Münster, Hesse
Munster is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg in Hesse.
- 2.1 Muenster
- 2.2 administration, courts and Population Development
- 2.3 Altheim
- 2.4 Breitenfeld (formerly Muenster Depot)
- 3.1 Mayor
- 3.2 Municipal Council
- 3.3 Coat of Arms
- 3.4 partner communities
- 4.1 churches
- 4.2 Educational facilities
Geography
The municipality of Münster consists of three districts; Münster itself has about 12,000 inhabitants, of which the east is my finished at 31 December 1971 Altheim of about 3,000 inhabitants, and the northwest of the young, founded in July 1997, the district Breitenfeld with approximately 200 inhabitants.
Neighboring communities
To the north is the village of Munster Eppertshausen, in the east of the city Babenhausen, in the south are the cities of wholesale and Umstadt Dieburg, and in the west the town of Messel.
Traffic
Münster is located at the Dreieich train ( Frankfurt-Dreieich-Buchschlag-Rödermark/Ober-Roden-Dieburg ). In addition, from Münster operate the bus lines 679, 674 in the direction of Mark Roeder, Dieburg, clean home and the bus lines 684 and 674 ( about Dieburg ) to Darmstadt.
The district Altheim is connected through the Rhine - Main -Bahn to the cities of Darmstadt, Mainz, Wiesbaden, and Aschaffenburg.
Muenster is connected with two driveways to the removed as highway B 45, Altheim with a driveway to the B 26
History
Muenster
The name Münster indicates a foundation in the Frankish or Carolingian period. In ancient records speak of monsters, Munster or Monstere. The word suggests the Latin monasterium, which means as much as the monastery church or " belonging to the monastery ."
In a deed dating from 782 AD to the Lorsch Abbey speaks an abbess Aba from a possession "ad gaspenze " ( the river Gersprenz ). This property is part of a monastery Neuenhof, the Rheingau in the district Raodora ( Roden, Upper and Lower -Roden ) on the river ' Rohada ' ( Rodau ), and she gives the Lorsch Abbey and all its possessions. Maybe Münster was this possession at the Gersprenz.
In a document from the year 1254 Münster is first mentioned. At the same time over and over again is a small place, Werlach, called the near Werl Acher mill (now agricultural property Ries ) was lying around the year 1489 was no longer available, because in a deed after this time Werlach is referred to as " the devastated village".
In the course of inheritance disputes came Münster in 1304 to 5/6 to Count Falkenstein and 1/6 to the Counts of Hanau. As this generation became extinct in 1418 with Werner II of Falkenstein in the male tribe, the power relations in Munster changed again. In May 1419 the Falkenstein'sche inheritance among the three sisters of the last Falk Steiner was divided.
Münster and Werlach came to Solmser line and by succession partly to the widowed Countess Anna of Sayn and partly to the Count of Ysenburg. As of 1486 the Count Dieter von Ysenburg 5/6 of Münster and Werlach owned had. In this document Werlach is mentioned for the last time.
The remaining sixth of Münster and Werlach, which came in turn by succession to the Counts of Hanau -Lichtenberg, was ceded by exchange in 1684 to Electoral Mainz. Mainz exchanged in 1706 this part of Munster to Ysenburg, which was now in complete possession of Münster. As Prince Charles of Ysenburg had allied with Napoleon I, he had to reckon with consequences after its defeat. He fled to Switzerland and could not prevent his principality in 1815 came to Emperor Francis I of Austria, and on 9 July 1816 Hesse -Darmstadt. In the historical documents of the place is occupied over the centuries under different local names. As Monstre (1189-1220), as Munstre ( 1290 ), as Munster ( 1294 ), as Mens Tere ( 1325 ), as Monster ( 1361 ), as Munster ( 1423 ), as Münßter ( 1629) and from 1687 as Munster.
Administration, courts and Population Development
The higher-level administrative units are documented as follows:
- Before 1816: Oberamt Offenbach
- 1820: Official Dreieich, which belonged to the province Starkenburgring the Grand Duchy of Hesse from 1806.
- 1821-1832: District District Offenbach province Starkenburgring.
- 1832-1848: Offenbach district, with the introduction of circles in the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
- 1848-1852: Government District Dieburg, while the division of the province Stark castle in administrative districts.
- 1852-1938: Dieburg with the reintroduction of circles in the province Starkenburgring.
- 1938-1977: County Dieburg. As part of local government reform in 1938, the three Hessian provinces Starkenburgring, Rheinhessen and Oberhessen be resolved in circles.
- 1977: Darmstadt- Dieburg, in the county Dieburg rises in the course of municipal reform in Hesse
The competent jurisdiction was:
Altheim
The place is first mentioned in the 12th century.
On December 31, 1971 Altheim was voluntarily incorporated within the framework of municipal reform in Hesse in the municipality of Münster.
Breitenfeld (formerly Muenster Depot)
The small village on the former Munster Depot was founded in July 1997 decision of the municipal council of Munster.
Policy
Mayor
The Mayor of Münster called Walter Blank and belongs to the Christian Democratic Union. The first councilor of the municipality is since September 2008 Norbert Schewe. On May 18, 2008 Walter Blank was confirmed with 61.63 % of the vote in his office. To select standing next incumbent Walter Blank Manfred Löbig (SPD). The term of office of the Mayor shall be six years.
Municipal council
The municipal election held on March 27, 2011 had the following result:
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of Münster is a combination of the Hanau swan and two black stripes, the seal of the Earl of Ysenburg. The municipality used it from 1684 as a court seal, since 1956 it is the ministerial recognized emblem.
Partner communities
Münster is twinned with Abtenau in Austria since 1971. After the turn Reinsdorf joined as the second partner municipality in the district of Zwickau.
Public institutions
Churches
- Catholic church Muenster
- Evangelical Church Cathedral
- Evangelical Church Altheim ( also used by Catholics )
- Christian Church Münster
Educational institutions
Münster has two primary schools ( John F. Kennedy School and Rainbow School Altheim ) and a cooperative comprehensive school ( school on the floodplain ) with secondary school, secondary school and gymnasialem branch ( up to class 10). In addition, there are five daycare.
Famous people
- Jörg Rosskopf, table tennis players