Rödermark
Mark Roeder is a town in the Offenbach district, southeast of Frankfurt am Main and northeast of Darmstadt on the 50th degree of latitude.
- 2.1 Population development
- 2.2 History of Ober-Roden
- 2.3 History of Urberach
- 2.4 History of Messenhausen
- 2.5 History of Waldacker
- 4.1 City Council
- 4.2 Mayor
- 4.3 Town twinning
- 5.1 theater
- 5.2 Museums
- 6.1 traffic
- 6.2 Public bodies
- 6.3 Education
- 6.4 company
- 8.1 freeman
- 8.2 Sons and daughters of the town
- 8.3 personalities who have worked in Rödermark
Geography
Geographical location
The city is located mostly in the Messel Hills, a hilly part of the Main level. The height differences are small, ranging from approximately 130 meters above sea level in the Rodau floodplains east of Ober-Roden to around 200 meters above sea level on the Bulau. Rödermark is surrounded by green belts, which are located mainly in the field of Rodau. The Rodau crosses the city from west to east. The northern settlements Bulau, Messenhausen and Waldacker have predominantly residential functions, while the main places of Ober-Roden and Urberach offer a complete infrastructure. The nearest motorway connections are ten kilometers away, and Frankfurt Airport about 25 kilometers. Rödermark is in the area of the Rhine -Main Transport Association and is due to the favorable location of the station Ober-Roden terminus of the S -Bahn line S1 and station of the RMV - line 61 ( Dreieich train).
Rödermark is exactly in the middle between the cities of Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Aschaffenburg. The 50th parallel runs to the north of the urban area through the settlement Waldacker. East of Waldacker, near the club premises of the local tennis club at which extends in the direction Rodgau bike path this was specially built by the municipality a reminder system that at latitude 50 degrees on this very spot, as well as " traces of human settlement thousands of years in the landscape "ie makes on archaeological finds from the area, attentive.
Neighboring communities
Mark Roeder is bordered to the north by the city Dietz stream, in the east on the town Rodgau, to the south by the municipalities Eppertshausen and Messel ( both in Darmstadt -Dieburg ), and in the west on the town of Dreieich.
Boroughs
Roeder Mark consists of the five districts Messenhausen with 777 inhabitants, Ober-Roden with 12,610 inhabitants, with 11,408 inhabitants Urberach, Waldacker with 2,912 inhabitants and Bulau with 98 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012).
History
The community Rödermark was on 1 January 1977 in the course of municipal reform in Hesse by law by the merger of the municipalities Ober-Roden and Urberach. Both founding communities belonged to the district Dieburg and came with the founding of the church Rödermark the Offenbach district. Local districts were formed in Rödermark. On August 23, 1980 Mark Roeder was officially awarded city rights. The name goes back to a late medieval forest village community ( marca raodora ) Mark Roeder.
Population Development
( at December 31 )
History of Ober-Roden
→ Main article: Ober-Roden
With some probability, there used to be in place a nunnery ( convent Rotaha ), which was 786 the monastery Lorsch assumed abbess of Aba. However, even a definitive proof of this is lacking. The settlement Rotaha was first mentioned in 790 in a donation to the monastery of Lorsch. But on April 22, 791 gave a Frankish nobleman named Erlulf his possessions in Ober-Roden, Nieder-Roden and Bieber the Lorsch Abbey.
The municipality had 1939 3608 inhabitants. 1957 decided Messenhausen connection to Ober-Roden, after it had already been connected since 1821 the mayoralty, but its own municipal budget retained.
History of Urberach
→ Main article: Urberach
Urberach was first mentioned in 796 as a branch of Ober-Roden based on the Lorsch codex. The town was first mentioned in 1275 as Orbruch documented. Kurmainz acquired in the late Middle Ages, the sovereignty over Urberach, the village belonged to the office of Mainz Dieburg.
The population increased from 1488 inhabitants in 1861 to 2807 in 1939 and 9558 inhabitants in 1978.
