Biebrich (Wiesbaden)
Biebrich | |
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Biebrich Palace | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Biebrich in Wiesbaden Urban district | |
| City | Wiesbaden |
| Government | |
| • Local representative | Horst Klee (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.99 km2 (5.02 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 38,758 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 65203 |
| Dialling codes | 0611 |
Biebrich is a borough of the city of Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. With over 38,000 inhabitants, it is the most-populated of Wiesbaden's boroughs. It is located south of the city center on the Rhine River, opposite the Mainz borough of Mombach. Biebrich was an independent city until it was incorporated into Wiesbaden in 1926.
History
Numerous prehistoric and early-historical archeological finds indicate that the Biebrich area has been continuously inhabited since the
Biebrich was first mentioned in historical documents in 874. King Louis the German and his entourage boarded vessels at Villa Biburg on a trip from Frankfurt to Aachen.
Beginning of the 18th century, the princes (Fürsten) of
In the 19th century, Biebrich became an important industrial center of the
In 1951, the 633rd AAA Gun Battalion, 90mm, 7th Army U.S. NATO Occupation Forces were stationed in Biebrich.
Twin towns – sister cities
Glarus, Switzerland
Notable people
- Seligman Baer (1825–1897), Biblical scholar and scholar of Jewish liturgy
- Wilhelm Dilthey (1833–1911) and Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl (1823–1897), pioneers of the early German cultural studies of the 19th century, grew up in Biebrich
- Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913), Queen consort of Sweden and Norway (1873–1907), wife of King Oscar II
- Wilhelm Ferdinand Kalle (1870–1954), chemist, industrialist and politician
- Ludwig Beck (1880–1944), general
- Toni Sender (1888–1964), socialist politician
- Walther Gerlach (1889–1979), physicist
- Jürgen Grabowski (1944–2022), footballer, grew up in Biebrich and was part of two its youth clubs (FV Biebrich 1902 und SV Biebrich 1919)
- In the years 1863-1866 was Béla Kéler the music director at the ducal court of Nassau in Wiesbaden
- In 1862, Wilhelm Heckel invented the so-called "Heckelphone" (a basso-oboe, used by Richard Strauss, Paul Hindemith, and others).
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung in den Ortsbezirken am 31. Dezember 2020". Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ History of Biebrich (in German). Retrieved on 2008-12-14.
- ^ "Stadtteilpartnerschaften". wiesbaden.de (in German). Wiesbaden. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
Sources
- Partly derived from German Wikipedia
External links
- Private unofficial Wiesbaden-Biebrich website (in German)
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