Einhausen, Hesse


Einhausen is a community in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, some 15 km east of Worms.

Geography

Location

Einhausen lies on the Bergstraße in the Hessisches Ried and belongs the northeast Rhine valley, which has a rather favourable climate. Surrounding the community, through which flows the Weschnitz, are woods and cultivated land.

Neighbouring communities

Einhausen borders in the north on the community of Groß-Rohrheim and the town of Gernsheim, in the east on the towns of Bensheim and Lorsch, in the south on the town of Bürstadt and in the west on the community of Biblis.

Constituent communities

Einhausen officially consists of only one Ortsteil; however, the historical distinction between Groß-Hausen and Klein-Hausen is still heard in speech.

History

The community was donated in 768 under the name Husun to the Lorsch Abbey. In the course of the Reformation and the Counterreformation there arose two politically and ecclesiastically divided communities: Groß-Hausen, and Klein-Hausen which contradictorily became the larger of the two. On 1 April 1937, the two communities were merged into the community of Einhausen. As mentioned earlier, the historical distinction between Groß-Hausen and Klein-Hausen is still heard in speech today, even by younger residents.

Politics

Community council

The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:

Coat of arms

The community’s arms might be described thus: Gules a brick house Or with roof, two chimneys, a door and two windows sable, the whole on an arched bridge Or.
The bridge is symbolic of the merger of the two former communities, which were divided for centuries.

Town partnerships

Kirchweih/Kerwe

Einhausen’s Kirchweih is held each year on the first weekend in October. It is staged by the Verein zur Erhaltung der Tradition Einhausen e.V. in collaboration with the three festival groups ADI, CHIEF and Ladännsche. Known well beyond Einhausen is the parade at this festival, which is run on the first Sunday in October.
The float built in 2007 on the theme “North Korea” was featured in the November edition of the Carnival magazine Tusch!!! as Germany’s best political float of 2007.

Carnival

Known in this part of Germany as Fastnacht, this includes four of the Sitzungen that typify this celebration. Three are Narrengiggelsitzungen and one is a Kindersitzung. They are staged by the Verein zur Erhaltung der Tradition Einhausen e.V..