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, Local history, War and post-war times in Harxheim
Harxheim cultural home “Kulturheim” The Harxheimer Kulturheim was built in 1950/51 by own contributions of the men’s singing club Frohsinn and the sports community 03 as Harxheimer sport and celebration place. In 1967 the celebrations of the 1200th...
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...
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,...
