Rheinzabern

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Rheinzabern
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Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '  N , 8 ° 17'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Germersheim
Association municipality : Jockgrim
Height : 113 m above sea level NHN
Area : 12.76 km 2
Residents: 5001 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 392 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 76764
Area code : 07272
License plate : GER
Community key : 07 3 34 024
LOCODE : DE ZAZ
Association administration address: Untere
Buchstrasse 22 76751 Jockgrim
Website : rheinzabern.com
Local Mayor : vacant
Location of the local community Rheinzabern in the district of Germersheim
Wörth am Rhein Germersheim Zeiskam Ottersheim bei Landau Knittelsheim Bellheim Scheibenhardt Berg (Pfalz) Hagenbach Neuburg am Rhein Jockgrim Neupotz Hatzenbühl Rheinzabern Steinweiler Erlenbach bei Kandel Kandel (Pfalz) Winden (Pfalz) Vollmersweiler Freckenfeld Minfeld Leimersheim Kuhardt Rülzheim Hördt Schwegenheim Lingenfeld Freisbach Weingarten (Pfalz) Westheim (Pfalz) Lustadt Baden-Württemberg Frankreich Speyer Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Neustadt an der Weinstraße Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße Landau in der Pfalzmap
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Rheinzabern ( spoken in Palatinate dialect Rheinzawere ) is a municipality in the southern Palatinate district of Germersheim in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Jockgrim , within which it is the largest in terms of area and the second largest in terms of population. Rheinzabern is designated as a basic center according to state planning .

geography

Geographical location

The community is located between Bienwald and the Rheinaue. Jockgrim is about two kilometers to the southeast, and Neupotz is about three kilometers away in the northeast . The place Hatzenbühl is about two kilometers to the west, Rülzheim is about five kilometers away in the north and Kandel is about six kilometers away in the southwest. Rheinzabern also includes the residential spaces An der alten Neupotzer Straße, Bahnhaus an der Tongrube, Heulachhof, Rinkenhof, Wanzheimer Mühle and Zirkershof.

Waters

Erlenbach within Rheinzabern

Through the village flows Erlenbach , located in Leimersheim with the Otterbach to Michelbach combined. In the east of the district there is the Erlengraben , which opens into the Weißdorngraben ; the latter flows into the Wattbach , which flows into the Otterbach beyond the municipal marker.

history

Antiquity

The place was founded under the name Tabernae as a rest stop on the Roman highway from Italy via Basel to Mainz . Rheinzabern celebrated its 1950th anniversary in 2004, making it the oldest municipality in the southern Palatinate . In Roman times pottery was mainly produced here. Tabernae rhenanae was the most important pottery settlement in the Roman Empire north of the Alps . The Terra Sigillata clay, which was exported across Europe, is particularly famous . You can still visit the ancient kilns today . Roman building ceramics were made for the Mogontiacum fort (Mainz) , among others . Interdisciplinary research made it possible to locate bricks bearing the brick stamp of Legio XXII Primigenia for the production provenance of Rheinzabern.

The numerous finds, some of them well-preserved, from the 400-year period of Roman rule are mainly kept in the Palatinate History Museum in Speyer.

middle Ages

After the Roman settlement was burned down by vandals at the beginning of the fifth century, the history of Rheinzabern is lost, but various historical contexts suggest that a royal court was established here in the eighth century, in which a church already existed at the time of the Merovingians The year 746 came as a gift from the Frankish housekeeper Karlmann to the Blidenfeld monastery .

In the 12th century the place was counted as Zabern to the old legacy of the bishopric of Speyer , which probably came into possession of the place through a donation from Emperor Heinrich IV . Until the bishop's seat was moved to Bruchsal in 1188, the castle in Zabern was the seat of the Speyer prince-bishops. In the 14th century the place was given its current name Rheinzabern to distinguish it from Bergzabern, which was originally just called Zabern . In 1366 Rheinzabern was mentioned as a town with escort and customs rights. Crafts and trade flourished here as well as market events that were important for the surrounding area. Rheinzabern was part of the Lauterburg Oberamt and was part of the Jockgrim winery .

