Patrick Burghardt
Who was the head of Rüsselsheim am Main between Jul 2012 and Aug 2014?
Rüsselsheim am Main Rüsselsheim am Main is the largest city in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany . It is one of seven special status cities ( implementing several functions that counties normally provide ) in Hesse and is located on the Main , between Frankfurt and Mainz , only a few kilometres from its mouth in Mainz . The suburbs of Bauschheim and Königstädten are included in Rüsselsheim . Rüsselsheim has attained international recognition through the presence of the German car company Opel . History . Rüsselsheims foundation goes back to a Frankish colony in the first half of the 5th century . The first written mention of Rucilesheim , or the house of Rucile , is in an inventory of royal hunting rights around the year 840 . Rüsselsheim emerged from a settlement of the Count of Katzenelnbogen . Over time , the name of the city evolved from Rucilesheim to the current Rüsselsheim : - 764/5 Rucile ( n ) sheim - before 1130 Ruozcelenesheim - 1336 Ruzelnsheim - 1275 Ruozelsheim - 1640 Ruselsem - 1840 Rüsselsheim In the year 1435 the high noble Count John IV of Katzenelnbogen was the first to cultivate Riesling in Rüsselsheim . Annual reports record that his administrator bought new vines for 22 Schilling . In the following years riesling grapes were planted down the river Rhine and up the river Mosel . In the 18th and 19th centuries , Rüsselsheim made a new contribution to the history of wine when famous wine-growing estates in the Rheingau recultivated their vineyards with vines from the Rüsselsheim and Flörsheim Area ( Allendorf , Rheingauer Weinbauverband EV 1980 ) . After the First World War viticulture disappeared in Rüsselsheim . In 1980 the mayor of Rüsselsheim Dr . Karl-Heinz Storsberg set up a museum-vineyard near the castle which celebrates 550 Years of Riesling . The towns population reached 1,422 by 1829 , then doubled between 1875 and 1914 from 3,500 to 8,000 . At the beginning of the Second World War , 16,000 people lived in Rüsselsheim ; only 9,500 remained at the conflicts end . The population reached a new record of 63,000 inhabitants in 1978 , with rapid post-war reconstruction fed first by refugees from the former German territories in Eastern Europe ( Heimatvertriebene ) , then by immigrants attracted by the Opel factories . The proportion of people born overseas was 23% on 31 June 2014 . Politics . Coat of arms . The citys coat of arms features a silver Doppelhaken ( double hook ) and two silver stars on a blue background . The Doppelhaken is also called a Wolfsangel ( wolf hook ) , once possibly used to kill wolves , or as a grappling hook . It is now forbidden in Germany to use this symbol on the grounds that it has been used in the past as a symbol of some right-wing extremist groups , now banned . Civic coats of arms which traditionally used the Wolfsangel are exempt from the ban . The two stars indicate that Rüsselsheim used to belong to Katzenelnbogen County , which also bore these stars on its coat of arms . World War II . During World War II , Rüsselsheim was bombed several times by the British RAF . The RAF followed a policy of area bombing of cities . The day after one such bombing , August 26 , 1944 , an American B-24 Liberator was shot down after bombing Hanover ( American policy did not allow for area bombing as did the British ; the American crew had been bombing an airport ) . The nine member American crew was captured and under guard was placed on a train to a POW camp routed thorough Rüsselsheim . Due to damage done to the railyards , the captured crew and their guards were forced to alight and walk to another location to catch another train . During this walk , residents of Rüsselsheim saw the crew and vented their anger on the crew , shouting insults and spitting . Assuming the crew were Canadians and that they had taken part in the bombing of their city the night before , this group grew larger . One woman shouted out There are the terror flyers . Tear them to pieces ! Beat them to death ! They have destroyed our houses ! She threw a brick at the crew and that precipitated a riot during which the residents attacked the crew with rocks , hammers , lumber and shovels . Six of the crew were killed . A local Nazi official administered a final shot to four of the men . The bodies of the dead crew were hidden at the rear of the city cemetery . After the War ( 1946 ) when Rüsselsheim was under occupation by the American Army , the killings came to light and the bodies located . In the first war trials of Germans prior to the Nuremberg trials , five of the residents were tried as war criminals , found guilty and hanged . Three others received sentences to hard labour and were released in the 1950s . A later trial was held for two more citizens , one of whom was hanged . In all , eleven citizens were tried for war crimes and murder stemming from this incident , six of whom were executed . Lord mayors . - 1954–1965 Dr Walter Köbel , SPD - 1966–1981 