Rockenberg

Rocky Mount is a German municipality in the Wetterau in Hesse.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 3.1 Municipal Council
  • 3.2 Mayor
  • 4.1 Geology / Petrology
  • 4.2 Structures

Geography

Geographical Location

Rocky Mount is located at the springing in the Vogelsberg River weather.

Neighboring communities

Rockenberg borders in the north on the town coins Mountain, on the east by the municipality Woelfersheim, to the south by the town of Bad Nauheim and the village of Upper Moerlen and in the west on the town of Butzbach.

Community structure

The municipality consists of the villages Oppershofen and rock mountain. The municipality is located in the district of Rocky Mount.

History

Incorporations

On December 31, 1971, until then independent municipality Oppershofen was incorporated into the neighboring community of Rocky Mount.

Policy

Municipal council

The last local elections gave the following results:

Mayor

The last mayor elections gave the following results:

The independent Manfred Wetz sat down on 18 January 2004 at the first ballot with 50.4 % against the CDU candidate Karl Maria Weckler with 49.6 % through. The reigning from 1990-2001 Patrick Bingel no longer stood for health reasons. The next mayoral election is, assuming the full realization of his term of office by Manfred Wetz, held in 2015

Culture and sights

Geology / Petrology

Rock mountain on the northern outskirts of the village has a sand pit in the sand is still mined today. The pit is an important location for sand roses.

Structures

  • Marie Castle, a former Cistercian monastery, which today acts as a prison for teenagers. It was probably built as a successor institution of a hermitage and received his transformation into a nunnery 1337/38 with Deed in 1338 by Johann Ritter of Bellersheim Gen. of Rocky Mount and his wife Gertrude, called Gezele of Düdelsheim. 1802 appropriation by the Landgrave of Hesse- Darmstadt. 1803 after Reichsdeputationshauptschluss followed the secularization and dissolution of the monastery. The monastery since 1811 for breeding and reformatory, penitentiary and later the country since May 9, 1939 Youth Detention Center.
  • Built castle rock mountain, residential tower 1317
  • Kurmainzisches winery building, 1719 attached to the castle complex
  • Altes Rathaus Oppershofen, built 1725-29
  • Catholic Church of St. Gallus in Rock Mountain from 1754 with a medieval tower
  • Old Train Station, the Association serves in summer months as a stop on the museum trains Railway friends Wetterau on the Butzbach Licher railway.

Regular events

  • Ascension: Spring Festival volunteer firefighters Rockenberg
  • 1st weekend in October: Fairground

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Bardo of Mainz, Archbishop of Mainz and arch-chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, * around 980 in Rock Mountain / Oppershofen, † June 10, 1051 near Paderborn.
  • Franz Adam Bailiff (1889-1953), social and charitable priest
  • Weckler Heinrich (1894-1958), Member of Parliament ( center )
Darmstadt (region) Wetteraukreis Wetter (river) Local government Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt Altenstadt, Hesse Bad Vilbel Echzell Florstadt Friedberg, Hesse Gedern Glauburg Hirzenhain Karben Kefenrod Limeshain Nidda, Hesse Niddatal Ortenberg, Hesse Reichelsheim (Wetterau) Integrated Authority File
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