Semd

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Semd
City of Groß-Umstadt
Coat of arms of the former municipality of Semd
Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′ 23 "  N , 8 ° 53 ′ 16"  E
Height : 147 m above sea level NHN
Area : 15.99 km²
Residents : 1792  (Dec. 2016)
Population density : 112 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 64823
Area code : 06078
map
Location of Semd in Groß-Umstadt
"Taubensemd" nature reserve (2012)
Former town hall

Semd is a district of Groß-Umstadt in the southern Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg on the northern edge of the Odenwald .

history

The first documentary evidence dates from around 1312. Initially named Semede or Semme , later Sem (1544), or Sembt (1711). Semd was jointly owned by the Electoral Palatinate and the Landgraviate of Hesse . 1576 both hold the high super-glory and righteousness . In Semd, the nobility and the church have property; so the Counts of Hanau , the Fulda monastery , the von Frankenstein , the von Wasen , the Ulner von Dieburg , the Gayling von Altheim , the von Karben , the von Rodenstein , the von Groschlag , the taverns von Erbach , the von Düdelsheim , the von Bleichenbach and the goose from Otzberg .

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Semd in 1829:

»Semd (L. Bez. Dieburg) Lutheran and Reformed Filialdorf; is 1 hour from Dieburg and 3 ⁄ 4 hours from Umstadt. The place has 186 houses and 1146 inhabitants, who are Lutheran except for 127 Reform., 19 Cath. And 4 Jews; among these are 82 farmers, 53 artisans and 80 day laborers. The church is communal and was built in the 15th century. There are 3 grinding mills and a very strong poppy seed cultivation. - Here the Counts of Katzenellenbogen owned a so-called Greven Court, which came to Hesse and originated from the times to which Katzenellenbogen was entitled in the district of Umstadt. The place was shared with the Palatinate, and in 1802 the Palatinate share came to Hesse. "

The higher-level administrative units were from 1621 the Umstadt office , which came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt in 1802 and belonged to the Starkenburg Province of the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1806 , from 1821 the District District of Dieburg , from 1832 the District of Dieburg , from 1848 the District of Dieburg , again from 1852 the district of Dieburg, from 1938 the district of Dieburg and since 1977 the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg .

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , Semd and Klein -zimmer tried to be incorporated into Dieburg in 1972, but the city of Dieburg refused. 1 January 1977. Then were large-Umstadt and the communities Dorndiel , Heubach, Kleestadt , Klein-Umstadt , Richen and Semd by the state law on the restructuring of the districts Darmstadt and Dieburg and the city of Darmstadt to the new city Gross-Umstadt together . For the core city of Groß-Umstadt and the districts of Dorndiel, Heubach, Kleestadt, Klein-Umstadt, Raibach, Richen, Semd and Wiebelsbach, local districts with local advisory councils and local heads were established in accordance with the Hessian municipal code. The boundaries of the local districts follow the municipal boundaries of December 30, 1971.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Semd was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

Population development

• 1633: 292 inhabitants
• 1806: 976 inhabitants, 168 houses
• 1829: 1146 inhabitants, 186 houses
• 1867: 1167 inhabitants, 211 houses
Semd: Population figures from 1806 to 2016
year     Residents
1806
  
 976
1829
  
 1,146
1834
  
 1,193
1840
  
 1,304
1846
  
 1,426
1852
  
 1,296
1858
  
 1,266
1864
  
 1,190
1871
  
 1,140
1875
  
 1,154
1885
  
 1,071
1895
  
 1,111
1905
  
 1,040
1910
  
 1,034
1925
  
 1,064
1939
  
 1,063
1946
  
 1,403
1950
  
 1,425
1956
  
 1,316
1961
  
 1,300
1967
  
 1,507
1970
  
 1,636
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2006
  
 2,000
2011
  
 1,677
2016
  
 1,792
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; City of Groß-Umstadt; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

• 1829: 996 Lutheran (= 86.91%), 127 Reformed (= 11.08%), 4 Jewish (= 0.35%) and 19 Catholic (= 1.66%) residents
• 1961: 1119 Protestant (= 86.08%), 160 Catholic (= 12.31%) residents

politics

Local advisory board

For Semd, there is a local district (areas of the former municipality of Semd) with a local advisory board and local head according to the Hessian municipal code . The local advisory board consists of seven members. Since the local elections in 2016, it has had four members of the SPD , two members of the CDU and one member of Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen . Mayor is Dieter Ohl (SPD).

badges and flags

Banner Semd.svg

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Semd

Blazon : In red over three golden tips a silver scales over a silver mirror in a golden frame.

