Großostheim

Template: Infobox church in Germany / Maintenance / market

Großostheim is a market in the Lower Franconian district of Aschaffenburg. The residents of the United Ostheims refer to themselves as " Äisdemer ", the place itself as " Oustem ".

• 2.1 Etymology
• 2.2 Earlier spellings

• 3.1 Amalgamations
• 3.2 Population development

• 4.1 municipal
• 4.2 Coat of Arms
• 4.3 Town twinning

• 5.1 monuments

• 6.1 Economy, agriculture and forestry
• 6.2 traffic
• 6.3 Education

• 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Geographical location

Großostheim is located on the northeastern edge of the Odenwald in the Bavarian Lower Main region.

Community structure

The municipality Großostheim has four officially named districts: (f1 map with all coordinates: OSM, Google and Bing)

1) The municipality partial ring home is part of the district Großostheim.

Neighboring communities

Together with bunk am Main, Hesse, the neighboring municipality Schaaf Home, Upper Castle, now located west of the Main districts of Aschaffenburg, Großwallstadt and Mömlingen was the market town of the historic region Bachgau.

Name

Etymology

The name Großostheim consists of the Old High German words east and heima mean the East and home. The addition of large sets it apart from the nearby town Kleinostheim, however takes its name not from one direction indication, but from a personal name.

Earlier spellings

Earlier spellings of the place from various historical maps and documents:

• 780 Ostheim
• 1774 Großostheim
• 1867 Großostheim

History

The market Großostheim as greater community consists of the villages Grossostheim ring home, Pflaumheim and Wenigumstadt. While ring home has always been a district of Großostheim, the places Pflaumheim and Wenigumstadt are districts since the 1978 municipal reform from 1 May.

" Ostheim ", known since the 17th century Großostheim is first mentioned in a document of the monastery of Fulda, which was 780-799. Ostheim belonged since its first mention at various empires before it, came along with the entire Bachgau, the Electorate of Mainz in 1278.

The district takes its name extinct Ring home from the early 16th century, independent place ring home. The ring Mühle (position ) 49.9174777777789.0610305555556 - Charming inn and farm - seems to be the last house of the old ring home. The new ring home was built in 1945 on the site of the former Luftwaffe airfield in its barracks and buildings displaced persons were accommodated. A rapid development with industrial development has made the initially small hamlet today a sizable settlement that was a sought-after place to live.

The district Pflaumheim had always been an independent municipality, despite the immediate vicinity of meaningful Ostheim. However, there was one church as a branch to the parish of St. Peter and Paul in Großostheim. Only in 1923 was Pflaumheim, with its church of St. Lucy, an independent parish. In 1994 was celebrated the 1200 anniversary Pflaum home because of Pflaumgau 794 and is referred to in the tradition of the monasteries of Lorsch and Fulda in the same period also Pflaumheim itself.

The district Wenigumstadt was first mentioned in 1229 as "villa Omestad minore " documentary. The village was inhabited but certainly much earlier, because archaeological finds in rich number validate the presence of people of all cultural epochs in the past 7000 years Wenigumstädter ground.

The former Bailiwick Office ( until 1782 ) of the Archbishopric of Mainz in 1803, part of the newly formed Principality of Aschaffenburg the Prince Primate von Dalberg, with which it by the Treaties of Paris (now a department of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ) fell to Bavaria in 1814.

In the course of administrative reform in Bavaria, was born with the congregation of 1818, the current community.

Incorporations

On 1 May 1978, the formerly independent communities Pflaumheim and Wenigumstadt were incorporated.

Population Development

Policy

Mayor Hans Klug (CSU ), as confirmed on 2 March 2008 with 69 % of votes in office.

The municipal tax revenue amounted to the equivalent of € 9,751,000 in 1999, which amounted to the trade tax revenues ( net) converted € 3,180,000. The total volume of the 2009 budget amounts to € 62.214 million, with no debt of the community exists.

Parish council

After the last local elections on 16 March 2014, the council has 24 members. The turnout was 54.87 %. The choice was as follows:

Another member and chairman of the municipal council is the mayor.

Coat of arms

Blazon: Shared by gold and black; top half, jumping black buck; down three two one asked to silver shamrocks.

Coat of Arms History: Until the 18th century Großostheim was only Ostheim. For the first time in 1774, appeared the name Großostheim. The on January 17, 1911, awarded by Prince Regent Luitpold and has since guided coat of arms is a combination of a local seal of the 17th century, which no longer exists, and from the impaired family coat of arms of the harmful family who called himself harmful Ostheim. It is extinct in 1581. The family lived for centuries in Bachgau to its center the community Ostheim belonged. The shamrocks are taken from the coat of arms of Clebiz of Nalbach family, another influential family in Bachgau, but had their main possessions in small and large Wall town. The Clebiz married into the family of malware, so it was a combination of the two coats of arms and in 1910 was elevated to the local coat of arms.

