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About Stadt Pohlheim

The Stadt Pohlheim, idyllically located on the northern edge of the Wetterau and southeast of Gießen, looks back on a rich history that dates back to the early Middle Ages. Founded in 1971 through the merger of the six districts of Dorf-Güll, Garbenteich, Grüningen, Hausen, Holzheim and Watzenborn-Steinberg, Pohlheim received city rights in 1974.

Pohlheim offers a high quality of life through the combination of rural charm and urban infrastructure. The Stadtverwaltung Pohlheim strives to ensure citizen-oriented administration and actively shape the development of the city.

Key products and services:

The Stadt Pohlheim offers a wide range of services for its citizens, including:

Administrative services: City office, registry office, trade office, finance, building authority.
Education and care: Daycare centers, schools, city library, adult education center.
Social and health: Senior citizen advice, community work, support for clubs and churches.
Leisure and culture: Outdoor pool, indoor pool, sports facilities, event calendar, city archive.
Construction and transport: Land-use planning, waste disposal, transport infrastructure.

Main mission and values:

The Stadt Pohlheim is committed to the well-being of its citizens. The central values include citizen proximity, transparency, sustainability and the promotion of community life. The city administration strives to ensure a high quality of life and to develop the city in a future-oriented manner.

Sustainability goals and initiatives:

Pohlheim attaches great importance to protecting the environment and promoting sustainability. The initiatives include:

Climate protection concept: Development and implementation of measures to reduce CO2 emissions.
Promotion of renewable energies: Support for citizens and companies in the use of renewable energies, for example through plug-in solar devices.
Energy advice: Free energy advice for citizens to increase the renovation rate of one- and two-family houses.
Environmentally friendly winter service: Use of brine sprayers to reduce salt consumption.
Herd protection: Promotion of protective fences for grazing animals.
Creation of breeding sites: Provision of nesting boxes for native birds and bats.
Campaign "Outreach Energy Advice": The aim is to increase the renovation rate of one- and two-family houses.
Criteria catalog for open-space photovoltaic systems: Guidelines for the construction of photovoltaic systems in the open air.
Heat pump traffic light: Information and advice on the use of heat pumps.

Additional information:

Pohlheim is rich in history and culture. The Limes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, runs right through the city area. The reconstructed Limes watchtower and the Kleinkastell Holzheimer Unterwald bear witness to the Roman past of the region.

The city celebrated the anniversary "50 Jahre Stadtrechte Pohlheim" in 2024.

Pohlheim is an attractive place to live with a diverse club landscape and a lively cultural life. The city offers numerous events and leisure activities for young and old.

The Stadt Pohlheim is a member of the Verein Deutsche Limes-Straße, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2025. In the same year, the award of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes as a UNESCO World Heritage Site will be twenty years old.

The Stadtverwaltung Pohlheim is always striving to improve the quality of life of its citizens and to develop the city in a future-oriented manner.

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