Renchen

Renchen is a small town in Baden -Württemberg and is part of the Ortenaukreis.

3.1 municipal
3.2 Mayor
3.3 Coat of Arms
3.4 partnerships

4.1 Structures
4.2 Museums
4.3 Johann -Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausenmuseum price
4.4 parks
4.5 Sports

5.1 traffic
5.2 Media
5.3 Formation

6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
6.2 Connected with the city

Geography

Geographical Location

Renchen Located in the foothills of the northern Black Forest at the output of Renchtal in the Upper Rhine Valley.

Neighboring communities

The city is bordered to the north by the city Achern, to the east by Oberkirch, to the south by the municipality Appenweier, and in the extreme northwest of the city Rheinau.

Boroughs

The city Renchen consists of the districts Erlach (about 900 inhabitants), Renchen and Ulm (about 1850 inhabitants). The neighborhoods are physically identical to the previously independent municipalities of the same name. The official designation of the districts Erlach and Ulm is done by preceding the name of the city and connected with a hyphen adjusted the name of the respective district. In these two districts villages are established in terms of the Baden-Württemberg municipal code, each with its own mayor and Ortschaftsrat as its chairman. In the two towns are local administrative bodies under the names of local government Ulm and local government Erlach. All three neighborhoods are nonetheless a residential district within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code, respectively. For district Erlach Erlach heard the village. For district Renchen Renchen include the city and the community part Maiwald. For district Ulm include the village of Ulm, the tines Kaier, piston stop and Reier Bach and the homestead Rothof. In Erlach district lie the deserted villages in Oberhof and Zöller farms, on which points only one field name, and Walhofen. In Renchen district the waste places Brunn Hurst, lumberyard, Horn Mayrhofen are (but possibly renamed), Lohern, worm farms and Schwenzelshöfen, which may have been renamed. The village courts arms went up in Ulm.

Erlach won in 2006 at the Wettberweb "Our village is beautiful " a silver medal and a special prize. Ulm has its own brewery.

History

Renchen was first mentioned in 1115. 1326 was granted the city rights Renchen. Due to the devastation of the Thirty Years' War the place was, however, sunk into insignificance and the city lost rights. 1838 Renchen was told by the Grand Duke of Baden to town again, lost the right to name the city, but by the new German church order in 1935 for a second time. 1950 was granted the city rights for the third time because of its historical past Renchen.

By 1973 Renchen belonged to the district of Kehl. Erlach and Ulm included, however, the district Offenburg. Upon the dissolution of the two circles, the entire area fell to the newly formed Ortenaukreis. On January 1, 1975, the two were incorporated previously independent municipalities Erlach and Ulm.

Coat of arms of the former municipalities

Ulm

Policy

Parish council

The local elections of 7 June 2009 resulted in a turnout of 45.1% (-3.3 % p) to the following result:

SPD: 4
FWG: 8
CDU: 7

Mayor

Bernd Siefermann was confirmed in the mayoral election on November 9, 2008 in his office. He received no competitors 94.24 % of the vote with a voter turnout of 29.88 %.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: " Argent, a red clover cross. "

Partnerships

Gelnhausen ( Grimmelshausenmuseum partner city)

Culture and sights

Structures

In the center of Renchen there is a church of Friedrich Weinbrenner, built in 1817 as unadorned, geometrically structured building in the style of classicism.

Museums

The Simplicissimus House deals with the reception of the works of Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausenmuseum and is especially modern art in relation to Grimmelshausenmuseum.

Johann -Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausenmuseum price

Together with the city of Gelnhausen gives the city the Johann -Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausenmuseum price. In addition to the literary award a Grimmelshausenmuseum Prize has been awarded since 2003 have not yet established authors.

Parks

Above the small town center Renchens lies the Grimm Else House Park. In addition to recreation, the park serves both for parties as well as smaller open-air performances.

Sports

Renchen has a leisure pool, which is the summer months through open and over 80,000 visitors every year counts.

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Renchen is in the territory of the Tariff Association Ortenau. The breakpoint Renchen lies on the railway line Rhine Valley Railway (Mannheim - Basel). There is an hourly maintain regional trains of DB Regio AG on the line Karlsruhe Konstanz.

By Renchen the Federal Highway 3 runs ( Buxtehude - Weil am Rhein). Walk through it to reach the nearest interchanges the Federal Highway 5, and Achern Appenweier.

Media

Local newspapers in Renchen are Acher and Bühler Bote, a local edition of the Badische Latest News ( Karlsruhe) and the Acher Rench newspaper, which belongs to the Reiff Group ( Offenburg ). In addition Renchen the newspaper instead of scheme, a read in the alternative scene in South and Central bathing magazine is published.

Education

With the Grimmelshausenmuseum school Renchen has a reason to elementary and secondary school, which also has a Werkrealschule is affiliated. There are also pure primary schools in all three districts and special school Renchen. Renchen is the seat of the Baden- Württemberg State eV for Prevention and Rehabilitation, a state institution of addiction help ( founded in 1919 as Baden National Association against alcoholism eV).

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

Connected to the city

Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausenmuseum (1622-1676), the poet of the adventurous Simplicissimus was from 1667 until his death in 1676 episcopal rhinestone burgi shear mayor of Renchen. Therefore, the city is also called the Grimmelshausenmuseum city and is a partner of Grimmelshausenmuseum Society co-editor of the literary magazine Simpliciana.

Others

The district is known for its Ulm "Ulm beer ", a specialty brewed only in full moon nights ' full moon beer ".

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