Bickenbach, Hesse

Bickenbach is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg in Hesse ( Germany ).

  • 2.1 Historical Place Names
  • 2.2 Population development
  • 4.1 Mayor
  • 4.2 Municipal Council
  • 4.3 Parish Council
  • 4.4 Town twinning
  • 6.1 traffic
  • 6.2 Established businesses
  • 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical Location

Bickenbach located on the northern Hessian mountain road, halfway between the metropolitan areas of the Rhine- Main and Rhine- Neckar.

Neighboring communities

Bickenbach is bordered to the north by the city Pfungstadt, on the east by the municipality of Seeheim- Jugenheim, in the south on the community Alsbach and in the west on the town of Gernsheim ( Groß -Gerau ).

Community structure

Bickenbach consists of only one district.

History

The place was already inhabited in the Roman period. In marshy Won " Schiffslache " archaeologists discovered a small castle from the 1st century and the swamp bridge Bickenbach. In the neighborhood of this ground monuments, Villa rustica " stone wall ".

Bickenbach was first mentioned in 874 in a deed of the Lorsch codex. Until the late 15th century the place was closely linked to the Lorsch Abbey and its feudal lords. There followed a period of frequently changing dominions. 1571 had the Counts of Erbach the village, while the Landgrave of Hesse exercised the high authorities. 1714 sold the Counts of Erbach the place Bickenbach to the Landgrave of Hesse -Darmstadt. Below belonged Bickenbach then following parent administrative units:

About 2 km southwest of the village you will find the remains of the so-called hill hamlet, a moth. It is the ancestral home of the Lords of Bickenbach and was first mentioned in 1130.

Historical place names

In the historical documents of the place is occupied over the centuries under different local names:

  • Bicchumbach ( 874)
  • Picchenbah ( 10th century )
  • Bikinbach ( 1012)
  • Bichenbach ( 1130)
  • Bickenbach ( 1267 )
  • Bickinbach (1310 )
  • Bickembag (1330 /31)
  • Bickenbach ( 1380 )
  • Bickenbach uf the sand (1380-1388)
  • Byckinbach off the sand ( 1396 )
  • Byckinbach off the sand ( 1489 )
  • Beckhenbach (1538 )
  • Beckenbach ( 1579)
  • Bickhenbach; Bickhenpach ahn of the mountain roads ( 1583 )

Population Development

Occupied populations are

Coat of arms

On August 4, 1971, the municipality Bickenbach was awarded a coat of arms with the following blazon in the former district of Darmstadt: Red, by a double row of silver diamonds diagonally right divided shield; top left with the district character (broad -ended cross over ring at the bottom is open. Red in Silver) occupied small shield.

Policy

Mayor

January 1, 1994, Günter Martini ( CDU) mayor. He was confirmed on 3 July 2005, 64.6 % of the vote for the second time on 25 September 2011, 79.5 % of the votes cast for the third time in office.

Former mayor (since 1945):

Municipal council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

Chairman of the municipal council is Markus Hennemann (SPD).

Parish Council

In addition to the Mayor three parish council Councillor of the CDU, two of the SPD, a councilor of the COMM A and an Assistant Secretary of the FDP are represented.

Twinning

Bickenbach maintains partnership relations with Tricarico (Italy) and Saint -Philbert -de- Grand -Lieu (France).

Attractions

Protestant parish church with late Gothic west tower, nave with neo-classical hall building, the former hunting lodge of the Landgrave of Hesse from 1720 / 21st

Next is in Bickenbach the worldwide unique shoe tree museum. It can be visited by appointment.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Bickenbach is conveniently located on the Main- Neckar line. The RB / RE trains connect Bickenbach with Darmstadt and Frankfurt and Mannheim and Heidelberg.

The bus departs from K50 Bickenbach off after Alsbach and to Seeheim -Jugenheim and Mill Valley. A link to Bensheim and Heppenheim exists except through the Main-Neckar Railway also served by bus line 669 Late compounds of Darmstadt are produced by the line 8N.

Until 1961 the chain Bickenbacher station from the railway Bickenbach Seeheim of the Main- Neckar line.

Established businesses

In Bickenbach the natural food company Alnatura has its headquarters, the company resulting from it ( szweige ) Alnavit and Alnatura Naturtextil also operate there.

In 1989, Walter Gutjahr founded a company to manufacture the patented his invention for safe drainage, ventilation and uncoupling of coverings on balconies, terraces, facades and exterior stairs with drainage and uncoupling mats.

Since 1907, the company DELFA in Bickenbach is established. DELFA is beyond the borders known as a manufacturer of shoe trees and Schuhanziehern mainly made ​​of wood, plastic, foam and metal.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Ludwig Keil (1896-1952), Hessian Landtag (KPD )
Darmstadt (region) Seeheim-Jugenheim Landgraviate of Hesse Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Christian Democratic Union (Germany) Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu Bickenbach (Bergstr) station Babenhausen Eppertshausen Fischbachtal Griesheim (Hesse) Messel Modautal Ober-Ramstadt Otzberg Reinheim Schaafheim Weiterstadt Integrated Authority File
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