Zeppelinheim
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Zeppelinheim
City of Neu-Isenburg
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| Height : | 110 m above sea level NHN |
| Area : | 11.64 km² [LAGIS] |
| Residents : | 1425 (December 31, 2015) |
| Population density : | 122 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1977 |
| Postal code : | 63263 |
| Area code : | 069 |
 Zeppelin Museum in Zeppelinheim
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Zeppelinheim is a district of Neu-Isenburg in the Offenbach district in Hesse .
Geographical location
Zeppelinheim is located in a relatively flat, closed forest area on a cleared island around seven kilometers southwest of the town center of Neu-Isenburg. Due to the high population density of the Rhine-Main area, the surrounding forest is advertised as a protected forest and must not be cleared for further settlement.
Zeppelinheim borders in the west and north on the independent city of Frankfurt am Main , in the east on the district of Neu-Isenburg, and in the south on the districts of Langen and Walldorf in the Groß-Gerau district .
history
From January 1934, about 600 hectares of forest west of the new Frankfurt – Darmstadt motorway were cleared. The northern part contained the runway with over 100 hectares of grass runway. The airship port was created in the southern, 318 hectare part . At the same time, the construction of an independent settlement, the airship settlement, east of the motorway began for the staff. The Reichsbahn set up a station between the Zeppelinheim and the new airport as a connection to the big city. The basis of the construction projects was a contract from 1934 with the Friedrichshafener Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH on a central German home base for all airships, the Rhein-Main airport and airship port . It was rebuilt in 1935 and opened with the first airship hangar in 1936 . On July 8, 1936, the new Rhein-Main airport and airship port was officially opened. 27 airlines served Rhine-Main. From here the LZ 129 Hindenburg and LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin started on their always fully booked transatlantic trips. In 1937 90 families were able to move into the first 78 houses in the settlement and on January 1, 1938, Zeppelinheim was officially constituted as an independent municipality. Parts of the municipality of the independent district Mitteldick ( Offenbach district ) and parts of the Kelsterbach municipality and the independent Gundwald district ( Groß-Gerau district ) were included. First mayor became airship captain Hans von Schiller by decree of the Berlin Interior Ministry. The historic Forsthaus Mitteldick became a restaurant and event location for the new community. The decree of the Reich governor in Hesse on the formation of the Zeppelinheim community had the following wording:
“In the heart of the Rhine-Main area, the Rhein-Main airship port was created out of National Socialist efforts. Located at the intersection of two Reichsautobahns, as the home port of our proud Zeppelin airships, it is Germany's new gateway to the world. A new home was built near the port for the crew of the ships, the port staff and other people involved in aviation and aviation. Located away from the hustle and bustle of the big cities in the Hessian State Forest, the settlement offers its residents a quiet and healthy home. In order to give the growing settlement legal independence and to connect it with the Rhine-Main airport and airship port for all time, I decide in the public interest on the basis of the German municipal code of January 30, 1935, what follows: 1. From parts of the A new municipality is formed in the independent district of Mitteldick. Parts of the Kelsterbach community are spun off from this and, together with parts of the independent Gundwald district, incorporated into the new community. The boundaries of the new municipality are indicated in the map attached to this document. 2. I give the new community the name Zeppelinheim. 3. The independence of the municipality of Zeppelinheim comes into force on January 1, 1938. 4. I grant the citizenship of the community of Zeppelinheim to all German citizens who live in the community area on January 1, 1938, have reached the age of twenty-fifth and have civil rights. The new community and the port should always be a living memory of Count Zeppelin as the creator and the tireless pioneer of German aviation, a proof of the success of the bold traffic show and a memorial for all future, the achievements of the German people united under Adolf Hitler able to accomplish.
Darmstadt, December 31, 1937, in the fifth Adolf Hitler year. The Reich Governor in Hesse Sprenger "
At the beginning of the war, the Reich Aviation Ministry terminated all further plans for traffic with airships. This was preceded by the accident at Lakehurst (May 6, 1937). The two airship hangars were blown up on May 6, 1940. The expansion of the airfield initially continued, especially from a military point of view. From May 1940 the German air raids on France started from here. Conversely, from May to December 1944 alone, around 2000 bombs fell on the Rhein-Main airport and its immediate vicinity. Shortly after the end of the war, under American leadership , a second runway was built on the quickly reopened site, now Airbase Y 73, in 1949. The settlement was used exclusively by the Americans who worked there until 1952. The population was housed in barracks during this time.
