Queichheim

Queichheim, with about 3,100 inhabitants as of 2004, is located east of the railroad line from Karlsruhe to Neustadt, south of the Queich River, and it borders on the inner city.

Queichheim was presumably founded by a Frank named Cogich, Cogin or Cogo, since old manuscripts from the abbey at Weißenburg from the 7th century always mention Cogichheim or Cogisheim.

Stone coffins found during excavation for today's Evangelical church in 1769 indicate that the area was settled in the time of the Merovingians (7th to 8th century).

Later, the name mentioned above, which had no significance to the inhabitants, was changed to Queichheim (village on the Queich).

The oldest documents record the gift of the Daumühlen near Queichheim from the Bishop Guntram of Speyer to the monastery of Hördt.