Dielheim

Sister cities

• Lengyeltóti
• Saint-Nicolas-de-Port

History

Dielheim was first mentioned in the Lorsch codex in 767. Next to Diedelsheim and Schluchtern, Dielheim is one of the three oldest communities in the Kraichgau. The area was settled by the Romans, so one can assume the village was founded in the 6th century. The name used in the Lorsch Codex, diuuelenheim, may be the result of a reading or writing error made in the 12th century. The letters u and v were often confused, so one can assume the name was divvelenheim. The geminate vv stands for w, which was not commonly used at that time. Therefore, we theorize that the name has an origin in the name of a Frankish founder named Diwelo. After going through many changes, the spelling we see today, Dielheim, first appears in the 17th century. The rulers of town can first be identified after late in the 13th century. By 1272 the prince-bishops of Speyer had won half of Dielheim. Prince-bishop Adolf, who was in desperate need of money, pawned his half of Dielheim to Conz Mönch of Rosenberg in 1380. Conz Mönch took the other half of the village in the following years, thereby putting Dielheim in the possession of a noble for the first time. Conz Mönch, to ensure his control of the area, had a simple castle built on the Teufelskopf. This castle was probably more like a fortified farm than a proper castle. The isolated fortification could not be maintained for long and was quickly described as abandoned. Less than 200 years later, the castle appears as a place name. After multiple changes in ownership and having been pawned many times (noble families documented in this period include von Sickingen, von Rosenberg, von Menzingen, von Neipberg, von Gemmingen as well as the prince-bishops of Speyer), Dielheim finally came as a whole into the ownership of the prince-bishops of Speyer in…

Geography

Dielheim lies on the western edge of the Kraichgau and the upper Rhine valley. The Leimbach flows East to West through the center of Dielheim and its boroughs Horrenberg and Balzfeld. The Leimbach rises in Balzfeld. Dielheim includes the following boroughs in order of the number of residents: *Dielheim *Horrenberg *Balzfeld *Unterhof *Oberhof Clockwise from the north around Dielheim are the following communities: * Mauer * Meckesheim * Sinsheim * Mühlhausen * Rauenberg * Wiesloch The nearest cities are: *Wiesloch 4 km *Sinsheim 15 km *Heidelberg 20 km

Most-observed species

• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,606
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,556
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  5,415
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,875
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,403
• Zoropsid spider

  Zoropsis spinimana (Dufour, 1820) · Arachnida
  3,751
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,703
• Gray/Purple Heron

  Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,543

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2021-06-26
  2 km SE of Hœrdt, France
• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2010-12-23
  4 km WNW of Mainz, Germany
• M 3.4 — 2010-06-29
  3 km NW of Hochheim am Main, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany