Gimmeldingen

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Gimmeldingen (red) within the district of Neustadt

Gimmeldingen that since 1935 the additional name " on the Wine Route " wore as a wine-growing village, was incorporated as a village in the three kilometers south to county-level city of Neustadt on the Wine Route ( Rhineland -Palatinate ) on 7 June 1969. Today it has about 2500 inhabitants.

• 4.1 Attractions
• 4.2 Fixed
• 4.3 Sport
• 4.4 hiking destinations
• 4.5 associations
• 4.6 climbing on the Heidenburg

• 5.1 Agriculture
• 5.2 tourism
• 5.3 Demographics
• 5.4 traffic

Geography

Geographical location

The village is grouped at an altitude of 150 m above sea level. NN to the Protestant parish church on a hill on the German Wine Route in the Vorderpfalz on the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain. To the south of the hill runs the flood plain of the Mußbachs. In this valley is Gimmeldingen has also spread as to the southwest and northwest in the slopes of the Haardt, the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest.

Neighboring towns

Neighboring sites are the core city of Neustadt and in the southwest, north and east, the districts of Neustadt Haardt, King Bach and Mußbach in the south. To the west, within the Palatinate Forest, bordering the district of Lindenberg.

Climate

The location of the village on the German Wine Road caused a mild climate. The temperatures are in average about 10 ° C, 0 ° C in winter and in summer 20 ° C. In the lee of the 553 meter high wine Bietes the average annual precipitation amounts to 500 mm.

History

In the Middle Ages lay in the south-east lowlands of Mußbachs the small village Lobloch, which rose in 1751 Gimmeldingen and is now so closely fused with the capital that an optical separation is no longer possible. 1860 received the community Gimmeldingen the official double name Gimmeldingen - Lobloch, which was reversed on November 27, 1952 The name of the former village Lobloch is only on behalf of the Loblocher road, the Loblocher Schlössels and a local wine festival (see Section festivals) included.

Gimmeldingen grew in the 19th century along with the neighboring village Mußbach and had with him a joint at 500 m road, which formed an unusual limit: The houses on the north side were as " Mußbacher road " to Gimmeldingen, as on the south side " Gimmeldinger road " to Mußbach. The road surface was completely within the boundaries Mußbachs that had to entertain the road also. Since the simultaneous incorporation of both places to Neustadt, the common core is called uniformly " Kurpfalzstraße ", but the invisible district boundaries still exist.

Already in 1472 is documented in Gimmeldingen a religious brotherhood winery woman is in honor of Our Lady, which was canonically recognized on 10 January of the year of Peter Speyer Vicar General of the stone and equipped with indulgences for their members.

Policy

Mayor is Wilfried Margrave ( SPD), who in the runoff received 61.3 % of the vote in 2009.

Sights and culture

Attractions

An overview contains the list of cultural monuments in Gimmeldingen. Particularly worthy of mention are:

The Protestant Church in the town center has a Romanesque tower from the last quarter of the 12th century, the 1723 Baroque hall building was attached.

The small high-Gothic St. Nicholas Church, with its even older Romanesque tower located on the slope between the parallel streets Loblocher road (input side, bottom) and Kurpfalzstraße (above). It was once the Catholic church of Lobloch. From about 1700 to decay, the church was restored from 1956 to 1957 and again consecrated and assigned as Catholic branch church of the parish Mußbach. The three windows in the chancel area consist of impressive stained glass mosaics.

The St. Nicholas Church was built on the site of a Mithras sanctuary from the Roman period. 325 AD had the Romans Materninius Faustinus leave the temple built in honor of the adopted from the Persian kingdom of God Mithras. During construction work in 1926 the foundation walls and a stone relief image were found. Its original is in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer, a replica is embedded in a boundary wall a piece left of the church entrance.

The old castle on the ridge on the eastern edge of the former village comes from the Salian and was built around the year 1100. The modest foundation and wall fragments can be only the basic features of the system with tower and Palas guess.

On the Neuberg, a hill in the northwest Gimmeldingens to go King Bach, occupies a large sand stone with the inscription " The garden in Germany - the thriving Palatinate! Ludwig I in 1856 " the frequent visits of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who like to enjoyed here by an octagonal garden shed from the views of the Rhine valley. The garden shed is called King Ludwig Pavilion today.

In the monastery Hildenbrandseck, located on the southeastern outskirts Gimmeldinger district of King Bach, was from 1956 to 2004 the parent company of the Catholic Hildegardis sisters. Because the offspring of novices failed to materialize, the property was sold to the operating company is a plastic surgery clinic to serve as a beauty farm.

The winery Estelmann, vorm. Hick ( Kurpfalzstr. 76 ), was probably towards the end of the 19th century, built in the form of a small castle, now the (not historical ) Name Loblocher Schlössel was added. His stocky, round covered with slate square tower grows sideways up from the main building, which additionally has a fairly large roof turret. In the former stables of an eponymous wine bar is operated, the large cobbled courtyard of the winery is surrounded by greenery and is also used as a restaurant.

Diagonally opposite one is already in the district Mußbach. There ( Kurpfalzstr. 77) is also worth seeing the White House.

