Weinheim

Coordinates: 49°33′N 08°40′E / 49.550°N 8.667°E / 49.550; 8.667
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Weinheim
Town
Panorama of Weinheim from the south-east
Panorama of Weinheim from the south-east
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Coat of arms of Weinheim
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Location of Weinheim within Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district
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Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
SubdivisionsTown centre and 10 quarters
Government
 • Lord mayor (2018–26) Manuel Just[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total58.11 km2 (22.44 sq mi)
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total45,275
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
69469
Dialling codes06201
Vehicle registrationHD
Websitewww.weinheim.de

Weinheim (German:

Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region, approximately 15 km (9 mi) north of Heidelberg and 10 km (6 mi) northeast of Mannheim. Weinheim is known as the "Zwei-Burgen-Stadt", the "town of two castles", after two fortresses overlooking the town from the edge of the Odenwald
in the east.

Geography

Weinheim is situated on the

Bergstraße theme route on the western rim of the Odenwald
. The old town lies in the valley, with the new part of town further to the west. The Market Square is filled with numerous cafes, as well as the old Rathaus (guildhall). Further to the south is the Schlossgarten (Palace Garden) and the Exotenwald (Exotic Forest), which contains species of trees imported from around the world, but mostly from North America and Japan.

History

Weinheim celebrated its 1250th anniversary in 2005.

The earliest record of Weinheim dates back to 755 CE, when the name "Winenheim" was recorded in the Lorsch codex, the record book of Lorsch Abbey.

In 1000, Emperor

Landkreis Mannheim
in 1936. From 1938 onwards Weinheim belonged to Landkreis Mannheim until January 1, 1973, when the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis was formed.

A Jewish community in Weinheim is first recorded in 1228. There were persecutions in Weinheim in 1298 (

Black Death persecutions). The Jews were expelled from Weinheim in 1391. The Weinheim Jewish community began to grow again in the Thirty Years' War. There was a synagogue, a beth midrash, and a mikveh, and, in the 19th century, a school for boys and a teacher-training college. The synagogue was destroyed in the Kristallnacht (9–10 November 1938) and the last few Jews sent to Gurs on 22 October 1940.[3]

Local attractions

Lebanon Cedar in Schlosspark

Museum

Weinheim's town museum occupies what used to be the local headquarters of the Teutonic Order and holds exhibits about Weinheim and its surroundings: archaeology from the prehistoric through to the Merovingian dynasty, the highlight of which is the Nächstenbach bronze hoard of 76 objects from the late Bronze Age; displays documenting the Medieval and modern social history of the town and works from contemporary artists.

Events

Matthäus Merian the elder
(1645)

Local businesses

  • Beltz Verlag
  • Freudenberg Group
  • Schlegel und Partner GmbH
  • Kukident GmbH, Reckitt Benckiser AG
  • Naturin
  • OAGIS
  • T-Systems ITS GmbH
  • Wiley-VCH
    publishers
  • 3 Glocken
  • Weinheimer Nachrichten
  • Druckhaus Diesbach
  • SAP SE
  • Domaniecki Carpetence
  • DLCON

Transport

Trains

Weinheim has two main train stations on the

Weinheim (Bergstraße) station
(served by Regional and long-distance IC trains) and Lützelsachsen (served by Regional trains). These provide connections to Frankfurt, Hamburg and other destinations within Germany.

Weinheim is also served by the OEG tramway, which is used daily by people who use this to commute to the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg.

Air

The closest airports to Weinheim are:

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Weinheim is twinned with:[5]

Population

These are the population figures for particular years. There are drawn from guesses, 'Volkszählungsergebnisse (semi-official figures, demarcated by a ¹) and official statistics based on place of residence (Hauptwohnsitz).

Year Population
1439 1,780
1774 1,774
1812 4,039
1830 5,000
1 December 1871 6,350
1 December 1880 ¹ 7,159
1 December 1890 ¹ 8,243
1 December 1900 ¹ 11,167
1 December 1910 ¹ 14,170
8 Oktober 1919 ¹ 14,550
16 June 1925 ¹ 15,793
16 June 1933 ¹ 17,486
17 May 1939 ¹ 18,561
Year Population
December 1945 ¹ 19,944
13 September 1950 ¹ 25,199
6 June 1961 ¹ 27,859
27 May 1970 ¹ 29,670
31 December 1975 41,005
31 December 1980 41,654
27 May 1987 ¹ 41,934
31 December 1990 42,241
31 December 1995 42,812
31 December 2000 42,520
31 December 2005 43,417
30 June 2006 42,745

¹ These are taken from a Volkszählungsergebnis.

Notable people

  • Friedrich Rauch (1786–1829), colonel who fought and died in Argentina
  • Heinrich Hübsch (1795–1863), head of public works
  • Karl Seidenadel (1829–1894), translator of Greek works
  • Philipp Bickel (1829–1914), baptist theologian and publisher
  • Friedrich August Bender (1847–1926), chemist and entrepreneur
  • Wilhelm Platz (1866–1929), factory owner and author
  • Richard Freudenberg (1892–1975), politician (FDP)
  • Erwin Linder (1903–1968), actor and voice actor
  • Heidi Mohr (born 1967), footballer
  • Ralf Sonn (born 1967), high jumper
  • Sven Barth (born 1980), racing driver
  • Markus Kuhn (born 1986), NFL player

Worked in the town

  • Ingrid Noll (born 1935), writer (e.g. "Die Apothekerin"), lived in Weinheim
  • Karl Friedrich Bender (1806–1869), theologian, teacher, principal of the Erziehungsanstalt für Knaben (boys' school)

Honorary citizens

The town of Weinheim has made the following people honorary citizens (Ehrenbürger):

  • 1894: Carl Johann Freudenberg, Geheimer Kommerzienrat (royal economist)
  • 1904: Erhard Bissinger,
    Consul general
  • 1913: Aute Bode, chief engineer and the architect behind the Wachenburg
  • 1918: Hermann Ernst Freudenberg, Geheimer Kommerzienrat (royal economist)
  • 1922: Georg Friedrich Vogler, vice-mayor
  • 1923: Adam Karrillon, doctor and author
  • 1928: Emil Hartmann, construction engineer
  • 1928: Prof. Arthur Wienkoop, Architect
  • 1933: Paul von Hindenburg, German President[6]
  • 1940: Georg Peter Nickel, agriculturist
  • 1949: Richard Freudenberg, factory owner
  • 1953: Hans Freudenberg, factory owner
  • 1954: Sepp Herberger, sports trainer, trainer of the German World Cup winning side of 1954
  • 1962: Wilhelm Brück, Lord Mayor
  • 1986: Theo Gießelmann, Lord Mayor
  • 2004: Dieter Freudenberg, factory owner
  • 2004: Wolfgang Daffinger, mayor, representative in the Landtag
  • 2005: Uwe Kleefoot, Lord Mayor

References

  1. ^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 14 September 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg
    . June 2023.
  3. ^ "Die Synagoge in Weinheim (Rhein-Neckar-Kreis)". Alemannia-judaica.de. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Historisches « FACW e.V."
  5. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". weinheim.de (in German). Weinheim. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  6. ISBN 3-923652-12-7
    , S. 13f.

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