St. Leon-Rot

Basic data
State :	Baden-Württemberg
Administrative region :	Karlsruhe
County :	Rhein-Neckar district
Height :	104 m above sea level NHN
Area :	25.56 km 2
Residents:	13,734 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	537 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	68789
Area code :	06227
License plate :	HD
Community key :	08 2 26 103
LOCODE :	DE SNL
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 2 ; 68789 St. Leon-Rot
Website :	www.st-leon-rot.de
Mayor :	Alexander Eger ( FDP )
Location of the community of St. Leon-Rot in the Rhein-Neckar district

St. Leon-Rot is a municipality in the south of the Rhein-Neckar district in Baden-Württemberg near Heidelberg and Speyer .

geography

Geographical location

St. Leon-Rot is located in the Kraichbach lowlands , part of the Upper Rhine Graben, around 18 kilometers south of Heidelberg , belongs to the Rhein-Neckar district and is part of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region .

geology

Thick layers of gravel and sand begin a few meters below the surface and sometimes reach down to a depth of 1000 m. The Palatinate Forest in the west and the Odenwald in the east are seen from St. Leon-Rot as the edges of the lowlands. They used to be a contiguous mountain range, the formation of which probably dates back 225 million years.

In the search for oil, natural gas and potash salt deposits , more than 2000 deep boreholes and seismic measurements have shown that in the depths of the Rhine trench, under the gravel, sand and lettuce layers, the same types of rock occur as on both sides on the surface of the marginal mountains. The tipped and offset clods inside the trench confirm that the trench collapsed on a massive scale. The difference in height between layers of the same age at the Königstuhl and in the ditch area, i.e. the total jump height of the demolition, amounts to almost 5000 meters. Rocks from the shell limestone of the Keuper and, further south, of the Jura have been preserved in the trench , while they have fallen victim to the ongoing erosion in the eastern highlands.

Oil drilling was carried out in the years 1935–37 in the area of the former municipality of Rot. The drilling rigs were located near the cemetery, on today's Josefstrasse and in Stegerfeld. However, the yield was very low, which is why the drilling was stopped again in 1937.

In the Wiesloch forest, near the so-called “Schnellpresse” ( Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG ), they had greater success. In the years 1951–1963, crude oil was extracted there, processed and delivered to Ludwigshafen am Rhein ( BASF ) and to Bochum in tank trucks operated by the Federal Railroad . In 1963 the production became unprofitable because oil could be obtained more cheaply from abroad.

The sinking of the Rhine trench took place gradually. Even today, the Upper Rhine Graben sinks by 0.5 millimeters every year. In the course of the geological age, the rift was filled with seawater from the south. The rivers and the water-rich brooks of the peripheral mountains also poured into the depression. They filled the trench with rubble, clay and sand. These deposits form layers up to 1000 m thick in some places. The water initially flowed south to the Rhône Graben . The alluvial debris blocked this drain until the water masses at today's Bingen made a breakthrough to the north. So the trench gradually dried up. What was left was the Rhine, which flowed through the Rheinaue in many turns until it was corrected by the river engineering engineer Johann Gottfried Tulla in the mid-19th century and became a navigable river.

The ice and interglacial ages with their strong climatic fluctuations resulted in cold and warm periods and had a very strong influence on the flora and fauna. Finds from dredging in gravel and clay pits show that mammoths, rhinos, elk and bison once lived here.

Today the Rhine plain is divided along a line Speyer – St. Leon-Rot-Malsch from west to east into the following natural areas:

