Wixhausen

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Location of Wixhausen within Darmstadt

Wixhausen is a district of Darmstadt in Hesse.

Geographical location

Wixhausen located on the northern outskirts of Darmstadt in the Lower Main level between Erzhausen in the north, Gräfenhausen in the West, Arheilgen and crane stone in the south and the east Messel.

History

Wixhausen was inhabited in the Bronze Age. Extensive grave finds in the local district, belonging to medium hill digger temporal stage Swan home, have resulted in archeology to a separate classification of double Radnadeln, so-called glasses spirals of type Wixhausen. The first signs of colonization of the Wixhäuser district can be found about the year 1400 BC. 750/780 Wixhausen was then incorporated into the Frankish kingdom. In 1172 Wixhausen is first mentioned by name, as a " changing Husen ," which means " houses on the pond " ( naming see also Offenburg Weier ).

Built in 1774-1776 Baroque Protestant church is worth seeing. She has a daily manually aufzuziehendes percussion of 1517 in the Romanesque tower from 1150 ( the oldest surviving building in Darmstadt ) and special window ( " window physics " by Thomas Duttenhoefer, 1997).

In the course of municipal reform in Hesse, the community was incorporated Wixhausen to Darmstadt in 1977. For Wixhausen a local district with town council and mayor was formed, the only one in Darmstadt. The local district includes not only the district Wixhausen also the part of the district Arheilgen, which is north of Sülzbachs or Silzbachs. ( The actual district border to the east is often identical to the residential community and is limited to the north of the local situation primarily to areas west of the B 3 )

Coat of arms

In gold, a growing red, blaubezungter lion, with the right paw blue shaft of a gevierten of silver and red flag clutching. 1962 registered in the Hessian State Archives.

Traffic

For non-local traffic Wixhausen is developed by the Federal Highway 3, which leads to the south-north direction through the eastern new neighborhood. From the B 3, the county roads branch off K 165 and K 166, which run through the town center and Wixhausen with Erzhausen and Gräfenhausen connect.

Wixhausen has a small station of the Main-Neckar Railway, consists of the from an S- Bahn connection to Darmstadt and Bad Soden am Taunus about Frankfurt am Main. Moreover, there are different buses.

Clubs

In Wixhausen there are, among others, the club TSG Wixhausen. It has several departments. The football team currently plays in the men of the county league. Wixhausen is one of the most active parts of the city of Darmstadt in the musical community life. In addition to the band of TSG Wixhausen there are currently seven choral groups in 4 clubs ( Children 's and Youth Choir Wixhausen, Surprising, Liederkranz Wixhausen, WiDaNoVo ). In addition, the volunteer fire department, a dog-lovers club, a trade association, and numerous other clubs exist.

Personalities

• The German social reformer Pink Kempf died in Wixhausen.
• The actor Heinz Werner Kraehkamp was born in Wixhausen.
• The opera singer Phil Stark ( Philip Stork ) grew up in Wixhausen.