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Bischofsheim is a municipality in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany with a population of more than 13,000.

Bischofsheim
Municipality
Town hall
Location of Bischofsheim within Groß-Gerau district
Bischofsheim
Bischofsheim
Bischofsheim
Coordinates: 49°59′N 8°21′E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictGroß-Gerau
Government
  Mayor (201723) Ingo Kalweit[1] (CDU)
Area
  Total9.03 km2 (3.49 sq mi)
Elevation
86 m (282 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total13,075
  Density1,400/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
65474
Dialling codes06144
Vehicle registrationGG
Websitebischofsheim.de

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 Hochheim (Main-Taunus-Kreis), in the east on the town of Rüsselsheim, and in the south and west on the municipality of Ginsheim-Gustavsburg.


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 Middle Ages, Bischofsheim was ruled by the Archbishop of Mainz, but fell to Hesse-Darmstadt in 1579. In 1930 it was incorporated to the city of Mainz, remaining a constituent community of that city until 1945. Due to its infrastructure Bischofsheim was subject to air raids bombing of Mainz in World War II. Since the American and French occupying powers severed the links between Mainz and the so-called Rechtsrheinische Stadtteile von Mainz (Mainz constituent communities on the Rhine's right bank) – the Rhine was the boundary between their two occupational zones – these six communities effectively ceased to be part of the city of Mainz. Whereas the three former constituent communities north of the Main were administered by Wiesbaden since then, Bischofsheim and neighbouring Ginsheim-Gustavsburg once again became independent municipalities in Groß-Gerau district.


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.

Mainz's arms
Mainz's arms

The eyeglasses are a mystery. It is not known how they became a symbol of Bischofsheim, but they first appeared in seals in the 16th century and afterwards on other things of civic importance, such as municipal limit markers. One suggestion is that they derive from the two-wheels-and-cross charge in Mainz's coat of arms, seen here.

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


Mainz-Bischofsheim station is the centre of a railway hub with a marshalling yard, called Mainz-Bischofsheim, as Bischofsheim was formerly part of Mainz. The hub itself is formed by a junction of the Mainz–Frankfurt and Wiesbaden–Darmstadt lines.

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 Baroque Evangelical church, the early modern Roman Catholic Christ the King church (Christkönigskirche) by Dominikus Böhm and the historic half-timbered houses. In one of these, the Old Town Hall (Altes Rathaus), is housed the local history museum.


Synonyms


Bischofsheim is sometimes also called:


References


  1. "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.



На других языках


[de] Bischofsheim (Mainspitze)

Bischofsheim ist eine Gemeinde in Deutschland, gehört zum Kreis Groß-Gerau in Hessen und hat 12.977 Einwohner (Stand: 31. Dezember 2021). Von 1930 bis 1945 war Bischofsheim einer der rechtsrheinischen Stadtteile der heutigen rheinland-pfälzischen Landeshauptstadt Mainz.
- [en] Bischofsheim, Hesse

[ru] Бишофсхайм (Майншпитце)

Бишофсхайм (нем. Bischofsheim) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Гессен. Подчиняется административному округу Дармштадт. Входит в состав района Грос-Герау. Население составляет 12 659 человек (на 31 декабря 2010 года).[1] Занимает площадь 9,03 км². Официальный код — 06 4 33 002.



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