Göllheim
Göllheim is a municipality in the Thunder Mountain district in Rhineland- Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs. Göllheim is a nationally recognized tourist and reported as a basic center in accordance with state planning.
- 3.1 municipal
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 community partnerships
- 4.1 Museums
- 4.2 Structures
- 4.3 parks
- 4.4 Regular events
- 5.1 traffic
- 5.2 Established businesses
- 5.3 Public bodies
- 5.4 Education
Geography
Location
Göllheim lies in the Palatinate between the Göllheimer hill country and the Emperor Valley Road.
To Göllheim includes the living spaces on Ruhweg, On the filling pasture, Esper and Gundheimerhof.
Climate
The annual precipitation is the long-term average of about 556 mm. Rainfall is low. They are located in the lower quarter of the detected values in Germany. At 12% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values are registered. The driest month is January, most precipitation falls in July. In July, falling 1.6 times more precipitation than in January. Precipitation varies only slightly and are evenly distributed throughout the year. At only 4% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
The company Meteo Media operates a weather station on site. On the funding, the community and the local chapter of the Association Thunder Mountain Pollichia involved. The data of the station are displayed on an electronic display board near the town hall. Go also to the weather report, which is presented by the company in the television ARD and SWR3 daily.
History
The town was first mentioned as " Gylnheim " in records in 819.
On July 2, 1298 was with the Knights Battle of Göllheim (also called " Battle on the Hasenbühl " called ) a significant event of the medieval imperial history instead, in the Roman-German King Adolf of Nassau fell. The battle was the end point of the struggle between Adolf of Nassau and Albert I of Austria to the royal dignity of the Holy Roman Empire.
Until the French Revolution was Göllheim seat of an office of the County of Nassau -Weilburg (temporarily Nassau- Saarbrücken). 1798 Göllheim capital ( chef-lieu ) of a canton in the department of Thunder Mountain under French rule. Taken in response to the Congress of Vienna (1815 ) Agreements and a barter agreement with Austria the region came in 1816 with the Kingdom of Bavaria. Göllheim was the country 's Commissariat assigned to Kaiserslautern in the Rhine district.
The synagogue of the Jewish community was desecrated and destroyed during the pogroms of November 1938 the building was canceled in 1971. In 1939, the community part of the district Kirchheimbolanden and 1969 the Thunder Mountain district.
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Göllheim consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the local council:
Mayor
- Since 2009 Dieter Hartmüller (CDU )
Coat of arms
Blazon: Azure, a silver girded with gold lily.
Community partnerships
- La Clayette (France), since 1977
- Marano Equo (Italy ), since 1990
Culture and sights
Museums
The " Uhlsche House " from 1898 since 1978 houses the local museum. One focus of the collection is the battle on the Hasenbühl. There are also showrooms in candles Heimer goal.
Structures
See: List of cultural monuments in Göllheim
Parks
Since 2010, a Geopark or a so-called tertiary Park is at the abandoned quarry roof mountain which belonged to the local cement plant of Dyckerhoff, furnished. It lies between Göllheim and Marnheim and is freely accessible near the Elbisheimerhofes of the main road from L449. Several panels explain geology, flora and fauna along a 1 km long circular path.
Regular events
- Every year the " Göllheimer Archway " takes place, which is now recognized as a regional significance.
- There will also be in Göllheim nor the " Göllheimer Pre-Christmas " takes place, usually on the first weekend in December.
- In addition, each year there is early May, a motorcycle rally, which drags over an entire weekend.
- Since 1988, each spring will be held the king cross race. ( Exceptions: 2010 to 2012 in part due to host the Rhineland -Palatinate Championships )
Economy and infrastructure
Traffic
The community Göllheim is on the A 63 ( Kaiserslautern Mainz ) and the Federal Highway 47 (Worms- Michel city, also called " Nibelungenstraße ") and the former B 40 connected to the inter-regional traffic.
Established businesses
Largest employers in the city are the Strack Civil Engineering GmbH, the cement factory Dyckerhoff (part of the Dyckerhoff AG, which is listed on the MDAX ) and the company Linde Gas Germany. Earlier Göllheim the fireworks factory Feistel was established by two major disasters (fire of the factory building at a New Year's Eve explosion of an underground bunker ) hit the headlines.
Public institutions
Göllheim home to their management as the seat of the municipality of the same name. There is also a therapeutic children's center in the town.
Education
Göllheim has a junior high school plus with associated technical school and a primary school, which will be attended by students from throughout the region. There is also a community and a Protestant school. The local public library is connected to the Southwest German Library Network.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Heinrich Ullmann (1872-1953), architect, landscape painter and photographer
- Emil Straus (1899-1985), educator, diplomat and politician ( CVP)