Elbe Valley (Hesse)

Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	to water
County :	Limburg-Weilburg
Height :	176 m above sea level NHN
Area :	11.11 km 2
Residents:	2393 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	215 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	65627
Area code :	06436
License plate :	LM, WEL
Community key :	06 5 33 005
Address of the ; municipal administration:	Rathausstrasse 1 ; 65627 Elbe Valley
Website :	www.gemeinde-elbtal.de
Mayor :	Joachim Lehnert ( independent )
Location of the Elbtal community in the Limburg-Weilburg district

Elbe Valley is the smallest municipality in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse .

geography

location

Aerial view of the community from the south-east with Hangenmeilingen in the foreground, Heuchelheim in the back left and Dorchheim and Elbgrund in the back right

Elbe valley lies on the southern slope of the Westerwald above the Lahn valley .

structure

The community consists of the four districts of Dorchheim (seat of the municipal administration), Elbgrund , Hangenmeilingen and Heuchelheim .

history

The hills on both sides of the Elbe stream were inhabited as early as the Neolithic ; Numerous finds of stone tools prove this. The ring wall system " Heidenhäuschen " near Hangenmeilingen is dated to the Hallstatt period (750 to 450 BC).

Heuchelheim was first mentioned in 772 in a deed of donation from the Lorsch monastery , Waldmannshausen, one of the predecessor communities of Elbgrund, on October 21, 1138 as part of a donation to the St. Goar monastery , Dorchheim 1215 in a deed from the Maria Laach monastery , Mühlbach, the second Predecessor parish of Elbgrund, 1230 in a donation from the Counts of Nassau to the Teutonic Order and Hangenmeilingen on January 21, 1333.

The moated castle Waldmannshausen in Elbgrund, still preserved today, was the seat of the Walpoden in the Middle Ages , who had jurisdiction over the surrounding area. The complex has a late Gothic house with two round towers and farm buildings that are still in use today. To the west of it are the ruins of an older, circular castle. In 1835 the castle came into the possession of the important Frankfurt banking family Bethmann . After the Second World War it was the headquarters of the US Army . Today it is used as a school camp.

One of the oldest buildings in the community is the Marienstätter Hof in Dorchheim, which has been used as the Elbe valley town hall since 1993. The exact year of construction is unknown. It is one of three remaining farms that belonged to the Marienstatt monastery .

Until the middle of the 20th century, clay and basalt were mined in the Mühlbach district.

Incorporations

On February 1, 1971, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the places Dorchheim , Hangenmeilingen and Heuchelheim merged to form a municipality called the Elbe Valley . On July 1, 1974, the then still independent municipality of Elbgrund was added by state law, which had been formed in 1936 from the previously independent municipalities of Mühlbach and Waldmannshausen.

Community representation

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

	Voter turnout in%		47.5		45.9		45.6		57.0
Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016 4th 6th 5 4th 6th 5 A total of 15 seats SPD : 4 CDU : 6 BLE : 5	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	38.1	6th	32.6	5	43.2	7th	41.3	6th
	BLE	Citizens List Elbe Valley	34.6	5	28.9	4th	-	-	-	-
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	27.3	4th	27.7	4th	27.1	4th	25.3	4th
	FWG	Free electoral community Elbe Valley	-	-	10.9	2	13.5	2	13.8	2
	FBH	Free list of citizens Hangenmeilingen	-	-	-	-	9.4	1	10.0	2
	BLD	Citizen list Dorchheim	-	-	-	-	6.8	1	9.6	1
	total		100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	15th	100.0	15th

Town hall of the Elbtal community in Dorchheim

Attractions

Waldmannshausen moated castle
Chapel of St. Nicholas in the Dorchheim cemetery

Built at the beginning of the 12th century, rebuilt in the 16th century, the central pillar is richly carved, the choir has a cycle of paintings.

Economy and Infrastructure

Elbe Valley is a residential community, besides the local trade and craft there is no industry.

traffic

The community is located on the Bundesstrasse 54 Siegen - Limburg and is therefore well connected to the trunk road network.

education

There is a joint elementary school in the community with the Elbe Valley School in Dorchheim . The secondary schools usually go to the St. Blasius School in Frickhofen and the Fürst-Johann-Ludwig-School in Hadamar .

Facilities

Kindergarten Elbtal Sonnenblume in Dorchheim

Kindergarten Elbtal St. Josef in Dorchheim

Volunteer fire brigade Elbtal (merger of the former volunteer fire brigades Dorchheim, Hangenmeilingen, Elbgrund and Heuchelheim)

Elbe Valley Youth Fire Brigade
Elbe Valley Children's Fire Brigade

societies

Volunteer Fire Brigade Dorchheim eV (founded 1895)
Voluntary Fire Brigade Elbgrund eV (founded 1934)
Volunteer Fire Brigade Hangenmeilingen eV (founded 1934)
Heuchelheim Volunteer Fire Brigade Association (founded 1934)
History and culture group Elbtal eV
Citizens' Association Elbtal eV
Musikverein Elbtal-Musikanten eV
FSV Hangenmeilingen eV
TTC Dorchheim / Hangenmeilingen
Modellsportclub Elbtal eV
Spielgemeinschaft SG Nord
Friends of the Elbe Valley School eV

Individual evidence

↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 14 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
↑ ^a ^b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 369 .
↑ Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .