Steinau an der Straße

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Steinau an der Straße
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Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 9 ° 27 ′  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Main-Kinzig district
Height : 175 m above sea level NHN
Area : 104.87 km 2
Residents: 10,190 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 97 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 36396
Primaries : 06663, 06660 , 06666 , 06667Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / area code contains text
License plate : MKK, GN, HU , SLÜ
Community key : 06 4 35 028
LOCODE : DE SNU
City structure: 12 districts

City administration address : 		Brothers-Grimm-Strasse 47
36396 Steinau an der Strasse
Website : www.steinau.eu
Mayor : vacant
Location of the town of Steinau an der Strasse in the Main-Kinzig district
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Steinau an der Strasse is located in the Main-Kinzig district in the southeast of the state of Hesse . The addition "on the street" refers to the Via Regia , the old trade route from Frankfurt am Main to Leipzig , and serves to distinguish it from other places of the same name. Steinau is also called the Brothers Grimm City because they spent part of their youth here.

geography

location

Steinau is embedded in the Kinzig valley on the Kinzig between the Spessart in the south and the Vogelsberg in the north at an altitude of 175 m above sea ​​level , about 6.5 km southwest of Schlüchtern .

geology

The location between the Spessart and its sandstone formations and the volcanically shaped Vogelsberg with its fertile weathered soils divides the district of Steinau: In the south it is characterized by forests and in the north by agriculture .

One of the two stalactite caves in Hesse, the Devil's Cave, is located north of downtown Steinau . The cave, which is around 2.5 million years old, has been opened up since 1905. Due to its large karst cavity in the lower shell limestone , it represents an important geological natural monument.

Neighboring communities

Steinau borders in the north on the municipality of Freiensteinau ( Vogelsbergkreis ), the municipalities of Neuhof and Flieden (both in the district of Fulda ), in the east on the city of Schlüchtern , in the south on the non- parish Spessart area , which surrounds the Marjoss district, and in the west on the city Bad Soden-Salmünster and the community of Birstein .

City structure

Steinau consists of the districts of Bellings , Hintersteinau , Marborn , Marjoss , Neustall , Sarrod , Rabenstein , Rebsdorf , Seidenroth , the core town of Steinau, Uerzell (with the settlement of Klesberg ) and Ulmbach .

history

middle Ages

The castle with its mighty keep dominates the cityscape
Steinau Castle , main entrance
Fairytale painted house
Pig well

In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, Steinau was an important stop on the Via Regia, the old trade route between the exhibition centers of Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig.

It originally belonged to the County of Rieneck . The dispute between the Archbishops of Mainz and the Counts of Rieneck in the second half of the 13th century for power in western Spessart ended in 1271 with a victory for the Archbishop of Mainz, Werner von Eppstein . Part of the peace agreement was that Countess Elisabeth von Rieneck , with a rich trousseau , to which the town of Steinau an der Straße belonged, was married to Ulrich I , von Hanau , an ally of the Archbishop of Mainz. This is how Steinau came to rule and later the county of Hanau . Ulrich I then ensured that Steinau received town charter , namely that of Gelnhausen , on July 4, 1290 - as the second town of his rule, after the Windecken residence and before Hanau . In 1339 the Archbishopric of Mainz claimed the city as a dilapidated fiefdom , but could not prevail. At an unknown time, Steinau was given to the Fulda monastery as a fief; the oldest surviving fiefdom letter about the castle and town of Steinau dates from 1442.

The town of Steinau was the main town of the Steinau office of the same name in the Hanau lordship and county. After the county of Hanau was divided in 1458, Steinau belonged to the county of Hanau-Munzenberg and was the main town of its "Upper County ".

With Steinau Castle, of which the square stump of the keep from the 13th century has been preserved, the Lords of Hanau built a fortification that served to secure the escort on the Via Regia. The castle was expanded to become Steinau Castle , which later often served as the widow's seat of the Hanau Countesses. Philipp Grimm , father of the brothers Grimm was here in the 18th century bailiff , so managing director of the Office Steinau and had his residential and official residence in the administration building , now a museum.

