Nov 23, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history
Memories of former Harxheim pupils The former pupils Wilma Blase (née Rösch), Egon Darmstadt, Lilli Fritzsch (née Göth), Erwin Gmall and Hans Kessel described their memories of their former school days in Harxheim in the first years after the Second World War. Despite...
Nov 23, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history
Memories of the teacher Ruckel As a young man I was a village school teacher in Harxheim from 1955 – 1961. In my memory, this period is one of the most beautiful and interesting years in my educational career. Even today I still like to visit the place for the...
Nov 1, 2022 | Chronicle, Jewish life in Harxheim, Local history
Jewish life in Harxheim: Other Jewish persons According to research by Rüdiger Gottwald, the Jewish families Sommer and Goldschmitt lived at the end of the 19. respectively in the first years of the 20th century successively a small house in the Gaustraße 5 in...
Sep 24, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history
Harxheim district boundaries By Gerhard Krämer The boundaries of the Harxheim district were already established at the time of the Frankish land names from the 5th century onwards. Originally, Harxheim and Gau-Bischofsheim formed one parish, the separation must have...
Sep 23, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history, Local history details
The Harxheim Wine Yard Festival The Harxheimer Weinhöfefest was first celebrated in 1980 and quickly became the most important festival in the village. Since 2014, it has carried the “Rheinhessen AUSGEZEICHNET” seal of quality. With the exception of the...
Sep 22, 2022 | Chronicle, Local history, Local history details
Excerpts from the postal history The municipality of Harxheim acquired a rural mailbox as early as 1861, which was ordered daily by the letter carrier from Bodenheim. From 1904 to 1996 there was also a post office in Harxheim, which was first located in the Obergasse...