History of Messenhausen
→ Main article: Messenhausen
The village was first mentioned in 1282. 1821 Messenhausen the mayoralty Ober-Roden was connected, but retained until 1957 a separate municipal budget. 1957, graduated from the place Ober -Roden. Messenhausen had 80 inhabitants in 1829 and 1978, 605 inhabitants.
History of Waldacker
Waldacker was settled in the 1930s and is one in 1977 to Mark Roeder since the local government reform.
Religions
Mark Roeder was dominated Catholic. The immigration in the second half of the 20th century, however, has brought many evangelical Christians in the city. Today there are six Christian churches:
- Catholic Church of St. Nazario Ober-Roden
- Evangelical Church of St. Ober-Roden
- Catholic Church of St. Gallus Urberach
- Peter Evangelical community Urberach
- New Apostolic congregation Rödermark - Urberach
- Free Evangelical community Rödermark
The oldest church in Rödermark is the Trinity Chapel at the entrance of Messenhausen (built in 1820).
Policy
City Council
In Rödermark the CDU, the SPD, the FDP, the other list / The Greens Mark Roeder and the Free Voters are represented.
Mark Roeder was characterized over many decades, conservative; the CDU received the most votes in elections in many years. In the mayoral election of 2005, supported by the SPD and AL / Green Roland could, however, gain core ( AL / Green ) against the CDU candidate Alexander Sturm in the runoff scarce. On 27 March 2011 Key was re-elected under five candidates in the first ballot with 59.1 percent of the vote.
In the local elections of 2006, the CDU was 47.1 percent of the vote and 21 of the 45 seats again strongest force and went with the FDP formed a coalition. This coalition was terminated in December 2009 by the CDU and the CDU since that time cooperated with the SPD. After the local elections in 2011 the CDU and the Greens formed a coalition.
In 2010, the city council decided that the number of members from 45 to shrink to 39. Since mid-2013 Jörg Rotter 's first city council.
The municipal election held on March 27, 2011 had the following result:
Mayor
The mayor since 1977:
- Karl Martin Rebel, CDU (1977-1982)
- Walter Faust, CDU (1982-1993)
- Alfons Maurer, CDU (1993-2005)
- Roland Kern, AL / Green (2005 -present)
Twinning
In 1975 Urberach went with the community Tramin in South Tyrol / Italy a partnership. A year later, the twinned communities Saalfelden in Austria and Ober-Roden. Roeder Mark then decided in 1992 a partnership with the community Bodajk in Hungary.
Culture and sights
Theater
In 1995 opened cultural hall in the district of Ober-Roden with 720 seats theater performances, concerts and other events.
Since 2004, the actor Friederike and Oliver Nedelmann operate a living room theater in the former mansion of the management of the company Telefonbau and Standard Time (T & N) in Urberach district.
Museums
The pottery museum in Urberach district, the local history and the tradition of pottery dar. At his inauguration in 1984 it was the only pottery museum in Hesse. The Local History Association Rödermark runs the museum volunteers. It is opened once a month. In the pottery workshop of the museum regularly hosts pottery classes. In one of the exhibition rooms civil wedding ceremonies take place.
The Regional Park Rhein- Main has a station on the hill Bulau at Urberach. There is a group of sculptures a Celtic funeral dar.
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
Through the federal highway 45 Rödermark is connected to the national road network.
The station Rödermark-Ober -Roden is a local railway junction. It connects the S -Bahn line S1 ( Rodgaubahn ) with the Dreieich web. Several regional bus routes also go to the train station Ober-Roden. Since August 6, 2012, there are two city bus routes that connect Messenhausen with Ober-Roden and Urberach.
For air travelers the Frankfurt airport and airfield Egelsbach are available.
Public institutions
The Innovation Center Rödermark AG advises entrepreneurs and operates economic development for the city Rödermark.
In Ober-Roden district there is a fire brigade ( base Offenbach district center), which is also responsible for the neighboring cities.
