Nauheim

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Nauheim
Municipality
Old Town Hall
Coat of arms
Location of Nauheim within Groß-Gerau district
Nauheim Show map of Germany Nauheim Show map of Hesse
Coordinates: 49°57′02″N 08°27′47″E / 49.95056°N 8.46306°E / 49.95056; 8.46306
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Groß-Gerau
Government
• Mayor (2023–29)	Roland Kappes[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	13.77 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Elevation	86 m (282 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	10,840
• Density	790/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	64569
Dialling codes	06152
Vehicle registration	GG
Website	www.nauheim.de

Nauheim is a municipality in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany. It is located southwest of Frankfurt am Main and is part of the metropolitan region of Frankfurt. It lies in the Hessian Ried.

Geography

Location

Nauheim lies 3 km northwest of the district seat of

, and helped give the place the epithet Musikgemeinde – "Music Community". It is also well known for its "Nauheimer Musiktage" ("Nauheim Music Days"), held since 1970.

Neighbouring communities

Nauheim borders in the north on Königstädten, a constituent community of the town of

.

History

Nauheim had its first documentary mention in 830–850 in the Lorsch codex.

Manufacture of saxophones

Schreiber & Keilwerth Musikinstrumente GmbH, a firm manufacturing saxophones are based in Nauheim as of 2010.

Additionally, another saxophone manufacturer called Dörfler & Jörka was located in Nauheim between 1949 and 1968.

Not surprisingly, it can be very difficult to distinguish the sound of D&J instruments from Keilwerth-manufactured saxophones dating from the same time period e.g. the Keilwerth 'New King' and 'Tone King' models.

D&J manufactured alto and tenor saxophones exclusively. There is no evidence of soprano or baritone saxophones ever being produced by them. Unusually for a saxophone manufacturer, Dörfler & Jörka rarely had their own name engraved on their instruments. The majority of D&J saxophones were engraved with numerous different labels^[5][6] including (but not limited to) the following:-

• Ace, Artist #300
• Boucet
• Carl Ludwig, Carl Schiller, Clinton, Condor, Convair
• De Villiers, De Villier, Diamond
• Gebr. Alexander Mainz
• Henri Bouchet, H.Genet
• Impala
• Jubilee
• Key Tone, King Tempo
• La Sete Professional
• Marcel-Doriot
• National
• Original Hopf Classic
• Paragon, Pierre Maure Artiste
• Ravoy, Rene Dumont, Rodgers, Roxy
• Senator, Startone, Skymaster, Skytone, Symphonic
• The National, Toneline Artist
• US Bandmaster
• Velvetone, Vitacoustic, Voss
• Warner Concerto

Due to issues of

and consequential loss of revenue, the Keilwerth company became increasingly aggrieved that Dörfler & Jörka were successfully copying their saxophones, which was amplified by the fact that both companies were based in the same town and had previously enjoyed a mutually beneficial business relationship. Around 1965 the Keilwerth company sued D&J and won their case. Dörfler & Jörka were subsequently absorbed into the Keilwerth company and production of all D&J saxophones ended by 1968.

Politics

Municipal council is made up of 31 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 6 March 2016:

• CDU
  9 seats
• SPD 10 seats
• Greens
  5 seats
• FDP 3 seats
• FLN 4 seats

Note: FLN is a citizens' coalition.

Twin towns – sister cities

• Born (Sittard-Geleen), Netherlands, since 1972
• Charvieu-Chavagneux, France, since 1978

Culture and sightseeing

The local history museum (Heimatmuseum) shows

department with nearly 200 instruments from various periods.

Notable people

• Ottmar Hörl (born 1950), artist

Clubs and associations

• Free religious Community of Nauheim
• Nauheim volunteer fire brigade
• Nauheim youth fire brigade
• Musikverein 1950 e.V. Nauheim
• Naumer Kerweborsch Nauheim church fair organizers
• Vereinsring Nauheim
• Junge Musiker - SKV Nauheim

References

External links

• Official website
• Nauheim local history museum (Heimatmuseum)
• Nauheim at
  Curlie
• Nauheim - innovative Art