Twinning

• Greece Olympia, and since 2001
• France Carbon-Blanc
• France Saulxures -sur -Moselotte
• Belgium Hamoir

Culture and sights

• The Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul holds a Lamentation of Christ by Tilman Riemenschneider ( 1515), which is related iconographically and stylistically to the early work in the Sanctuary Hessenthal.
• In Fachwerkhof necessary -Good at the market place, a former Lehenshof the Mainz Dompröpste (1537-1629), now the Bachgaumuseum and the music school are housed. The exhibits of the museum projects focus on regional crafts and agriculture in the 19th century.
• Half-timbered houses from the 16th to the 18th century give the entire center around Market Square, Market Lane and Kanzleistraße, Hair Street and Broad Street. With 148 listed buildings (as of 2007 ) is Großostheim so far in the first place in the district of Aschaffenburg.
• From the looped in the 19th century city walls are still the top of the tower ( prison tower with a dungeon ), the Blunt Tower ( Powder Tower ), the witches tower (in the 1602-1603 eleven women, the rampant in the Electorate of Mainz Hexenwahn, fell victim ) and a small remnant of the earlier 2 km long city wall in the grave road.
• Three chapels there in Großostheim. From the local blacksmith Peter Drippel a patron of this craft, the Saint Eligius, chapel consecrated in 1517 was built. The so-called house wife is a Lady Chapel (late 15th century). The most important piece of equipment of the Chapel of the Cross is a Crucifixion by Hans Backoffen, a late work from 1513th
• In the district Pflaumheim the oldest town hall in Bachgau. The half-timbered (1981 restored ) dates from 1548. Stylistically a similar town hall building from 1584, the district Wenigumstadt on.
• Großostheim is located on Einhardsweg. This 77 km long distance hiking and cycling route follows the footsteps of the biographer of Charlemagne on a stretch of Bad König to Hanau.
• 36 shrines dating from the 16th to 18th centuries are on the hiking and bicycle trails of the immediate area.
• In Großostheim the television series was in the years 1987 to 1989: rotated " body and soul " with the popular folk actor Günter Strack in the lead role. The place was called in the film Eberfeld.

Monuments

→ List of monuments in Großostheim

Economy and infrastructure

Economy, agriculture and forestry

There were 1998 in the field of Agriculture and Forestry 85, in the manufacturing industry in 2427, and in trade and transport 1067 persons work at the workplace. In other areas, were employed to social security at the workplace 910 people. Social insurance contributions at town there were a total 5627th In manufacturing, there were 9 businesses in the construction industry 14 companies. In addition, in 1999, there were 84 farms with an agricultural area of 2656 ha, of which 2428 were hectares of arable land and 193 ha of permanent grassland. Here are a brewery and several wineries who work a total of 34 hectares.

Best-known local company is the European headquarters of Nintendo Co., Ltd.. Also, the meat processors Salomon Food World is located here; In addition, the German branch of Owen Mumford. Since 2010, the e-bike café sells in Germany electric bicycles and electric scooters. In Großostheim the Eder & Heylands brewery, which in 2009 had a beer sales of about 300,000 hectoliters is. The best-known and best-selling beer brand is the " Schlappeseppel ".

In March 2013, the Energy Cooperative Citizens Energy Bachgau eG was founded to advance the transformation of energy in Bachgau. Objective of the cooperative is the sustainable production of energy in the region by means of renewable energy sources and their distribution and sales on site. In October 2013, the cooperative had claimed to have over 220 members, the first two projects, two photovoltaic system on municipal property, have already been put into operation.

Traffic

Großostheim is up to the federal highways 469 and 26 near the Federal Highway 3 In the district of ring home is a commercial airfield.

In public transport Großostheim is served by 4 bus lines.

• Line 53: Aschaffenburg - Großostheim - Ring Home - Schaaf Home - Babenhausen
• Line 54: Aschaffenburg - Großostheim - Pflaumheim - Wenigumstadt - Mosbach - Radheim - Schaaf Home - Babenhausen
• Line 55: Aschaffenburg - Großostheim - Pflaumheim - Mömlingen - Upper Castle
• Line 56: Großostheim - Low Mountain - Sulzbach

In Aschaffenburg consists of the Main-Spessart -Bahn to Frankfurt and Würzburg, on the Rhine -Main Railway to Darmstadt, Mainz and Wiesbaden as well as the Main Valley Railway to Miltenberg, in Babenhausen is next to the Rhein- Main- track the Odenwaldbahn of large Umstadt - Wiebelsbach to Hanau and Frankfurt reached.

There is also due to the particular in the rush hour traffic greatly strained efforts to Aschaffenburg in Aschaffenburg Großostheim and that to reactivate decommissioned in 1974 in passenger Bachgaubahn to Großostheim.

Education

In the village there are several kindergartens, primary and secondary schools.

In addition, in 2011 the foundation stone was laid for a new junior high school, which started its teaching activities in the school year 2012/13. The school has 22 classrooms. For three spacious secondary school are indeed required only 18, but here the district of Aschaffenburg it safe to be prepared for rising student numbers. There are also six alternative rooms and a multipurpose room. In addition to special rooms for computing, natural sciences, works, music and home economics, there is a double gymnasium. In addition, staff room, library, lounge and dining areas are provided. The construction costs were set at 24 million euros. An outdoor sports facilities will not be built because there are enough sports facilities such as stadium and outdoor pool in the environment.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Otto Becker ( * 1958 ), German show jumping
• Heinrich Hock (* 1887, † 1971), German chemist
• Jakob von Tullian (* verm 1672 † 1729 ), nobleman and high administrative official of the secular government in the Bishopric of Worms.

Curiosities

As the pear variety " Good Grey ", introduced in the 18th century as Beurre gris from France, proved to be robust, disease-resistant panel bulb were also many trees on the Großostheimer fields. It was processed in the main, to dried fruit and enriched in winter the diet. The Großostheimer must, as did the inhabitants of Kleinostheim (15 km away on the river Main ), the Good horror have been so convinced that nicknamed them the neighboring towns - Ortsnecknamen " Aisdemir Grohbirn " tasks. The small Ostheimer in their dialect are " Goubern " celebrate today every summer her Groubern - Grobirn hard.

Due to its status as the headquarters of Nintendo of Europe GmbH is the place in some video games mentioned: In the German version of Secret of Evermore is called the hometown of the protagonist Großostheim and in Paper Mario: The Legend of the Äonentor the German translator opted for a pun: A cold, snowy place named Great Frostheim here.