Graevenwiesbach

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Coat of arms of the municipality of Grävenwiesbach
Graevenwiesbach
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Coordinates: 50 ° 23 '  N , 8 ° 27'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : Darmstadt
County : Hochtaunuskreis
Height : 296 m above sea level NHN
Area : 43.16 km 2
Residents: 5317 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 123 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 61279
Area code : 06086
License plate : HG, USI
Community key : 06 4 34 004
LOCODE : DE GWH
Community structure: 6 districts
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Bahnhofsweg 2a
61279 Grävenwiesbach
Website : www.graevenwiesbach.de
Mayor : Roland Seel ( CDU )
Location of the community of Grävenwiesbach in the Hochtaunus district
Frankfurt am Main Lahn-Dill-Kreis Landkreis Limburg-Weilburg Main-Taunus-Kreis Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis Wetteraukreis Wiesbaden Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Friedrichsdorf Glashütten (Taunus) Grävenwiesbach Königstein im Taunus Kronberg im Taunus Neu-Anspach Oberursel (Taunus) Schmitten (Hochtaunus) Steinbach (Taunus) Usingen Weilrod Wehrheimmap
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Grävenwiesbach is a municipality in the Hochtaunuskreis in Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

The Grävenwiesbacher municipality is 240 to 500  m above sea level. NN in the eastern Hintertaunus , north of the Taunushauptkamm . The nearest larger cities are Wetzlar (20 km) in the north, Limburg an der Lahn (32 km) in the west and Frankfurt am Main (40 km) in the south.

Neighboring communities

Hundstadt district

Grävenwiesbach borders in the north on the communities Weilmünster ( Limburg-Weilburg district ) and Waldsolms ( Lahn-Dill district ), in the east on the cities of Butzbach ( Wetteraukreis ) and Usingen , in the south and west on the community Weilrod (both in the Hochtaunuskreis) .

Community structure

The municipality of Grävenwiesbach includes 5 other districts in addition to the village itself.

District coat of arms Residents distance direction
Heinzenberg Heinzenberg coat of arms 418 3.9 km WSW
Dog city Coat of arms of Hundstadt 879 2.1 km OSO
Laubach Laubach coat of arms 608 3.6 km SW
Mönstadt Coat of arms of Mönstadt 421 2.2 km W.
Naunstadt Naunstadt coat of arms 405 1.5 km SSW

history

Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach

Grävenwiesbach was first mentioned in 1280 as Wiesinbach , another historical form of name is Grebenwiesbach (1493) .. Since 1326 the place belonged to the county, later to the principality of Nassau-Weilburg , which in 1806 became the newly created Duchy of Nassau . In 1866 Grävenwiesbach became Prussian .

The Grävenwiesbach Jewish Cemetery was used as a burial place for Jewish community members until 1925 and for at least 200 years .

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse on December 31, 1971, the communities of Grävenwiesbach, Heinzenberg , Hundstadt , Laubach , Mönstadt and Naunstadt voluntarily merged to form the community of Grävenwiesbach.

For the area of ​​the six former municipalities, local districts with a local advisory board and local council were established by the main statute . The boundaries of the local districts are not specifically defined and therefore follow the previous district boundaries.

Attractions

Protestant church

On the plateau of a hill is the Evangelical Church of Grävenwiesbach, which is clearly visible in all directions. It was built in the classical style in 1737/38 and surprises with its size, which is unusual for a village church, with its simplicity and interior layout.

Catholic Church of St. Konrad

After the Second World War , as a result of the flight and expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe in 1945–1950, many Catholics came to Grävenwiesbach, which was by then largely Protestant. In 1946 there were 546 Catholics in the village. Hence the desire for a Catholic Church arose. The foundation stone was laid in November 1952, and it was consecrated as Konradskirche on November 12, 1953 . The 21 meter long and 11 meter wide church was a pavilion building with a choir but no tower. The idea behind this simple form was that it could be used as a barn after the expellees had returned to their homeland. 1979 Grävenwiesbach became an independent parish vicariate.