The coat of arms was designed by the heraldist Heinz Ritt and approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on September 2, 1963 .

It is based on an old court seal of the place from 1713 and thus refers to the local court.

flag

The flag was approved on April 24, 1961 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

Flag description: "On the wide white center section of the blue-white-blue bunting the municipal coat of arms." | -

Culture and sights

There has been a bench in the Semder corridor since March 2004 . It is 31.33 m long; the seat and the back are each made from a single piece of Douglas fir . Locals in particular consider this original piece to be the "longest bench in the world".

Nature and protected areas

Wet meadows, reeds and trees in the Taubensemd nature reserve (2020)

The Taubensemd nature reserve of Habitzheim, Semd and Groß-Umstadt is partly within the boundaries of Semd. The species-rich protected area includes wet meadows , reed beds , open and sometimes temporary water areas and dry rains .

The natural monument Gambseiche on Semder district fell victim to a lightning strike in June 2019 and had to be felled. Your lying trunk is still protected as a natural monument.

societies

Almost twenty clubs, a sports and culture hall and a lively cultural life, which is reflected in street festivals and many other cultural events, can boast of the almost 2000 inhabitants.

Regular events

  • Many festivals take place in Semd, from very small parties like the mulled wine notch on the Friday before the Sunday of the Dead to the Semder “Mallorca Beach Party”, which has been a fixed date in the region's cultural calendar for years.
  • September: curb

Infrastructure

Public facilities

The volunteer fire brigade , gymnastics club, rifle house, library, kindergarten, elementary school, church (for which Professor Otto Linnemann from Frankfurt created glass windows around 1919) and the parish hall should be mentioned as public institutions .

traffic

The federal highway entrance of the B26 towards Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main is only two kilometers away. Groß-Umstadt and Dieburg as small-town hubs of the region are only 5 minutes away by car. To Frankfurt Airport can be reached in 40 minutes (25 minutes during off-peak hours). An express bus connection as well as train stations in Dieburg (6 km) and Groß-Umstadt (4 km) complete the transport connection.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Semd, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of March 23, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ a b city ​​districts. In: website. City of Groß-Umstadt, accessed November 2017 .
  3. ^ A b c Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 222 ( online at google books ).
  4. ↑ Magistrat der Stadt Dieburg (ed.): Dieburg a chronicle. Dieburger Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-023096-7 , p. 138
  5. ↑ Karl-Heinz Meier barley, Karl Reinhard Hinkel: Hesse. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation . Ed .: Hessian Minister of the Interior. Bernecker, Melsungen 1977, DNB  770396321 , OCLC 180532844 , p. 231 .
  6. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg and the city of Darmstadt (GVBl. II 330–334) of July 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 318 , § 14 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
  7. ↑ a b main statute. (PDF; 97 kB) §; 5. In: Website. City of Groß-Umstadt, accessed May 2019 .
  8. ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  9. ↑ a b List of offices, places, houses, population. (1806) HStAD inventory E 8 A No. 352/4. In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), as of February 6, 1806.
  10. ^ Ph. AF Walther : Alphabetical index of the residential places in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1869, OCLC 162355422 , p. 82 ( online at google books ).
  11. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;
  12. ^ Heubach local council. In: website. City of Groß-Umstadt, accessed October 2019 .
  13. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the municipality of Semd in the district of Dieburg, administrative district of Darmstadt from May 14, 1960 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1960 no. 20 , p. 582 , point 454 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.7 MB ]).
  14. ↑ Wappen der Welt: Semd , accessed in November 2017.
  15. ^ Approval of a flag of the municipality of Semd in the district of Dieburg, administrative district of Darmstadt from April 24, 1961 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1961 No. 18 , p. 497 , item 486 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4,2 MB ]).
  16. ^ Ordinance on the nature reserve "Taubensemd von Habitzheim, Semd and Groß-Umstadt" of June 3, 1992. PDF. State Gazette for the State of Hesse 25/1992, p. 1389, No. 502, accessed on July 14, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Tuesday, September 8, 2015, p. 18