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Babenhausen (German pronunciation: [baːbm̩ˈhaʊzn̩]) is a town in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany.

Babenhausen
Town
Witch's tower
Location of Babenhausen within Darmstadt-Dieburg district
Babenhausen
Babenhausen
Coordinates: 49°58′0″N 8°57′0″E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictDarmstadt-Dieburg
Subdivisions6
Government
  Mayor (202026) Dominik Stadler[1] (Ind.)
Area
  Total66.87 km2 (25.82 sq mi)
Elevation
127 m (417 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total16,927
  Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
64832
Dialling codes06073
Vehicle registrationDA or DI
Websitewww.babenhausen.de

Geography


It is situated on the river Gersprenz, 25 km southeast of Frankfurt, and 14 km west of Aschaffenburg. South of its general borders, the mountain range of the Odenwald is situated about 15 km away. The landscape is rather flat due to the landscape forming process of the Gersprenz and other small rivers. Some sections along the Gersprenz are set aside as nature reserves with valuable plants and animals, e.g. the white stork or the kingfisher. The forests in the municipal area are mostly pine woods on ice-age dunes with heath fields. The sandy soil is regionally famous for growing white asparagus.


History


The town of Babenhausen includes a medieval core with a castle (12-13th century), numerous old houses and a large part of the city wall (1445). Babenhausen was chartered as a town in 1295. It belonged first to the Lords of Hanau-Münzenberg and was – after the last male descendant of this family died - inherited by the Lords of Hanau in the 13th century. In 1458 a minor line of them (first called Hanau-Babenhausen, later called Hanau-Lichtenberg) founded a county (they had received the title of Graf (Count) in 1429) on its own within the town and its district. In 1736 the last of the family died and the two potential inheritors, the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt and of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) nearly went to war over it. It took 35 years to settle the conflict and to arrange a compromise under which the town of Babenhausen came to Hesse-Kassel. But this was soon revised by the territorial rearrangements during and after Napoleonic times: From the beginning 19th century Babenhausen belonged to Hesse-Darmstadt. In the aftermath of World War II Babenhausen was the site of a UNRRA-sponsored DP camp.[3]

Church and market place
Church and market place

Population development


Number of inhabitants:


Politics


After the revision of districts and their borders in the state of Hesse in 1974 the following villages were added to the area of the town of Babenhausen.

  1. Harreshausen, a small village just one km away from Babenhausen. It has its own castle. At its edge, the "Schöne Eiche" ("beautiful oak"), the mother tree of all pyramidal oaks grafted from it, a variant of the pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), appeared as a mutation about 1600.
  2. Hergershausen, elected as the third most beautiful village in Hesse.
  3. Harpertshausen
  4. Sickenhofen
  5. Langstadt

The US military installation in Babenhausen, Babenhausen Kaserne, formerly home of the 41st Field Artillery Brigade, the 2nd and the 5th Field Artillery unit and two Patriot Missile units (D and E Batteries) of the 5th Battalion 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, was closed and returned to the control of the German government in 2007. In the early '60s, it was the home of the 1st Missile Battalion 38th Artillery (Corporal) and its supporting Ordnance Detachment, the 157th Ord Det.[4]

US Army Babenhausen Kaserne Gate 2013
US Army Babenhausen Kaserne Gate 2013

Mayor


Dominik Stadler (independent) was elected mayor in November 2020 with 54.9% of the votes.[5]


Sons and daughters of the town



References


  1. Direkt gewählte (Ober-) Bürgermeister/-innen der hessischen Städte und Gemeinden, accessed 5 July 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
  3. Photo No. 56521[permanent dead link], Archives of the Ghetto Fighters' House
  4. I was there.
  5. Results

На других языках


- [en] Babenhausen, Hesse

[ru] Бабенхаузен (Гессен)

Бабенхаузен (нем. Babenhausen) — город в Германии, в земле Гессен. Подчинён административному округу Дармштадт. Входит в состав района Дармштадт-Дибург. Население составляет 15 958 человек (на 31 декабря 2010 года).[1] Занимает площадь 66,87 км². Официальный код — 06 4 32 002.



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