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Deidesheim is a small town (population approx 4000) and a municipality in the district of Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Pfälzer Wald to the south-west of Ludwigshafen. Image File history File links Wappen_Deidesheim. ...
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The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ...
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Bad Dürkheim is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the district Bad Dürkheim. ...
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Bad Dürkheim is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...
The Rhenish Palatinate (Rheinpfalz, sometimes Lower Palatinate or Niederpfalz) occupies rather more than a quarter of the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and contains the towns of Ludwigshafen, Kaiserslautern, Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Pirmasens, Landau and Speyer. ...
The Pfälzer Wald (Palatine Forest) is a densely forested mountain range in south-western Germany, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate. ...
Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ...
Geography
Location Deidesheim is situated on the eastern edge of the Pfälzer Wald, approx. 8 km north of Neustadt an der Weinstraße and 20 km south-west of Ludwigshafen. Image File history File links Kreiskarte_RP_Deidesheim. ...
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Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ...
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Neustadt an der Weinstraße, otherwise known as Neustadt a. ...
The Pfälzer Wald (Palatine Forest) is a densely forested mountain range in south-western Germany, in the state Rhineland-Palatinate. ...
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, otherwise known as Neustadt a. ...
Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ...
History
Origins The first identified reference to Deidesheim occurs in 699, in the records of the monastery at Wissembourg. Subsequent mentions are found in the records of the monasteries at Fulda in 770/771 and Lorsch in 791: in the latter it is apparent that Deidesheim was already known for viticulture. However, it is now thought that these early references concern not the present site of the town, but an earlier settlement two kilometres to the east, and today the location of the village of Niederkirchen bei Deidesheim . Monastery of St. ...
Wissembourg (German: Weißenburg) is a small town and commune situated on the border between France and Germany, in the Alsace région, approximately 60 km north of Strasbourg. ...
Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the Fulda River and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (Kreis). ...
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Just when Deidesheim was established, as a subsidiary settlement to Niederkirchen, remains unclear. By the late thirteenth century there is evidence for a clear distinction between Niederdeidesheim (modern day Neiderkirchen) and Oberdeidesheim (today’s Deidesheim). In 1292 we have the first reference to the Castle at Deidesheim, (das fürstbischöfliche Deidesheimer Schloss) which is the kernel around which the town has grown up.
Medieval Deidesheim In 1100, Johann Count of Kraichgau, a nephew to Henry IV and from 1090 – 1104 Prince Bishop of Speyer, donated his lands in this area (which included Deidesheim) to the Speyer Prince-Bishopric. It is clear from the Speyer monastic records that Deidesheim now grew rapidly in economic importance, well supported financially by an active Jewish community which until 1349, and the pogroms that accompanied the Black Death, had its own synagogue in Deidesheim. The Kraichgau is a hilly region in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. ...
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Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ...
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 Deidesheim's former town hall, built in 1532, now houses a small museum devoted primarily to viticulture. A part of the south tower of the late medieval church of St Ulrich can be glimpsed in the background. During the traumatic decade that followed the arrival of the plague, its flourishing economy rendered Deidesheim increasingly vulnerable to attack: in 1360 the citizens received from the Bishop of Speyer, Gerhard von Ehrenberg, the right to fortify the town (Befestigungsrechte). Eventually, on St Valentine’s Day 1395, the Holy Roman Emperor, King Wenceslas of Bohemia, granted Town Privileges to Deidesheim. Following the custom of that time, Town Privileges were conferred not on the town itself but on the Prince Bishop of Speyer, in his capacity as lord of the town. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (900x675, 115 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Deidesheim ...
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Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx. ...
In wartime the town walls proved of only limited effectiveness. Deidesheim was conquered in 1396, 1460, 1525, 1552, repeatedly during the Thirty Years’ War and again, during the predations in the Palatinate of Louis XIV’s armies, in 1689 and 1693 . Through the late Medieval and Early Modern periods parts of Deidesheim thereby suffered from bouts of plunder and of fire damage. The castle was destroyed by French troops in 1689 and probably had still not been fully restored in 1794 when the French army destroyed it again. The victory of Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631) The Thirty Years War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the Central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powers. ...
