Kleinniedesheim

Kleinniedesheim, Pfälzisch Klänidsem or often only Nidsem, is a municipality in the Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis in Rhineland- Palatinate. With about 900 inhabitants, it is the smallest municipality in the Rhein- Pfalz -Kreis and the only one that has less than 1000 inhabitants. It belongs to the municipality Heßheim.

• 2.1 municipal
• 2.2 Mayor
• 2.3 Coat of Arms

History

Chronicle

Kleinniedesheim is a Franconian town founded in the 6/7 Century and was first mentioned in 1190 in the fief directory of Werner II of Bolanden as Uzelnheim. In the 16th century, the name on Ützelheim, Nützelheim, Nitzelsheim had changed to Nittelheim. Because of the similarity of names and same story with Nittesheim both places took the same name to small with distinction by the wholesale and prefixes.

The story of Kleinniedesheim corresponds largely with Großniedesheim. Until 1969, the village belonged to the former district of Frankenthal.

Population Development

From the year 1667 is 134 inhabitants before the first population. A stronger increase in population, there was only in the 18th century during the period of economic prosperity during the reign of Elector Karl Theodor. Due to new settlers, mainly small farmers, it came at the beginning of the 19th century to a strong increase in population of 242 inhabitants in 1801 to 410 in 1836., The local limits of the exact Ortsgrundriß shortly after first created in 1842 remained until the Second World War largely intact. Similarly, the population hardly grew at, 1939, she was 437 Unlike many surrounding villages remained Kleinniedesheim long time dominated by agriculture. Despite its proximity to the cities of Worms and Frankenthal were created after the Second World War by designation of development areas in the northeast residential areas for outward employed workers and employees.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Kleinniedesheim consists of twelve council members, who were elected at the municipal election on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected municipal council:

Mayor

In the election for mayor in 2009 sat Ewald Merkel ( FWG ) by 70.7 percent of the vote. He succeeds Norbert book.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " In gold, a green oak branch with two green acorns and a green oak leaf ".

It goes back to the common court seal of wholesale and Kleinniedesheim from the 15th century and refers to the oak branch on the former local government of the Lords of Falkenstein.

Structures

The Kleinniedesheimer Castle ( from kinship reasons, also called provost Maudraisches Castle ) was built in the years 1733-1735 by the Electoral Cologne Privy Council of steffne and sold by his son to Carl Christoph von Gagern. It had since been frequently changing owners. Today, the southern part of the castle and the castle belongs to the Western church family whose ancestors originate from Amsterdam. The north wing and part of the west wing with the entrance portal are the property of the community who use it as a community center. In the years 1985 to 1988, the castle was extensively renovated.

The Italianate pavilion in the palace garden now serves as a registry office and is a landmark Kleinniedesheims.

The Protestant church was built in the years 1725/26 and was renovated in 1966.

The old parish hall was built in 1766. Today the municipality is located in the castle.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Kleinniedesheim

Sons and daughters of the town

• Hans Christoph Ernst von Gagern (1766-1852), political writer and statesman.
• John Mehring (1815-1878), one of the most important ways maker of modern beekeeping