Nauheim
Nauheim | |
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Old Town Hall | |
Coordinates: 49°57′02″N 08°27′47″E / 49.95056°N 8.46306°ECoordinates: 49°57′02″N 08°27′47″E / 49.95056°N 8.46306°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Darmstadt |
District | Groß-Gerau |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jan Fischer (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 13.77 km2 (5.32 sq mi) |
Elevation | 86 m (282 ft) |
Population (2018-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 10,570 |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/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 municipality in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany. Nauheim is located southwest of Frankfurt am Main and is part of the metropolitan region of Frankfurt. It lies in the Hessian Ried.
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 between 1949 to 1968.[2] D&J had a close and complicated relationship with Keilwerth. D&J were originally employed as subcontractors for Keilwerth, making saxophone bodies and other component parts, then sending them back to the Keilwerth factory nearby for final assembly. Eventually, D&J started manufacturing their own saxophones and supplying them directly to retailers. Saxophones manufactured by Dörfler & Jörka for distribution to retailers featured their own key mechanisms which were closely modelled on Keilwerth designs, though not completely identical to them. It is important to note that D&J saxophones are not Keilwerth "stencils", but rather are near-identical copies of Keilwerths, and can therefore be regarded as "Keilwerth clones". Not surprisingly, the tonal characteristics of Dörfler & Jörka saxophones are very hard to distinguish from Keilwerth-manufactured saxophones of the same era e.g. the Keilwerth New King and Tone King models. Not surprisingly, D&J instruments have the characteristically "dark", "smoky" and "woody" Keilwerth sound when compared to the often "brighter" tone colours of, say, Yamaha saxophones.[3] Unusually, saxophones manufactured by D&J never had the name "Dörfler & Jörka" engraved on them. Instead D&J instruments were given numerous labels[4][5] including (but not limited to) the following names:-
- Boucet
- Carl Ludwig, Carl Schiller, Clinton, Convair, Condor
- De Villiers, Diamond
- Gebr. Alexander Mainz
- H.Genet, Henri Bouchet
- Impala
- Jubilee
- Key Tone, King Tempo
- La Sete Professional
- National
- Original Hopf Classic
- Pierre Maure Artiste, Paragon
- Ravoy, Rene Dumont, Rodgers, Roxy
- Senator, Startone, Skytone, Symphonic
- The National, Toneline Artist
- Velvetone, Vitacoustic, Voss
- Warner Concerto
The Keilwerth company because increasingly irritated by the fact that Dörfler & Jörka were successfully copying their designs. Eventually, during the late 1960s the Keilwerth company sued D&J and won their case. Dörfler & Jörka were subsequently absorbed into the Keilwerth company and production of all D&J saxophones ended in 1968.
Politics
Municipal council
Municipal council is made up of 31 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 6 March 2016:
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
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2018". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2019.
- ^ http://doctorsax.biz/dorflerjorka.htm
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2010-05-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://bassic-sax.info/version5/vintage-saxes/european-made-saxes/dorfler-jorka/
- ^ http://bassic-sax.ca/blog/?tag=dorfler-jorka