Einhausen is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in

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, some 15 km east of

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Geography

Location

Einhausen lies on the Bergstraße in the ''Hessisches Ried'' and belongs the northeast

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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 ( Groß-Gerau district), in the east on the towns of

Bensheim Bensheim () is a town in the Kreis Bergstraße, Bergstraße district in southern Hessen, Germany. Bensheim lies on the Bergstraße Route, Bergstraße and at the edge of the Odenwald mountains while at the same time having an open view over the Rhi ...

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 ''

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''; 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

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. In the course of the

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and the Counterreformation there arose two politically and ecclesiastically divided communities: Groß-Hausen (

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), and Klein-Hausen (

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) which contradictorily became the larger of the two. On 1 April 1937, the two communities were merged into the community of Einhausen. (Older residents often tell the visitor that this merger was one of many mergers endorsed and signed into effect by Adolf Hitler.) 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

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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

* Attichy,

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Regular events

Kirchweih/Kerwe

Einhausen’s

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(church consecration festival) is held each year on the first weekend in October. It is staged by the ''Verein zur Erhaltung der Tradition Einhausen e.V.'' (“Einhausen Club for Maintaining Tradition”) in collaboration with the three festival groups ''ADI'', ''CHIEF'' and ''Ladännsche''. Known well beyond Einhausen is the

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at this festival, which is run on the first Sunday in October. The float built in 2007 on the theme “

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” was featured in the November edition of the Carnival magazine ''Tusch!!!'' (a national trade magazine published around

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) as Germany’s best political float of 2007.

Carnival

Known in this part of Germany as ''Fastnacht'', this includes four of the ''Sitzungen'' (“sittings” or “sessions”) that typify this celebration. Three are ''Narrengiggelsitzungen'' and one is a ''Kindersitzung'' (for children). They are staged by the ''Verein zur Erhaltung der Tradition Einhausen e.V.'' (see above).

References

External links

Internetpräsenz der Community’s official webpage
{{Authority control Bergstraße (district)