Along the Rhine extends between Speyer and Altlußheim, the Rhine lowlands or Rheinaue with marshy wet soils, old Rhine arms and alluvial forests with their poplars, alders and willows. It merges into the high bank or Hochgestade located 5–10 meters above the river, which made flood-free settlements such as Brühl, Ketsch, Hockenheim and Alt- and Neulußheim possible. As a demarcation from the river floodplain, the high banks also form the transition to the lower Rhine terrace with its old gravel surfaces. These are covered with loess clay west of the Rhine and mostly silted up east of the river in our area.
During and after the Ice Age, the sand masses formed dunes that used to move on, but are now forested or covered with vegetation. The finer components of the former bed of the Rhine were blown out by the wind and deposited as loess on the Bergstrasse, in the Vorderpfalz and above all in the Kraichgau. A large part of these loess layers was washed down from there into the Rhine plain as alluvial loess.
The low terrace landscape is for the most part interspersed with pine forests. The forest-free sandy soils in this zone are ideal for growing asparagus and tobacco. Between the two districts of St. Leon and Rot, the area is broken through by the Kraichbach lowland. This is a former outflow of the Murg-Kinzig-Rinne and shows wet and flat moor soils in the Kirr south and in the "Bruch" northwest of the district of Rot (Bruch: marshland, from the Old High German bruoh = bog soil, swamp). The wetland in the Kirr, drained by ditches, is used today as green and arable land.
The lowland area in the Roten Kirr between Gärtenweg and Kraichbach and the higher terrace in the Sentner west of the renatured Kraichbach have been redesigned into natural golf courses that take into account the original character of the landscape.
Between the lower terrace and the foothill zone (high terrace) of the Kraichgau hill country lies the much lower mountain edge depression of the Kinzig-Murg-Rinne with the river channels of the Kraichbach on the southern border of the Rot and Leimbach near Wiesloch. The damp and wet soils as well as the riparian forests of these lowlands along the railway line are often under water.

Landscape and climate

The reason for the mild climate with an average temperature of 10.3 degrees Celsius lies in the location in the Upper Rhine Plain, protected from rough winds . At 1.2 degrees Celsius, it is above the mean values in Germany, which means that the cherry, peach, almond and plum trees bloom on the plain in early spring.

Loose sandy soil as well as moisture and spring warmth favor the cultivation of asparagus and tobacco , special crops that require air warmth of 20-25 degrees Celsius and uniform soil moisture during growth. In the fertile loess fields of the plain it is harvest time from spring to autumn. Field vegetables such as lettuce and carrots as well as various berries and fruits are brought in to be marketed by the Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim wholesale market .

Expansion of the municipality and neighboring municipalities

Viewed clockwise, the district of St. Leon-Rots borders in the north on that of the municipality of Reilingen , and further on that of the cities of Walldorf and Wiesloch . In the east, the area of the town of Rauenberg and that of the municipality of Malsch border the St. Leon-Roter Flur. To the south-east, the Mingolsheim district of the Bad Schönborn community also meets the St. Leon-Roter area in the forest, as does the Kronau community to the south and the town of Waghäusel . All three of the last-mentioned municipalities belong to the district of Karlsruhe . In the west Waghäusel and Reilingen close the circle of the neighboring communities.

Community structure

The formerly independent communities of Rot and St. Leon merged on January 1, 1974 to form the unified community of St. Leon-Rot. The two districts of Rot and St. Leon still exist, between which the new town center, which was already planned during the merger, was created. They are geographically separated by the Grenzweg.

history

Early history

Since 1974, St. Leon-Rot has consisted of the once independent communities of Rot and St. Leon. Even earlier, probably until the end of the 14th century, people lived in one community before the paths parted and two independent villages emerged.

St. Leo the Great

A canonical monastery named St. Leon was mentioned for the first time in 853 (patron: Leo the Great , Pope from 440 to 461), but it was not until 1157 that the existence of a place of the same name was documented in a deed of purchase from Bishop Günther von Speyer. The continuity of the patronage or the name indicates a continuity of the settlement. Pope Leo IX is said to have consecrated a church in St. Leon, but this is not documented; this legend may have originated as an explanation of the Leo patronage, which is quite rare north of the Alps. The first written mention of Rot is dated to 1284. The separation into the towns of St. Leon and Rot became apparent when a separate mayor was appointed for Rot in 1397 , and it probably became final when the Red Church was elevated to a parish church in 1476, although this is only attested from 1582. After the Thirty Years War , which had decimated the population, it grew again. However, she was very poor, which led to emigrations to Hungary and America .

18th century until today

Tobacco growing has been gaining in importance since the beginning of the 18th century. Hops were added in the middle of the 20th century. Agriculture was the main activity until the mid-1960s. Most of the fruiting consisted of animal feed, grain and potatoes mainly from tobacco, asparagus and grapes; the latter in the neighboring area. These special crops, which, however, lost their importance again through the acquisition of money in factories, and the jobs created in the area in the 21st century, together with the asparagus cultivation, resulted in better income and living conditions.

The structural change in the area, especially in Heidelberg and Wiesloch, resulted in the extinction of traditional agriculture. Large companies such as Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG , SAP SE and KS Gleitlager GmbH , but also many medium-sized companies, have provided the families with wages and salaries ever since.

