Nauheim

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Nauheim


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Darmstadt
District	Groß-Gerau
Population	10,226 (30/06/2005)
Area	13.77 km²
Population density	750 /km²
Elevation	86 m
Coordinates	49°57′ N 8°27′ E
Postal code	64569
Area code	06152
Licence plate code	GG
Mayor	Ingo Waltz (SPD)
Website	Gemeinde Nauheim

This article is about the community in Groß-Gerau district. For the spa town in the Wetteraukreis, see Bad Nauheim.

Nauheim is a community in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany.

1 Geography
- 1.1 Location
- 1.2 Neighbouring communities
2 History
3 Politics
- 3.1 Municipal council
- 3.2 Partnerships
4 Culture and sightseeing
5 Personalities
- 5.1 Sons and daughters of the town
6 Clubs and associations
7 Reference
8 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Nauheim lies 3 km northwest of the district seat of Groß-Gerau 16 km northwest of Darmstadt and 6 km southeast of Rüsselsheim. After the Second World War, many instrument makers from the Sudetenland found a new home in this community in the southern Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region, and helped give the place the epithet Musikgemeinde – "Music Community". It is also well known for its "Nauheimer Musiktage" ("Nauheim Music Days"), held since 1970.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Nauheim borders in the north on Königstädten, a constituent community of the town of Rüsselsheim, in the east on the town of Mörfelden-Walldorf, in the south on the town of Groß-Gerau and in the west on the community of Trebur.

[edit] History

Nauheim had its first documentary mention in 830-850 in the Lorsch codex.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Municipal council

Municipal council is made up of 37 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 18 March 2001:

CDU 16 seats
SPD 13 seats
Greens 3 seats
FDP 3 seats
FLN 2 seats

Note: FLN is a citizens' coalition.

[edit] Partnerships

Born, Netherlands, since 1972
Charvieu-Chavagneux, France, since 1978

[edit] Culture and sightseeing

The local history museum (Heimatmuseum) shows farming traditions, handicraft history, an Erzgebirge Parlour and a musical instrument department with nearly 200 instruments from various periods.