Rheinmünster

Rhine Munster is a municipality in Baden -Württemberg and belongs to the district of Rastatt.

  • 2.1 religions
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 3.2 partnerships
  • 5.1 Education
  • 6.1 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.2 freeman

Geography

Geographical Location

Rhine Münster is located in the Upper Rhine Valley between Baden -Baden, Bühl and the Rhine. The individual sub - communities are not merged and form no uniform settlement area.

Neighboring communities

The boundaries of the overall community is bordered on the north by the municipalities Hügelheim and Sinzheim, to the east by Buhl and on the south by Lichtenau (Baden). In the west, the district is bounded by the Rhine, which is also the state and federal border with France at the same time. The Alsatian neighboring community is Druze home. The ferry " Drusus " connects the neighbors.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the Rhine Munster former municipalities Greffern, Schwarzach, Söllingen and Stollhofen. For the former municipality Greffern part of the village Greffern. For the former municipality includes the villages Schwarzach Schwarzach and Hildmannsfeld and the homestead Hubershof. To the former belong the village community Söllingen Söllingen and the house Rhine Bauhütte. For the former municipality Stollhofen include the village Stollhofen, the homestead Heckenmühle and the houses Jägerhof.

In the territory of the former municipality Greffern are the waste places Oberowe and Oedenhof, in the territory of the former municipality Schwarzach the fields and waste places long Hurst and in the former municipality Stollhofen the deserted village Hartung.

History

The municipality was established on October 1st 1974 by the merger of the formerly independent communities Schwarzach, Greffern and Stollhofen (all former County Buhl ) and Söllingen ( Landkreis Rastatt ).

The community name derives from the grown in Söllingen minister Karl Heinz Willmann and was determined in a competition. It reflects two of the most important historical influences resist: The Schwarzacher Benedictine abbey, secularized in 1803, and the Rhine, which limits the district to the west.

Religions

The community is dominated Roman Catholic. So there are still four Catholic churches in the city, and 4223 (as at 30 June 2012) inhabitants, ie 64 percent, are members of the Catholic Church. Furthermore, there are evangelical believers in 1005 (15%), which are supplied by spiritually Lichtenau. 10 inhabitants belong to other faiths, while inhabitants in 1407 (21%) did not provide information to their religion.

Policy

Until 1998 the common council was equally represented by location. Local councils and mayor to Village level.

Parish council

The council includes in addition to the chairman and mayor of 18 members. The election on 7 June 2009 yielded the following result:

Partnerships

The community maintains a partnership with the Association Sère et Garonne in the south of France. Reactivated in 1993, the partnership contacts of the former town Stollhofen goes to the community since 1956 Castelmayran back. The " Place de Saint Nicolas de la Grave " in Schwarzach and the " Place de Castelmayran " in Stollhofen are an expression of the European idea and of friendship with France.

Culture and sights

  • Romanesque Muensterschwarzach
  • Medieval ossuary of 1522
  • Historical Guided tour (available leaflet in the town hall ) in Schwarzach
  • Baden -Airpark (airport, airplane museum, monument)
  • Altrhein
  • Roman altar stone ( Greffern )

Economy and infrastructure

The economy Rhine cathedral is marked by a branch of the American chemical company Dow Chemical. Historically, shipping, fisheries and agriculture is of great importance. The Canadian NATO base ( districts Hügelheim, Rheinmünster ) presented to the withdrawal of the armed forces in 1993, also an important factor dar. The privately operated Baden -Airpark - airport and commercial center at the same time - can not fill this gap.

Nevertheless Rheinmünster 2006 was the only debt-free municipality in the district of Rastatt (Source: Statistical Office of Baden -Württemberg).

Education

In addition to a secondary school and a secondary school with Werkrealschule There are also three primary schools in the community. In addition Rheinmünster offers four kindergartens.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Douglas Coupland ( born 1961 ), Canadian writer and visual artist
  • Ann -Marie MacDonald (born 1958 ), Canadian author, journalist and actress

Freeman

  • Hans Bohner, Mayor †
  • Bernhard Hauer, pastor †
  • Hans Bauer, pastor †
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