Starkenburg

The Starkenburgring Region is the name of a former volunteer Zweckverbandes in southern Hesse around the city of Darmstadt. The region had an area of 2600 km ² and was comparable in size with the Saarland.

The following areas were part of the region:

  • City ​​of Darmstadt
  • Darmstadt- Dieburg
  • Groß -Gerau
  • Kreisberg road
  • Odenwald
  • Offenbach district as a member of the administration union cooperation, not contributions

The purpose of association was called the strong castle near Heppenheim on the mountain road, the ( largely congruent with the area of the region) province Starkenburgring in the Grand Duchy was already named after the ( since 1919 people's state ) of Hesse and for an administrative area of the evangelical church.

The purpose of association relied in its articles of association to the principle raised voluntary cooperation of the participating counties and the city of Darmstadt to achieve the objectives (sustainable development of the region ).

The Economic Development Starkenburgring with its own management acted for the same region as a registered association.

2005, the benefits and the former alignment (sustainable development of the region ) by the association was - probably due to the change in the office of the chief administrative officer of the circle mountain road ( by Norbert Hofmann ( SPD) to Matthias Wilkes (CDU ) ) - criticized around: the purpose association not own impetus for its region set. It is the members ( five counties and the city of Darmstadt) have failed to submit their own areas of responsibility voluntarily to the purpose association. The propagated "voluntary cooperation " so no way forward. This argument is, however, contrary to the successes listed below. In addition, arose at the working level a comprehensive network of assets / activities. The circle mountain road will not refrain from expanding its orientation to the north and south, the other members of Starkenburgring region did not want to neglect their orientation in the direction of greater Frankfurt am Main, so that the region as a mediator of growing together, metropolitan region of Frankfurt - Rhine -Main -Neckar saw.

As of 2005, the Commerce and Industry Chamber Darmstadt Rhein Main Neckar operational management of the business promotion Starkenburgring. 2005 it was decided the location marketing Frankfurt Rhein-Main GmbH join, thereby strengthening the international marketing for the entire region. The internal marketing was still perceived by the Economic Development Starkenburgring. The circle mountain road, which had previously not involved in the business operations (including for cost reasons), the end of 2005 decided his withdrawal from the business promotion. But The Preamble to the Articles of Association, he was still a member. The Gross-Gerau district had at the end of 2005, the finance operating activities adjusted with the option to participate in it again while improving their own budgetary situation.

The purpose of association supported several key projects, including:

  • Precautionary Flood Protection / EU project " Freude am Fluss "
  • New line Rhein / Main Rhein / Neckar,
  • Location Marketing Region Frankfurt Rhine- Main GmbH,
  • Destination Management,
  • International Building Exhibition (IBA ) Region Frankfurt Rhine-Main,
  • Tourism Marketing for the World Cup 2006
  • Region -wide launch of volunteering Card,
  • Biomass
  • Cultural Summer Südhessen

In October 2006, the circles mountain road and wholesale Gerau took the decision to withdraw from the association purpose. In a press release by the district office Darmstadt- Dieburg of 5 December 2006 was informed that the purpose Verband Region Starkenburgring should continue to exist in reduced form. The realignment of the Association provides for a tripartite constellation of the city of Darmstadt, the Odenwald and the district of Darmstadt- Dieburg. The new construct, as Alfred Jakoubek, Regional Association darmstadt the castle -Odenwald might call, sees as a key task in the location marketing. Other topics could be a common transport planning, school development plans or the Veterinary. The Cultural Summer Südhessen persists. The first chairman was the Chief Executive of the Odenwald district Horst cord. Today, the Presidency informed the district administrators changed every year.

On 20 November 2007, the Association meeting to resolve the purpose association 31 December 2007 decided. However, the cooperation in the above areas should remain in place.

The term " high castle " is still in the name of " energy cooperative Starkenburgring ", realized in the different comrades wind and solar energy projects.

Offenbach (district) People's State of Hesse Rhine-Neckar
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