The structure of Zeppelinheim, designed from the drawing board of the 1930s, is still clearly visible.
Territorial reform
As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipality of Zeppelinheim was incorporated into the city of Neu-Isenburg by law on January 1, 1977, limited to the part of the district that lies east of the federal motorway 5 . The parts of the district to the west of it were airport grounds and were incorporated into the city of Frankfurt.
For the district of Zeppelinheim, a local district with a local advisory board and a local mayor was set up. It consists of the district area of the former municipality of Zeppelinheim, which is incorporated into Neu-Isenburg.
Population development
After the village was founded, Zeppelinheim had 318 inhabitants in 1939. In the post-war period, the population initially halved, before skyrocketing to today's level between 1956 and 1967. The following table shows the number of residents in Zeppelinheim as of December 31st
Graphic population development
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politics
mayor
In the community of Zeppelinheim, eight mayors were in office until it was incorporated in Neu-Isenburg.
- 1937–1939 Hans von Schiller
- 1939–1941 Alfred Schwärzel
- 1941–1945 Wilhelm Feucht
In the post-war period 1945–1947, Zeppelinheim was administered by the American occupation forces.
- 1947–1952 Erich Quack
- 1952–1960 Mathilde Rösch
- 1960–1964 Adolf Burkert
- 1964–1972 Herbert Becker
- 1972–1976 Klaus-Jürgen Reblin
badges and flags
coat of arms
Blazon : "The blue globe in a silver shield, covered with a silver Zeppelin airship."
The coat of arms of the municipality of Zeppelinheim in the Offenbach district was approved by the Hessian Interior Minister on June 18, 1954 . It was designed by the heraldist Georg Massoth.
The Zeppelin is the one speaking for the place name, and secondly with the globe together for the Zeppelinheim was created as a workers' settlement for the Rhein-Main airport, which originally was planned basis of the worldwide German airship travel.
flag
The flag was approved for the municipality together with the coat of arms on November 10, 1958 by the Hessian Minister of the Interior and is described as follows:
"The coat of arms of the community of Zeppelinheim is on the white central panel of the blue-white-blue flag cloth."
Attractions
The Zeppelin-Museum is located in the district of Zeppelinheim , which reminds of the past of this district as the flying quarters of Frankfurt Airport and has exhibits from the time of the zeppelins.
Infrastructure
education
The primary school in Zeppelinheim is called the Selma-Lagerlöf School.
traffic
Zeppelinheim is opened up for inter-regional traffic by the federal highway 44 , which goes from Frankfurt in the north to Walldorf in the south and passes east of the locality without crossing. The state road L 3262, coming from Buchschlag in the east, connects the federal road with Zeppelinheim and the federal highway 3 in the west and leads beyond the junction to Cargo City Süd of Frankfurt am Main Airport .
The at Riedbahn lying Station Zeppelinheim is from the S-Bahn line S7, the Rhine-Main S-Bahn approached. The train station is on the western outskirts.
literature
- Werner Bremser, Alfred Harder: The discovery of an idyll: Zeppelinheim. edition momos, Neu-Isenburg. 144 pages
- Literature on Zeppelinheim in the Hessian Bibliography
Web links
- Zeppelinheim district. In: Internet presence. City of Neu-Isenburg
- Zeppelinheim, Offenbach district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Frankfurt Airport - History of Aviation up to 1945 ( Memento from January 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - on the creation of Zeppelinheim
Individual evidence
- ↑ Key figures Neu Isenburg , accessed in August 2016.
- ^ Formation of the Zeppelinheim community on December 31, 1937 . In: The Reichsstatthalter in Hessen (Hrsg.): Hessisches Regierungsblatt. 1938 No. 2 , p. 9 ( Online at the information system of the Hessian State Parliament [PDF; 10.0 MB ]).
- ↑ Christoph Manus: Idyll between streets and runways. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. July 8, 2011, accessed July 13, 2011 .
- ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Offenbach district (GVBl. II 330-33) of June 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 316–318 , § 11 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
- ^ Main statutes of the city of Neu-Isenburg ( Memento from May 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Approval of a coat of arms and a flag for the community of Zeppelinheim in the Offenbach district, Darmstadt administrative district from June 18, 1954 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1954 No. 27 , p. 678 , point 601 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.1 MB ]).
- ↑ Demandt, Karl E .; Renkhoff, Otto (1956): Hessisches Ortswappenbuch. Glücksburg / Ostsee: Starke Verlag; Page 158.