Gau-Bickelheim

Gau- Bickelheim is a municipality in the district Alzey- Worms in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Wöllstein.

  • 4.1 Structures
  • 5.1 traffic
  • 5.2 Public bodies
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 personalities who have worked on site

Geographical location

Gau- Bickelheim located south of Wißbergs in the Rhine-Hessian hills.

History

Gau- Bickelheim comes first documented in 1128 under the name " Beckel home " before. Later place names were " Gaubeckelnheim " ( 1314), " Gaubekilnheim " ( 1329 ), " Gaubecklinheim " ( 1355 ), " Gawbickelheim " ( 1515), " Gauböckelheim " (1815 ).

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Gau- Bickelheim 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:

Mayor

  • Mayor is Friedrich Janz (CDU )

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is divided. In the upper part are larger on silver base three red Dexel (or hacking ). In the lower third of the Silver Wheel of Mainz on a red background.

Partnerships

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Parish Church of St Martin
  • Chapel of the Cross

See also: List of cultural monuments in Gau- Bickelheim

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Through the village leads the federal highway 420 The Federal Highway 61 leads north-west to south-east past it. The connection point Gau- Bickelheim (No. 52) is not directly on the B 420, but is accessible via the federal highway 50. The connection point is created very spacious and reminiscent of a half- highway cloverleaf, as in the original plans, the federal highway 60 here A 61 should be ticked. Mid-1990s, was built in its vicinity a truck stop.

The town has a station on the railway Rheinhessen.

Public institutions

  • Police Autobahnstation Gau- Bickelheim

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Richard Large, District Administrator of the Trier -Saar castle.

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Dominique Beck (1772-1862), mayor of Gau- Bickelheim 1818 to 1831 and from 1847 to 1853 and Member of Parliament
  • School Board Franz- Josef- Spang, local historian
  • The writer Arno Schmidt lived after the war for a short time as evacuees in Gau- Bickelheim. The place is mentioned briefly at the beginning of the story Black Mirror. The story The resettlers refers to this literary period.
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