Festivals

Because of the tight integration with Mußbach many events are celebrated together with the neighboring village. Festivals originating in Gimmeldingen are:

As of March early almond blossom Gimmeldingen immersed in a pink sea of ​​flowers. The almond blossom festival in which an almond blossom queen is chosen every year attracts many people who want to celebrate the awakening of nature after winter. As one of the earliest events in the Almond Blossom Festival is now one of the largest wine festivals in the region. The exact date (March / beginning of April) on the occurrence of the almond blossom -dependent and may shift from year to year, therefore.

Every year at Pentecost the Loblocher wine tithe is celebrated. The date for the wine Kerwe is the third weekend in August. In October, the Gimmeldinger fall takes place.

Sports

West of the town, where the Mußbach leaves the mountains, are the football field and the old gym of the TV Gimmeldingen. Together with the neighboring king creek sports center located north of Gimmeldingen is used on Hildenbrandseck.

Hiking Destinations

As nearby hiking destinations on the Haardt and in the Palatinate Forest recommend, for example:

• The Weinbiet ( 553 m) as an observation point on which there is a restaurant, a weather station, a brick panoramic tower and a 133 meter high transmission tower of SWR are
• The only imperceptibly rising valley of Mußbachs with Talmuhle and Looganlage
• Also without steep inclines the Benjental, the Silbertal and Rotsteig, where three of the same forest lodges to stop and rest Invite

When Rotsteig is the leisure and high Wildlife Park Palatinate Park.

Clubs

• Choral Society in 1845 Gimmeldingen
• Rural Youth Mußbach - Gimmeldingen
• Palatinate Forest Club, Local Group Gimmeldingen
• Trachtengruppe Gimmeldingen
• TV 1883 Gimmeldingen (aerobics, badminton, football, gymnastics, children and seniors gymnastics, Koronarsport, weight training, to enable children, Athletics, Nordic walking, tennis)
• Traffic and Beautification Association Gimmeldingen

Climbing on the Heidenburg

In the former town quarry Gimmeldingens a wall is exposed northeast (180 m wide, 20 m high). It has numerous longitudinal and transverse fractures and was developed in a joint project of the city, nature conservation and regional organizations climbers climbing 2007. With about 60 climbing routes ( wall, slab, crack and Verschneidungskletterei from 2 to 9 degrees) it is the largest climbing quarry in the Palatinate Forest. There is also information boards are located on the geology. As everywhere on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest is originally red sandstone, the yellowish Ausblich. The quarry was in operation since 1830 at the latest and was finally abandoned in 1960.

Economy and infrastructure

Agriculture

Main branch of agriculture is the wine, because of the favorable climatic conditions allow the production of high quality wines. Best-known location is the Gimmeldinger sea spider, which has now been promoted to major site. Although marketing people a spider was introduced as a symbol, the name has nothing to do with the Articulate. Rather, it means pronounced in the local dialect " Määrspänn " Mehrspänne and derives from mehrspännig; for a second driving force the slope of the hill on which the vineyards of the original single location are made ​​, earlier concepts with a loaded wagon. Other notable Gimmeldinger vineyards are, for example almond garden and Biengarten. Besides grapes ripen in the open almonds, chestnuts, figs and citrus fruits, asparagus is also grown.

Tourism

In addition to agriculture, tourism has become an important economic factor. Especially wineries also offer rooms, catering advertises - partially fine - Palatinate cuisine.

Demographics

Gimmeldingen gaining more and more importance as a residential suburb of New Town. At the time of incorporation in 1969, it had about 2000 inhabitants, due to the expansion of residential development, especially in the southern and northwestern slopes, the number now in 2600. In June 2011, had Gimmeldingen 2643, January 2012 2426 inhabitants.

Traffic

Takes place on the regional transport links Gimmeldingens ( by Mußbach through ) over the highway 65 junction 12 of Neustadt- Nord, in the directions of Ludwigshafen am Rhein and Karlsruhe. Small-scale roads there are to Neustadt and to the other adjacent districts Haardt and King Bach.

A port on the Palatine Northern Railway Neustadt- Bad Durkheim Monsheim consists in Mußbach near the border with Gimmeldingen.

Sons and daughters of the town

• John of Scourge (1796-1864): was born in the Gimmeldinger adnexa Lobloch the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne ( term 1845-1864 ), Cardinal John Baptist of Jacob scourge. Gimmeldingen has honored him with a street dedication in Loblocher development area, and in the Kurpfalzstraße ( No. 182), above the church of St. Nicholas is still his birthplace holding a billboard.
• Erich Stolleis (1906-1986): The lawyer, born in Gimmeldingen, resulted in Mußbach the winery Carl -Theodor- yard and was in the time of National Socialism, first mayor of Landau, then of Ludwigshafen. His son is the legal historian Michael Stolleis (* 1941).
• Fritz Wiedemann (1920-1987): From Gimmeldingen comes the Expressionist painter and sculptor Fritz Wiedemann, in Mußbach in an old wine house wine bar Eselsburg opened in 1967.
• Steffen Christmann (* 1965): From Gimmeldingen comes Steffen Christmann, since 2007 President of the Association of German VDP ( variable data printing ). He operates in his birthplace, the family winery A. Christmann, one of the top wineries in Germany.