In 1319 the branch church in Steinau was handed over to the collegiate monastery of Salmünster by the abbot of Fulda monastery , and in 1324 a parish priest was mentioned in Steinau.

Historical forms of names

Steinau an der Straße was mentioned in documents that have survived under the following names (the year it was mentioned in brackets):

  • Steina (1290)
  • Steinahe (1304)
  • Steyna on the road to Fulde (1339)
  • Stena (1361)
  • Steinau (1364)

Modern times

The County of Hanau-Münzenberg initially joined the Lutheran denomination during the Reformation , and was reformed from 1597 . With the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , 1736, Steinau fell - together with the entire county of Hanau-Münzenberg - to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel , from which the Electorate of Hesse emerged at the beginning of the 19th century . During the Napoleonic period, Steinau was under French military administration from 1806, belonged to the Principality of Hanau from 1807 to 1810 and then from 1810 to 1813 to the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt , Hanau Department . Then it fell back to the Electorate of Hesse. There, with the administrative reform of the Electorate of Hesse in 1821, in which the Electorate of Hesse was divided into four provinces and 22 districts, the city was added to the newly formed district of Schlüchtern . In 1866 the electorate - and with it Steinau - was annexed by Prussia after the German-Austrian War .

After the Second World War Steinau was in the American zone of occupation. It became part of the state of Hesse and, with the territorial reform of 1974, part of the Main-Kinzig district .

On January 1, 1978, the municipality was officially renamed Steinau an der Strasse .

Incorporations

As part of the municipal reform in Hesse Belling, Marborn and Seidenroth were, on 1 December 1969 Marjoß at 31 December 1971 as well as background Steinau, Neustall and Ulmbach powerful state law on July 1, 1974 incorporated .

Population development

  • 1587: 0065 riflemen, 49 spearmen, 15 battle swords, 9 carpenters (plus 17 riflemen and 32 feather spearmen in Niederdorf)
  • 1633: 0245 households and 15 privates

Remarks

  • 1821 : Thomas Klein: Outline of German administrative history 1815–1845 . Row A: Prussia. Volume 11: Hessen-Nassau including predecessor states. Marburg 1979, p. 115.
  • 1961 : 4078; with the towns of Bellings, Marborn and Seidenroth: 5462 inhabitants
  • 1970 : Number after the incorporation of Bellings, Marborn and Seidenroth on December 1, 1969
  • 2012 : Hessian State Office for Statistics
  • 1846-1967 : LAGIS

Economic history

A hop mill , a fulling mill , the so-called gentleman's mill, a sawmill and the Neumühle, a grinding and sawmill, existed at the operating ditches derived from the Kinzig . A basalt quarry in the Ohl, north of the Schlüchtern-Süd exit of the A 66, was in operation until around 1930 . The tower of the affiliated gravel plant that housed the basalt crusher is still good from the highway to recognize ( 50 ° 19 '47.6 "  N , 9 ° 28' 37.16"  O ).

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
   
A total of 31 seats
  • SPD : 11
  • UBL : 7
  • BGM : 13
 Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 36.3 11 44.2 15th 38.8 13 41.2 15th
UBL Independent citizen list 21.9 7th 10.7 3 10.9 4th 15.5 6th
BGM CITIZENS SHAPE 41.8 13 - - - - - -
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany - - 40.3 13 42.7 14th 43.4 16
left The left - - 3.1 1 - - - -
FDP Free Democratic Party - - 1.7 1 7.5 2 - -
total 100 31 100 33 100 33 100 37
Voter turnout in% 52.3 49.7 49.7 60.4
Town hall with fairytale fountain

mayor

Mayor Walter Strauch (SPD), who has been in office since 2002, was re-elected on January 27, 2008 in the first ballot with 61.3% of the vote. The turnout was 67.4%. The incumbent did not run for the mayoral election in 2014. There Alexander Link (SPD), Mathias Lifka (CDU) and Malte Jörg Uffeln (independent) faced each other. Uffeln finally prevailed in the second ballot with 59.15% of the votes against Alexander Link (SPD) and has been mayor since August 1, 2014.

