Bischofsheim, Hesse
Bischofsheim | |
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Location of Bischofsheim within Groß-Gerau district | |
Coordinates: 49°59′N 8°21′E / 49.983°N 8.350°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Darmstadt |
District | Groß-Gerau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–29) | Lisa Gößwein[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi) |
Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,176 |
• Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 65474 |
Dialling codes | 06144 |
Vehicle registration | GG |
Website | bischofsheim.de |
Bischofsheim is a municipality in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany with a population of more than 13,000.
Geography
Location
Bischofsheim lies south of the Main and east of the Rhine in the so-called Mainspitze triangle, a narrow piece of land between the Main and Rhine where the former empties into the latter.
Neighbouring municipalities
Bischofsheim borders in the north on the town of
Constituent communities
Bischofsheim has only one constituent community, nevertheless it has with "An den Sportstätten" and "Dr.-Hans-Böckler-Siedlung two by train tracks / motorway divided additional parts.
History
In the
Politics
Coat of arms
Bischofsheim's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Party per fess, above, a lion rampant striped alternately three times argent and three times gules, armed and crowned Or, langued gules, below, a pair of pince-nez eyeglasses with frame sable.
The lion is the lion of Hesse, seen in Hesse's own arms, and many civic coats of arms throughout Hesse.
The
Leave to bear these arms was granted by the People's State of Hesse (Volksstaat Hessen) on 27 October 1926.
Partnerships
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The community is directly reachable by Autobahnen A 60 and A 671.
Bischofsheim's location near two important rivers affords waterborne transportation as well.
Sightseeing
Things worth seeing are the
Synonyms
Bischofsheim is sometimes also called:
- Bischofsheim (Kreis Groß-Gerau), for instance, in the information given out by the Rhine-Main Transport Association (Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund);
- Mainz-Bischofsheim, for instance, in the information given out by Deutsche Bahn;
- Bischofsheim bei Rüsselsheim, for instance, in Deutsche Telekom AG's directories.
References
- ^ "Bürgermeisterwahl 2023 - Wahlenübersicht" (in German). votemanager.de. 26 March 2023.
- Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- Museum Bischofsheim at the Old Town Hall
- Bischofsheim at Curlie