Bürstadt
Bürstadt | |
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Location of Bürstadt within Bergstraße district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 49°38′N 8°27′E / 49.633°N 8.450°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Darmstadt |
District | Bergstraße |
Subdivisions | 3 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–25) | Barbara Schader[1] (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 34.46 km2 (13.31 sq mi) |
Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 16,734 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 68642 |
Dialling codes | 06206, 06245 (Bobstadt) |
Vehicle registration | HP |
Website | www.buerstadt.de |
Bürstadt is a town in the
Geography
Location
Bürstadt lies in the
, and thereby in the Hessisches Ried.Neighbouring communities
Bürstadt borders in the north on the community of Biblis, in the northeast on the community of Einhausen, in the east on the town of Lorsch, and in the south and west on the town of Lampertheim.
Constituent communities
Bürstadt's
History
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The name Bürstadt comes from Bisos Stätte (“Biso’s Stead”). Biso was a Frankish prince who had holdings in the area.
Bürstadt lies in one of the most culture- and history-laden of Germany's old domains. Conditioned by the Rhine rift's fertile soil and wealth in wildlife and biodiversity, the Rhine's upper bank was already settled very early on.
A 1.35 m-high monolith that stands in Bürstadt's municipal area, the so-called Sackstein (49°39′19″N 8°26′4″E / 49.65528°N 8.43444°E), is probably a
This abbey was founded in 764 in nearby
In 789 came the Boxheimerhof's first documentary mention. This was a Lorsch monastic estate, and it appeared under the name Villa wizzilin or Wizzelai. By 1275, it already bore the name Boxheim.
In late April 873, at
In 1232, Bürstadt passed, along with the Lorsch
In 1461, Bürstadt was pledged to the
In the
In 1780, Bürstadt was once again in the Worms Amt of Lampertheim (formerly Amt Stein). With the dissolution of the Electorate of Mainz, Bürstadt passed to the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
On 3 November 1824, the Reuterdeich, a levee on the Rhine near Nordheim, broke, and the floods overwhelmed the Ried (upper part of the Rhine rift). The flooding hit Bobstadt hard.
In May 1882, Peter Itzel, a Catholic priest from St. Michael’s, was stabbed to death by day labourer Fischbach, giving Bürstadt a bad reputation and the nickname Messerstecher (“Knifer”)
On 10 July 1936 came the dedication of the first Erbhofdorf (“Heritage Farming Village”) in Hesse, Riedrode. Twenty-eight families took ownership of 28 farms. This was all in accordance with the
In 1967, Bürstadt was granted town rights. In 2005, the world's biggest rooftop photovoltaic system was brought into service in Bürstadt (40 000 m2 roof area; 5 MW output). The same year, Bürstadt became the German champion in the Solarbundesliga (category: 10,000-100,000 inhabitants). In 2006, Bürstadt won the gold medal in the Entente Florale contest.
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On 22 February 2007, the foundation was laid for one of Germany's biggest biogas facilities with an output of roughly 2.2 MW, and on 5–7 September 2008, the EnergieTrends+ fair was held for the first time.
Amalgamations
- Bobstadt
- Riedrode (15 May 1971)
Former parts of town
- Rosengarten
Population development
- 1806: 1,357
- 1867: 2,765
- 1925: 7,144
- 1988: 15,214
- 2004: 15,308
- 2005: 15,427
- 2006: 15,973
- 2007: 16,095
- 2013: 15,625
Politics
Community council
The votes[3] and seats won[4] for the 2021 municipal board election were as follows:
Political Faction | 2021 vote (%) | 2021 seats won | |
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CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 36.78 | 11 |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 18.58 | 6 |
Green | Alliance 90/The Greens | 14.79 | 5 |
FDP | Free Democratic Party | 7.80 | 2 |
Free voters | Free Voters | 22.06 | 7 |
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 | 57.7 | 18 | 61.6 | 23 |
SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany | 31.1 | 10 | 38.4 | 14 |
FDP | Free Democratic Party | 11.2 | 3 | – | – |
Total | 100.0 | 31 | 100.0 | 37 | |
Voter turnout in % | 44.1 | 56.9 |
Mayor
From 1989 to 2013 Alfons Haag (CDU) was the town's mayor. Since 2013, the mayor has been Barbara Schader (CDU).[5] Barbara Schader was re-elected in 2019 with 52% of the vote.[6]
Coat of arms
The town's arms might be described thus: Gules a cross pattée fitchy argent, the chief bendy lozengy argent and azure.
The Lorsch cross fitchy (that is, with a point on the bottom arm) recalls the time from 767 to 1262 when the town was one of the Abbey's holdings. In 1461, Bürstadt was pledged to the
Bürstadt received the right to bear these arms when it was also granted town rights in 1967.
Town partnerships
Krieglach, Styria, Austria, since 1974
Wittelsheim, Haut-Rhin, France, since 1982
- (“friendship agreement”), since 1984
Glauchau, Saxony, since 1991
Transport and infrastructure
Bürstadt lies in the north of the
Bürstadt
(Mannheim-Frankfurt am Main and Worms-Bensheim), giving the station services in all four cardinal compass directions.Frankfurt Airport is roughly 60 km or 36 miles from town.
Leisure facilities
- Solar-heated outdoor swimming pool
- Athletics facility with 6-lane Tartan track
- VfR Bürstadt Football stadium with a 500-seat grandstand
- Artificial turf sporting ground in Riedrode
- Jugendhaus Schillers (“Youth House”)
Economy
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Bürstadt has been since 2004 the location of the world's biggest rooftop photovoltaic system (5 MW from 40 000 m2 roof area), built on a local logistics business's roof.
Furthermore, Bürstadt is also the location of a 380 kV transmission substation run by RWE AG, which was brought into service as one of the first such facilities of this capacity in Germany on 4 October 1957 in the course of bringing Germany's first 380 kV transmission line (Rommerskirchen-Bürstadt-Hoheneck) into service.
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ilona Dörr (born 1948), politician
- Ingrid Schmidt (born 1955), President of the Federal Labour Court
People connected with Bürstadt
- Mandy Capristo (born 1990 in Mannheim), singer in the band Monrose, lives in Bürstadt
References
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
- ^ "Wahlen". www.buerstadt.de. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "ALLRIS". www.buerstadt.de. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Bürgermeisterin". www.buerstadt.de. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Wahlen". www.buerstadt.de. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
External links
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- www.buerstadt.de Town’s official webpage (in German)
- Bürstadt at Curlie(in German)
- OpenStreetMap-street map of Bürstadt