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Brühl (Baden)
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Municipalities of Germany
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in the Rhein-Neckar district
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis is a district in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Bergstraße, Odenwaldkreis, Neckar-Odenwald, Heilbronn, Karlsruhe, district-free Speyer, the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, and district-free Mannheim and Heidelberg.-History:The district was created in...
of Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
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. The former fishing village along the Rhine has become a satellite of a growing Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
. Many of the residents of Brühl work in Mannheim. Brühl is known as the hometown of former tennis
Tennis
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player Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
.
Geography
Mannheim lies directly on Brühl's northern border. The Rhine is to the west near the confluence of the LeimbachLeimbach
Leimbach can refer to the following places:* Leimbach, Haut-Rhin, commune in Haut-Rhin, France* Leimbach, Aargau, municipality in Switzerland* Leimbach , quarter of the city Zürich in Switzerland* in Germany:...
. The peninsular Koller Island (Kollerinsel) is one of the few pieces of land on the left bank of the Rhine that belong to Baden-Württemberg. This 4 km² area is part of Brühl. It borders the communities of Altrip
Altrip
Altrip is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 7 km southeast of Ludwigshafen.-References:...
, Waldsee
Waldsee
Waldsee can refer to:*Waldsee, Palatinate, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.*Bad Waldsee, a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.*Waldsee , a German language summer camp in Minnesota, USA....
, and Otterstadt
Otterstadt
Otterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.The almost 980 years old village was once a pure agricultural and fishing village. Today the inhabitants work in the neighbouring industrial cities: Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Speyer....
. To the south is Ketsch
Ketsch
Ketsch is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 13 km south of Mannheim....
and to the east is Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen
Schwetzingen is a German town situated in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, around southwest of Heidelberg and southeast of Mannheim.Schwetzingen is one of the 5 biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and it is a medium-sized centre including the cities and municipalities of...
.
The municipality consists of two boroughs:
- Brühl
- Rohrhof
History
Rohrhof was first mentioned in documents in 976. This was the occasion of a gift from emperor Otto IIOtto II, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto II , called the Red, was the third ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty, the son of Otto the Great and Adelaide of Italy.-Early years and co-ruler with Otto I:...
to Hanno, the bishop of Worms
Bishopric of Worms
The Bishopric of Worms was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Located on both banks of the Rhine around Worms just north of the union of that river with the Neckar, it was largely surrounded by the Palatinate. Worms had been the seat of a bishop from Roman times...
. Brühl (Bruowele) was first mentioned in a document listing the income of the bishop of Speyer
Speyer
Speyer is a city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located beside the river Rhine, Speyer is 25 km south of Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities...
in 1157. From 1405 until 1600, the lords of Handschuhsheim governed the land as a temporal fief from Speyer and the Palatinate of the Rhine. This division of temporal and spiritual dominion (condominium
Condominium (international law)
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) ended with a treaty in which Speyer withdrew its worldly rights in 1709. In 1803 the towns became part of Baden
Baden
Baden is a historical state on the east bank of the Rhine in the southwest of Germany, now the western part of the Baden-Württemberg of Germany....
. In 1878 the two independent communities of Brühl and Rohrhof were unified. In 1944 a part of Rohrhof was given to Mannheim
Mannheim
Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....
.
Live and celebrate on the Rhine is the motto of the communities jubilee, "850 Years Brühl" on 13 March 2007.
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1880 | 890 |
| 1910 | 1700 |
| 1925 | 3489 |
| 1950 | 5648 |
| 1976 | 11,967 |
| 1993 | 14,000 |
| 2003 | 14,303 |
Municipal council
| Municipal Council 2004 | |||||
| Party | Votes | Seats | |||
| CDU Christian Democratic Union (Germany) The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum... |
42.77 % | 10 | |||
| SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
21.79 % | 5 | |||
| Independent (Freiewähler) | 19.12 % | 4 | |||
| Green Alliance '90/The Greens Alliance '90/The Greens is a green political party in Germany, formed from the merger of the German Green Party and Alliance 90 in 1993. Its leaders are Claudia Roth and Cem Özdemir... |
9.72 % | 2 | |||
| Citizens' Association | 4.31 % | 1 | |||
| FDP Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
2.29 % | 0 | |||
| Voter Participation: 54.01 % | |||||
Mayors
A partial list of the mayors of Brühl:- 1849–1870 Michael Lindner
- 1870–1897 Wilhelm Eder
- 1897–1973 …
- 1973–1981 Gerhard Stratthaus (CDU)
- 1982–1998 Günther Reffert (CDU)
- 1998–to present Ralf Göck (SPD)
Coat of arms
Azure with a horseshoe argent.The horseshoe was first documented on a road-side shrine in 1496. Later it appeared on all the seals of the community. In 1911 the coat of arms was officially awarded to Brühl by the General State Archive. The white and blue colors refer to the lords of the Palatinate of the Rhine, the Wittelsbach
Wittelsbach
The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria.Members of the family served as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria , Counts Palatine of the Rhine , Margraves of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland , Elector-Archbishops of Cologne , Dukes of...
s.
The flag is white and blue and was awarded by the Ministry of the Interior in 1960.
Sister cities
Ormesson-sur-MarneOrmesson-sur-Marne
Ormesson-sur-Marne is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.-Transport:Ormesson-sur-Marne is served by no station of the Paris Métro, RER, or suburban rail network. The closest stations to Ormesson-sur-Marne are two stations on Paris RER...
, France
France
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since 1977 Weixdorf, Saxony since 1993, which has been a borough of Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
since 1999 Dourtenga
Dourtenga
Dourtenga is a small town in the Dourtenga Department of Balé Province in southern Burkina Faso. It is the capital of the Dourtenga Department and the town has a total population of 3,276.-External links:*...
, Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
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since 1997
Sport
- TV Brühl, a gymnastics club with the following work groups:
- Gymnastics
- Hand ball
- Table tennis
- Volley ball
- FV Brühl, a football club with the following work groups:
- Football
- Track and field
Leisure facilities
Brühl has a heated outdoor community swimming pool and an indoor swimming pool. There is a youth center in Rennerswald.Events
- Two fishing festivals
- On the anniversary of the consecration of the church, Brühl has a street festival.
- The Rohrhof Summer Festival
Notable natives
- Steffi GrafSteffi GrafSteffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
, professional tennis player. Graf was actually born in Mannheim. Her father, Peter Graf, still lives in the community.
Honorary citizens
The following were named honorary citizens in the year mentioned:- 1905: Johann Baptist Eder, politician
- 1973: Alfred Körber, former mayor
- 1988: Steffi Graf
- 1993: Karl Mauerer, municipal councilor, district assemblyman (CDU)
- 2000: Oliver d'Ormesson, mayor of Ormesson-sur-Marne
- 2002: Gerhard Stratthaus, former mayor and minister of Baden-Württemberg (CDU)
- 2004: Gerd Stauffer, first vice mayor (CDU)
- 2008: Günther Reffert, former mayor
- 2008: Hans Motzenbäcker
External links
Panorama:
Sources
- Translated and edited from :de:Brühl (Baden), 16 Dec 2006