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The Napoleonic Occupation and its aftermath With the invasion of the Revolutionary Army, Deidesheim fell to the French in 1794. Recaptured by Imperial forces in 1795, it reverted to France in 1797 and remained within Napoléon’s empire until 1814. The redrawing of maps that took place in 1816 at the Congress of Vienna saw the entire ‘Upper Rhine’ region passing to the kingdom of Bavaria, initially being known as the Rheinkreis (Bavarian Rhine District) and after 1838 as the ‘Palatinate’. In 1819 neighbouring Niederkirchen became administratively independent of Deidesheim. The Congress of Vienna was a conference between ambassadors from the major powers in Europe that was chaired by the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich and held on the way to Vienna, Austria, from September 1, 1814, to June 9, 1815. ...
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In 1865 Deidesheim was connected to the railway line linking Neustadt to Bad Dürkheim, and as the end of the century approached the town was connected to other networks that would transform life during the twentieth century. A gas company appeared in 1894: 1896 saw he introduction to Deidesheim of electric lighting, with a local electricity power network established the following year. The town was connected to a mains water supply in 1898, and by the end of the century all the principal businesses had telephone connections. Neustadt (new city) is a common name for cities and municipalities in the German-speaking countries. ...
Bad Dürkheim is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the district Bad Dürkheim. ...
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The Twentieth Century French troops returned to the Rheinland in 1918, following the end of the First World War, and some were quartered in Deidesheim. This time the French stayed till July 1930. Meanwhile, in August 1921, about 300 hectares of the woodland on the western edge of the town were destroyed in a forest fire. Memorably, all male inhabitants aged 18 or above were recruited to fight the fire: extinguishing it took three days and three nights. The Rhineland (Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. ...
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For most of the Second World War, Deidesheim remained free from direct damage, but on 9 March 1945 a bomb hit the local hospital, leading to nine deaths. Just over a week later an American military unit was installed, on 17 March 1945, which concluded the war for Deidesheim. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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With the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, Deidesheim found itself within Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate) in 1947, but cultural echoes of Bavaria endure. Local butchers and many of the eating establishments will still serve you Munich style Weißwurst or Leberknödel (Liver Dumplings). In 1968 Deidesheim was officially granted the status of a “Luftkurort” (climatic health resort). 1972 saw a local government reorganisation whereby Deidesheim, Forst, Ruppertsberg, Niederkirchen and Meckenheim found themselves grouped together into the Deidesheim combined municipality (Verbandsgemeinde). Rhineland-Palatinate (German Rheinland-Pfalz) is one of 16 Bundesländer of Germany. ...
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Forst an der Weinstraße is a small village (~800 inhabitants) located in Rhineland-Palatinate between Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim in Germany. ...
Religion
The Roman Catholic Communion Before the establishment of the current parish, Deidesheim was a sub-parish of of Niederkirchen (formerly Niederdeidesheim). The present parish church of St Ulrich was built on the site of an earlier chapel in the late Gothic style during the fifteenth century, and control over the parish seems to have passed to Deidesheim during the middle years of the sixteenth century. Niederkirchen and Forst then operated as sub-parishes of Deidesheim until, respectively, 1750 and 1820 when they became independent parishes. A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
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There are communes that have the name Forst in Germany Forst (Unterfranken) Forst, Baden Forst, Mittelfranken Forst, Eifel Forst, Hunsrück Forst, Lausitz Forst, Bavaria Forst an der Weinstraße Forst, Odenwald in Switzerland Forst, Switzerland, in the Canton of Bern Other Forst, Algund, a commune in South Tyrol This...
After 1802, following the French annexation of the left bank of the Rhine, Deidesheim fell within the diocese of Mainz, but reverted to Speyer in 1817. Under the 1980 reorganization the town found itself within the deaconate of Bad Durkheim. In recent decades Germany's Upper Rhine region has not been immune from the growing shortage of priests in Western Europe, and in response to this challenge the three parishes of St Ulrich’s in Deidesheim, St Martin’s in Ruppertsberg and St Margaret’s in Forst have, since 2006, comprised together a group ministry centered, on Deidesheim Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). ...