The regional reform in Baden-Württemberg in 1974 reunited what had previously belonged together. In the years shortly before the merger, but especially afterwards, the infrastructure was built and completed. Schools, baths, leisure and recreational facilities as well as a pronounced club life guaranteed that the residents did not have to accept any compromises in terms of sport, culture or socializing. Of particular note are the St. Leoner See recreational facility and, since the mid-1980s, the Harres event center. Over the years, residential areas have also been created in the community. Two business parks, especially the business park, are the basis for being able to offer employees a sufficient number of jobs on site, which heralded the change from a residential community to a commercial and industrial location.

Development has accelerated since the early 1990s. The infrastructure was further expanded. The town's road network was renovated, broadband cables were laid in this context and the street lighting was wired. The supply of natural gas was completed and Tempo 30 zones were set up in residential areas . At the same time, the town centers were renovated and made more attractive.

The range of childcare options was completed and new classrooms were built at the two primary and secondary schools (each with a Werkrealschule). A new building yard and the new, centrally located town hall have created better working conditions for the municipal administration. The town hall was built in the new town center, which was determined during the merger, right next to the Harres event center. Across from the town hall, which was occupied in 1998, three grocery stores provide supplies for the residents. Next to the town hall, the Protestant Christ Church and the community center of the Protestant parish with a rectory were built. Behind it, the St. Leon-Rot senior center was created, which offers 60 care places and 20 places in the area of assisted living. Since the beginning of 2012, the newly built "Badespaß" indoor pool has replaced the two outdated swimming pools at the schools. The pool is designed for schools, clubs and the public and offers sport and relaxation for everyone with a 25 m swimmer pool, a multi-purpose pool and facilities for children. Diagonally across from the town hall, the St. Leon-Rot private high school built its home for around 750 pupils, which it moved into at the beginning of 2007. The Dietmar Hopp sports hall is next door for school and club sports. At the Parkring School, a building for childcare will be built together with a gymnastics hall.

Community merger

The efforts of the state government to form larger administrative units as part of the territorial reform of the 1970s did not stop at St. Leon and Rot. In the first public survey, the citizens of both municipalities rejected a merger. After an ultimatum from the state government, 88% of the Reds and 90% of the St. Leon citizens voted for the union with a turnout of 50% in Red and 45% in St. Leon in the second poll on June 24, 1973. In separate meetings, the two municipal councils voted for the merger with 10 yes and 2 no votes each, with one abstention each. The "marriage" was consummated and became legally binding on January 1, 1974.

Population development

Population development from 1871

1871 to 1956

1871 - 02,952
1880 - 03,227
1890 - 03,453
1900 - 04,021
1910 - 04,214
1925 - 06,603
1933 - 05,032
1939 - 05,183
1950 - 06,489
1956 - 07,089

1961 to 2002

1961 - 07,508
1965 - 08,389
1970 - 09,019
1976-10,033
1981 - 10,105
1987-10,526
1991 - 11,110
1995 - 11,643
1999 - 12,033
2002 - 12,108

2003 to 2013

2003 - 12,149
2004 - 12,274
2005 - 12,436
2007 - 12,539
2008 - 12,706
2009 - 12,752
2010 - 12,839
2011 - 12,633
2012 - 12,740
2013 - 13,102

since 2014

2014 - 13,403
2015 - 13,560

Religions

Christianity

Both Saint Leon and Rot have their own churches. In the district of St. Leon, the church of St. Leo the Great was named after Pope Leo the Great , while the Red Church of St. Mauritius bears the name of Saint Mauritius . In 2006 the pastoral care unit Walldorf-St. Leon-Rot, which includes the two resident parishes with Walldorf. She belongs to the dean's office Wiesloch of the Archdiocese of Freiburg . Around the churches there were also the original burial sites of the suburbs, which were replaced in the 19th century by today's cemetery in St. Leon and today's cemetery in Rot .

Evangelical Christ Church

The Protestant denomination also has a church that it had worked towards for many years. After all work was completed, on 29./30. March 2003 the official inauguration of the Christ Church took place. The church, connected to the community center, and next to it the rectory were built in the new center of St. Leon-Rot. The community is part of the southern Electoral Palatinate district of the Evangelical Church in Baden .

