Darmstadt-Dieburg
The Darmstadt- Dieburg is located in the Region of Darmstadt in Hesse. Neighboring districts are in the north of the district of Offenbach, in the east the districts of Aschaffenburg and Miltenberg (both in Bavaria), south of the Odenwald district and the district mountain road and west of the district of Gross -Gerau. The district-free city of Darmstadt extends from the north in the western district area.
The headquarters of the district administration is located in the district of House in the Darmstadt district Kranichstein. The second seat is the District House in Dieburg. In addition, there are other branches in Dieburg, and specifically for the educational counseling in Great -Umstadt, Upper -Ramstadt and Pfungstadt. The Veterinary Office has its headquarters in Darmstadt.
Known is the circuit for the Messel Pit, the subtropical to tropical plant and animal fossils is rich (since 1995 a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
- 4.1 Economics
- 4.2 traffic
- 4.3 Culture and Education
- 4.4 Health Facilities
Geography
The Darmstadt- Dieburg located on the outskirts of the northwestern foothills of the Odenwald. The landscape structure is heterogeneous: The western part of the circle with the drifting sand areas between Weiterstadt Pfungstadt and scenic part of the Hessian Rhine valley. The southwestern part of Seeheim and Alsbach part of the mountain road that creates the transition between the Upper Rhine Valley and the Odenwald, which also includes the southern district area. The area around Darmstadt and Messel is characterized by a densely forested and sparsely populated hills. The northeastern part, the Dieburger and Umstädter country, is a very fertile, also hilly area which is crossed by numerous streams and the river Gersprenz, and gently into the Odenwald to the south. At the "little mountain road " in upper -Umstadt the transition is, however, similar suddenly on the mountain road itself
History
The area of present-day district of Darmstadt- Dieburg was settled very early. Traces of the Stone Age and the Iron Age can be observed in several places. The ring wall in Fischbachtal has possibly point to a Celtic settlement. The Romans annexed the district area end of the first century AD. Around 125 AD. was the Civitas Auderiensium founded in the area of present-day southern Hesse as a lower administrative unit with the main town Dieburg. While the western county area remained sparsely populated, the Dieburger and Umstädter land in the east was colonized schedule.
After the retreat of the Romans first took Alemanni, then from CHF 506 owned by the district. All place names that end in- home, are Franconian ups.
After that, the area is divided into different possessions. In the West, the counts of Katzenelenbogen, the Darmstadt, Groß-Gerau, Zwingenberg and ( within the present circle ) Upper Ramstadt and clean home establish expand to cities. The western part of the county was in her reign, Weiterstadt and Griesheim with their economy farms supplied the castles of the counts in the residences Darmstadt and wholesale Gerau while Pfungstadt and Seeheim were administrative seat of your own office. 1476 was the entire property Katzenelsohn arc at Hesse. In the eastern part of today's circuit, the territorial history is much more complicated. Besides Kleinbesitzungen, which included only a few villages, there were some larger areas, but rarely reached the size of today's communities. They were either of local nobility managed ( Eppertshausen ) or among larger counties or principalities. So belonged wholesale Umstadt with Otzberg half each to the Palatinate and to Hanau to gain Babenhausen with Schaaf Home total to Hanau and Dieburg with Munster and large rooms to the Electorate of Mainz, which attempted a land connection between his Rhine-Hesse and Lower Franconian possessions. While almost all areas were Protestant during the Reformation, Dieburg, Münster, large rooms and Eppertshausen remained Catholic enclave, which affects up to today in voting behavior.
After the Empire in 1803 the entire area of Hesse -Darmstadt, later Grand Duchy of Hesse, assigned (except Dorndiel, Radheim and Mosbach, the only HD 1817 came ) was. Here first arose the offices Darmstadt, clean home and Dieburg, the area west of Darmstadt belonged temporarily to the Official Gross-Gerau. Then the two circles and Darmstadt Dieburg originated in the province of Stark castle.
Darmstadt retired in 1938 as a county-level city from his circle from it formed the city and the district of Darmstadt, but the city remained the administrative center of both circles. The Dieburg was in the course of the same reform to the district Dieburg, continue with Dieburg as the county seat; some administrative tasks but were delivered to Great -Umstadt.
In the course of municipal reform in Hesse today Darmstadt- Dieburg were created from two counties on January 1, 1977. Some places were previously allocated to other counties: So Brensbach and Fränkisch- Crumbach the Odenwald district, Ober-Roden and Urberach came (city Rödermark ) and Nieder-Roden ( the city Rodgau ) came to the district of Offenbach. The still independent city of Darmstadt was from the St. Stephen's settlement at Griesheim. Darmstadt became the seat of the district administration, Dieburg remained outpost.
Policy
Council
The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:
Since 2008, the recording of speeches by delegates from the public council meetings is not allowed.
District
Alfred Jakoubek (SPD ) was elected on 2 March 1997, 55.6 % of the votes in the first ballot. In his re- election on 27 April 2003, he received 62.0 % of votes in the first ballot. On April 26, 2009, it was elected with 54.4 % of the vote administrator Klaus Peter Schell Haas ( SPD). He has held the office since 1 October 2009.
Coat of arms
Blazon: " In a split holding of gold and blue sign above a blue- reinforced and bezungter lion, in the paws a red sechsspeichiges wheel, down 23 silver stars.
The lion is the heraldic symbol of the Counts of Katzenelenbogen, the wheel is the Wheel of Mainz and the stars stand for the 23 cities and municipalities of the district and are taken from the old Darmstadt circle crest, which showed 41 stars. The coat of arms was approved by the Hessian Minister of the Interior on 16 June 1978.
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
The high- tech location Darmstadt- Dieburg is with its around 290,000 inhabitants in 23 municipalities an important part of the metropolitan region of Frankfurt -Rhine -Main -Neckar.
Although the Dieburger land is very fertile, and in the area of large -Umstadt even wine production and, although in the west of the circle of asparagus growing high turnover generates, the main industry of the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg is not farming. In the district and major companies, some with an international reputation, including the building materials industry (wholesale Umstadt ), paint and varnish industry ( Ober-Ramstadt ) and the food industry have settled ( Alsbach ). Other advantage of its location on the highway and the Darmstadt city limits and settled service companies and hypermarkets to.
Traffic
Through the western district area the federal motorways lead 5 (Heidelberg -Frankfurt ) and 67 (Mannheim -Darmstadt ). In addition, several federal highways run through the county territory, including the B 3, B 26, B 38, B 45 and B 426
The planning and organization of tenders for public transport in the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg afforded by the Darmstadt- Dieburger transport organization ( Dadina ).
An overview of the transport relations of public transport in the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg the article includes transport in the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg.
Culture and Education
More than 80 schools, including an international school with Preschool at Schuldorf mountain road, higher education institutions, professional schools, universities, colleges and technical schools in the immediate vicinity are the basis for an above-average education infrastructure.
The diverse cultural offerings and varied recreational opportunities in the Natural Park mountain road -Odenwald with the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany - the Messel Pit - offer a high level of living and quality of life and strengthen the attractiveness of the region.
Health facilities
In the territory of the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg find three hospitals for general patient care. The Kreiskliniken darmstadt the castle consist of two sites with 289 beds in large -Umstadt and 123 beds in Seeheim- Jugenheim. In Seeheim- Jugenheim next to acute medicine (focus on orthopedics) is also operated the area Neurological Rehabilitation. Moreover, there are in Dieburg the denominational St. Rochus Hospital, a testament hospital with 84 beds.
Cities and Towns
(Population at 31 December 2012)
Cities
Communities