Nauheim

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

Nauheim
Coat of arms
Nauheim
Location of Nauheim within Groß-Gerau district
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Groß-Gerau
Government
• Mayor	Jan Fischer (CDU)
Area
• Total	13.77 km2 (5.32 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	10,265
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	64569
Dialling codes	06152
Vehicle registration	GG
Website	www.nauheim.de

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

Geography

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 such as W. Schreiber + Söhne 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.

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.

History

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

Manufacture of Saxophones

Schreiber & Keilwerth Musikinstrumente GmbH, a firm manufacturing saxophones are based in Nauheim as of 2010.

Additionally, another saxophone manufacturer called Dörfler & Jörka was located in Nauheim c. 1949 to 1968. D&J made extensive use of Keilwerth-manufactured saxophone bodies and Keilwerth designs, but added their own slightly modified key mechanisms. Not surprisingly, Dörfler & Jörka saxophones have similar tonal characteristics to Keilwerth-manufactured saxophones of the same era e.g. the New King and Tone King models. As a result, D&J instruments have "smoky" and "tangy" characteristics when compared to the often "brighter" tone colours of Yamaha saxophones. D&J manufactured saxophones under their own brand name, though the majority were given various "stencilled" labels including:-

• Convair, Carl Schiller, Condor
• De Villiers
• H.Genet
• Impala
• Keytone, King Tempo
• La Sete Professional
• Original Hopf Classic
• Pierre Maure Artiste, Paragon
• Rodgers, Roxy, Rene Dumont
• Senator, Skytone
• Toneline Artist, The National
• Velvetone, Vitacoustic, Voss
• Warner Concerto,

Eventually, in the late 1960s, Dörfler & Jörka were absorbed into the Keilwerth company, at which point production ended.

Politics

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.

Partnerships

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

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.

Personalities

• Karl Christian von Langsdorf (1757–1834), mathematician
• Ottmar Hörl (1950- ), artist, who above all has become known for his variegated sculptures whose theme is everyday life

Clubs and associations

• Free religious Community of Nauheim
• Nauheim volunteer fire brigade
• Nauheim youth fire brigade
• Musikverein 1950 e.V. Nauheim
• Naumer Kerweborsch Nauheim church fair organizers
• Vereinsring Nauheim
• Junge Musiker - SKV Nauheim

External links

• Nauheim
• Nauheim local history museum (Heimatmuseum)
• Nauheim at DMOZ
• Nauheim - innovative Art