Gorxheimertal

Gorxheimertal
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Gorxheimertal within Bergstraße district
Gorxheimertal Gorxheimertal
Coordinates:49°32′N8°44′E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Bergstraße
Subdivisions	3
Government
•Mayor(2023–29)	Frank Kohl
Area
• Total	10.46 km2(4.04 sq mi)
Elevation	222 m (728 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• 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

Location

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

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

The community’sOrtsteileare Gorxheim, Unter-Flockenbach and Trösel.

Daumberg in the Gorxheimertal

Waldskopf in the Gorxheimertal

History

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

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

Community council

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

External links

• Community’s official webpage(in German)