Waghäusel

The large district Waghaeusel lies on the northern edge of the district of Karlsruhe in Baden- Württemberg. It consists of three to suburban settlements adult villages and is named after the smallest and youngest of the three.

  • 2.1 districts 2.1.1 Waghaeusel
  • 2.1.2 Kirrlach
  • 2.1.3 Wiesentalstrasse
  • 3.1 Mayor
  • 3.2 Results mayoral elections 2007
  • 3.3 Municipal Election 2009
  • 3.4 Coat of Arms
  • 3.5 partnerships
  • 4.1 traffic
  • 4.2 Education
  • 4.3 telecommunications
  • 4.4 THW aid agency
  • 5.1 Structures
  • 5.2 Scenic Routes
  • 6.1 freeman
  • 6.2 Sons and daughters of the town
  • 6.3 personalities who have worked in Waghaeusel

Geography

Geographical location

Waghaeusel is located in the Upper Rhine Plain, approximately midway between the cities of Karlsruhe and Mannheim.

Boroughs

The city Waghaeusel consists of the three districts Waghaeusel ( 1,214 inhabitants on April 30, 2011), Kirrlach ( 9,520 inhabitants) and meadow valley ( 9,998 inhabitants). The spatial boundaries of the districts are those of the former municipalities of the same name with the exception of the area within the scope of the development plan " industrial estate holes Hunting II", which formerly belonged to the territory of the municipality Waghaeusel, but now the district Kirrlach. The districts also form residential areas within the meaning of Baden-Württemberg municipal code.

Among the districts Kirrlach and Waghaeusel each include only the villages of the same name. For district Wiesentalstrasse the village meadow valley and the houses are in the Schönborner ( Neudorf ) mill, railway station and railway station Waghaeusel meadow valley.

The largest surface area is meadow valley with 2,124 ha, followed by Kirrlach with 1,938 ha and Waghaeusel with 222 ha total area of ​​the district is thus 4,284 ha Of this 844 ha of settlement and traffic area, 1,268 ha are used for agriculture, as well as 2,172 ha of forest, water and other surface.

History

The area of present-day Waghaeusel came through donations of the Salian emperors Henry III. and Henry IV to the Bishopric of Speyer, where it remained 1056-1063 until the secularization of the bishoprics due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss circuit 1806. Subsequently, it became part of the Grand Duchy of Baden.

In the battle of Waghaeusel on 21 June 1849 Baden revolution troops under Franz Sigel and an invading army was offset by under Prussian leadership. The Baden troops could propose on this day, although the invaders, but they are not consistently used by enough so that the Prussians were able to reorganize and eventually aufrieben the revolutionaries.

Today's church was formed on 1 January 1975 by the Association of Municipalities Kirrlach, Waghaeusel and meadow valley. Originally, the new church should be named Lußhardt. The elevation of the city took place on 1 May 1984.

At the request of the city, the state government of Baden -Württemberg decided at its meeting on April 30, 2013, to explain the city Waghaeusel September 1, 2013 county seat. This makes it the 93rd district town in Baden- Württemberg.

Districts

Waghaeusel

The village itself Waghaeusel has its origins in a 1616 founded by Capuchin monks at the invitation of Prince-Bishop Philipp Christoph von Sötern monastery together with Sanctuary. But only with the building of the Hermitage from 1724 to 1729 by Prince Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn, a greater number of people moved on. Nevertheless, the settlement was long dependent, since 1847 it belonged to Oberhausen. It was not until 1930 Waghaeusel became independent. It belonged until 1973 to the district of Bruchsal, which then rose in the district of Karlsruhe.

Kirrlach

Kirrlach was first mentioned in 1234 in a charter of the monastery of St. German in Speyer. The deed dated May 4, 1234 called the original name of Kirrlach: Kirloch ( " Church in the Woods" ). This certificate is received undamaged and securely stored in the State Archive in Karlsruhe. Kirrlach belonged at that time (and until 1806) to the diocese Speyer.

