Wallstadt

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Wallstadt
City of Mannheim
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 46 ″  N , 8 ° 32 ′ 57 ″  E
Area : 7.08 km²
Residents : 7939  (December 31, 2015)
Population density : 1,121 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1929
Postal code : 68259
Area code : 0621
Wallstadt Bahnhof stop
The water tower in Wallstadt

Wallstadt is a district of Mannheim in the Rhine-Neckar triangle and also forms the Wallstadt district . In addition to Wallstadt itself, the town of Straßenheim to the east also belongs to the district.

geography

Wallstadt is in the east of Mannheim. The neighboring districts are Feudenheim and Vogelstang . In the north is the Hessian Viernheim and to the east is Heddesheim , which belongs to the Rhine-Neckar district .

history

Wallstadt was first mentioned on March 8, 766 under the name Walahastath in the Lorsch Codex . On July 11, 788, a deed of donation mentions a Sulpicius patronage in Wallstadt; Saint Sulpicius (615–647) was bishop (624–627) of Bourges in France. 1369 was the first recorded mention of the mayor's office for Wallstadt. The Petrine Congregation was first mentioned in a document in 1386. In 1430 the first judges were mentioned by name: H. Mark (Schultheiss), Merkel Mark, Hans Meffrit and Hermann Meffrit. In 1457 Bernhard Schwende sold his estate in Wallstadt to Hans Wambold, who built a "castle" in Wallstadt and decorated it with his coat of arms. In 1496 the canonical conditions of the Petrine congregation were documented in a visitation report ( Worms Synodale ). Elector Ottheinrich carried out the Reformation in 1556 . On April 6, 1586, the reformed rectory was sold because there were no more clergymen. In the purchase contract, the mayor Wendelin Neuzenhölzer is named as a local resident. In 1617 the following were mentioned in a Berain (compilation of land subject to interest): Gabriel Mattenclos (mayor), Valtin Ihle (mayor's lawyer) Balth. Schaff, H. Driver, Peter u. Gg. Odenwald, Phil. Wirtwein, Bastian Hiltmann and Nickel Karg.

During the Thirty Years' War Tilly destroyed Mannheim and the surrounding areas in 1622. Wallstadt was completely destroyed, only the tower of the church remained. The survivors fled to the less destroyed neighboring communities of Feudenheim and Käfertal . The Electoral Palatinate came to Bavaria, so it became Catholic. In 1633 the Swedes conquered the Palatinate and restored the Reformation faith. Numerous skirmishes caused catastrophic destruction and great population losses. In Wallstadt there were only 6 inhabitants, and at the end of the war in 1648 Wallstadt was completely depopulated, because the only survivor (Mayor Valtin Ihle) moved to Feudenheim.

In the post-war decades, Elector Karl Ludwig made an effort in 1650, when four Walloon families moved to Wallstadt, two of whom were initially citizens of Mannheim. Several French and Dutch also moved in. However, the refugee population fluctuated strongly and hardly held up beyond 1689. In 1671 there were again 20 families (7 Reformed , 11 Catholic , 2 Lutheran ). 1674–1675 the French invaded under General Turenne and devastated the entire Palatinate. 1688–1697 during the War of the Palatinate Succession , also known as the Orleans War, the French under General Mélac again devastated the Palatinate in 1688/89 and 1692/93. French religious refugees in particular fled their Catholic compatriots further east.

After that there were only 10 families in Wallstadt, but in 1707 there were again 19 families (7 Reformed and 12 Catholic). Because of the devastating wars of the 17th century, many Wallstadt residents had fled to neighboring towns and stayed there, but kept their property (property or lease). This also explains the relatively high number of Ausmärker (foreign owners of land) in Wallstadt.

In 1706 the ruins of the Petruskirche were awarded to the Reformed. A year later, in the March 29th decree, the school was awarded to the Reformed. However, there must have been a school before the Reformation, otherwise the reformed rectory would not have been sold in 1586, but used as a school. In 1714 the Catholics had a permanent teacher, which was temporarily the case even before the church was divided. In 1722 there were 16 resident families known by name: Joh. Annamayer (Schultheiß), H. Gg. Apfel, C. Back, Franz Barbe, H. Gg. Bauer, Joh. Burgerth, Gg. Dresel, Joh. Dresel, L. Feldner, Peter Gallier, Seb. Hock, Joh. Lieboner, Gg. Muth, Gg. Me. Pfeiffer, Nic. Son and nic. Trobmann.