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There are communes that have the name Forst in Germany Forst (Unterfranken) Forst, Baden Forst, Mittelfranken Forst, Eifel Forst, Hunsrück Forst, Lausitz Forst, Bavaria Forst an der Weinstraße Forst, Odenwald in Switzerland Forst, Switzerland, in the Canton of Bern Other Forst, Algund, a commune in South Tyrol This...
The Protestant Community The lands of the Prince Bishop of Speyer proved to be stony ground for the Protestant Reformation at the time when Martin Luther was preaching. Nevertheless, by 1788 the number of protestants in Deidesheim had increased to 4, rising further, to 38 by 1863. In 1848 the protestant cause received a boost in Bavaria with the accession to the throne of Maximillian II. He had married a princess from the north in 1842, and even though once widowed she ultimately would convert to Catholicism, Maximillian's reign was marked by the building of protestant churches in many of the small towns in the Bavarian west. In Deidesheim the protestant church building was completed in 1875, through the conversion of a former barn. The tower was added in 1891. A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial prince of the church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent nobiliary titles held concurrently with their inherent clerical office. ...
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The Protestant Reformation was a movement in the 16th century to reform the Catholic Church in Western Europe. ...
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The Free State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ...
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The arrival of surviving refugees, primarily, from those parts of Germany that passed to Czechoslovakia and the other Soviet dominated states under the Potsdam Agreement, gave a further boost to protestant numbers after 1945. In 1957 Deidesheim's protestants, joined with those of Forst, Niederkirchen and Ruppersberg to form a single protestant congregation, affliliated to Wachenheim. The Deidesheim church which is a part of the Palatinate Protestant Church Community (Evangelische Kirche der Pfalz) has had its own minister since 1984. Soviet redirects here. ...
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Wachenheim is a town and a municipality in the district of Bad Dürkheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. ...
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The Jewish Community The presence of a synagogue in the middle ages testifies to the existence of a Jewish community, but the Jews were killed in a pogrom that occurred following the appearance of the Black Death in 1349, and the synagogue was transferred to the church. A new Jewish community appeared in Deidesheim in the sixteenth century. A synagogue (Hebrew: בית ×›× ×¡×ª ; beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: שול, shul; Ladino ××¡× ×•×’×” esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ...
Jewish leadership: Since 70 AD and the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem there has been no single body that has a leadership position over the entire Jewish community. ...
Pogrom (from Russian: ; from громить IPA: - to wreak havoc, to demolish violently) is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious or other, and characterized by destruction of their homes, businesses and religious centers. ...
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The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...
 The nineteenth century former synagogue is being restored. This picture has been copied from the German language Wikipedia article on Deidesheim. After the existing Jewish prayer room had fallen into serious disrepair, , the present synagogue was established in 1854 opposite the southern moat of the old castle. Here it remains. However, even during the earliest years of the Nazi government, the Jewish community in Deidesheim shrank, as discrimination and impoverishment forced many to emigrate: in 1935 the now dilapidated synagogue was sold, which probably preserved it from subsequent destruction. In October 1940 seven remaining Jews who had been born or were long term resident in Deidesheim were deported as part of the Bürckel-Wagner programme. According to a survivor of the concentration camp at Gurs, these perished, victims of the Holocaust. Image File history File links 800px-Synagoge_Deidesheim. ...
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A synagogue (Hebrew: בית ×›× ×¡×ª ; beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: שול, shul; Ladino ××¡× ×•×’×” esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ...
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The former synagogue was transferred to the ownership of the town in 1992 and has since 1995 been undergoing a progressive restoration process. Today it is used for concerts and other cultural events. A synagogue (Hebrew: בית ×›× ×¡×ª ; beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: שול, shul; Ladino ××¡× ×•×’×” esnoga) is a Jewish place of religious worship. ...
