Assenheim is one of the two former

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

that were combined to form the municipality of Hochdorf-Assenheim in

Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis () is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, Germany, Worms, the district Bergstraße (district), Bergstraße, dis ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

, Germany. It is located in the north-eastern part of the municipality, with the Marlach river flowing through it.

History

Until the French Revolution, Assenheim belonged to the House of Leiningen-Dagsburg. From 1798 to 1814, when the Palatinate was part of the

French Republic France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

(which became the

Napoleonic Empire The First French Empire or French Empire (; ), also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from ...

in 1804), Assenheim was in the . After the

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in 1815, Assenheim initially belonged to the

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and then moved to the

Kingdom of Bavaria The Kingdom of Bavaria ( ; ; spelled ''Baiern'' until 1825) was a German state that succeeded the former Electorate of Bavaria in 1806 and continued to exist until 1918. With the unification of Germany into the German Empire in 1871, the kingd ...

in 1816. From 1818 to 1862, it belonged to the . From 1886, Assenheim was part of the newly created ''Bezirksamts Ludwigshafen''. In 1928, Assenheim had 524 inhabitants, who lived in 109 households. At the time, the Catholics belonged to the parish of Hochdorf, while the Protestants belonged to that of . Since 1938 the village has been part of the Ludwigshafen district (''Landkreis Ludwigshafen''), which has been called

since 2004. After the

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, Assenheim was part of the then newly formed state of

within the

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. On June 7, 1969, during the course of the Assenheim was merged with the neighboring municipality of Hochdorf to form Hochdorf-Assenheim.

References

External links

Official Website of Dannstadt-Schauernheim
which contains Assenheim. Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Former municipalities in Rhineland-Palatinate {{RheinPfalzKreis-geo-stub