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Harxheim is in the Rheinhessen region. This ancient cultural region in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate includes the area in the great Rhine bend with the cities of Mainz, Worms, Alzey and Bingen. Almost 650,000 people live here, almost 220,000 of them in Mainz.<\/p>\n
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Rheinhessen is not only a culturally grown region. Geologically, the area of Rheinhessen makes up a significant part of the Mainz Basin. The Mainz Basin <\/a>is a fossil sedimentary basin that formed many millions of years ago and is of interest to geologists worldwide.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/doku-harxheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CHR-Ort-16-B1-Rheinhessen.png” title_text=”CHR Place 16 B1 Rhinehesse” align=”center” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”67%” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”13px” custom_margin=”26px||-1px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Rhinehesse region<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”8px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Source: Lencer*, for details see source citation below<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”6px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n During the Ice Age, which began 2.6 million years ago, the plateau and hilly landscape characteristic of Rheinhessen was formed. The geological history is decisive for the soils of Rheinhessen, which were largely formed by sedimentary deposits and later by loess drifts during the ice age.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Rheinhessen also refers to the largest of the 13 wine-growing regions in Germany. The area under vines is about 27,000 hectares, which is a good quarter of the total German vineyard area. Viticulture meets good conditions here, because Rheinhessen lies protected by forested low mountain ranges<\/a>. The average temperature in Rheinhessen is comparatively high at over 10 degrees Celsius, as is the number of annual hours of sunshine.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”2px||4px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n But why is this area called Rheinhessen, although it is not in Hesse at all? This has historical reasons. After the victory over Napoleon, the European powers of 1814 – 1815 came together at the Congress of Vienna and reorganized Europe.<\/p>\n Our region, which had been under French administration from 1798 – 1814 as part of the D\u00e9partement du Mont Tonn\u00e8re (D\u00e9partement of Donnersberg), fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the course of negotiations in 1816. This was the birth of Rheinhessen, for this was the name given to the new Hessian province.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/doku-harxheim.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/CHR-Ort-16-B2-Rheinhessen-scaled.jpg” title_text=”CHR Place 16 B2 Rhinehesse” _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”48%” module_alignment=”center” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”13px” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”26px||-1px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The sign of the mayoralty of Harxheim in the Volksstaat Hessen – now to be seen in the community center in Harxheim<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.22.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”8px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Image: Siegfried Sch\u00e4fer<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”10px||5px|||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n After the end of the First World War in 1918 and the abolition of the monarchy, the People’s State of Hesse came into being as the legal successor to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In the community center in Harxheim hangs the sign of the mayor’s office from that time. The province of Rhine-Hesse initially remained as part of the Volkstaat. However, in the course of the Gleichschaltung of the People’s State of Hesse under the National Socialists, the province of Rheinhessen was dissolved in 1937.<\/p>\n After World War II, Rheinhessen was separated from Hesse due to the occupation situation – French on the left bank of the Rhine, Americans on the right bank – and now belonged to the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which was newly founded in 1946. Until 1968 there was also a “Regierungsbezirk Rheinhessen”. In 1969, this was merged into the administrative district of Rheinhessen-Pfalz, which existed until 1999. Since then, Rheinhessen is no longer an administrative unit. However, the name for the region remained.<\/p>\n Favorable climatic conditions and the Rhine as a traffic artery have attracted people to Rheinhessen at all times. The quote from Carl Zuckmayer refers to the Rhineland as the “mill of the peoples of Europe. Thus, Rheinhessen, which was founded in 1816, has also experienced eventful times long before that. This can be read here.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”1px||4px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”11px” min_height=”10.8px” custom_margin=”||8px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n References:<\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”9px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Rettinger, Elmar (2005). The Mainz-Bingen district in history. https:\/\/www.regionalgeschichte.net\/fileadmin\/Superportal\/Bibliothek\/RettMainzBingen2005.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n Rick, Josef (1967): Weinbaugemeinde Harxheim. In: Gemeinde Harxheim (Hrsg.): Festschrift. 1200 Jahre Weinbaugemeinde Harxheim.<\/p>\n