Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz

This article is about the municipality in Germany. For the archaeological site, see Herxheim (archaeological site).
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
Municipality
Museum Herxheim
Museum Herxheim
Coat of arms of Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
Coat of arms
Location of Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz within Südliche Weinstraße district
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz is located in Germany
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz
Coordinates: 49°08′49″N 8°13′12″E / 49.14694°N 8.22000°E / 49.14694; 8.22000
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictSüdliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc.Herxheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Hedi Braun[1] (Ind.)
Area
 • Total
29.12 km2 (11.24 sq mi)
Elevation
129 m (423 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
10,872
 • Density370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
76863
Dialling codes07276
Vehicle registrationSÜW
Websitewww.herxheim-pfalz.de

Herxheim is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) south-east of Landau. Herxheim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Herxheim.

Herxheim is twinned with:

History

The first European farmers cleared the forest in the present-day Herxheim region about 7,000 years ago during the Neolithic Age and founded a settlement. The hamlet was originally enclosed with a double ring of elongated pits.[3]

The Alemanni first settled the area in the third century followed by Franconian settlers in the sixth century.[4] The Franks often named their new home after their leader so it is assumed a Franconian leader name Hari or Heri who settled here with his clan.[3] In 773, a document found in the Weißenburg monastery refers to the location as "Harieschaim."[4]

In 1057, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV donated the land so that Herxheim would come under the rule of the Speyer Monastery.[5][6]

After the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678/79, Herxheim and all the communities south of the Queich fell to the Sun King Louis XIV of France. Thus Herxheim was part of the French state of Bas-Rhin until 1815.[7]

After Napoleon's second defeat in 1815, the Second Treaty of Paris reassigned the areas north of the Lauter to the Kingdom of Bavaria.

After World War II, Herxheim became part of the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate within the French occupation zone, thus ending the Bavarian era.

Herxheim was included in a new district known as Landau-Bad Bergzabern which was formed in 1969 by merging the districts Landau and Bergzabern. In 1978, Landau-Bad Bergzabern was renamed to Südliche Weinstraße. The district is named after the first touristic route built in Germany in the 1930s, the German Wine Route (Deutsche Weinstraße).[8]

Festivities

Laurentiusbrotweihe (Day of St Lawrence Bread Consecration)

In 1666, the plague swept through Herxheim and killed many of its residents. Herxheim was quarantined and as a result supplies of food ran out so many residents also died of hunger. Herxheim received unprecedented help from the neighboring communities in the north and north-east, especially from Ottersheim. At the quarantine border in the "Finsterfeld" pit, neighboring residents left baskets full of baked bread and other food where the Herxheimers could pick them up. This charitable act saved the lives of many Herxheimers.

The Herxheimers begged God for salvation from distress and promised to bring the helpful neighbors consecrated bread every year. After the end of the epidemic, the people of Herxheim kept their promise. They brought bread to the neighboring communities every year and called it Laurentiusbrot. This is based on Saint Lawrence who gave bread to the poor in Rome in the 3rd century.

Today, the feast day is still celebrated on the Sunday after the name day of St. Lawrence (10 August). A bread cart is set early in the morning and fills up with donated bread in the course of the morning. The pastor consecrates the Laurentius bread. At 12 o'clock a fully laden carriage, pulled by two horses, starts moving to the sound of the big bell. Pastors, altar boys and hundreds of Herxheimers follow the car out into the "Finsterfeld" pit.[9][10]

Coat of arms

Herxheim coat of arms

Blazon: A shield divided by silver and blue, a heraldic fleur-de-lis with mixed colors, the upper end accompanied by two gold stars.[11]

Approval: 23 February 1923 by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, Munich (Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Innern, München)

Origin/meaning: The fleur-de-lis and the stars in the arms are symbols of the Virgin Mary. Herxheim became a property of the Monastery of Speyer in 1057. The patron saint of Speyer, as well as Herxheim's town's church, is St. Mary. The fleur-de-lis was also the symbol used on the seals of Herxheim, which are known since the 17th century. The silver and blue colors used were based on the colors of the Speyer cathedral chapter and those of the Holzapfel von Herxheim family who lived in the cathedral. The first document in which the Herxheim court seal with the lily and seven stars or a crown with seven pearls appears dates from 1733.[12]

Sights

Waldstadion

The Sandbahn Rennen Herxheim or Waldstadion is a multi-purpose facility for horse racing, motorcycle racing and football.[13]

The venue hosts domestic and international motorcycle speedway and has hosted the World Longtrack Championship Final three occasions and in recent years has held a number of rounds of the Grand-Prix series.[14]

Museum Herxheim

The Herxheim Museum is the first in Germany to have its archaeological department entirely dedicated to the first peasant culture in Central Europe, the linear pottery culture - the ceramics in the oldest part of the Neolithic. The museum also showcases the history of the tobacco industry in Herxheim.[15]

Parish church of St. Mary of the Assumption

St Maria Himmelfahrt in Herxheim bei Landau/Pfalz

The Catholic parish church of St Mary of the Assumption (German = St. Maria Himmelfahrt) is located in center of Herxheim and has an unmistakable position in the town due to its central and elevated location. The church is consecrated in honor of the Assumption of Mary. The first documented mention of a church in Herxheim came from Conrad III of Scharfenberg in 1213. However, new research suggests there was probably a church in the same place in 773, even before the place came under episcopal rule.

Over the centuries, the church has been redesigned and enlarged several times, so that today it combines several architectural styles. The late Gothic choir, built in 1507, including the church tower from 1585 and the hall-like nave in the late Baroque style are noteworthy.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Ortsgemeinderat". www.herxheim.de (in German). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Historischer Spaziergang". www.herxheim.de (in German). 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  4. ^ a b "Chronik von Herxheim". www.herxheim.de (in German). 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  5. ^ "RI III,2,3 n. 97, Heinrich IV., 1057 April 5, Worms : Regesta Imperii". www.regesta-imperii.de. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  6. ^ GRANDIDIER, Philippe André (1787). Histoire ... de la Province d'Alsace, etc (in French).
  7. ^ "The Wars of Louis XIV in Treaties (Part V): The Peace of Nijmegen (1678–1679)". Oxford Public International Law. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  8. ^ "Geschichte - Landkreis Südliche Weinstraße". www.suedliche-weinstrasse.de. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
  9. ^ "Das Brot, das der Himmel geschickt hat". www.paulinus.de. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  10. ^ "Brotweihe". www.herxheim.de. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  11. ^ "Wappenbeschreibung". www.herxheim.de. Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  12. ^ "Onlinelesen - Das Logo des Herxheimer Festjahres 2023 in Anlehnung an das Wappen der Ortsgemeinde Herxheim". ol.wittich.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-07-09.
  13. ^ "Waldstadion - Rennbahn". www.herxheim.de (in German). 2019-12-10. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  14. ^ "Venue - Herxheim - Grasstrack GB". grasstrackgb.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
  15. ^ Herxheim, Museum. "Wir über uns". www.museum-herxheim.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  16. ^ "Katholische Pfarrkirche". www.herxheim.de (in German). 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-23.

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