Reichelsheim

Geschichte

Reichelsheim is a town in the district Wetteraukreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 30 kilometers north of Frankfurt am Main.Division of the townReichelsheim consists of the 6 districts: Beienheim Blofeld Dorn-Assenheim Heuchelheim Reichelsheim Weckesheim The total population is 6,741 .HistoryThe oldest parts are Beienheim and Reichelsheim .The town of Reichelsheim was created in 1972 during an extensive land reform. The formerly independent villages mentioned above joined administrative structures now concentrated in the largest of the villages, Reichelsheim.The area which is now the town of Reichelsheim was probably already populated in Celtic times. During the fourth century BC the Celts were slowly displaced by Germanic tribes that later had to yield to Roman rule which forced all of the Wetterau under its control.In the 6th century Frankish rule was established. The name-ending "-heim" is of Frankish origin, meaning quite literally "home of". In the case of the village of Reichelsheim, it was supposedly a frankish settler named Richholf who founded the village that was first mentioned as "Richolfsheim".During the Thirty Years' War the town was repeatedly plundered and burned to the ground.The village gained town status in the year 1665.