Wiesbaden-Igstadt

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Coat of arms of Igstadt
Wiesbaden coat of arms
Igstadt
district of Wiesbaden
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Coordinates 50 ° 4 ′ 50 "  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 45"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 4 ′ 50 "  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 45"  E
height 157– 263  m above sea level NN
surface 7.26 km²
Residents 2237 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 308 inhabitants / km²
Proportion of foreigners 7.1% (Dec. 31, 2019)
Incorporation Apr 1, 1928
Post Code 65207
prefix 0611

Administration address		 Poststrasse 11a
65191 Wiesbaden
Website www.wiesbaden.de
politics
Mayor Anita Hebenstreit ( SPD )
Deputy Mayor Harald Joder ( CDU )
Source: State Capital Wiesbaden: EWZ - HW on December 31, 2019 ( Memento from February 3, 2020 in the Internet Archive )

Igstadt is a district of the Hessian capital Wiesbaden .

geography

View from the Waschbach valley near Kloppenheim to Wiesbaden-Igstadt

The location of Igstadt extends over the eastern slope of the Waschbach valley ( 169  m to 211  m above sea level ). The district extends to the east over the Wickerbach to the vicinity of the local area of Medenbach and is largely unforested except for the slopes in the north between the Hockenberg ( 267.1  m ) and the Wickerbachtal. The agricultural areas are mainly used for arable farming.

The area around the nature reserve Wickerbachtal near Kloppenheim between Igstadt, Medenbach and Kloppenheim below the Hockenberger Mühle serves as a local recreation area.

Neighboring places

Neighboring districts are clockwise in the northwest starting Kloppenheim , Medenbach , Breckenheim , Nordenstadt , Erbenheim and Bierstadt .

history

Evangelical Church on Altmünsterstrasse

Igstadt was in 1241 as Jegestat first mentioned in documents as Igstadter, including the village priest Arnoldus, as witnesses to legal transactions in neighboring communities.

The place, which was incorporated into Wiesbaden on April 1, 1928, has around 2100 inhabitants. The suburb is often referred to as "the gateway to the country ".

The 27 m high water tower erected in 1910 at the highest point in the town is Igstadt's landmark.

Territorial history and administration

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

politics

Election results for the local council

Since 1972, the local council of the Igstadt district has been elected as part of the local elections in Hesse . The individual election results are summarized below.

CDU SPD GREEN FDP voter turnout
2016 44.0 36.5 19.5 - 57.7
2011 43.6 34.1 22.2 - 54.3
2006 43.4 42.4 14.2 - 50.2
2001 42.4 38.2 14.8 4.6 58.7
1997 37.6 44.5 13.8 4.1 67.4
1993 32.1 44.4 13.6 9.9 71.7
1989 30.6 49.3 13.3 6.8 76.4
1985 40.2 44.9 11.1 3.7 74.4
1981 48.8 51.2 - - 70.4
1977 49.3 45.3 - 5.4 77.4
1972 38.3 54.7 - 7.1 79.1

This resulted in the following allocation of seats:

CDU SPD GREEN FDP total
2016 3 3 1 0 7th
2011 3 2 2 0 7th
2006 3 3 1 0 7th
2001 3 3 1 0 7th
1997 3 3 1 0 7th
1993 2 3 1 1 7th
1989 2 3 1 1 7th
1985 3 3 1 0 7th
1981 3 4th 0 0 7th
1977 4th 3 0 0 7th
1972 3 4th 0 0 7th

coat of arms

The town's coat of arms is the image of the old court seal, it shows a stylized J on a yellow background in the middle and an ear of wheat to the left.

Culture and sights

societies

The Turnverein Igstadt 1886 (TVI) is the largest club in the village and has 1048 members. The program includes table tennis, athletics, rehabilitation and back training, ski gymnastics, running, Nordic walking and handball. The handball department of the TVI had their greatest success so far in the final of the Hessen Championship in 2004. The A-youth of the year 86/87 had secured participation with the Oberliga championship. The first team is currently playing in the regional league. The first women's team is located in district class A. The home ground of the handball players of the TVI is the Wettiner Hall in the vocational school center in Wiesbaden.

Furthermore, there is the rifle club Wiesbaden-Igstadt 1965 in Igstadt. The rifle club offers the possibility of shooting sports in the disciplines of air rifles, air pistols and sports pistols. Since October 2014, the shooting club has also been able to shoot arrows. The arc track is 70 m long, so that all types of bows can be shot.

Notch

The first still verifiable "Galluskerb" was celebrated in Igstadt in 1867, and in the following years, with a few interruptions, repeated notches were held. There was no club at that time.

In 1975 the Igstadter Kerbegesellschaft was founded, the date of the notch was postponed from October to June and the notch was renamed to today's “Lindenkerb” on the occasion of the felling of a 150 year old linden tree.

In addition to the big Lindenkerb on the third weekend in June, the Igstadt notch society organizes a winter notch on the third Friday in January, participates every year with a hot counter at the Christmas market in Igstadt, takes part in the cultural days in Igstadt and otherwise organizes local and club life in Igstadt active with.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Igstadt station

The place is connected with the Wiesbaden-Igstadt train station ( 50 ° 4 ′ 56 ″  N , 8 ° 19 ′ 32 ″  E ) to the Ländchesbahn , which connects the district with Wiesbaden Central Station and Niedernhausen im Taunus . Igstadt is also connected to the local traffic in Wiesbaden with the buses of ESWE Verkehr .

Due to the railway line, the motorway connections in Nordenstadt and Erbenheim and the direct connection to Bierstadt , Igstadt is very conveniently located in terms of transport.

education

Igstadt has a primary school with the Peter Rosegger School . It is attended by around 100 students and was expanded to include a modern extension between 2017 and 2018.

Web links

Commons : Wiesbaden-Igstadt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Igstadt, City of Wiesbaden. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of November 16, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ The affiliation of the Eppstein office based on maps from the Historical Atlas of Hessen : Hessen-Marburg 1567–1604 . , Hessen-Kassel and Hessen-Darmstadt 1604–1638 . and Hessen-Darmstadt 1567–1866 .
  4. ↑ The extension of the Peter Rosegger School in Igstadt is well received by everyone involved. In: Wiesbadener Tagblatt . Archived from the original on October 20, 2018 ; accessed on October 20, 2018 .