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...
Nov 25, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim tales
“Es Spritze-Heisje” Every community in Rheinhessen had, in some cases until the 1960s, a central point in the village for mixing sprays to control pests and leaf diseases in the vineyards. In Harxheim this place was located in the Spritze-Heisje. A small...
Nov 25, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim tales
“Es Brockelche” – village servant, field gunner, and delivery man Every community in Rheinhessen had people who were somehow special in their own way. Lovable, but sometimes very quirky. Unfortunately, this category of fellow human beings has become...
Nov 25, 2022 | Chronicle, Harxheim tales
About the goodness and many of the wine from the year 1558 to 1862 A privately owned handwritten documentation reports on the basis of short comments of the author about the annual wine harvests as well as the weather conditions in the period from 1558 to 1862. The...
Nov 23, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history
History of schools in Harxheim Not much is known about the history of schools in Harxheim before the 20th century. However, a Protestant school at Obergasse 7 and a Catholic school at Enggasse 2 have survived. From 1909 to 1972 the children of Harxheim attended the...
