Ringheim

Ringheim Großostheim market Coordinates: 49 ° 55 ′ 50 ″ N , 9 ° 2 ′ 8 ″ E
Height :	135 m above sea level NN
Residents :	3131 (Dec. 31, 2017)
Postal code :	63762
Area code :	06026

Ringheim is a district of the Großostheim market in the Bavarian district of Aschaffenburg and has 3131 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2017). Unlike the other districts of the community, Ringheim has been a district of Großostheim since it was founded.

geography

The Ringheim settlement extends over an area of 1.32 km² and is 135 m above sea level. NN on the district of Großostheim. It is located directly on Kreisstraße 8 between Schaafheim (Hesse) and Großostheim, the state border with Hesse runs west of the settlement . In the east runs the federal highway 26 , which connects the Upper Franconian Bamberg with the Hessian Wolfskehlen .

Neighboring places

City of Babenhausen	District Babenhausen-Harreshausen	Parish Stockstadt
Community Schaafheim		Community Großostheim
	District Großostheim-Pflaumheim

etymology

Surname

The place took its name from the independent village of Ringheim, which died out at the beginning of the 16th century. Earlier spellings are Ringelheim and Ringenheim . The name is probably of Alemannic origin and originally ended with ingen .

history

The old Ringheim

The extinct village was west of Großostheim. It was first mentioned in a document in the 12th century. Archaeological excavations confirmed that there was a settlement there in prehistoric times. Already in the 16th century the place fell desolate after a plague epidemic . Ringenheim was mentioned in writing for the last time in 1499. The Ringheimer Mühle ⊙ is the last remaining property of the old Ringheim. 49.917512 9.060652 330

The so-called Hexenkirchhof was located in the former Ringheimer Schlag forest department on the edge of the Großostheimer Unterwald near the former municipal sand pit. Today the club building of TSV Ringheim is located on the sand pit area.

The new Ringheim

The new Ringheim was built after 1945 on the site of the former air force airfield about 2 km northwest of the original village. After several years of negotiations, the settlement plan was approved with the construction of 230 houses. On July 7, 1950, the new settlement was given the official name Ringheim in memory of the medieval village on whose territory it was built. The church and school were initially set up in emergency shelters. In 1974 the Pius Church was consecrated. Rapid development with industrial settlements has turned what was initially a small district into a handsome settlement.

Economy and Infrastructure

Companies

The textile industry dominated the picture until the 1990s, in the meantime numerous companies from all branches of the economy have set up shop. In addition to the Großostheimer Eder & Heylands Brewery , which has been outsourcing the entire logistics to Ringheim since 2010, food manufacturers such as the organic brand Dennree or Salomon Foodworld , but also automotive suppliers such as the Mahr Group have set up shop . Numerous smaller and larger companies complete the portfolio of the former barrack village.

Public facilities

Ringheim has a branch of the local community library.

education

Ringheim has a daycare center with nursery and crib , as well as a primary school . There is also a primary school with grades 1 to 4.

traffic

With the VAB bus line 53 , which crosses the town, there is a connection to the regional and long-distance transport network of the RMV or Deutsche Bahn at the train stations in Babenhausen and Aschaffenburg . The district is connected to the trunk road network via the nearby federal highways B26 and B469 .

About 1 km south of the settlement, on the edge of the lower forest, is the Aschaffenburg airfield , a commercial airfield for planes weighing up to 5700 kg. A Federal Police helicopter has been stationed at the airfield since December 2014 . Until 1976 the airfield was located right next to the residential areas, it was only moved to its current location in 1977. The old airfield is now an industrial area.

partnership

There is a partnership with the French town of Vraux in the Champange through the Catholic parish of St. Pius .

Culture and sights

Theaters and museums

A former research bunker (1943-44) of the Luftwaffe, which has now been converted into a documentation and meeting place, is very well preserved in today's Ringheim industrial area "Am Nordring". There is also a private gallery that focuses on the so-called Lost Generation , Expressive Realism and German Expressionism .