In 1736 a Catholic school was built. The Catholic St. Oswald Church was built by 1767. In the same year the old school reformed was replaced by a new building. The Reformed Petruskirche was rebuilt in 1789–1791. Although it had been largely destroyed since the Thirty Years' War, it was still used when the weather was good. In 1793 the dilapidated Catholic school was replaced by a new building. In 1796 Philipp Franz von Wambolt sold the Wambold'sche Schlösschen for 48,500 guilders to Messrs. Helmrich (Schultheiss von Wieblingen ) and Johann Sohn (Feudenheim) - the two buyers were related by marriage. In 1798 the Catholic St. Oswald Church got a gallery. Two years later the church was expanded.

With the dissolution of the Palatinate, Wallstadt came to the Margraviate of Baden (from 1806 Grand Duchy) with the Ladenburg district office . 1813–1815 during the Wars of Liberation Wallstadt had numerous billeting and troop movements. From November 1814, around 12,000 Austrian soldiers were quartered for five months. In 1820 a Protestant school building with a teacher's apartment was built on Atzelbuckelstrasse. In 1834 the Catholic schoolhouse was renovated and expanded. In 1838 the town hall was built, which is now the seat of the civil service.

Wallstadt citizens were also involved in the republican liberation movement of 1848/49. Two citizens were sentenced to prison terms, another, known by name, died in Mannheim in 1849. In 1856 the Catholic school was moved to the basement of the town hall. By merging the offices of Mannheim and Ladenburg, Wallstadt came to the Baden District Office of Mannheim in 1863.

In the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 Wallstadt had 40 soldiers, two of whom died. In 1876 the simultaneous school was housed in the town hall. In 1868–1872, the Protestant Petruskirche was rebuilt, partly including the old building structure (tower) and with two new bells, which could be largely paid for with “cannon bronze” (donation from the Grand Duke from the spoils of the Seventies). In 1887, today's cemetery was rebuilt outside the village. The old community cemetery (for all denominations) around the Evangelical Petruskirche was closed after more than 1,000 years.

Today's simultaneous school was built on Römerstrasse by 1898. In 1904, for the first time since the Reformation, the Catholics got their own clergy through the establishment of their own curate . In the same year the old Catholic school next to the town hall was demolished. With the establishment of an "exposed vicariate", the evangelical parish got its own clergyman for the first time in centuries. Wallstadt was previously looked after by Feudenheim. In 1909 a railway line connected Wallstadt directly with Mannheim. In 1911 the Protestant parsonage was built on Atzelbuckelstrasse. 1911–1914 the Catholic Herz-Jesu-Kirche was built on Römerstrasse because the old St. Oswald church had become too small for the large number of believers. In 1912, the Catholics of Straßenheim were detached from the Ladenburg parish association and united with the Wallstadt Catholic parish.

In the First World War 61 Wallstadter died. In 1918 the Protestant parish was elevated to a parish. In 1921 the old Catholic Church of St. Oswald was converted into a residential and commercial building. The Catholic parish acquired the “Zur Krone” inn in 1926 and used the hall as a parish hall. In the same year the Protestant parish hall was built on Atzelbuckelstrasse. In 1928 the Catholic nurses' house was built. On July 1, 1929 was incorporation instead of the village Wallstadt the city of Mannheim. In 1935 the school building received an extension wing.

In World War II 114 Wallstadter arrived at the front killed. In addition, 10 civilians were killed by aerial bombs. On the night of September 5th to 6th, 1943, the Catholic Church was hit by phosphorus incendiary bombs (not extinguishable) and the church building largely burned down. In 1945 part of the Mannheim children's hospital was moved to the new school wing.