On June 13, 2017, the city council decided to initiate a voting procedure against the incumbent mayor Malte Jörg Uffeln. The reason for this are Nazi allegations in connection with a book present and a highly controversial dedication. As a disciplinary order, the Main-Kinzig-Kreis imposed a fine of 1,000 euros on Malte Jörg Uffeln on September 8, 2017. The voting process failed due to a rejection by 66.6% of voters on September 24, 2017, so that Malte Jörg Uffeln remains in office.

Town twinning

City partnerships exist with the following cities:

coat of arms

Blazon : “ Standing in blue on a green shield background, a white-clad, gold-haired, gold-crowned and silver-emblazoned woman, protruding from below the crown on the left, carrying a shawl-like narrow red cloth up to the waist, in the right outstretched open hand a six-spoke gold wagon wheel, in the left a silver sword holding, the point touching the ground, on the right accompanied by a little sign, in it three red rafters in gold, on the left by five five-pointed golden stars placed in wave stakes. "

Declaration of coat of arms: The coat of arms shows the patron saint of the city, St. Catherine . She is considered the patroness of Wagner, millers, virgins, girls, students, pupils, librarians and scholars, but also of potters (Steinau was an important pottery place since the Middle Ages). In her hands she holds a wheel and a sword, the tools of her martyrdom. In most of the depictions of St. Catherine, the wheel is broken, but not in the Steinauer coat of arms. The small coat of arms is that of the Counts of Hanau , whose lands Steinau belonged to for a long time, at times even being the seat of the Upper Counties and, for a short time, the Hanau residence. The meaning of the five stars is unknown.

Culture and sights

Brothers Grimm House with Frog Prince sculpture

Steinau is located on the German Fairy Tale Route and the German Half-timbered Route .

theatre

Steinau is home to the puppet theater "Die Holzköppe".

Museums

Buildings

  • Steinau Castle
  • Historic town center with numerous alleys and many well-preserved half-timbered buildings.
  • City wall with the defense towers and the remains of the former Landwehr with four wards (hiking trail): Marborner Warte and Ohlwarte are north of the city, Bellinger Warte and Seidenröther Warte (reconstruction buildings) to the south.
  • Amtshaus (built in 1562), the former administrative seat of the Hanau-Münzenberg and Hanau officials of the Steinau Office , today the Brothers Grimm House in Steinau .
  • Katharinenkirche , built in the 13th century. During archaeological excavations inside the church, the remains of older buildings were found that go back even further in time.
  • Reinhardskirche , Protestant baroque building by Christian Ludwig Hermann (1725–1731)
  • Von Welsberg Chapel (in the cemetery, built 1616)

Regular events

  • Jockes Market
  • Katharinenmarkt
  • Fairy tale sunday
  • Steinauer Puppet Show Days
  • Christmas Market
  • Kinzigtal totally

Economy and Infrastructure

Economic structure

Steinau's economy is determined by companies in the areas of rubber and plastics , chemistry , electrical engineering and wood processing as well as mechanics. Also the tourism is not without economic significance; Every year around 10,000 overnight stays are registered. The Ulmbach district is a state-approved resort .

traffic

Street

In its function today, the BAB 66 replaces the medieval Via Regia as a trunk road connection through the Kinzig valley from Frankfurt to the east.

railroad

The Kinzigtalbahn runs through Steinau an der Straße. Regional Express trains to Fulda and Frankfurt am Main stop every hour .

education

The Brothers Grimm School is located in Steinau as a primary, secondary and secondary school. There are also dwarf schools in Hintersteinau and Ulmbach (Bilzberg School). In Hintersteinau, all four grades are taught in one class. The primary school in Uerzell was closed at the beginning of the 2012/2013 school year, the primary school in Marjoss at the start of the 2019/2020 school year.

