Hochdorf is one of the two former
municipalities
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
that were combined to form the municipality of
Hochdorf-Assenheim
Hochdorf-Assenheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a member of the Dannstadt-Schauernheim collective municipality, together with Dannstadt-Schauernheim and Rödersheim-Gronau
Rödersheim-Gronau ...
in
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludw ...
in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the municipality, with the Marlach river crossing the northern edge.
History
Until the
French Revolution
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, Hochdorf belonged to the
Bishopric of Speyer
The Prince-Bishopric of Speyer, formerly known as Spires in English, (German: ''Hochstift Speyer, Fürstbistum Speyer, Bistum Speyer'') was an ecclesiastical principality in what are today the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Würt ...
. From 1798 to 1814, when the
Palatinate was part of the
French Republic
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(which became the
Napoleonic Empire
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in 1804), Hochdorf was in the . After the
Congress of Vienna
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in 1815, Hochdorf initially belonged to the
Austrian Empire
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and then moved to the
Kingdom of Bavaria
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in 1816. From 1818 to 1862 it belonged to the . From 1886, Hochdorf was part of the newly created ''Bezirksamts Ludwigshafen''. In 1928 Hochdorf had 776 inhabitants, who lived in 139 residential buildings. The Catholics had their own parish, while the Protestants belonged to that of
Meckenheim
Meckenheim (; ksh, Meckem) is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 15 km south-west of Bonn.
Notable people
* Norbert Röttgen
Norbert Alois Röttgen (born 2 July 1965) is ...
.
Since 1938, the village has been part of the Ludwigshafen district (''Landkreises Ludwigshafen''), which has been called
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludw ...
since 2004. After the
Second World War
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, Hochdorf was part of the then newly formed state of
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
within the
French occupation zone
The French occupation zone in Germany (, ) was one of the Allied-occupied areas in Germany after World War II.
Background
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta C ...
. On June 7, 1969, during the course of the in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hochdorf was merged with the neighboring municipality of
Assenheim
Assenheim is one of the two former municipalities that were combined to form the municipality of Hochdorf-Assenheim in Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located in the north-eastern part of the municipality, with the Marl ...
, to form
Hochdorf-Assenheim
Hochdorf-Assenheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a member of the Dannstadt-Schauernheim collective municipality, together with Dannstadt-Schauernheim and Rödersheim-Gronau
Rödersheim-Gronau ...
.
References
External links
Official Website of Dannstadt-Schauernheim which contains Hochdorf.
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Former municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate
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