On December 17, 1950, the rebuilt Catholic Church was consecrated and was given the name "Christ-King". Due to the incorporation, there have been two Catholic churches in the Mannheim deanery since 1929 with the name Herz-Jesu, which is why the younger church in Wallstadt has now been given the new name. The Catholic Parish Curatia was elevated to a parish in 1955. In 1957 the new, larger parish hall was built on Königshofer Strasse. Two years later the Catholic parish hall on Oswaldstrasse was demolished and rebuilt. In 1964 the Catholic youth home was built. In 1965 the school got a gym. In 1970 the building of the former Oswald Church was completely demolished. Only the portal version was integrated into the newly constructed building (Volksbank). Due to the new development area "Wallstadt Südwest", the population grew from 1979. In 1997, Wallstadt-Nord became the largest ecological development area in Germany. In 2006 the Petrine Congregation celebrated its 450th anniversary.

Population development 1439 1577 1630 1671 1722 1767 1804 1852 1875 1900 1925 1946 1994 2005 2013
Wallstadt 48 50 0 70 80 213 328 804 1031 1553 2219 3276 6328 7500 7871

Politics, administration

According to the main statute of the city of Mannheim, the city district has a district advisory council, which includes 12 residents who are appointed by the local council according to the results of the local council election. They are to be heard on important matters that affect the municipality and advise the local administration and committees of the municipal council.

Political party 2019 2014 2009 2004 1999 1994
CDU 3 4th 5 5 7th 5
SPD 3 4th 5 5 4th 5
GREEN 1 1 1 0 0 1
FDP 1 1 1 1 0 0
Mannheim list 1 1 0 1 1 1
AfD 1 1 - - - -

As one of the eleven outer city districts, Wallstadt has a municipal secretariat, which is responsible for local administrative tasks.

Culture and sights

The collection of poems “Der Drumbeder vun Wallstadt” by Max Barack (1831–1901), created in 1875, gives an insight into the Wallstadter (Palatinate) dialect that is still valid today. The first poem “What I miscalculating is everything wohr” begins with:

I am en alder Mussigand.
My father was a baker
Un bin d'rheem in the Palatinate region
In Wallstadt above Necker.

Wallstadt has a water tower that was 40.43 meters high and was completed in 1905. It is considered a landmark of Wallstadt and is a listed building.

The Celebration Gospel Choir has existed under the umbrella of the Gesangverein Sängerkreis since 1990 ; Xavier Naidoo was active there.

Wallstadt has two churches: the Catholic Christ-König-Kirche and the Protestant Petruskirche .

SpVgg Wallstadt is at home on the Mannheim-Vogelstang / Wallstadt sports facility.

Every year on the 2nd weekend in August, the Wallstadter Kerwe takes place on the Rathausplatz. Since the redesign of the town hall square, however, the Kerwe has now been held on the premises of the local football club SpVgg Wallstadt. In the past, the Wallstadt Kerweplatz was on the corner of Mosbacherstrasse and Amorbacher Strasse, which is now a new development area.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The former OEG (Upper Rhine Railway Company) Mannheim-Wallstadt station is now called Wallstadt Bahnhof and is a stop for lines 5A and 15 of the RNV (Rhein Neckar Verkehr) tram Mannheim / Ludwigshafen . Another tram line (line 7) commutes between the Vogelstang district and Ludwigshafen via Mannheim city center. The “Kiesäcker” stop, located about 50 m outside the entrance to Wallstadt, is within walking distance. Wallstadt is also connected to the local public transport network by means of three bus lines (50, 57 and 57E).

Personalities

literature

  • Hans Weckesser: Wallstadt . In: Hansjörg Probst (Ed.): Mannheim before the city was founded, Part II Volume 2: The Mannheim suburbs and districts . Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7917-2022-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. City of Mannheim: Population 2015 in small-scale breakdown. (PDF 679 kB) Statistical data Mannheim № 1/2016. March 30, 2016, p. 5 ff. , Accessed on April 6, 2016 .
  2. Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 2), Certificate 482 March 8th, 766 - Reg. 18. In: Heidelberg historical stocks - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 164 , accessed on April 19, 2015 .
  3. a b Main Statute of the City of Mannheim. (PDF 234 kB) VII. City districts and district councils, § 22. City of Mannheim, April 28, 2009, p. 10 , accessed on April 10, 2018 .
  4. SessionNet | City of Mannheim District Advisory Board Wallstadt. Retrieved November 6, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Wallstadt  - collection of images, videos and audio files