Denomination statistics

The majority of the population in 2012 (58.5%) belonged to the Roman Catholic religious community , 15.3% belonged to the Protestant Church, and 3,381 inhabitants (2012) were not affiliated with any religion or other religious communities. In 2017, 7,105 (51.3%) of the population belonged to the Catholic Church and 2,193 (15.8%) to the Protestant Church. 4,552 inhabitants (32.9%) can be assigned to other religions or do not belong to any religious community.

politics

town hall

Municipal council

The municipal council has 22 members who are directly elected for five years each. In addition, the mayor is the council chairman with voting rights.

The 2019 local elections led to the following result (in brackets: difference to 2014):

FWV	23.9% (−1.1)	5 seats (± 0)
CDU	20.9% (+7.0)	5 seats (+2)
FDP	16.2% (+2.3)	4 seats (+1)
Green	16.2% (+6.5)	3 seats (+1)
Young List (JL)	15.3% (+3.5)	3 seats (± 0)
SPD	7.5% (+0.5)	2 seats (± 0)

The turnout was 63.9% (+9.8).

mayor

The mayor is directly elected for a term of eight years.

1974–1998: Helmut Martin (CDU)
since 1998: Dr. Alexander Eger (FDP)

coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms of the municipality of St. Leon-Rot reads: "In front a silver tiara with three golden crowns and golden fringes in a shield split by blue and gold, behind a blue sickle with a black handle, the edge turned towards the edge of the shield."

It was awarded together with the blue and yellow flag in 1975 by the Ministry of the Interior. The coat of arms figure and picture were taken from the coats of arms of the two former communities. They stand for the two districts.

St. Leon-Rot
red
St. Leon

The coat of arms of the former municipality of Rot is split lengthways and in the front (left) part horizontally. The half silver (white) cross on a blue background in the front part confirms the former affiliation to the Speyer Monastery . The sickle on a golden (yellow) background is the place symbol, because red, like many places whose names end in -red or -red , emerged from a cleared settlement .

The coat of arms of the former parish of St. Leon shows the bust of Pope Leo IX on a blue background. in a silver (white) robe, with a silver (white) tiara and a silver (white) halo. Pope Leo IX is said to have consecrated the church in St. Leon in 1049, according to a parish chronicle from 1800. The silver-blue tinging is reminiscent of the former affiliation to the Speyer monastery.

Culture and sights

Site and landmark

St. Mauritius

For more than five centuries, the church tower in St. Mauritius with its massive square substructure and the unmistakable octagonal bell chamber has been the landmark of the district of Rot. At 43 meters high, this Gothic-style tower is probably the highest and probably oldest building in the municipality of St. Leon- Be red. The construction of the tower began around 1476 under the reign of Bishop Ramung , according to the records of the Duchy of Speyer . If you enter the tower through the main portal, you can clearly see the finely worked keystones of the late Gothic tower vault, which, like the entire tower, are made of yellow sandstone. The bell of the parish of St. Mauritius, which consists of five bells, is hung in the tower. This ringing was supplemented by two new bells in 2003.

Christ bell - 1600 kg - cis
St. Mauritius - 1284 kg - dis
St. Maria - 809.5 kg - fis
St. Joseph - 600 kg - g sharp
Holy Guardian Angel - 514 kg - ais

Local museum

For a long time there were considerations to set up a local museum in St. Leon-Rot. After the technical advice from the State Office for Museum Care , it was decided not to create a conventional museum of local history, in which often only the static is offered and, as experience has shown, only a few spectators are reached in the long run. As a rule, only so-called theme museums have a chance of attracting the public. However, the topics suitable for St. Leon-Rot (such as tobacco, asparagus) are already occupied. The concept therefore provides for a permanent exhibition on the history of St. Leon-Rot to be realized with changing exhibitions on various topics.

In the 1150th year of the first mention of the St. Leo Monastery, the St. Leon-Rot Museum opened its doors on February 9, 2003. For the local history museum, rooms with a total of around 80 m² are available on the ground floor, which are accessed through a separate entrance. The priorities Stone Age, Roman Settlement Period and the Middle Ages are shown on printed panels. Exhibits found in the St. Leon-Roter area support the verbal representation. “Hands-on history” is offered in the museum's educational space, which is aimed primarily at younger visitors. But adults can also find out, for example, how difficult it used to be to grind grain. The depiction “From the tobacco field to the golf course” in the third room of the museum addresses recent history. Special topics are taken up there in changing exhibitions.

