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22-621: Weinheim is situated on the Bergstraße theme route on the western rim of the Odenwald . The old town lies in the valley, with the new part of town further to the west. The Market Square is filled with numerous cafes, as well as the old Rathaus (guildhall). Further to the south is the Schlossgarten (Palace Garden) and the Exotenwald (Exotic Forest), which contains species of trees imported from around

44-530: A Volkszählungsergebnis. The town of Weinheim has made the following people honorary citizens ( Ehrenbürger ): Bergstra%C3%9Fe Route The Bergstraße ("Mountain Road") is an 80-kilometre-long (50 mi) ancient trade route in the south-west of Germany. The route and the area around it is a mountainous " theme route " running north–south along the western edge of the Odenwald forest in southern Hesse and northern Baden-Württemberg . The route passes through

66-621: A new Bergstraße once more form, the new one passing west of the old route as far as Heidelberg-Handschuhsheim , where the two meet once more. The route carrying on after the Neckar from Heidelberg to Wiesloch is still usually known as the Bergstraße, even though the type of country and climate typical of the Bergstraße is no longer as pronounced. The Bergstraße passes through three rural districts and two urban districts : Darmstadt , Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg , Kreis Bergstraße , Heidelberg and

88-568: A school for boys and a teacher-training college. The synagogue was destroyed in the Kristallnacht (9–10 November 1938) and the last few Jews sent to Gurs on 22 October 1940. Weinheim's town museum occupies what used to be the local headquarters of the Teutonic Order and holds exhibits about Weinheim and its surroundings: archaeology from the prehistoric through to the Merovingian dynasty ,

110-513: Is a tourist route which leads from Darmstadt to Wiesloch ; the northern part of this route goes through the district and gave it its name. The coat of arms is split into four quarters. In the top-left it shows the Starkenburg castle, which is one of the major landmarks in the district and a reminiscence of the former Province Starkenburg, a former provinces of the Grand Duchy of Hesse , to which

132-500: Is also served by the OEG tramway, which is used daily by people who use this to commute to the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg. The closest airports to Weinheim are: Weinheim is twinned with: These are the population figures for particular years. There are drawn from guesses, ' Volkszählungsergebnisse (semi-official figures, demarcated by a ¹) and official statistics based on place of residence ( Hauptwohnsitz ). ¹ These are taken from

154-412: Is famous for its almond trees which thrive in the area and bloom as early as March. Other Mediterranean plants such as figs and olive trees also grow there. Because of the mild climate, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790), pausing at the Bergstraße on a trip back from Frankfurt am Main , is said to have exclaimed "This is where Germany starts to become Italy". As part of the conurbation at

176-653: Is the Carolingian-era entrance hall of the one-time Lorsch monastery, designated by UNESCO as a world cultural heritage site. The Bergstraße area was settled in early times. Numerous excavations have uncovered finds dating back to the times of the Linear Pottery c. 5500 BC and Corded Ware cultures , who tilled the land and herded cattle there in around 2500 to 1500 BC. The population grew in Roman times and settlements were built in different sizes, villae rusticae . These were

198-519: The Bergstraße administrative district , and independent viticultural regions of Hessische Bergstraße and Badische Bergstraße . Between the cities of Heidelberg and Weinheim the Upper Rhine Railway Company (OEG) tram route runs alongside. The route goes almost straight from north to south at the spot where the Rhine lowlands meet the western edge of the Odenwald . The name comes from

220-732: The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis . The northern part belongs to Hesse and the southern part to Baden . The border between these two Länder is between Heppenheim and Laudenbach . The Bergstraße was used as a trading route as far back as Roman times. The name bergstrasen was first recorded in 1165. A Latinised form of the name ( strata montana ) did not arise from the Romans but during the Renaissance . Older names are: strata publica  (795), platea montium  (819) and montana platea  (1002). The route has changed slightly in places across

242-589: The urban district Mannheim , the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis , and the urban district of Worms . Kreis Bergstraße belongs both to the Rhine Neckar Area and the Rhein-Main Region . The district was created in 1938, when the two former districts Bensheim and Heppenheim were merged. The district is located in the Odenwald mountains, with the 517m high Melibokus as the highest elevation. The Bergstraße