Wiesentalstrasse

Already in Roman times the area was settled. In the district of meadow valley, the castle Wagbach is from the late 1st century and an associated Vicus. The foundation of the modern village meadow valley was in 1297 on the instructions of Prince-Bishop Friedrich von Bolanden. The scheduled plant as street village along the Wagbachs can still be seen in the parcelling of land along Church Street or Wagbachstraße that in the cross streets of the Church in the 18th century made ​​up the entire building of the place, with few buildings. Because of secularization was also Wiesentalstrasse 1806 Baden. Until the early 20th century originated with the hills or Lußhardtstraße a western settlement expansion parallel to the older settlement structure, size it is today the site has essentially reached only in the late 20th century.

Religions

The majority of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church. Even today there are in all three places a Roman Catholic church. Due to the population growth there is an evangelical congregation, two of Jehovah's Witnesses communities, as well as a mosque in the city. The evangelical church has existed since 1860 and had over 100 years its center in a large prayer hall in the Hermitage, next to the monastery and the Sanctuary.

Policy

Mayor

Results mayoral elections 2007

  • Walter healer: 6716 votes 70.61 %
  • Alfred Metzger: 2766 votes 29.08 %

Total valid votes: 9511 votes

Municipal Election 2009

  • CDU 35.2 % ( -9.2 ) - 10 seats (-3)
  • SPD 34.0% ( 3.3 ) - 10 seats ( 2)
  • FWG 20.0 % ( 4.9 ) - 5 seats ( 1)
  • JL 10.7 % ( 0.9 ) - 3 seats ( 1)

Coat of arms

Blazon: In split- front plate in gold, a red band, back in blue a continuous polished silver cross.

The chapel is the eponymous Sanctuary Waghaeusel Represents the Speyer cross points to the centuries- long membership in the Bishopric of Speyer.

The coat of arms of the former municipality Waghaeusel before the municipal reform shows in silver three blue sugar loaves. The sugar loaves make reference to the sugar refinery in 1837, the coat of arms was awarded on the occasion of the survey for the independent municipality in 1930. The coat of arms of the former municipality Kirrlach shows in green an upright, turned to the right margined silver ax with black stem. When the ax is on old seals from the 18th century still a meat ax whose shape has changed for the ax later. The description as ax was maintained at the request of the municipality in the coat of arms ceremony in 1959. The coat of arms of the former municipality of meadow valley shows a silver heart in blue. The heart goes back to a Wiesentaler court seal from 1767 that has shown a heart over a six-pointed star. Since the early 19th century came only in the heart seals to the picture. The coat of arms with a heart in the colors speyerischen 1907 was set.

Partnerships

Waghaeusel has twinned with the following cities abroad:

  • Caldicot in Wales ( United Kingdom )
  • Flattach in Carinthia ( Austria )
  • Szigetújfalu in Hungary

Economy and infrastructure

The closure of the production facility Südzucker AG in 1995 was a severe blow to the city Waghaeusel. However has. In the eight commercial areas of the city, including the former Südzucker site, which could earn the city to a symbolic price of 1 DM, a broad mix of companies located

Traffic

Waghaeusel is conveniently located. The five kilometers away, junction Kronau / Waghaeusel the A5 binds to the city on the national road network. The Federal Highway 36 (Mannheim - Lahr / Schwarzwald) runs right past the city.

The Waghaeusel station is located on the Rhine railway (Mannheim - Karlsruhe). Waghaeusel is also connected by the KVV lines 125, 126, 127, 128 and 193 with the surrounding area. On Waghaeusel station meeting point between two transport associations. When driving towards Karlsruhe tariffs of the Karlsruhe Transport Association shall apply for journeys towards Mannheim tariffs of the transport association Rhein- Neckar apply. The rates of the transport association Rhein- Neckar also be recognized on the bus in the districts meadow valley (also on the web section Waghaeusel - meadow valley ) and Kirrlach.

Education

In the main town, there is the Johann- Peter-Hebel -Realschule and the Wilhelm -Busch- primary school. Kirrlach has the Schillerschule a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule and with the Goethe School a primary school (formerly also Hauptschule). The Bolandenschule in meadow valley is also a primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule. The visit of the high school is possible in St. Leon, Phillipsburg or Bruchsal.

