Nov 29, 2022 | Chronicle, War and post-war times in Harxheim
March 20, 1945 – The Americans arrive Barely three weeks before the German surrender on May 8, 1945, American troops were on the advance through Rhine Hesse and were about to cross the Rhine. In the course of this advance, Harxheim was liberated on March 20,...
Nov 29, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history, War and post-war times in Harxheim
Zeitenwende – Harxheim von 1933 bis 1945 Das nationalsozialistische Gedankengut fiel in Rheinhessen auf fruchtbaren Boden und Harxheim bildete hier keine Ausnahme. Schon rasch nach der Machtergreifung im Jahr 1933 etablierten sich auch in unserem Ort...
Nov 25, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim tales
The local scales – the scales at the former railroad crossing in Bahnhofstraße In addition to the Harxheim local scales in Untergasse, there was another scale in Bahnhofstraße directly at the former railroad crossing in the direction of Lörzweiler. The scale...
Nov 25, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim Points of Interest, Harxheim tales
The local scales – the scales in the lower lane Every community in Rheinhessen had a functioning community scale until the mid-1990s. The old weighing house still reminds of the Harxheim local scales in the Untergasse. Dark stones in the pavement in front of it...
Nov 25, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim tales
“Michel Michel” – the last Harxheim original Michel Michel was a truly oddball representative of the genre of village originals. He and his bicycle were inseparable, garden tools were his great collecting passion – to the annoyance of their...