The work of the local history working group, which has overseen the local history museum from the start, was recognized at the end of 2006. The St. Leon-Rot Museum was the winner of the “Exemplary Local History Museum” competition and won one of the two main prizes, which included prize money of 3,000 euros. The museum in the old town hall in St. Leon-Rot has been described as a modern place of documentation, which is groundbreaking. The award was presented to Mayor Alexander Eger and the members of the local history working group on May 22nd, 2007 by the former district president Gerlinde Hämmerle .

Event center Harres

With the Harres in 1986 the basis for a new town center was laid. The Harres serves as a building for meetings and seminars. In addition, there is a restaurant that catered for the guests. However, the Harres is also available for other events such as B. baptism, wedding, anniversary or birthday party suitable. The "Badner Saal", large hall in Harres, is used at traditional ball events, for example. B. on the occasion of the asparagus season, used during the sauerkraut market.

The large sports hall with grandstands and two playing fields enables the local clubs to train regularly and to hold competitions. Whether football, badminton, handball or volleyball, modern self-defense or senior gymnastics, in this sports hall you will find the necessary accessories for almost every sport. Hobby and sport bowlers can let the balls roll on eight lanes, which are located in the basement opposite the sports hall. Small celebrations are also held in the bowling room. In July 2007 the old bowling alley, which had been in service for 21 years, was torn down and a new, modern 8-slab lane system was built. In every theater season it is possible to watch comedies and plays as well as operettas and concerts live.

Sports

golf

SAP golf course in St. Leon-Rot (July 2006)

The St. Leon-Rot Golf Club, founded in 1997 , has been running a golf course since 1997, on which the Deutsche Bank / SAP Open was held several times between 1999 and 2004 . In addition, the Solheim Cup was held in 2015 .

Soccer

Three football clubs are active in St. Leon-Rot. The FC Rot was founded in 1958, the VfB St. Leon 1967. Both the FC Rot as well as the VfB St. Leon feature youth teams from the G-Juniors (Bambini) to the U-13 (D-juniors) under their responsibility. From the U-14 (C-Juniors) to the U-19 (A-Juniors), the two clubs have been playing together for a number of years. At the beginning of the 2010/11 season, VfB St. Leon also founded a girls' department from the age group U-14. In addition, both clubs each have two men's teams and one senior men's department.

The football club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim plays the home games of its women's teams on the VfB St. Leon sports field. The first women's team at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim plays in the 1st Bundesliga (2013/14). The women's teams of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim emerged from the 1. FC Mühlhausen / VfB St. Leon syndicate in 2000 .

Handball

The sport of handball used to be a figurehead of the community. Thus the recorded TSV 05 Red in this sport in particular, when the club from 1966 to 1968 in the newly established field handball league and from 1981 until voluntary retirement in 1988 in the second handball league played. Today the first men's team plays in the Baden League. In addition, handball is represented in the community by the HSG St. Leon / Reilingen, whose first men's team is active in the Landesliga Nord.

Regular events

St. Leoner Sauerkraut Market

The sauerkraut market has been taking place since it was first mentioned in 1482, although it can be assumed that the market already existed in the years before; but this is not proven. From 1482 there is a document in which the Speyer Bishop Ludwig I, Baron von Helmstädt, determined that the annual demurrage "uf dem marckt zu sant lene" should go to the Waldfaut (Faut = Vogt) Bernhard Billung vom Burgberg. The St. Leoner Markt was a grocer's market that used to supply the residents with everything they needed for the household . As once ordered, the sauerkraut market takes place “in the Flecken drinne”, ie in the village. Even today, the goods and services on offer find buyers among visitors from near and far. The name Sauerkraut Market comes from the fact that it is held annually in November, i.e. at the time when the first fresh sauerkraut of the new harvest is on the table.

The fair is always held on the first Sunday and Monday after All Souls Day; The St. Leoner Kirchweih was held on the market weekend at the beginning of the last century, so that the range of goods and entertainment complement each other. The parish fair begins on Saturdays and ends on Tuesday after the market.

Red street kerwe

Based on the Kerwe , which had gradually lost interest and attractiveness, the Roter Strooßekerwe was launched in 1979. Since then, the street kerwe has been celebrated in the district of Rot on the first weekend in October, a kerwe municipal council was formed from among the association's executive boards and a kerwe mayor was elected in a public election ceremony on the main street of the district, with a kerwe bailiff to help . This event is sponsored by the local Red Clubs and is widely known as the Oktoberfest des Bruhrain . The clubs offer all kinds of delicacies that can be consumed in the ostrich taverns. Showmen contribute amusement stands so that the parish fair also comes into its own.