Telecommunications

In the district of meadow valley is since 1969 the telecommunications tower Waghaeusel, a 131 meter high telecommunications tower ( Tower type of type FMT 6) of Deutsche Telekom in reinforced concrete.

Organization THW

The Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW ), local chapter Waghaeusel is established to protect the population in the district Waghäuseler meadow valley for almost 50 years. Activities focus on assistance and protection measures after storms and accidents (eg Elbe flood 2002) and support for the police and prosecutors after serious accidents, primarily on the A5 and A8 motorways. These include above all inserts after heavy snow and rains, and after storms. In addition, the Waghäuseler special unit to assist the police traffic controls with extensive lighting equipment. Numerous transporting humanitarian aid and post-disaster missions abroad (for example, after the tsunami in Sri Lanka) have contributed to the now nation-wide awareness of the Waghäuseler local branch.

Attractions

Structures

  • Marian pilgrimage church in the district Waghaeusel
  • Hermitage - an octagonal palace with four wings for Prince Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn ( Diocese of Speyer ) in Waghaeusel district next to the Sanctuary. Built from 1724 by Johann Michael Ludwig Rohrer and from (about ) 1737 by Johann Balthasar Neumann ( 1687-1753 ) expanded.
  • Taglöhnerhaus in Kirrlach district
  • Gothic Holzschnitzaltar in the Catholic Church in Kirrlach
  • Old German wine bar with liquor license since July 15, 1700 in the district Kirrlach
  • The Hagkapelle in meadow valley at the top Hagweg
  • Catholic parish church of St. Jodokus, built in 1846 in the meadow valley district
  • Museum of the Old Town Hall in the meadow valley district
  • Heimatstube meadow valley in district
  • Husarendenkmal meadow valley in district
  • Marienbrunnen the sculptor Klaus Ringwald front of City Hall to commemorate the collection Waghäusels to the city in 1984

Catholic church of St. Cornelius and Cyprian in Kirrlach

Old Town Hall in Wiesentalstrasse

Old German wine bar in Kirrlach

Scenic Routes

Meadow valley and Kirrlach be due to two major tourist streets:

  • Baden Asparagus Route, which runs from Schwetzingen to Lichtenau- Scherzheim.
  • Bertha Benz Memorial Route, from Mannheim to Pforzheim and Waghaeusel back to Mannheim.

Personalities

Freeman

  • Valentin Brenzinger (1910-1986), clergyman Council, parish priest in Wiesentalstrasse 1947-1980
  • Friedrich Müller ( * 1922 ), German politician ( SPD), Member of Parliament (Baden- Württemberg), Chief Executive of the former district of Bruchsal 1961-1973
  • Emil Great (1923-2006), Mayor of Wiesentalstrasse 1962-1974
  • Oechsler Ernst (1912-1997), Mayor of Kirrlach 1948-1974
  • Robert Straub (* 1935 in Kirrlach ), Mayor of Waghaeusel 1975-1999
  • Friedrich Osswald (1914-2008 in meadow valley ), doctor in meadow valley; Ring of Honour of the City of Waghaeusel

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Johann Herberger (1919-2002), German football player and football coach
  • Friedrich Müller ( * 1922 ), economist and politician ( SPD), District Administrator, Member of Parliament
  • Roland Baader (1940-2012), graduate economist and freelance journalist mostly for classical liberalism
  • Monika Knoche (* 1954), politician (Greens, Left ), MP
  • Walter healer (* 1954), politician ( SPD), Member of Parliament, Mayor
  • Louise Hoffner (* 1963 in Waghaeusel ), Musician
  • Walter A. Oechsler (1947-2013), born in Kirrlach, German economist

Personalities who were active in Waghaeusel

  • Martin of Cochem (1634-1712), religious priests and folk writer of numerous religious books which found a worldwide distribution
  • Lars Stindl (* 1988 in Speyer ), a professional football player from Hannover 96 and formerly Karlsruher SC
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