Mar 6, 2023 | Chronicle, Jewish life in Harxheim, Local history
Jewish life in Harxheim: Family Moritz and Katharina Gutha Mayer In Untergasse 13 lived another family named Mayer: Moritz (born on 17.10.1879 in Harxheim) and wife Katharina Gutha, née Reinheimer (born on 05.05.1879 in Reinheim near Dieburg) and the two sons Julius...
Nov 29, 2022 | Chronicle, Geologie, Local history, War and post-war times in Harxheim
The Selz position – Harxheim fortification group The Selzstellung, now widely forgotten, was built in the period from 1907 to the early years of World War I and is considered one of the largest fortifications in the German Empire at the time. It consisted of...
Nov 29, 2022 | Chronicle, War and post-war times in Harxheim
Bomber crash August 17, 1943 – Harxheim escapes disaster On the return flight from a heavy American double attack on Schweinfurth and Regensburg, a heavily hit American bomber of the type B-17F crashed into the Harxheim area. Of the 10 crewmen, two died, three...
Nov 29, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim Points of Interest, War and post-war times in Harxheim
Friedenstraße After World War II, 12 million Germans from the East sought a new home in the Federal Republic. In Harxheim, for example, one of the many secondary commercial group housing estates with 28 building units for new citizens was built in the Friedensstraße...
Nov 29, 2022 | Chronicle, War and post-war times in Harxheim
Tough post-war years and “Harxheim tomatoes Spring 1945 – Germany had surrendered. After a short occupation by the Americans, Rheinhessen became a French occupation zone. The hard years of war were followed by years of hardship for the people of Harxheim...
