Einhausen

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Einhausen
image_photo =
Wappen = Wappen Einhausen.pnglat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 41 |lat_sec = 0
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 33 |lon_sec = 0
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Bergstraße
Höhe = 93
Fläche = 26.67
Einwohner = 6120
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 64679–64683
PLZ-alt = 6141
Vorwahl = 06251
Kfz = HP
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 31 006
LOCODE = DE EHA
Adresse = Marktplatz 5
64683 Einhausen
Website = [http://www.einhausen.info www.einhausen.info]
Bürgermeister = Philipp Bohrer

Einhausen is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, some 15 km east of Worms.

Geography

Location

Einhausen lies on the Bergstraße in the "Hessisches Ried" and belongs the northeast Rhine valley, which has a rather favourable climate. Surrounding the community, through which flows the Weschnitz, are woods and cultivated land.

Neighbouring communities

Einhausen borders in the north on the community of Groß-Rohrheim and the town of Gernsheim (Groß-Gerau district), in the east on the towns of Bensheim and Lorsch, in the south on the town of Bürstadt and in the west on the community of Biblis.

Constituent communities

Einhausen officially consists of only one "Ortsteil"; however, the historical distinction between Groß-Hausen and Klein-Hausen is still heard in speech.

History

The community was donated in 768 under the name "Husun" to the Lorsch Abbey. In the course of the Reformation and the Counterreformation there arose two politically and ecclesiastically divided communities: Groß-Hausen (Protestant) and Klein-Hausen (Catholic). On 1 April 1937, the two communities were merged into the community of Einhausen.

Politics

Community council

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

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Gules a brick house Or with roof, two chimneys, a door and two windows sable, the whole on an arched bridge Or.

The bridge is symbolic of the merger of the two former communities, which were divided for centuries.

Town partnerships

*flagicon|France Attichy, Oise, France
*flagicon|United States Shoreview, Minnesota, USA

Regular events

Kirchweih/Kerwe

Einhausen’s church consecration festival is held each year on the first weekend in October. It is staged by the "Verein zur Erhaltung der Tradition Einhausen e.V." (“Einhausen Club for Maintaining Tradition”) in collaboration with the three festival groups "ADI", "CHIEF" and "Ladännsche". Known well beyond Einhausen is the parade at this festival, which is run on the first Sunday in October.

The float built in 2007 on the theme “North Korea” was featured in the November edition of the Carnival magazine "Tusch!!!" (a national trade magazine published around Carnival) as Germany’s best political float of 2007.

Carnival

Known in this part of Germany as "Fastnacht", this includes four of the "Sitzungen" (“sittings” or “sessions”) that typify this celebration. Three are "Narrengiggelsitzungen" and one is a "Kindersitzung" (for children). They are staged by the "Verein zur Erhaltung der Tradition Einhausen e.V." (see above).

External links

* [http://www.einhausen.de/ Internetpräsenz der Community’s official webpage] de icon