Modern times

During the Thirty Years' War and the subsequent armed conflicts that lasted around a century, the place suffered greatly, and by 1750 all of the city walls were razed. Nevertheless, the destruction of the war also resulted in subsequent redevelopment of the city area: the church was renovated in 1711, the town hall was rebuilt in 1718, and the church was completely rebuilt in 1766. The peacetime growth in the late 18th century resulted in a significant expansion of the church in 1777/78.

In the course of the French Revolution , Rheinzabern came to France in 1789 and later belonged to the arrondissement of Weißenburg in the Lower Rhine department , where it was incorporated into the canton of Kandel . In the following years, Rheinzabern suffered again from armed conflicts and troop movements. From 1815 to 1816 the place was under the administration of the imperial Austrian administration in Landau , on May 16, 1816 then to the Kingdom of Bavaria . From 1818 to 1862 he was a member of the Landkommissariat Germersheim ; from this the district office of Germersheim emerged.

Rheinzabern has been part of the district of Germersheim since 1939 . After the Second World War , the place became part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone . In the course of the first administrative reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the community was added to the newly formed Jockgrim community in 1972 .

population

Population development

If not listed separately, the source of the data is the State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate.

year Residents
1802 1,396
1814 1,511
1815 1,822
1835 1,985
1849 2,193
1861 2.005
1871 1,977
1905 1,839
year Residents
1939 2,499
1950 2,706
1965 3,258
1970 3,433
1975 3,433
1980 3,407
1985 3,740
year Residents
1990 4.102
1995 4,409
2000 4,419
2005 4,789
2010 4,914
2013 4,861
2017 5.010

religion

Parish Church of Sankt Michael (2007)

Due to its affiliation to the Speyer monastery , Rheinzabern remained Catholic even during the Reformation . As a result, the place is still predominantly Catholic today. At the end of 2013, 58.0 percent of the population were Catholic and 17.9 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to another religion or were non-denominational. In 1871, out of a total of 1977 inhabitants, 1960 were Catholic (99 percent) and 17 Protestant (1 percent).

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Rheinzabern consists of 22 (until the 2019 election 20, the increase was made according to local elections due to the increased number of residents) council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Template: future / in 3 years

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU GREEN FDP total
2019 6th 9 3 4th 22 seats
2014 6th 9 3 2 20 seats
2009 6th 8th 3 3 20 seats
2004 5 9 3 3 20 seats

mayor

mayor
Term of office Surname Political party
1952-1994 Walter Schellenberger FDP
1994-2020 Gerhard Beil CDU

Since Gerhard Beil's death in January 2020, First Alderman Roland Milz has been in charge of the official business, a new election was originally planned for April 26, 2020, but the date had to be postponed for an indefinite period due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

coat of arms

Rheinzabern coat of arms
 Blazon : "In gold, an openwork black triangle with a cross at the top, through which a red cord is twisted."

It was approved by the Mainz Ministry of the Interior in 1955 and goes back to a court seal from 1755.

Partnerships

A partnership is maintained with the five French municipalities of Chalmoux , Cronat , Mont , Saint-Aubin-sur-Loire and Vitry-sur-Loire ( Communauté de communes entre Somme et Loire ) in Burgundy .

Culture and sights

Cultural monuments

Listed town center with parish church Sankt Michael (2017)

The historical center with stately half-timbered houses from the 18th century is designated as a monument zone . There are also numerous individual objects that are under monument protection .

Other structures

Terra Sigillata Museum (2008)

The Terra Sigillata Museum has existed since 1977 . There are also Roman kilns on Faustinastraße.

nature

There are two natural monuments in the municipality .

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The village has a rural character and was dominated by agriculture for a long time . Meanwhile, Rheinzabern presents itself as a residential community in the vicinity of the large economic areas Rhine-Neckar and Karlsruhe. In the district of Rheinzabern, in addition to the usual field crops, fruit , vegetables , tobacco and white asparagus also ripen . In the past, the place was recognized as a "horse-friendly community". Rheinzabern has a solid infrastructure with many crafts and agricultural businesses.

