Schwabsburg
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Schwabsburg
City of Nierstein
Coordinates: 49 ° 51 ′ 50 ″ N , 8 ° 18 ′ 42 ″ E
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| Height : | 120 m above sea level NHN |
| Incorporation : | July 1, 1970 |
| Postal code : | 55283 |
| Area code : | 06133 |
 Schwabsburg with castle ruins
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Schwabsburg is a district of the city of Nierstein in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate with around 1,600 inhabitants. Schwabsburg was an independent municipality until 1970 and takes its name from the Schwabsburg castle there .
history
The place was first mentioned in a document in 1257. There is evidence of a Roman settlement dating back to the 3rd century AD. The Romans apparently planted the first vines. Viticulture still plays an important role in the village today. At the beginning of the 13th century, the Hohenstaufen built a castle, of which only the angular, widely visible tower has survived and which is considered to be Schwabsburg's landmark.
With Dexheim and Nierstein, the place initially belonged to a community of imperial villages in the Niersteiner Mark . King Ludwig the Bavarian pledged this to the Archdiocese of Mainz in 1315 , and in 1375 the pledged property fell to the Electoral Palatinate . The eagle in the coat of arms, which has been detectable in seals since the 17th century, indicates the earlier imperial immediacy.
In 1970 Schwabsburg was incorporated into Nierstein.
politics
Local advisory board
Schwabsburg is designated as a local district and therefore has a local advisory board and a local councilor .
The local council consists of nine local council members and the local mayor as chairman. In the local elections on May 26, 2019 , the advisory board members were elected in a personalized proportional representation. The distribution of seats in the elected local council:
| choice | SPD | CDU | AfD | FDP | FWG | NEW | total |
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| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 seats |
| 2014 | 3 | 4th | - | 1 | 1 | - | 9 seats |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 9 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group Nierstein-Schwabsburg
- NEW = Voter Group Nierstein Committed and Independent e. V.
Mayor
Mayor is Benjamin Loos (SPD). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 52.26% of the vote, making him the successor to Gereon Geißler (CDU), who was no longer a candidate.
Attractions
The Protestant church in Schwabsburg is next to the castle tower the landmark of Schwabsburg. It was built in 1892 in neo-Gothic style. Its mighty tower with the three distinctive intermediate gables of the roof are a specialty in Rheinhessen. A previous building was built between 1613 and 1616, but the church was first mentioned in 1363; it was consecrated to Saint Pancras. The sanctuary houses a modern wooden cross by the artist Gustav Nonnenmacher. A bronze figure of Christ rises in front of the cross, arms raised invitingly. The risen Christ leaves the skulls on the cross below. At the rear on the mighty gallery, the Walcker organ dominates. There are five large church windows on both sides showing the Evangelists and Martin Luther. The particularly colorful window in the chancel shows the resurrection of Jesus. All windows were designed by Heinrich Beiler, a glass painting company from Heidelberg, and donated by Schwabsburger families.
Schwabsburg Castle
Personalities
Paul Frank (1922–2016), the last mayor of Schwabsburg with a total of 25 years in office, is an honorary citizen of the city
literature
- Erhard Nietzschmann: The free in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 67.
Web links
- Schwabsburg at regionalgeschichte.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erhard Nietzschmann: The free in the country. Former German imperial villages and their coats of arms. Melchior, Wolfenbüttel 2013, ISBN 978-3-944289-16-8 , p. 67.
- ↑ Local Nierstein: Main Statute. (PDF) § 4. Nierstein parish, June 30, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local Advisory Council elections 2019. Retrieved on August 7, 2019 .
- ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rhein-Selz, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Retrieved September 29, 2019 .