Erzhausen

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Erzhausen
Municipality
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Town hall
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Coat of arms
Location of Erzhausen within Darmstadt-Dieburg district
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Erzhausen
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Erzhausen
Coordinates: 49°57′N08°38′E / 49.950°N 8.633°E / 49.950; 8.633 Coordinates: 49°57′N08°38′E / 49.950°N 8.633°E / 49.950; 8.633
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Darmstadt-Dieburg
Government
 •  Mayor (2018–24) Claudia Lange [1]
Area
 • Total7.4 km2 (2.9 sq mi)
Elevation
112 m (367 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31) [2]
 • Total7,950
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
64390
Dialling codes 06150
Vehicle registration DA
Website www.erzhausen.de

Erzhausen is a village and a municipality in southern Hesse, Germany. It is part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. It has about 7,900 inhabitants (2020). Wixhausen, a borough of the City of Darmstadt, is just South of Erzhausen.

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History

Settlement in the area dates back to about 1500 B.C., as shown by several cairn burial sites found some kilometres west of the town.

The settlement itself is mentioned in documents from 900 A.D. onward under various names like 'Erardishusen', 'Erhartzhausen', 'Ebrichshusen' or 'Erndeshusen'. The oldest document of the Lorsch codex names it as 'Erhartshausen' ('Houses of Erhart').

After remaining a mostly unimportant farming village until the early 20th century, it grew strongly after the railway line from Frankfurt to Darmstadt was built several kilometers to the east of it. The habitation spread out towards it, and workers employed in the nearby cities (which could now be reached a lot easier) settled here.

Today, it is still mostly a residential village, with some commerce and office activities. There is a small seminary of the German Pentecostalism BFP movement situated in the town, Bible School Beröa also called Theologisches Seminar Beröa . [3] [4]

Historic names

Demography

Demography
Erzhausen
YearPopulation
1618ca. 250
1622ca. 200
162929 "Hausgesessene"
1641ca. 50
1648uninhabited
166973
1771559
1829559
1834567
1840596
1846643
1852692
1858726
1864787
1871829
1875898
18851.053
18951.151
YearPopulation
19001.244
19051.390
19101.556
19251.872
19332.258
19392.342
19462.859
19503.086
19563.471
19614.098
19675.296
19705.663
19816.208
20047.186
20117.503
20127.578
20137.699
20147.716
YearPopulation
20157.864
20168.126

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References

  1. ↑ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2020 nach Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). June 2021.
  3. ↑ wordpress.com, Pentecostal Heritage Center, Jan, 29, 2014
  4. ↑ wordpress.com, Pentecostal Heritage Center, History of the BFP, Jan, 3, 2010


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