Reinheim

Reinheim is a city in the district Darmstadt-Dieburg in Hesse. The city of Reinheim was founded in 1260 by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen, who built there a few years later a no longer preserved moated castle. The coat of arms of Reinheim resembles that of the city Katzenelnbogen, the ancestral seat of the county. From 1375 Werner Kalb of Reinheim went into the history books as a robber baron. He was a vassal of Count Diether VIII of Katzenelnbogen and launched his raids allegedly from the neighboring castle Nieder Modau. In 1382, in the Werner Kalbs war, brushwood of the cities of Frankfurt, Mainz and Worms caused considerable damage in Nieder Modau, Ober Modau, Rohrbach and Wembach and on the Hofgut Illbach.

Court and castle Reinheim were first mentioned in records around 1276 to 77. Ueberau had the first documentary mention in 1305, Georgenhausen 1318, Zeilhard and Spachbrucken followed in 1323. Reinheim is located in southern Hesse on the edge of the Rhine Main area and in the heart of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg. Reinheim is located in the center of the Reinheimer hill country and forms a gateway to the Odenwald.