Darmstadt-Wixhausen

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Wixhausen
Independent city of Darmstadt
Wixhausen coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 55 ′ 52 "  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 59"  E
Height : 122 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6.29 km²
Residents : 6089  (March 31, 2014)
Population density : 968 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 64291
Area code : 06150
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Location of Wixhausen within Darmstadt

Wixhausen is a district of the independent city of Darmstadt in southern Hesse . The district consists of the two statistical districts Wixhausen-West and Wixhausen-Ost .

geography

location

Wixhausen is located on the northern edge of Darmstadt in the sub-Main plain between Erzhausen in the north, Graefenhausen in the west, Arheilgen and Kranichstein in the south and Messel in the east.

Waters

history

Wixhausen was already settled in the Bronze Age. Extensive grave finds in the local area, belonging to the middle hill burial period Schwanheim, have led to a separate classification of the double wheel needles , so-called spectacle spirals , of the Wixhausen type in archeology . The first signs of settlement in the Wixhausen district can be found around 1400 BC. 750/780 Wixhausen was then incorporated into the Franconian Empire. Wixhausen was first mentioned by name in 1172, namely as "Wickenhusen", which means something like "Siedlung am Weiher ", since in the Middle Ages the area was crossed by several spring streams with small pond areas.

The baroque Protestant church , built from 1774 to 1776, is worth seeing. It has a daily striking mechanism from 1517 in the Romanesque tower from 1150 (the oldest surviving Darmstadt building) and special windows ("Physikfenster" by Thomas Duttenhoefer , 1997). The cemetery was inaugurated in 1869.

Territorial reform

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Wixhausen was incorporated into Darmstadt in 1977 . For Wixhausen, a local district with a local advisory board and mayor was formed, the only one in Darmstadt. In addition to the Wixhausen district, the district also includes the part of the Arheilgen district that lies north of the Sülzbach or Silzbach . (The actual district boundary to the east is often identical to the building boundary and is limited to the north of the locality essentially to areas west of the B 3.)

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

Occupied population figures up to 1970 are:

  • 1629: 41 house seats
  • 1791: 280 inhabitants
  • 1800: 330 inhabitants
  • 1806: 412 inhabitants, 63 houses
  • 1961: 2864 Protestant (= 81.18%), 416 Catholic (= 11.79%) inhabitants
Wixhausen: Population from 1791 to 1970
year     Residents
1791
  
 280
1800
  
 330
1806
  
 425
1829
  
 554
1834
  
 645
1840
  
 715
1846
  
 776
1852
  
 781
1858
  
 784
1864
  
 860
1871
  
 915
1875
  
 961
1885
  
 1.104
1895
  
 1,268
1905
  
 1,594
1910
  
 1,821
1925
  
 2,052
1939
  
 2,630
1946
  
 3,271
1950
  
 3,386
1956
  
 3,470
1961
  
 3,528
1967
  
 4,076
1970
  
 4.185
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Other sources:

coat of arms

In gold a growing red, blue-tongued lion, with his right paw clutching the blue shaft of a flag embroidered in silver and red. Registered in the Hessian State Archives in 1962.

Culture and sights

Buildings

  • Protestant church

  • Rectory of the Protestant Church (2012)

  • Wixhäuser Village Museum (2012)

  • Pedestrian bridge over the Mühlbach on the southern edge of Wixhausen (2009)

societies

In Wixhausen there is, among other things, the TSG Wixhausen club . He owns several departments. The men's soccer team currently plays in the district league. Wixhausen is one of the most active parts of Darmstadt in terms of musical club life. In addition to the TSG Wixhausen wind orchestra, there are currently seven choir groups in four associations ( Wixhausen children's and youth choir , SurpriSing, Liederkranz Wixhausen, WiDaNoVo). In addition, there is a volunteer fire brigade , a dog lover association, a trade association and numerous other associations.

Regular events

Economy and Infrastructure

Public facilities

Entrance area to the GSI and FAIR campus

education

traffic

Reception building at the Darmstadt-Wixhausen stop

Street

Wixhausen is opened up for inter-regional traffic by the federal highway 3 , which runs in a south-north direction through the eastern new building district. From the B 3, the district roads K 165 and K 166 branch off , which lead through the center and connect Wixhausen with Erzhausen and Graefenhausen.

Public transport

The S-Bahn - breakpoint Darmstadt-Wixhausen was a pre-1994 station on the Main-Neckar Railway . Today the Rhein-Main S-Bahn runs here to Darmstadt and Bad Soden am Taunus via Frankfurt am Main . The reception building is a cultural monument . There are also bus connections.

Personalities

  • Rosa Kempf (1874–1948), German social politician, died in Wixhausen.
  • Heinz Werner Kraehkamp (1948–2012), actor, was born in Wixhausen.
  • Phil Stark (Philipp Stork) (1919–1992) opera singer, grew up in Wixhausen.

Web links

Commons : Darmstadt-Wixhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wixhausen on the city of Darmstadt's website
  2. ↑ Ulrike Wels-Weyrauch The Pendants and Neck Rings in Southwest Germany and North Bavaria Prehistoric Bronze Finds, Section XI, Volume 1, Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-406-00771-6 ; Keyword Wixhausen, especially p. 87 ff.
  3. ↑ Darmstadt - Wixhausen: Fundamentals of its historical development , accessed on May 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ 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 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
  5. ↑ Wixhausen local advisory board at the main meeting of the city of Darmstadt (PDF; 25 kB)
  6. ↑ a b c Wixhausen, City of Darmstadt. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of April 17, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 1 . Darmstadt 1866, p. 43 ff . ( online at Google Books ).
  9. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p.  119 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  10. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1800 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1800, p.  119 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ^ Children's and youth choir Wixhausen
  13. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Monday, September 26, 2016, p. 13
  14. ↑ Darmstädter Echo, Tuesday, October 9, 2018, p. 13
  15. ↑ CHRISTMAS IN DARMSTADT 2016, Christmas in Darmstadt 2016, Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt Marketing GmbH, Darmstadt 2016, p. 54
  16. ^ Website of the Georg August Zinn School