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Location and Economy Principal economic activities include viticulture and tourism. The surrounding countryside has a natural year-round beauty: at the start of the summer the blossom on the fruit trees is considered a particularly attractive feature of the district, and one which appears to have been enhanced in recent decades through the planting of additional fruit trees near to the roadside along the Weinstraße (Wine Street - a designated Tourist Route) running northwards towards Bad Dürkheim. Deidesheim itself features a wider range of restaurants than is normal for this size of town, supplemented by a range of refreshment booths during the annual Weinfest each August and the Weinachtsmarkt (Christmas market) each December. The recent opening of a relief road to the east of the little town has reduced pressure from through traffic on the Weinstraße, which here follows the main north-south street through the town. Deidesheim has since 1865 been linked by railway to Neustadt an der Weinstraße, and the line continues northwards to Bad Dürkheim and Grünstadt. To the west, once you pass through the belt of vineyards, the Pfälzer Wald offers excellent walks. Blossom is a term given to the flowers of stone fruit trees (Genus Prunus) and of some other plants with a similar appearance that flower profusely but for a short period of time. ...
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Weintor, Schweigen, Pflaz / Palatinate The Weintor marks the southern end of the Weinstraße, at the Franco-German frontier adjacent to Wissembourg / Weißenburg The first German Weinstraße (wine route) begins at Schweigen (on the frontier with France at Weißenburg / Wissembourg) where its start is marked by the...
Bad Dürkheim is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the district Bad Dürkheim. ...
Weintor, Schweigen, Pflaz / Palatinate The Weintor marks the southern end of the Weinstraße, at the Franco-German frontier adjacent to Wissembourg / Weißenburg The first German Weinstraße (wine route) begins at Schweigen (on the frontier with France at Weißenburg / Wissembourg) where its start is marked by the...
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Bad Dürkheim is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the district Bad Dürkheim. ...
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Visiting Deidesheim Deidesheim contains several interesting monuments including the intriguing 'Geißbock' (billy goat) fountain which may splash the unwary. Between the 'Geißbock' fountain and the low key war memorial is to be found the nineteenth century synagogue, recently restored. The former Rathaus (Town Hall) next to St Ulrich's church, now houses a small museum. On the west side of the town, opposite the railway station, the lavish municipal offices constructed at the end of the twentieth century testify to the prosperity that came to Deidesheim in the 1990s. This memorial in England lists the names of soldiers who died in the First World War. ...
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The Kohl connection During the Chancellorship of Dr Helmut Kohl, who was born in Friesenheim and lived for a long time in Oggersheim (both suburbs of nearby Ludwigshafen), Deidesheim received periodic visits from the Chancellor and accompanying international statesmen who were entertained to lavish dinners incorporating Saumagen, one of the chancellor's favourite local dishes, washed down with the excellent local wine. Saumagen comprises a pig's stomach, stuffed with pork, root vegetables, herbs and seasoning. The precise balance of ingredients is variable. Saumagen is normally cut into slices approximately 1cm thick and fried in an open pan. Delicious, but high in fat and salt, Saumagen is not recommended for slimmers. Dr. Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born April 3, 1930) is a Catholic German conservative politician and statesman. ...
Map of Germany showing Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, with about 166,000 inhabitants. ...
Saumagen is a German dish popular in the Palatinate. ...
Saumagen is a German dish popular in the Palatinate. ...
From Helmut Kohl's affection for Deidesheim, it will perhaps be apparent that, politically, Deidesheim strongly favours the CDU (The Christian Democratic Union, Dr Kohl's political party, normally described by informed commentators in the Anglosphere as Germany's party of the centre-right). The CDU has appointed every mayor of Deidesheim since 1946 when the party won 62% of the votes cast in the local government election: in the 2004 election they won 59%. Dr. Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born April 3, 1930) is a Catholic German conservative politician and statesman. ...
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ...
The word Anglosphere describes a certain group of anglophone (English-speaking) nations which share historical, political, and ethnocultural characteristics rooted in or attributed to the historical experience of the British people. ...
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU - Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) is the largest conservative political party in Germany. ...
Since 1972 Deidesheim has also been the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("combined municipality") of Deidesheim, which comprises the five following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"): A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate. ...
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