Wixhausen

Wixhausen is northernmost borough of the City of Darmstadt in southern Hesse, Germany. Covering an area of 23.247 km2, in 2006 it had 5,772 inhabitants and 1,310 houses.[2] Its main claim to fame is the GSI heavy-ion research laboratory located there.

Wixhausen
Stadtteil of Darmstadt
Coat of arms of Wixhausen
Coat of arms
Location of Wixhausen within Darmstadt
Wixhausen is located in Germany
Wixhausen
Wixhausen
Wixhausen is located in Hesse
Wixhausen
Wixhausen
Coordinates: 49°55′52″N 8°38′59″E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictUrban district
CityDarmstadt
Area
 • Total6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Elevation
123 m (404 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total6,404
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
64291
Dialling codes06150

The district of Darmstadt-Arheilgen is just South of Wixhausen. The city of Erzhausen is just to the North of Wixhausen.

History

Wixhausen was already inhabited in the Bronze Age. The first signs of settlement in the Wixhausen district can be found around 1400 BC. 750/780 Wixhausen was then incorporated into the Frankish Empire. Wixhausen was first mentioned by name in 1172 as "Wickenhusen", which means something like "settlement by the pond", since in the Middle Ages the area was traversed by several spring streams with small ponds. The baroque evangelical church built between 1774 and 1776 is worth seeing. It has a daily manually wound chime from 1517 in the Romanesque tower from 1150 (the oldest surviving structure in Darmstadt) and special windows (“Physikfenster” by Thomas Duttenhoefer, 1997).

As part of the local government reform in Hesse, the municipality of Wixhausen was incorporated into Darmstadt in 1977.

Coat of arms

In gold a growing red, blue-tongued lion, with his right paw clasping the blue shaft of a flag squared with silver and red. Registered in the Hessian State Archives in 1962.

Boroughs of Darmstadt

Darmstadt has 9 official 'Stadtteile' (boroughs). These are, alphabetically:[3]

Transport

Wixhausen has a small rail station on the Main-Neckar Railway, from which an S3 S-Bahn line, S-Bahn train has connections to the Darmstadt Station on regional services trains stops. Wixhausen and Arheilgen are both on the S3 line. The Darmstadt Station (Hauptbahnhof) has connections to Trams in Darmstadt. Buses: Bus WX and 662 also serve Wixhausen. The main road through the town is the B3. The Bundesautobahn 5 freeway is to the West of town.

  • Wixhausen Baroque Protestant church (2011)
    Wixhausen Baroque Protestant church (2011)
  • Clergy house (2012)
    Clergy house (2012)
  • Local museum (2012)
    Local museum (2012)
  • Wixhausen Rail station (2012)
    Wixhausen Rail station (2012)
  • GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (2011)
    GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (2011)
  • Bridge over little creek near Wixhausen (2009)
    Bridge over little creek near Wixhausen (2009)
  • Map of Darmstadt, with Wixhausen at the top (2006)
    Map of Darmstadt, with Wixhausen at the top (2006)

References
  1. "Entwicklung der Bevölkerung im Jahr 2019 nach statistischen Bezirken und Stadtteilen" (PDF). Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  2. Darmstadt-Wixhausen (PDF) (from the Darmstadt city website)
  3. Statistischer Ueberblick ('Statistical overview', from the official city website, in German)
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