Leisure and sports facilities

  • Outdoor pool with paddling pool for small children and diving tower for big children, two water slides
  • Tennis court
  • two soccer fields
  • three riding facilities
  • Fishing opportunities
  • Reservoir with pedal boat rental
  • Adventure park Steinau an der Straße
  • Steinau climbing forest
  • 90-step path above the Teufelshöhle to the mountain pond: natural, small lake with water lilies, reed grass, dragonflies and frogs
  • The Hessian long-distance cycle route R3 ( Rhein-Main-Kinzig-Radweg ) runs through the city . It leads under the motto In the footsteps of the late harvest rider . along the Rhine , Main and Kinzig via Fulda to Tann in the Rhön .

State institutions

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who have worked in this city

  • Otto Brunfels (1488–1534), botanist
  • Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), linguist and literary scholar
  • Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), linguist and literary scholar
  • Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790–1863), painter and engraver
  • Thomas Adolph (1890–1963), inventor of the automatic punching machine
  • Karl Magersuppe (1900–1981), puppet theater owner and player, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class

literature

  • Ernst Hartmann: History of the city and the office Steinau an der Straße . Steinau 1971.
  • Willi Klein: On the history of milling in the Main-Kinzig district = Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 40. Hanau 2003, p. 87ff.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 374f.
  • Regenerus Engelhard: Description of the earth of the Hessian Lands Casselischen Antheiles with notes from history and from documents explained . Part 2. Cassel 1778, ND 2004, p. 800.
  • Heinrich Reimer: Historical local dictionary for Kurhessen . Marburg 1926, p. 454.
  • Christine Wittrock : Clean business, white vests and Persil notes. The history of the soap factories in Schlüchtern and Steinau since 1825 . Hanau 2002. ISBN 978-3-928100-90-8
  • Literature about Steinau an der Straße in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Steinau an der Straße  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Steinau an der Straße in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - sources and full texts
Wikivoyage: Steinau an der Straße  - travel guide

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
  2. ↑ See: Steinau .
  3. ^ Theodor Ruf: Hanau and Rieneck. About the changeable relationship between two neighboring noble families in the Middle Ages . In: New Magazine for Hanau History, 8th Vol., No. 6, pp. 300-311 (304).
  4. ↑ a b Steinau an der Strasse, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 29, 2015). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 376, 277 and 385 .
  6. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 13 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Norbert Schubert: Ohlbruch. on brexp.de. (As of February 23, 2013; accessed September 13, 2013.)
  8. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  9. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal election on March 27, 2011 ( Memento of February 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006 ( Memento of February 8, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ BGM on the Internet
  12. ↑ Because of "Führer" dedication: Steinau decides to vote against mayors - hessenschau.de ( Memento from November 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  13. ↑ Fine for misconduct: "Führer" dedication costs Steinauer Mayor 1,000 euros
  14. ↑ http://www.hessenschau.de/politik/nach-positiven-buergerentscheid-steinaus-buergermeister-will-dialog-mit-kritikern,steinau-uffeln-entscheid-100.html Continuing in office despite Hitler dedication: Steinaus mayor wants dialogue with critics
  15. ↑ Katharinenmarkt
  16. ↑ Steinauer Puppet Show Days
  17. ↑ Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Regional Development: 81st meeting of the specialist committee for health resorts, recreation areas and healing wells in Hesse on October 13, 2015 . State Gazette for the State of Hesse 7/2016 page 218
  18. ^ District committee submission subject: School development plan for general education schools in the Main-Kinzig district, Part A / update 2012-2017
  19. ↑ Marjoss primary school is closed - Vorsprung Online
  20. ^ Local association Steinau. of the technical relief organization