Karl-Heinz Storsberg , SPD - 1981–1994 Norbert Winterstein , SPD - 1994–1999 Ottilia Geschka , CDU - 1999–2011 Stefan Gieltowski , SPD - 2011–2016 Patrick Burghardt , CDU - 2016–present Udo Bausch, ( independent politician ) Economy . The car manufacturer Opel and the ideal transportation location with many motorway connections and direct train connections from Rüsselsheim station to Mainz , Frankfurt am Main , Wiesbaden and Darmstadt have resulted in the establishment of many businesses and the attraction of many commuters in Rüsselsheim . Local companies . - Opel : Above all , Rüsselsheim is known for its car manufacturer Opel . The founder , Adam Opel , began as a trainee mechanic and founded a sewing machine factory . The first cars were built in 1899 , after Opels death , when the company was owned and operated by Opels widow and their five sons . - Hyundai ( and Hyundai-Kia European Technical Center ) : The European Centre of the Korean car manufacturer Hyundai was inaugurated in 2003 . - Electronic Data Systems : The German centre of the outsourcing division of Hewlett-Packard ( formerly EDS ) was located to Rüsselsheim . - Velodyne Lidar : San Jose , CA , USA-based lidar technology company Velodyne Lidar has its European office in Russelsheim . Public institutions . Culture . The Rüsselsheim Theatre provides 865 seats in stalls and tiers . The theatres programming consists of plays , concerts , operas , operettas , musicals , ballet , and dancing . The Rüsselsheim Museum , which was designated in 1980 with the Council of Europes museum award as a Model Museum , focuses in particular on the development of labor procedures and labor conditions from prehistory to the present . Educational institutions . Hochschule RheinMain ( RheinMain University of Applied Sciences ) . The Hochschule RheinMain is an advanced technical college which has a branch in the city of Rüsselsheim . The technical departments of the Fachhochschule Wiesbaden are primarily located here . Courses of study : - Electrical engineering : information technology and television engineering - Automotive , industrial , energy , and design engineering - Environmental technology - Physical technology , nanotechnology , computational engineering and medical technology - Air traffic systems , marketing , and control - Media technology , information technology , and electrical engineering Recreational and sports facilities . Event spaces : Großsporthalle ( formerly known as Walter-Köbel-Halle ) ( 2,500 spectators ) Swimming pools : Freizeitbad an der Lache , Waldschwimmbad , Opelbad ( no longer in use ) Stadiums : Stadion am Sommerdamm , with a field including bleachers and an artificial field for hockey Boathouses : Bootshaus des Rudervereins Rüsselsheim am Main Clubs . Rüsselsheim features a large number of clubs . Some of them are members of national and international leagues . - tg 1862 Rüsselsheim is the biggest of Rüsselsheims clubs with approx . 4,000 members . 30 sports are offered in 12 divisions . The volleyball and dancing teams are members of their respective national leagues . - JC Rüsselsheim offeres judo and other martial arts . A few German champions , as well as world champions , originate from this club . - Rüsselsheimer Ruderklub is best known for hockey . The womens and mens teams have won German championships and were the winners of the European Cup . - Flug-Sport-Club Rüsselsheim flies from its airfield on the Hoherodskopf . - DPSG Stamm Partner Erde is the Scout Group in Rüsselsheim . It is a member of the Deutsche Pfadfinderschaft Sankt Georg , the German Catholic Scout Association and as such a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement . It has around 80 members and its headquarters at Georg-Jung-Str . 64 . In 2004 , the Volunteer Fire Brigade of the city of Rüsselsheim was 125 years old . Development of the city . Additions . - 1951 Haßloch - 1956 Königstädten - 1970 Bauschheim Twin towns – sister cities . Rüsselsheim am Main is twinned with : - Évreux , France ( 1961 ) - Rugby , England , United Kingdom ( 1977 ) - Varkaus , Finland ( 1979 ) - Kecskemét , Hungary ( 1991 ) Notable people . - Adam Opel ( 1837–1895 ) , founder of Opel Automobile GmbH - Carl von Opel ( 1869–1927 ) , bank specialist and industrialist - Fritz von Opel ( 1899–1971 ) , physicist - Wilhelm Hammann ( 1897–1955 ) , educator and communist politician , lived and died here - Max Tschornicki ( 1903–1945 ) , Nazi resistance fighter - Norbert Blüm ( 1935–2020 ) , politician ( CDU ) and retired Federal Minister - Klaus Fuchs ( 1911–1988 ) , physicist , convicted of espionage - Andrea Ypsilanti ( born 1957 ) , politician ( SPD ) - Oliver Hartmann ( born 1970 ) , musician - Britta Becker ( born 1973 ) , field hockey player Honorary citizens . - Ludwig Dörfler , former mayor of Rüsselsheim - Roland Plaisance , former mayor of Rüsselsheims twin town Evreux References . - This article is based on a translation of the retrieved on May 10 , 2005 and the retrieved 28 April 2018 . External links . - of the city of Rüsselsheim