Groß-Rohrheim

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
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Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Kreis = Bergstraße
Höhe = 88-93
Fläche = 19.56
Einwohner = 3800
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 68649
PLZ-alt = 6845
Vorwahl = 06245
Kfz = HP
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 31 010
LOCODE = DE GBR
Straße = Rheinstraße 14
Website = [http://www.gross-rohrheim.de/ www.gross-rohrheim.de]
Bürgermeister = Heinz Roos
Partei = SPD

Groß-Rohrheim (or Gross-Rohrheim) is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany.

Geography

Location

The community lies 3 km east of the Rhine in the middle of the "Hessisches Ried" north of Biblis.

Neighbouring communities

Groß-Rohrheim borders in the north on the town of Gernsheim (Groß-Gerau district), in the east on the community of Einhausen, in the south on the community of Biblis and in the west on the district-free city of Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate) and the community of Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate).

Constituent communities

Groß-Rohrheim has two "Ortsteile", split by the railway right-of-way running between Frankfurt and Mannheim, the older, original centre west of the tracks and a new town development on the east side.

History

In 782, Groß-Rohrheim had its first documentary mention in the Lorsch Codex. Names for the community changed over the centuries from "Rohrheim superior" to "villa Rorheim" to "Ober Rorheim" and then to Groß-Rohrheim, the name it has borne since 1689 ("groß" means “great” in German). In the Middle Ages, the Lorsch Abbey was the feudal overlord; later it was the Lords of Bickenbach, the Counts of Erbach and the House of Katzenelnbogen or their successors, the Landgraves of Hesse. The Erbach family’s share was sold off as early as 1714 to Hesse-Darmstadt.

The Thirty Years' War and later, French raids took a heavy toll on the community. In 1659, Landgrave Georg II of Hesse conferred upon “his loyal subjects in the market town of Groß-Rohrheim” a free and open market, the "Maimarkt", still in existence now. Over the last 50 years only 15 of the original agricultural operations at that time have survived.

Politics

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Mayors

At the mayoral election in 2008, Rainer Bersch was victorious. From 1990 until then, Heinz Roos (SPD) had been Groß-Rohrheim’s mayor.

Town partnerships

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Culture and sightseeing

* Historic timber-frame houses near the Evangelical church from 1688–1723, as well as the ceiling paintings in the church
* Memorial to the planner of the Rhine channel, Claus Kröncke.

Transport

Groß-Rohrheim lies on the Frankfurt–Mannheim railway line.

External links

* [http://www.rohrheim.de Infoportal Groß-Rohrheim] de icon