: Chemical company Trinseo takes over Dow Chemical Park , accessed on October 2, 2019
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