Hanhofen

Hanhofen is a municipality in the Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Dudenhofen.

• 3.1 municipal
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms
• 3.4 community partnership

Geography

Hanhofen lies in the Palatinate region.

To Hanhofen include residential places Eichenhof, Schnepf In shock, Peterhof, forest houses and Kreuzhof.

History

Probably Hanhofen was founded in the 7th or 8th century by the Franks, the first mention found, however, in 1156 as " Hein Hoven " instead. The current spelling dates from the 18th century.

Emperor Otto II presented the territory of the present municipality under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Speyer, Henry IV in 1065 transferred the place the Episcopal bishopric. Until 1797 Hanhofen remained under the sovereignty of the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer, although the place was probably transferred in 1235 as a branch of the parish Harthausen with full feudal and Zehntrechten to the Speyer St. German pen. The supremacy of the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer was disputed in the 15th century from the city of Speyer, whose citizens in 1417 the episcopal castle Marie Traut destroyed in Hanhofen. However, the diocese was able to consolidate his position, so that the castle was rebuilt and Marie Traut was in 1475, declared the bishop Unteramt, so the administrative seat of the Bishopric of Speyer for the surrounding towns.

From 1797 to 1814 Hanhofen was connected as the entire Palatinate of the French Republic. After that the place belonged to the " Bavarian Rhine circle ", which was in 1838 renamed " Pfalz ", and here the district office Speyer. Including Hanhofen - - part of the newly formed Rhineland- Palatinate After the Second World War the county was Speyer. This was in 1969 the district of Ludwigshafen, affiliated since 2003 Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis.

History of the castle Marie Traut

The Marie Traut castle was located at the west end of the village north of the main road. The first building was made in 1414 by the Bishop of Speyer Raban of Helmstatt to strengthen the claims of the diocese and for control of water sources Speyer. With reference to an imperial privilege this castle was destroyed in 1417 by citizens of Speyer, but Emperor Sigismund confirmed the attitude of the bishop, so that from 1422, the castle was rebuilt. 1464 to 1471, the castle was largely built by Bishop Matthias of Ramung with four times the area new and protected with a tower occupied wall and a moat. Following the destruction in 1722 Bishop Damian Hugo Réunionskrieg was Philipp von Schönborn build on the site of the main castle, a baroque castle. During the French occupation of 1792-1794, the castle was finally completely burned down. The subsequent owner of the land could erode the ruins. Middle of the 20th century were created in the trenches of the outer bailey fish pond. From Baroque castle still foundations and perimeter walls to a courtyard on the opposite side of the street have received.

Religion

2013 were 47.2 percent of the population Catholic and 22.5 percent Protestant. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Population Development

The first population is only known for the year 1787, then lived 322 people in Hanhofen. After the first cadastral map from 1820 can be an interim increase to 500-600 people estimate. The scope of the building remained largely unchanged until 1925 on the level then, according to changed little in terms of population. 1921 were counted 636 inhabitants, in 1926 there were about 700 An expansion of the village there was from 1925 until the Second World War in an easterly and southerly direction. In the 1960s, the Schiller Street in the south of the town was built, in the 1970s created new housing estates in the east. Thus began a population increase of about 1,100 inhabitants in 1960 to 1599 in 1984. Live in 2010 2494 people in Hanhofen.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Hanhofen consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman location.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Mayoress

Friederike Ebli since 1994 local Mayor of Hanhofen.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Azure, a silver district character, in the form of a cross, whose arm ends in a horizontal crescent moon ".

It was approved in 1845 by the Bavarian king and goes back to a court seal from 1784.

Community partnership

Hanhofen maintains partnerships with Kondoros since 1998 in Hungary.