The south-east of the town location since 2008 Holcim owned group Gravel wins next basic materials for the construction industry, gold from secondary deposits of the Rhine, the so-called Rheingold . The plant is also the only official gold producer in Germany.

education

In Rheinzabern there is the elementary school on Römerstrasse and since 2009 an integrated comprehensive school (IGS).

traffic

rail
Rheinzabern station in 2014

Rheinzabern has been connected to the Schifferstadt – Wörth railway line since 1876 . The Karlsruhe Stadtbahn has been operating on the Germersheim - Wörth am Rhein section since December 12, 2010 . The line was electrified for this purpose . In Rheinzabern, in addition to the train station, the two stops Rheinzabern Alte Römerstraße were built on the Steingebiss and Rheinzabern Rappengasse construction area . The tariffs of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund and the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar apply .

Street

There is also bus route 552 from Landau in the Palatinate . The state road 540 runs in a north-south direction through the middle of the settlement area. The state road 549 touches the northern edge of the village. The county road 11 provides a connection to Hatzenbühl. The community can be reached from the east on federal road 9 in the form of the Rheinzabern and Rheinzabern-Wiesenweg exits ; the latter is a makeshift connection. Coming from the west, the connection via the A 65 motorway takes the form of the Kandel-Mitte exit.

tourism

The Bauernwaldhütte operated by the Palatinate Forest Association is located on the south-western edge of the settlement . A historical circular route leads to the most important sights. In addition, the so-called Saar-Rhein hiking trails with the marking black point on a white bar leads through the community

Personalities

Honorary citizen

  • 1951: Peter Pfeiffer
  • 1951: Anton Pfeiffer
  • 1963: Otto Gauly
  • 1966: Friedrich Seeber
  • 1997: Walter Schellenberger (1920–2010), politician and sports official
  • 2019, May 10: Philipp Schmitt (* 1941), administrative officer, in recognition of his commitment and special services to the fire brigade, parish, associations and cultural community

Sons and daughters of the church

People who work or have worked on site

literature

  • 1900 years Rheinzabern , commemorative publication for the 1900 anniversary of the community, Ludwigshafen 1954

Web links

Commons : Rheinzabern  - Collection of images
Wikisource: Rheinzabern in the Topographia Palatinatus Rheni (Matthäus Merian)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 146/147 (PDF; 3 MB).
  4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: Rheinzabern
  5. ↑ a b c List of officials and statistics of the Royal Bavarian Government District of the Palatinate. 1863, p. XXXIII of the appendix.
  6. ↑ a b Results of the census in the Kingdom of Bavaria from December 1, 1871 according to individual communities. 1873, p. 65.
  7. ↑ KommWis, as of December 31, 2013
  8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
  9. ^ Rheinzabern: Mayor Gerhard Beil died
  10. ^ Elections in the VG Jockgrim
  11. ↑ After the Corona crisis: Rheinzabern elects a new local mayor
  12. ^ Karl Heinz Debus: The great book of arms of the Palatinate. Neustadt an der Weinstrasse 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3 .
  13. ↑ rheinzabern.com Retrieved on March 9, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
  14. ↑ terra-sigillata-museum.de
  15. ↑ Holcim Kies und Beton GmbH acquires new gravel works and a dry sand works ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Press release Holcim South. April 1, 2008, accessed August 23, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.holcim-sued.de
  16. ↑ Christoph Seidler: Treasure hunters raise the Rhine gold . Spiegel Online, 23 August 2012. Retrieved the same day.
  17. ↑ igs.bildung-rp.de
  18. ↑ Barbara Eichenlaub: As a firefighter number 1 , in: Die Rheinpfalz - Pfälzer Tageblatt - No. 113, May 16, 2019
  19. ↑ https://www.pfalz-express.de/rheinzabern-philipp-schmitt-zum-ehrenbuerger-ernannt/
  20. ↑ Data page on Pastor Gillmann in the online necrology of the Diocese of Speyer ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vkult1.dabis.cc
  21. ↑ https://www.rheinpfalz.de/tour-de-pfalz_artikel,-rheinzabern-ortsb%C3%BCrgermeister-gerhard-beil-gestorben-_arid,1574831.html