Egelsbach

Egelsbach is a municipality of approximately 11,000 inhabitants in the Offenbach district in southern Hesse.

  • 2.1 Population development
  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 Town twinning
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 airfield
  • 4.3 Economics
  • 4.4 transmitter of the U.S. armed forces

Geography

Geographical Location

Egelsbach is one of 13 communities in the Offenbach district. The municipality is located in the Rhine -Main area south of the Main between Frankfurt and Darmstadt at an altitude of 117 m above sea level and is traversed by the Tränkbach.

Expansion of the municipal district

The municipality Egelsbachs covers 14.82 km ², and of this about 10 km ² attributable to forest and green space and farmland

Egelsbach has no official districts, but there are the dwelling places Bayerseich distinguished in Brühl, Egelsbach Egelsbach West and the town center.

Neighboring communities

Egelsbach is bordered to the north and east to the city of Langen, on the south by the district-free city of Darmstadt and the community Erzhausen (Darmstadt- Dieburg ), and in the west on the town of Mörfelden- Walldorf ( Groß -Gerau ).

History

In 1275 Egelsbach is first mentioned. At that time the village belonged to the Lords of Falkenstein, who have probably inherited the place in 1255 by the Lords of Hagen coins mountain. After the extinction of the Falkensteiner in the male line in 1486 will inherit the Counts of Isenburg Egelsbach.

1526 Reformation is introduced in the village. 1600 sold to the Count of Isenburg the Office Kelsterbach with Egelsbach and Langen to the Landgrave of Hesse- Darmstadt. Since then, Egelsbach is the Hessian. 1705 Egelsbach own parish after it was separated from the parish of Langen. The distribution of longer Mark in 1732, which Egelsbach belonged since ancient times, Egelsbach receives a third of the market bottom. 1821 the Office Kelsterbach is canceled and Egelsbach belongs to 1832 the District Administrator District Langen. Since then, Egelsbach is part of the district of Offenbach. 1873 receives the place a station on the Frankfurt -Darmstadt route and 1955, the airfield is established.

In the course of municipal reform in Hesse in the 1970s Egelsbach has not changed one of the few communities and was able to retain its independence.

Population Development

Since Egelsbach counted in 1834 1291 inhabitants, the population has greatly increased. In 1939 there were 3695 inhabitants. In 1987 Egelsbach had 9089 inhabitants. The community numbered at 31 December 2003 has a population of 9689th Thus, a population increase of 600 persons or about 6.7 per cent results in the years 1987 to 2003. Mid-March 2008 exceeded the population of the 10,000 mark. This mainly due to the expansion of the development area " Im Brühl ".

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal election held on March 27, 2011 had the following result:

Mayor

Jürgen Sieling (SPD ) took over on 20 June 2012, the mayor of Rudolf ( Rudi called ) Moritz (independent), who retired after twelve years in office. Sieling had in a run-off on February 5, 2012 enforced by 61.9 percent compared to Harald Esser ( Green ), who came to 38.1 percent. In the first ballot was Axel Vogt (FDP, entered as an independent candidate at ) excreted.

Twinning

Egelsbach was 1991, a partnership with the French town of Pont -Saint -Esprit, a. In addition, since 2005, a partnership with the Polish city Chojnów.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

From the central location in the Rhine -Main area and good transport links benefit the community. It is connected to the path Main-Neckar Railway on the Frankfurt -Darmstadt section of the network of S- Bahn Rhein -Main. Located right next to the motorway A661 and the A5 motorway, Frankfurt Airport can be reached by the Frankfurter Kreuz in a short time.

Airfield

The Egelsbach Airport is the busiest airfield in the Federal Republic of Germany. He has now been officially renamed the airport Frankfurt -Egelsbach. From here, start the machine in the home and abroad. With close to 72,000 aircraft movements (2011) relieved and complements the airport Frankfurt -Egelsbach Frankfurt Airport in the transport of general aviation segment. Operator is the Hessian GmbH Egelsbach Airfield. Since March 2008, the company NetJets is the main shareholder of HFG, the other shareholders are the community and the city of Egelsbach Langen who are looking for two -sided disputed by NetJets capital together still 15.82 percent of the shares.

Economy

The purchasing power lay in Egelsbach 2003 19,564 EUR / inhabitant. This corresponds to a rate of 117.8 per cent in the national average.

Transmitter of the U.S. armed forces

Near the flooded gravel pit at 50 ° 0 ' 13 " N, 8 ° 36' 39" O50.0036111111118.6108333333333 is the Egelsbach Transmitter Facility, an American military transmitter with various antenna systems.

Education

Primary schools

  • Wilhelm- Leuschner- school, five spacious with nearly 420 children and currently 21 teachers.

Community colleges

  • Community College Egelsbach

The Ernst Reuter -Schule ( elementary and secondary school) was dissolved at the end of the school year 2003/2004 and incorporated the at that time still existing classes in the Langener Albert Einstein School.

Clubs

  • Volunteer Fire Egelsbach e.V.
  • Friends of pool Egelsbach eV (non-profit ) The association pool Egelsbach eV, with over 350 members, a non-profit organization with the goal to get the Egelsbach pool.
  • Carnival Society 1937 Egelsbach e.V. The KGE organizes several meetings and organized a carnival procession through the streets Egelsbachs.
  • Notch community Egelsbach (non-profit ) Association for the Care of the over 400 -year tradition of Egelsbach notch.
  • SG Egelsbach e.V. The sports community in 1874 Egelsbach is one of the biggest sports clubs in the sport Offenbach district.
  • DLRG Egelsbach e.V.
  • German Red Cross District Association eV Offenbach - Local union Egelsbach
  • Rabbit Island Egelsbach
  • Nature lovers Egelsbach Erzhausen eV (non-profit ) The local chapter of Egelsbach Erzhausen with its approximately 100 members of the national and international nature lovers organization; she is committed to social interaction and is committed to maintaining preservation of the environment and international understanding.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Jacob Knöß (* 1881 in Egelsbach, † 1960 in Frankfurt am Main ), national chairman of the trade union IG Bau - Minerals
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