Odernheim am Glan

Or home at Glan is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Bad Sobernheim.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Coat of Arms

• 4.1 Structures
• 4.2 associations
• 4.3 Regular events

• 5.1 Economics
• 5.2 traffic
• 5.3 Formation
• 5.4 Tourism

• 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
• 6.2 Famous people

Geography

Geographical location

Or home is located at the mouth of the glans in the Nahe. Among the neighboring communities or home include Rehborn, Staudernheim, Duchroth, Boos and Lettweiler.

At home or at Glan includes the residential seats at Chapel Hill, Birkenhof, Charlottenhof, Else lake that Heddarterhof, Lower Mill, sun Berghof, Disibodenberg and Disibodenbergerhof.

Paleontology

At home or at Glan extended in the Permian period, the older section of the Permian, about 290 million years ago, a freshwater lake, in which up to two meters long predatory " Urlurche " ( Sclerocephalus haeuseri ) lived. Its world-famous small Branchiosaurier ( gills dinosaur ) Apateon pedestris and Micromelerpeton credneri of Or Home. At this locality and fossil mayflies appeared. Fossils from home or be shown in the Paleontological Museum in Nierstein.

History

The town was first mentioned in documents 976 and received city rights in 1349. 1108 a Benedictine monastery was founded on the Disibodenberg at the confluence of Glan and Nahe Or at home. 1112 occurred Jutta von Sponheim (c. 1092-1136 ), Hildegard of Bingen ( 1098-1179 ) and another girl in an arranged specially for them, women hermitage of the Benedict monastery's on the Disibodenberg one. Despite its nickname of " von Bingen " is held Hildegard for most of its life on the Disibodenberg at home or on. 1147 Hildegard joined by a vision committed to be erected on the Rupertsberg at the confluence of the Rhine and Nahe near Bingen a nunnery. Thither she wanted to go with the ever-growing group of women of the Benedictine monastery on the Disibodenberg. 1150 Hildegard moved with 18 nuns from Disibodenberg in the convent on the Rupertsberg one.

Or home belonged since the 12th century as a fief, later also full to the Counts of Veldenz and arrived in 1444 to the Duchy of Pfalz- Zweibrücken. During the Bavarian- Palatine War of Succession Or home was almost completely destroyed in 1504. Also in the Palatinate War of Succession in 1689 or home was set on fire. As part of an exchange area of the city in 1786 by two bridges came to Electoral Palatinate. However, a short time later, the French Revolution broke out. French troops annexed the territory left of the Rhine. Or home town rights were revoked and the place was Mairie in French territory in the canton in the Arrondissement Obermoschel Kaiserslautern in the Département du Mont- Tonnerre. After the Congress of Vienna or home belonged to Bavaria, where it remained until the end of World War II. In the Rhineland-Palatinate Administrative Reform Or Home 1970, the newly formed community association Sobernheim was assigned in the district of Bad Kreuznach. In ecclesiastical terms, or home still belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and the Bishopric of Speyer.

The development of the population of Odernheim am Glan, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Or Home consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In silver on green Dreienberg right a golden high cross, on the one left standing next to blue, gold and reinforced rotbezungter lion puts the paw ."

Culture and sights

Structures

Worth seeing is the historical center with the town hall of 1541 and the partially preserved city wall with gate, and the " Zweibrücker Castle ". Particularly noteworthy is the ruins of the monastery Disibodenberg where Hildegard of Bingen spent part of their lives and their major works began.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Odernheim am Glan

Clubs

Or home has a very diverse club world. The clubs include among others a gymnastics club, a football club and several choral societies.

Regular events

At the annual Odernheimer events include the notch in the fall and the Christmas market in the Advent season.

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

Many small companies and craft shops are located in the resort.

Traffic

• Or home is located on the country's roads 234 and 235, as well as the county road 78. The nearest major roads are the B 41 and B 420 which ever 6-7 kilometers away.
• Or home was built in 1896 by the opening of a direct continuation of the Lauter valley railway line Lauterbrunnen corner or home connection to the railway network; a year later, closing the gap was to Staudernheim. This section was 1904 in the year fully opened Glantalbahn, but which is now closed. Since these branched into home or in the two branches to Staudernheim and Bad Münster, the home station or at a railway junction secondary importance was. The route, including the two branches is now closed. The Glantalbahn is now used as a trolley route.
• The public transportation system is achieved via the RegioLinie the bus company ORN, which produces in Lauterecken, Altenglan and Staudernheim or Bad Sobernheim connection to the rail network of the Deutsche Bahn. There is also a bus service to Bad Munster am Stein.

Education

Or home has a kindergarten and a primary school.

Tourism

Or home is located on the railway bogie distance between Altenglan and Staudernheim what makes the place increasingly known among tourists. Several guest houses offer accommodation over the place.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Will Henry (1808-1876), Hesse - Homburg politician and Member of Parliament
• Carl Schmidt (1850-1915), member of parliament and mayor
• Karl Schworm (1889-1956), National Socialist, writer and poet home

Famous people

• Henry Nadig, mechanic and designer of the first petrol - powered cars in the U.S. in 1891
• Hubertus Mynarek, born April 6, 1929 philosopher, theologian and critic of the Church