Groß-Rohrheim

Wholesale Rohrsheim is a municipality in the district of mountain road in Hesse. The municipality is located three kilometers east of the Rhine in the middle of the Hessian Ried north of Biblis.

  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 3.3 flag
  • 3.4 Town twinning

Geography

Neighboring communities

Wholesale Rohrsheim borders in the north on the town Gernsheim ( Groß -Gerau ), to the east by the municipality Einhausen, to the south by the municipality of Biblis and in the west, on the left of the Rhine, Worms Ibersheim and Hamm am Rhein.

Community structure

Wholesale Rohrsheim wholesale Rohrsheim is officially only one district.

History

On 14.10.782 was the first documentary mention in the Lorsch Codex. The name of the place changed over the centuries by " Rohrsheim superior", "villa Rorheim ", " Upper Rorheim " and since 1689 large - pipe home. In the Middle Ages, the Abbey of Lorsch was feudal lord, later the Lords of Bickenbach, the Counts of Erbach and the house Katzenelenbogen or their successors, the Landgrave of Hesse. The proportion of Erbacher was only in 1714 through the purchase of Hesse - Darmstadt.

The Thirty Years War and later French raids demanded great sacrifices from the community. 1659 gave Landgrave George II of Hesse, " his loyal subjects in spots wholesale Rohrsheim " a free and open market, the still existing today May market. Of the originally existing agricultural properties are only 15 left in the course of the last fifty years.

In the Grand Duchy of Hesse wholesale Rohrsheim belonged since 1820 to Starkenburgring province and the Office Zwingenberg. After Verwaltungsreforn 1821 the town belonged to the 1821-1823 District District Heppenheim district court Lorsch was assigned. After the dissolution of the offices in 1832 wholesale Rohrsheim was assigned to the district of Bensheim. 1848-1852 Hesse was briefly divided into administrative districts and the municipality belonged to the governmental district of Heppenheim. 1934 part of the circle Worms, the location returned in 1952 to the circle Bensheim back.

Policy

Municipal council

The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:

Citizens for wholesale Rohrsheim ( BfGR ) is a free voter community. She walked out of the citizens' initiative " community of interest for bypass " show, which was founded in June 1985 by Heinz Petry. The BfGR first appeared in the 1989 local elections, reaching a vote share of 16.9%. At the municipal election in 1993, she received 22.7 %, 1997 19.7% 2001 12.1% and in 2006 21.3% of the vote.

Mayor

In the election for mayor in 2008, the nonpartisan candidates Rainer Bersch prevailed. This is now member of the SPD. Previously had been Heinz Roos ( SPD) from 1990 to Mayor of Greater Rohrsheim.

Flag

The flag was approved on February 7, 1969 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior.

"Between narrow red side panels, a wide white center section, filled with the municipal coat of arms. "

Twinning

A community partnership since 1989 with the French town of Mouzon (Ardennes ).

Culture and sights

  • Historic half-timbered houses in the Protestant church of 1688-1723, and the ceiling painting in the church
  • Kröncke monument to the planners of the Rhine by stitch Claus Kröncke.
  • Wholesale Rohrsheim traditionally commits two parties. At both festivals offer showman with stalls and rides a program. In addition, a significant portion of the work to the organization, implementation and hosting of both festivals is honorary supported by the local clubs. The May Market will take place on Saturday and Sunday of the third week of May end. He should remember the award of the market law of large pipe home and will be held as a trade show. Since the completion of the ring road, he was transferred from the forecourt of the Citizens' Hall to the streets in the old town, where the market was originally held.
  • On the penultimate weekend in August, the fair takes place ( " notch "). It is initiated with the establishment of a tree from the surrounding woods, decorated with a wreath on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday evening, the Kerwe Borsch lead on a play and on Sunday there is a small parade and then Kerweredd instead. The play and the Kerweredd be used here to draw attention to current topics of local events and the environment. Monday the previously established tree is precipitated again and buried the wreath.

Personalities who have worked here

  • Joseph Peter Audebert (1848-1933), naturalist
  • Laura Wilde ( * 1989), singer

Traffic

Wholesale tube home is located on the Riedbahn.

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