St. Leon Street Festival

For more than 20 years, the St. Leon clubs have been celebrating their street festival in the center of St. Leon, presided over by a regent from the ranks of the club boards. Under the aegis of the annually changing regents, this event has meanwhile also blossomed into a traditional event.

Culinary specialties

Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) has been at home in St. Leon-Rot for many years and finds ideal conditions in the sandy area. The intensive culture, which gave the place the name “Asparagus Community”, began in St. Leon around 1887 and in Rot in the 1920s. Even today, St. Leon-Rot is one of the largest asparagus growing communities in the catchment area of the Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim wholesale market. This was taken into account by the fact that the Badische Spargelstrasse runs through the community. Organized sales began in St. Leon in 1929 with the establishment of an asparagus market, which served to sell the asparagus growers' products more profitably. On April 24, 1929, the Baden Ministry of the Interior approved the asparagus market, which, however, only lasted for a short time. In the following years there was no longer an asparagus market, only a central collection point at the town hall, from where the asparagus was picked up daily by the Heidelberg wholesale market. In 1952, the St. Leon asparagus growers founded the asparagus and fruit growing association with the aim of promoting the cultivation and sale of asparagus. In 1954/55 the association built an asparagus hall as a central collection point, which at the end of the 1960s was no longer sufficient and was replaced in 1970 by a larger hall in Kirrlacher Strasse. In red, which did not have an asparagus association, the asparagus was delivered to a private collection point and from there to the Heidelberg wholesale market. The crop yields in both districts were considerable. During the main harvest season, 100 to 150 quintals were delivered to St. Leon every day. The acreage here has increased from 16.9 hectares in 1934 to 120 hectares in 1979. In red it is around 53 hectares today. Asparagus has a long tradition in St. Leon-Rot, which is also reflected in the fact that numerous methods of preparation are known. In the period between the end of April and St. John's Day in June, the lily plant dominates the community and the region in culinary terms and is offered fresh from the field in many restaurants and at festivals.

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

Mayor Isidor Thome (1954–1968) settled the then subsidiary of the metal company, the Kolbenschmidt company , in Gewann Stegerfeld in 1962 (the plant belonged to Magna from 1994 and to TRW from 1997 ). The condition was that an area reserve of around 77 hectares was made available. After the local council at that time had approved, the basis for today's industrial park was laid. This optional site lay fallow for many years until the municipal council made the decision in 1990 to use the site reserve for the settlement of trade and industry. A development and marketing company was founded together with the metal company. In 1995, however, the metal company ran into financial difficulties due to oil futures and decided to sell the approximately 35 hectares of land and 42 company apartments . The local council took the opportunity and took over the shares so that the business park could be further developed and marketed. DM 21 million was invested in three construction phases and businesses were relocated, whereby emphasis was placed on the solidity and environmental compatibility of the companies to be relocated, as well as additional jobs and tax revenues.

In 1995 SAP Germany moved into its first building in the St. Leon-Rot industrial park. The logistics center with printing, shipping and warehouse has been located in the industrial park since 1996. At the beginning of 1998, SAP made the decision to expand the St. Leon-Rot location. This was preceded by the decision of the municipal council to build a service center with around 1,100 jobs. With investments of 100 million DM, a development was initiated that created many jobs. In 2000, SAP alone employed more than 2,000 people in the business park. Another 600 were added after moving into additional office buildings and the data center. The last phase of construction meant that SAP established more than 4,000 jobs in the St. Leon-Rot industrial park.

As a result of the arrival of SAP, more companies have settled, so that an industrial and commercial settlement with the flair of a park has now arisen on the formerly fallow site of the Stegerfeld district.

traffic

St. Leon-Rot is connected to the regional transport network via the A5 Frankfurt – Karlsruhe (exit 39 Walldorf / Wiesloch or 41 Kronau) and A 6 Mannheim – Heilbronn (exit 32 Wiesloch / Rauenberg) motorways. The traffic development is supplemented by the federal highways 3 and 39 . The L 546, which was completed in 2008, acts as a bypass road and relieves the main roads in the Rot district. The land consolidation, which runs in parallel, is intended to ensure a cycle path network that will continue to function after the road has been built.