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264-500: The District once belonged. The flower in the top-right stands for the flower-richness in spring. The cross in the bottom-left derives from the coat of arms of the imperial abbey of Lorsch Abbey , and the lion in the bottom-right is the sign of Hesse . German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel , who is from Heppenheim , has the Bergstraße coat of arms on the front (chin area) of his racing helmet. Bergstraße (electoral district) for

286-581: The Rhein-Neckar-Kreis was formed. A Jewish community in Weinheim is first recorded in 1228. There were persecutions in Weinheim in 1298 ( Rintfleisch massacres ) and 1348–49 ( Black Death persecutions ). The Jews were expelled from Weinheim in 1391. The Weinheim Jewish community began to grow again in the Thirty Years' War . There was a synagogue , a beth midrash , and a mikveh , and, in the 19th century,

308-520: The centuries. In 1955 traces of the old paved Roman road were discovered during work on the drains in Heppenheim . They were moved to the Ferdinand Feuerbach Unit (on the corner of Karlstraße and Karl-Marx-Straße) and can still be seen there today. They cover an area of about 20 m². The Bergstraße travels through the following towns (from north to south): The countryside directly along

330-425: The dominant economic units of the mountainous country along the Bergstraße between 120 and 260 AD. Bergstra%C3%9Fe (district) Bergstraße ( German: [ˈbɛʁkˌʃtʁaːsə] ; "Mountain Road") is a Kreis ( district ) in the south of Hesse , Germany. It is at the northern end of the Bergstraße route . Neighboring districts are Groß-Gerau , Darmstadt-Dieburg , Odenwaldkreis , Rhein-Neckar-Kreis ,

352-731: The highlight of which is the Nächstenbach bronze hoard of 76 objects from the late Bronze Age ; displays documenting the Medieval and modern social history of the town and works from contemporary artists. Weinheim has two main train stations on the Main-Neckar Railway , these being Weinheim (Bergstraße) station (served by Regional and long-distance IC trains) and Lützelsachsen (served by Regional trains). These provide connections to Frankfurt, Hamburg and other destinations within Germany. Weinheim

374-640: The old town from 1250. In 1308, the old town was transferred to the Electorate of the Palatinate . From 1368 the whole town belonged to the Electorate of the Palatinate , and since the end of the 14th century to the Heidelberg Oberamt district. With the transfer to Baden in 1803, Weinheim became the seat of its own Amt , which was unified with Landkreis Mannheim in 1936. From 1938 onwards Weinheim belonged to Landkreis Mannheim until January 1, 1973, when

396-405: The picturesque old town centers in many cities and towns, especially the almost completely preserved (except for the city walls) town of Heppenheim with its splendid city hall, marketplace, "Bergstraße Cathedral", and numerous medieval half-timbered structures; and in addition the old town centers of Zwingenberg, Bensheim and Weinheim. An extraordinary sight in the immediate vicinity of the Bergstraße

418-597: The point where the Rhine , Main and Neckar rivers meet, the Bergstraße is highly developed and industrialised. But tourism is also of some importance there. Apart from the countryside, the most important sights are Heidelberg with its castle and old city; Darmstadt, the center of Jugendstil art, with its artists' colony; the chain of castles on the edge of the Oden forest (Castle Frankenstein, Alsbach Castle, Auerbach Castle, Starkenburg above Heppenheim, Wachenburg and Windeck above Weinheim, Strahlenburg above Schriesheim), as well as

440-509: The road's route along the foot of the mountains, the Rhine lowlands once being too damp to build a road there. The route mostly follows the modern B3 road. It begins in Darmstadt and, after passing through Eberstadt , splits into the "Old Bergstraße" and the "New Bergstraße", which goes somewhat further to the west. The two routes meet again at Zwingenberg . In Weinheim-Lützelsachsen an old and

462-413: The route is also named after the road. The weather in the region is typically particularly mild and sunny, with around 1500 hours of sun every year. Spring starts earlier here than anywhere else in Germany. This and the good soil conditions (a fertile loess soil) make the Bergstraße one of Germany's richest fruit-producing areas, with grapes, other fruit, almonds, sweet chestnuts and walnuts. The Bergstraße

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484-460: The world, but mostly from North America and Japan. Weinheim celebrated its 1250th anniversary in 2005. The earliest record of Weinheim dates back to 755 CE, when the name "Winenheim" was recorded in the Lorsch codex , the record book of Lorsch Abbey . In 1000, Emperor Otto III bestowed on Weinheim the right to hold markets, and in 1065 the right to mint and issue coins. A new town developed next to

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