Education
Mark Roeder has two primary schools in Ober-Roden and Urberach, a special school and a comprehensive school with Gymnasium upper level, the Oswald von Nell- Breuning - school. The comprehensive school is a European school.
The Professional Academy Rhein -Main offers studies in business and economics computer science.
The music school Röder Mark has more than 600 students of all ages. The music school, founded in 1992 is supported by a registered association.
The folk high school Rödermark is a branch of the Community College of the Offenbach district (based in Dreieich ). Your office and most classrooms are located in Ober-Roden.
Business
The city's economy is dominated by medium Rödermark. In addition to retail and craft some large companies are located.
The Japanese company Sigma, a manufacturer of digital cameras, lenses and flash units, has its Germany subsidiary in Ober-Roden.
The Ceotronics AG develops, produces and distributes radio systems for the transmission of voice and video under difficult environmental conditions. The group has its headquarters in Rödermark.
The Zeppelin Reimelt GmbH has specialized in mechanical engineering on back roads. The company was founded in 1883 in Leipzig as CGKaiser & Reimelt and is since 1959 based in Rödermark. The acquisition of a holding in Burkau at Dresden was an episode in the company's history ( 1991-2009 ). In 2009 Reimelt was acquired by Zeppelin Group Friedrichshafen
The Videor E. Hartig GmbH sells professional video equipment. The company was founded in 1975. 140 employees generated a turnover of 63 million euros in the financial year 2008/9. The Videor Art Foundation collects experimental media art and exhibits them since 2008.
Oils for metalworking produces MKU Chemie GmbH mineral oil since 1956. The company has subsidiaries in France, Czech Republic and China.
The Koehl GmbH provides seating ago for the office. The company was founded in 1976. Built in 1979 factory was expanded and remodeled in the years 1985, 1991 and 2007. Even as a young company received a large order for Koehl 1980 17,865 office swivel chairs for the Regional Finance of North Rhine -Westphalia.
Others
The fictional character wumboR ® was created for the 30th anniversary of the city Rödermark in 2007 by the artists Sylvia Baumer and Manfred Bloesser. The name symbolizes the five boroughs ( Waldacker, Urberach, Messenhausen, Bulau, Ober-Roden ) with a large "R" for Mark Roeder at the end. wumboR ® is namesake of an annual city run in the spring that runs through all five boroughs. He also cycle along a circular route around the city.
The former ice rink Röder Mark was the first ice rink in the Rhine- Main area. This was from 1992, rebuilt in the Greater nightclub Paramount Park, which belonged to a total size of 3200 square meters, the largest and most famous nightclubs in Germany. On Boxing Day 2006 broke about 22 clock from a major fire in the back of the hall. Despite immediate use of the fire department of the rear part of the hall was no longer to save.
Personalities
Freeman
- Aloys Georg Rink (called Louis ) ( 1881-1971 ), a local politician (SPD) and Member of Parliament
- Nicholas Schwarzkopf (1884-1962), writer and Georg Büchner Prize winners
- Johann Bernard Heitkämper (1895-1967), pastor in Ober-Roden 1936-1966
Sons and daughters of the town
- Roland Kern ( b. 1947 ), politician (Greens ) and former Vice President of the Hessian Parliament
- Egon Schallmayer (* 1951), provincial Roman archaeologist
- Hendrik Nachtsheim ( b. 1957 ), ex-member of Rodgau monotones and today a member of the comedy duo bath salts
- Andreas Schmidt (born 1976 ), music producer
- Laura Di Salvo (born 1973 ), journalist and television presenter hr-
- Wolfgang Steiger (born 1964 ), politician ( CDU) from 1999 to 2002 and member of the Bundestag
- Jannik Sommer ( * 1991), football player at Eintracht Frankfurt II
Personalities who were active in Rödermark
- Kristina Bach, pop singer, lived in the 90s in Urberach
- Bernd Spier, pop singer, lived until 2005 in Waldacker
- Peter Kunter, football goalkeeper for Eintracht Frankfurt; lives in Rödermark and had approximately 1974 to 2005 a dental practice in Urberach