The Rot / Malsch S-Bahn stop on the Heidelberg – Bruchsal – Karlsruhe line guarantees a connection to regional and national rail transport. In addition to the RheinNeckar S-Bahn , there are bus routes to Walldorf, Wiesloch, Malsch and Neulußheim station . In this way there is a connection to Mannheim in public transport. St. Leon-Rot is part of the tariff area of the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

education

Old Mönchsberg School

The children can be trained in two state schools, one elementary school ( Mönchsbergschule ) and one elementary and technical school ( Parkringschule ), as well as the Löwenrot-Gymnasium. The era of the Hauptschule ended after the 2010/11 school year in St. Leon-Rot. Since the beginning of the 2010/11 school year, both secondary schools have been merged into a Werkrealschule. This Werkrealschule is located at the Parkringschule; grades five and six of the Werkrealschule had been established at the Mönchsbergschule; Because of the decline in the number of pupils, the Werkrealschule is concentrated at the Parkringschule. Other types of secondary school are located in Walldorf, Wiesloch or Heidelberg. The school system is also developing in St. Leon-Rot. From the 2012/13 school year, grades 5 and 6 of the Werkrealschule will be run as an all-day school. From the 2014/15 school year, the Werkrealschule will become a community school. This was decided by the local council and the school conference. The application was made in September 2013 to replace the Werkrealschule with the community school for the 2014/15 school year.

The music school Südliche Bergstrasse and the Volkshochschule Südliche Bergstrasse (with a branch in St. Leon-Rot) are active on site and offer a variety of courses.

media

For almost 40 years now, the community news has been published as the community's announcement organ, initially in the formerly independent communities, today also in St. Leon-Rot. The municipality acts as the publisher, the weekly is published by the local publisher Nussbaum Medien , which is located in the industrial park.

The Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung reports daily on St. Leon-Rot and the region .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Helmut Martin, from 1968 to 1974 mayor of the then independent municipality of Rot and from 1974 to 1998 mayor of the merged municipality of St. Leon-Rot, in recognition of his services to the municipality of St. Leon-Rot
Anton Kremer, from 1991 to 2007 alderman of the community, due to his commitment to the community, to the Red Cross and the Aid to Russia
Dietmar Hopp (* 1940), one of the founders of SAP, established a foundation for local sports clubs and helped finance the St. Leon-Rot senior center.

Personalities who have worked on site

The musician Franz Schnuckenack Reinhardt was born on February 17, 1921 in Weinsheim. In 1982 he moved to St. Leon-Rot, where he lived with his wife Sita until his death on April 16, 2006. The Dutch ichthyologist Ad Konings had his publishing house Cichlid Press in St. Leon-Rot from 1991 to 1996 .

literature

Sabine Pich: Between factory and field work. Tobacco cultivation and the cigar industry in the history of St. Leon-Rot . Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 1991, ISBN 978-3-9802218-3-2 .
Parish St. Leon-Rot: St. Leon-Rot - 25 years of local history . Self-published, St. Leon-Rot 1999.
Community of St. Leon-Rot (Hrsg.): St. Leon-Rot - Das Heimatbuch Then and now. Self-published, St. Leon-Rot 2004.
Community of St. Leon-Rot (ed.): Festschrift 850 years of St. Leon . Self-published, St. Leon-Rot 2007.
Municipality of St. Leon-Rot (ed.): Festschrift 525 Years Sauerkrautmarkt St. Leon , self-published, St. Leon-Rot 2007.
Maria Rita Keilbach: Rot in Baden and its inhabitants 1644–1904. Plaidt: Cardamina-Verlag 2015 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 169)

Web links

Commons : St. Leon-Rot - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: St. Leon-Rot - travel guide

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office Baden-Württemberg - Population by nationality and gender on December 31, 2018 (CSV file) ( help on this ).

^ 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. 487 .

↑ Baden-Württemberg State Statistical Office

↑ [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 97 kB). Website of the community of St. Leon-Rot. Retrieved June 5, 2012.@1@ 2

↑ Municipality of St. Leon-Rot Annual Statistical Report 2017 , accessed on April 28, 2020

↑ State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg: Municipal council elections 2019, St. Leon-Rot ; Municipality of St. Leon-Rot: municipal council election 2019 ; accessed June 2, 2019.

^ Herwig John, Gabriele Wüst: Wappenbuch Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . Ubstadt-Weiher 1996, ISBN 3-929366-27-4 , pp. 102/103

↑ St. Leon-Rot: Airbag manufacturer TRW closes the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung 2013 site. The article was published on March 18, 2013