Ruesselsheim is the largest city of the circle large Gerau in the Rhine Main area.

It is one of seven special status cities in Hessen and is because of the underflow Main, only few kilometers of its delta with Mainz. To the city the suburbs king cities, hate hole and Bauschheim belong beside the town centre. International admittingness attained Ruesselsheim by the car manufacturer OPEL.

Geografie

Neighbour municipalities and - circles

Ruesselsheim borders in the north on the cities high home, (both Main rope US circle) and Raunheim (in the circle large Gerau), in the northeast on the circle-free city Frankfurt/Main, in the east on the city Walldorf, in the south on the municipalities Nauheim and Trebur, as well as in the west on the municipalities Ginsheim Gustavsburg and bishop home (all five in the circle large Gerau).

Cities/residential areas

Old hate hole, old part of town, Bauschheim, citizen of Berlin quarter, blue one lake, Boell sea-settlement, thick shrubs I, thick shrubs II, Ebert settlement, calibration reason, hare reason, hate hole north, Horlache, king cities, RAM lake, Raunheim,

History

Historically Ruesselsheim from a settlement of the counts developed von Katzenelnbogen.

The name of the city developed in the course of the time:

• 764/5 Rucile (n) sheim
• before 1130 Ruozcelenesheim
• 1336 Ruzelnsheim
• 1275 Ruozelsheim
• 1640 Ruselsem
• 1840 Ruesselsheim

Politics

Coat of arms

In the Stadtwappen a silver Doppelhaken and two silver stars on blue reason are to be seen.

The Doppelhaken is called also "wolf fishing rod". Whether it was actually used for hunting wolves, is not safe. Some see a Enterhaken (Main navigation) in the Doppelhaken also.

The two stars indicate that Ruesselsheim belonged in former times to the county Katzenelnbogen, which likewise carried these stars in the coat of arms.

Mayor

• 1922-1945 Hermann William Mueller
• 1966-1981 Karl-Heinz Storsberg, SPD
• 1981-1994 Norbert winter stone, SPD
• 1994-1999 Otti Geschka, CDU
• 1999-heute: Stefan Gieltowski, SPD

Town council

The town council consists of 45 members. With a limited majority from 23 to 22 seats the Red-Green coalition was confirmed with the local election to 26.03.2006. The seats distribute themselves as follows:

• 19 seats SPD
• 15 seats CDU
• 4 seats
• 3 seats list trunk
• 2 seats FDP
• 2 seats list solidarity

Stadtverordnetenvorsteherin is since 27 April 2006 Renate Meixner Romans (SPD). Siegbert clean (also SPD), which before over 20 years this office had, was available no longer and is now in honorary municipal authorities active.

Municipal authorities

full-time:

• Department I: Mayor Stefan Gieltowski (SPD)
• Department II: since the logging-off of mayor Werner Rebenich (list trunk) does not occupy
• Department III: Town councillor Ernst Peter Layer (SPD)
• Department IV: Town councillor Jo three-vainly (the Green)

honorary:

• Heath (SPD), local adviser king cities
• Siegbert clean (SPD)
• Refuge Trapp (CDU), local adviser Bauschheim
• Refuge Kriz (CDU), affairs of integration
• Bernd Heyl (link)

Partnerships between cities

Since 1961 are Ruesselsheim involved in international partnerships between cities. With the four twin cities Europe is maintained out completely a regular culture and sport exchange. Among other things regularly comparison matches of the three cities take place among themselves.

The first Verschwisterung took place 1961 with the French city the capital of the your with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. is about in each case 100 km far away from Paris and the normannischen coast. Historically offers architectural monuments starting from galloromanischer time (3. Century) and a cathedral from that 13. Century. Economically the city is coined/shaped by companies of the pressure, electronics and Pharma industry.

1977 were added as the second twin city Rugby (England). The city with approximately 70,000 inhabitants in the county Warwickshire is by the Public of the same name School as well as the kind of sport Rugby admits become. Rugby is a traffic junction between London, Birmingham and the north of England and is coined/shaped from industry and agriculture.

1979 were added the city Varkaus into Finland. A quarter of the city consists of water and as city with bridges and channels is Varkaus a gladly visited tourist place, both in the summers (bathing and boat routes), and in the winter (100 km Langlaufloipen).

1991 were taken up as last city the capital of the Hungarian Komitats Kiskun with approximately 100,000 inhabitants to the partnership between cities. lies in the national park between Danube and Theiss. Well-known personalities of the city are the dramatist Katona, the painter Murokzy and the composer Kodly. Art, education and agriculture coin/shape the city.

The attempt to take up as fifth city the Turkish bathing resort Bodrum failed.

Economics

The car manufacturer OPEL and the favorable traffic conditions with many motorway connections and direct railway connections to Mainz, Frankfurt/Main, Wiesbaden and Darmstadt are factors, why many occupation commuters in-turn and settled many companies. In the present the economic total situation of the city worsened Ruesselsheim drastically. High indebtedness conditions of the city budget, occupied by the hessian taxpayer federation, are only one example for this. Besides the unemployment ratio rose by mass redundancies on the part of the Adam OPEL AG, the switching of the former work coworkers/inside is very difficult, since unskilled for many decades forces without purposeful personnel development became along also. Municipal authorities gave an economic specialized study in order in the year 2006, in order to find guidelines for a better urban policy.

Resident enterprise

OPEL

Admits became Ruesselsheim particularly by the car manufacturer OPELs. The founder Adam OPEL began as a fitter apprentice and originally created a sewing machine Manufaktur. Later also bicycles were built, 1898 then the first cars.

Hyundai

The European Design center of the Korean car manufacturer Hyundai was inaugurated 2003.

EDS - Electronic Data Systems

The German center of the American EDP Dienstleisters and outsourcing enterprise EDS is in Ruesselsheim.

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