Gorxheimertal
Gorxheimertal | |
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Location of Gorxheimertal within Bergstraße district | |
Coordinates:49°32′N8°44′E/ 49.533°N 8.733°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Darmstadt |
District | Bergstraße |
Subdivisions | 3 |
Government | |
•Mayor(2023–29) | Frank Kohl[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 10.46 km2(4.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 222 m (728 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,156 |
• Density | 400/km2(1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
Postal codes | 69517 |
Dialling codes | 06201 |
Vehicle registration | HP |
Website | www.gorxheimertal.de |
Gorxheimertalis a municipality in theBergstraße districtinHesse,Germany.It is in theOdenwaldand theRhine Neckar Area.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]The community lies along the length of the Grundelbach valley in theOdenwald.The nearest big town isWeinheim,and the way there also marks the division between the Odenwald and theHessisches Ried(part of the Upper Rhine valley), as well as the boundary between Hesse andBaden-Württemberg.
Through the community’s namesake Gorxheim valley – it is called theGorxheimertalinGerman– flows the Grundelbach. At the eastern point of the constituent community of Trösel rise the two mountains Waldskopf and Daumberg, which also mark the Gorxheim valley’s eastern limit.
Neighbouring communities
[edit]Gorxheimertal borders in the north on the community ofBirkenau,in the east on the community ofAbtsteinach,in the southeast on the community ofHeiligkreuzsteinachand in the south and west on the town of Weinheim (both in theRhein-Neckar-KreisinBaden-Württemberg).
Constituent communities
[edit]The community’sOrtsteileare Gorxheim, Unter-Flockenbach and Trösel.
History
[edit]About 900, Unter-Flockenbach had its first documentary mention as aWaldhufendorf( "forest village" ), followed by Trösel’s in 1071 as anoffenes Reihen-Hufendorf(a similar concept). Gorxheim was first mentioned in 1486 in connection with acoppermine there. Originally theLorsch Abbey’s holdings, theArchbishopric of Mainzacquired them in 1232, yielding them toElectoral Palatinatein 1463, which in 1623 passed them back to Mainz. In 1803, the valley became part of theGrand Duchy of Hesse,where it was administered within theAbtsteinachregion (Bezirk).
Amalgamations
[edit]In 1971 the communities of Gorxheim and Unter-Flockenbach merged to form the community of Grundelbachtal, which itself then swallowed up the community of Trösel the next year to become today’s community of Gorxheimertal.
Politics
[edit]Community council
[edit]This section needs to beupdated.(July 2021) |
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:
Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 | |
CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 37.4 | 6 | 53.9 | 12 |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 33.3 | 6 | 46.1 | 11 |
Pro-Tal | Pro-Gorxheimertal | 29.3 | 5 | – | – |
Total | 100.0 | 17 | 100.0 | 23 | |
Voter turnout in % | 41.4 | 46.7 |
References
[edit]- ^"Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen"(XLS)(in German).Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.21 May 2024.
- ^"Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden"(XLS)(in German).Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Community’s official webpage(in German)