Obrigheim, Rhineland-Palatinate

Obrigheim (Pfalz ) is a municipality in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Bad Durkheim, located in the northwest of the European Metropolitan Region Rhine -Neckar. It belongs to the municipality green town and country.

  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 Coat of Arms
  • 5.1 Economics
  • 5.2 traffic
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 Other personalities

Geography

Obrigheim located in the extreme north-east of the district Bad Durkheim, at the border of the Palatinate Rheinhessen. The main town and its smaller districts are strung from southwest to northeast in the middle Rein, where hills and gradually merges into the Rhine valley. At approximately 5 km successively Albsheim follow the right and left Mülheim of the watercourse, then Heidenheim and Colgenstein right and finally the capital Obrigheim and the factory branch Neuoffstein left.

Neighboring towns are clockwise starting in the north Bockenheim (VG green urban-rural ), Marloffstein (VG Monsheim, Rheinhessen ), Obersülzen (VG green urban-rural ) and the city green city.

History

Chronicle

The main town is known since about 1250 and was at that time probably in the possession of the Earl Leininger. The ending home indicates Frankish origin, but lack written evidence of this. A Ortsadeliger called Ulricus de top seed was mentioned in 1352 in a decree of the Council of the imperial city of Speyer; He could have originated in Obrigheim.

The monastery White Castle enfeoffed in 1390 the Count Friedrich VII of Leiningen- Dagsburg goods Obrigheim, see also Leiningen- Heidenheim ( noble )

From 1467 to 1505, the place was owned by the Electoral Palatinate. In 1557 it was named Oberkum uff the know, this is almost the same of today's vernacular name Owwerkumm. On a map from 1735 was called the village Oberheim, 1739 appeared for the first time today common place name on.

The current districts were usually mentioned earlier. Mülheim in the year 761, Albsheim 788, Colgenstein 1000, Heidenheim 1277 Above Mülheim, where the Rein still has a steep gradient and has cut deep into the area, there used to be at least two mills. Another, a sawmill, was in the flatter terrain in the area of ​​today's Neuoffstein. The castle of the manor Leiningen- Heidenheim in 1794 burnt down by troops of the French Revolution.

On 7 June 1969, from the previously independent municipalities Albsheim on the ice (then 489 inhabitants), Colgenstein - Heidenheim ( 724), Mülheim on the ice ( 283 ) and Obrigheim (1068), the current community Obrigheim (Pfalz ) formed new. At the same time joined the circle of belonging as the former district of Frankenthal was dissolved. In 1972, the congregation of the municipality then newly formed Green Urban-Rural has been assigned.

Religions

In 2007, 55.1 percent of the population Protestant and 18.7 percent Catholic. The other belonged to a different religion or no religious affiliation were.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Obrigheim consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the elected local council:

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " divided by blue and gold, above a rotbewehrter silver eagle, holding a horizontally laid golden key in its talons, down a resist seeing, jumping, neck pierced by a red arrow red deer "

It was approved in 1970 by the district government Neustadt. The doe comes from the old coat of arms of Obrigheim and Leininger eagle coat of arms of the Albsheim, Colgenstein - Heidenheim and Mülheim. The key symbolizes the monastery of Wissembourg.

Attractions

Of the five churches Obrigheims have the four now -historic evangelical significance.

Albsheim on the ice - The Protestant Church Albsheim (formerly St. Stephen's ) is one of the most important Romanesque churches in the Palatinate. In many village churches that belonged in the Middle Ages to the diocese of Worms, a tower shape formed out even in the 11th century, the outer structure revive not only walls, but Stockwerksgesimse, arched friezes, pilasters and arcades. With the choir tower of St. Peter's in Kirchheimbolanden from the 12th century and demolished the tower of Eisenberg and the 50 m high Albsheimer tower belongs (after 1150 ) the type that go in the cornice with arched friezes of corner and Mittellisenen and the tower at all pages are divided into equal fields. Despite the separation by the cornices, the Mittellisene continues in the other bullets. The choir was awarded in 1520 a vault, the great east window was inserted in 1749. Here is the oldest still played organ in the Palatinate; it was created in 1730 by Johann Valentin Senn from Seebach, which is a part of Bad Durkheim today.

Colgenstein - The first Colgensteiner church was mentioned 991. From the Roman succession to the tower is from the 12th century preserved; in its four storeys above the other clustered pairs of windows are reminiscent of those of the Speyer Cathedral, and probably the oldest bell ringing here in the Palatinate. A late Gothic baptismal font dates from 1509.

Mülheim - The Mühlheimer church built Jofried Count of Leiningen- Hard castle in the 1330s. Beginning of the 17th century had the house Leiningen- Heidenheim they rebuilt the castle church, where the choir was the grave lay the count's family. The built in 1738 by Johann Michael Stumm organ is the best preserved Stumm organ in the Palatinate.

Obrigheim - The Church of Obrigheim was originally a chapel of St. Giles, a branch of the parish of Colgenstein. From the old chapel still stands the tower dating from around 1500. The church was rebuilt in 1865, 1910, an additional floor was on the tower attached.

Protestant Church Albsheim on the ice

Protestant Church Mülheim

Tower of the Church Colgensteiner

Protestant Church Obrigheim

Catholic Church

Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Rose Garden

Economy and infrastructure

Economy

The largest employer in the city since 1873 and with more than 500 employees and the largest employer in the municipality green town and country is the sugar factory in Neuoffstein, which is a manufacturing subsidiary of Südzucker today. In addition to there being processed beet wine is grown in agriculture. The agricultural area of nearly 1,000 hectares divided into 75 % and 25% sugar beet fields vineyards.

Traffic

The community members are joined from southwest to northeast across the country road 395, which runs from green city to Worms. At Green City Asselheim the B 271 is reached and this (5 km south of the junction Green City ) is the A 6 about 4 km north of the municipal territory, the B 47 (Kaiserslautern - Worms) runs past the north-east with a connection to the A61 ( Koblenz -Speyer ) has.

The Palatine Northern Railway Monsheim Green city runs in the far west of the village on the edge of the hamlet Albsheim, the breakpoint Albsheim (ice) is served in the Rhineland -Palatinate timing of regional railways. The railway line Worms Green city formerly crossed the municipal area along the Eisbach and served mainly the connection of the sugar factory, while in the eastern section ( Sugar Factory Worms) is shut down. The public transport system is integrated into the transport association Rhein- Neckar ( VRN), it shall apply the Community tariffs.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen - Falkenburg - Dagsburg (1729-1818), grandmother of the Prussian Queen Luise was born in Heidenheim Castle, which is located in the then independent municipality part Heidenheim.
  • Moses Alexander (1853-1932), American politician (Democratic Party)
  • Peter Martin (1888-1970), politician of the Nazi Party
  • Melitta Engel (1952-2012) was in 1971 /72 33 Palatine wine queen.

Other personalities

Not in Obrigheim born, but connected with the community personalities:

  • Müsel Ellen (* 1990), 2009/10 as Ellen I. The 60th Countess of wine Leiningerland, grew up in a Obrigheimer winery, where he resides.
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