Bornheim (Pfalz)
Bornheim is a municipality in the Southern Wine Route in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Offenbach at the Queich. Bornheim is by the action Palatinate stork that successfully operates a reintroduction of the white stork and is based here, become known beyond the German borders.
- 5.1 Attractions
- 5.2 Leisure and sports facilities
- 5.3 associations
- 5.4 Regular events
- 5.5 Competitions for local image
- 6.1 Economics
- 6.2 traffic
Geography
Bornheim lies a few kilometers from the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest in the foothills of the wine region of Pfalz. To the west of the municipality spreads from the city of Landau, east determined predominantly used as grassland valley of the river Queich the now flat landscape of the Upper Rhine Plain.
Places in the next area are out of Landau Essingen, Hochstadt and Offenbach at the Queich.
History
Bornheim was first documented in the 10th century. From 1500 to 1709, the Bishopric of Speyer and the Electoral Palatinate shared the rule until the village came to the Palatinate in a swap completely. After the French Revolution Bornheim fell to France and in 1816 to the Kingdom of Bavaria. Since 1946 it is part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland- Palatinate. The municipality belongs to the municipality since 1972 Offenbach at the Queich, which has its headquarters in Offenbach.
Religion
2012 were 39.8 percent of the population Protestant and 39.2 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were. The Evangelical Lutheran Church belong to the Protestant Palatinate, Catholics belong to the diocese of Speyer.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Bornheim consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the local council:
Coat of arms
The blazon of the arms is: " Gules, a district mark in the form of two horizontal thick bars that are connected in the middle by a narrower vertical post."
It was established in 1956 approved by the Mainz Ministry of Interior and is based on a seal of 1709.
Sights and culture
Attractions
- Watch house of 1835
- Stork barn with webcams on the roof and White Stork nursing station
- Stork Centre
- Evangelical Church
- Town hall
- Saubrunnen ( created by sculptor Gernot Rumpf )
- Max and Moritz Square
- Hirtenplatz
- Schoolhouse from 1868
- Dorfgemeinschaftshaus
See also: List of cultural monuments in Bornheim
Nests and Webcam both on and off the stork barn
Evangelical Church and Town Hall
Plastic on Hirtenplatz
Teachers Lämpel at the Max - und-Moritz -Platz
Leisure and sports facilities
- Suedpfalz - Draisinenbahn Bornheim -Lingen field, western turning point; see railway Germersheim -Landau
- Game of bowls on the sports field, year round available for free
- Amusement Park
Clubs
- Action Palatinate Stork
- Friends " The Watch Häusler "
- Bornheimer Boule Club eV " Nooh draa "
- Children initiative Bornheim ( KIB ) eV
- Diakonieverein Bornheim eV
- Firemen Friends of St. Florian V.
- Chorgemeinschaft Concordia eV
Regular events
- Witches Night tournament Bornheimer boules clubs (April 30 / May 1)
- Saubrunnenfest (one week after Pentecost )
- Stork Festival of the Palatinate stork action with " auction " the young storks (July / August)
- Kerwe ( early September)
Competitions for local image
- Wine Route competition:
- Our village is beautiful:
Economy and infrastructure
Economy
Bornheim is dominated by viticulture. On the outskirts is the seat of the headquarters of the Hornbach DIY AG.
Traffic
North of Bornheim leads past the main road 272 ( Landau Speyer ), for which there are two driveways. The B 272 opens two kilometers west of the junction in the Landau North Highway 65 (Ludwigshafen am Rhein -Karlsruhe ). On one part of the disused railway line Landau -Lingen field Draisinenbahn listed at the leisure facilities operated today.