politics

Community representation

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

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
     
A total of 23 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
FWG Free voter community Grävenwiesbach 30.7 7th 24.4 6th 37.0 8th 33.9 8th
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 13.5 3 19.9 5 25.0 6th 30.6 7th
UB Independent citizens 18.8 4th 15.5 3 - - - -
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 26.0 6th 22.2 5 26.0 6th 25.5 6th
Green Alliance 90 / The Greens 10.9 3 13.2 3 8.8 2 7.6 2
FDP Free Democratic Party - - 4.8 1 3.2 1 2.5 0
total 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23
Voter turnout in% 53.2 51.0 49.6 57.6

coat of arms

The oldest known seal of the city (from 1534, but is dated in the 15th century) shows the eagle and the stars. All later seals also showed this arrangement. In 1952 the current seal was approved.

The eagle is an imperial eagle and indicates that the city was once a free imperial city. The origin of the stars is not known. The blue color was chosen in 1952 because it is the color of Nassau , which the city has been a part of for many centuries.

Partnerships

Grävenwiesbach has been in partnership with Wuenheim in Alsace since September 6, 1980 .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 456 leads directly through Grävenwiesbach, the A 5 Frankfurt – Kassel motorway can be reached in about 25 km from the Ober-Mörlen junction. The bus route 69 connects the Grävenwiesbacher districts with each other and provides a connection to the Taunusbahn at the Grävenwiesbach station.

Graevenwiesbach station

Grävenwiesbach is an operating center of the Taunusbahn Bad Homburg – Usingen – Brandoberndorf operated by the Hessische Landesbahn GmbH .

Drinking water

Because of the increasing nitrate content in drinking water , new water protection areas are to be designated.

Established businesses

Raiffeisenbank Grävenwiesbach has existed since 1915.

education

There is a primary school in Grävenwiesbach . Hauptschule , Realschule and Gymnasium are available in Usingen and Neu-Anspach . The village has been the seat of the Poppe & Neumann remote hotel school since 1981 .

youth hostel

On the edge of Grävenwiesbach in the direction of Hasselborn is the Richard Schirrmann Youth Hostel ( kreis ), one of three youth hostels in the Hochtaunus district. This youth hostel was planned as early as 1937. But only after the city of Rüsselsheim provided a fifth of the construction costs in order to use part of the hostel as a school camp, the building could be opened on August 5th, 1964. Today there are 162 beds in two to eight-bed rooms. Grävenwiesbach is also home to the Richard Schirrmann Private Museum, which is dedicated to the founder of the German Youth Hostel Association, who spent his old age in Grävenwiesbach. A street was named after Richard Schirrmann , Richard-Schirrmann-Straße.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Albert Helff (1861–1945), regional chairman of the FVP in Hessen-Nassau, member of the provincial parliament and city councilor of Frankfurt , president of the bar

Honorary citizen

  • Josef Grünewald (1897–1984), entrepreneur
  • Hans Grünewald, entrepreneur
  • Martin Joseph (1879–1943), rabbi
  • Richard Schirrmann (1874–1961), founder of the German Youth Hostel Association
  • Herbert Ohly
  • Pastor Golder
  • Heinz Heimann
  • Karl Moses
  • Germain Brucker

Others who lived or worked on site

  • Andreas Buro (1928–2016), political scientist, peace researcher and mentor of the German peace and human rights movement

literature

  • Grävenwiesbach - parish and political unity. (2019) Published by: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Grävenwiesbach e. V.
  • Grävenwiesbach - yesterday and today - a journey through time through the last centuries . (2009) Publisher: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Grävenwiesbach e. V.
  • That's how it used to be - Grävenwiesbach through the ages. (2002) Publisher: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Grävenwiesbach e. V. ISBN 3-00-010271-X .
  • Our train. (1999) Publisher: Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Grävenwiesbach e. V.

Web links

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  1. ↑ 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 ).
  2. ↑ "Grävenwiesbach, Hochtaunuskreis". Historical local lexicon for Hessen (as of April 22, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on July 11, 2014 .
  3. ↑ K.-H. Gerstenmeier: Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen 1977, p. 266.
  4. ↑ Andreas Burger: St. Konrad is 65. In: Taunuszeitung. November 14, 2018, p. 19.
  5. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  7. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  8. ↑ Grävenwiesbach - coat of arms of Grävenwiesbach (coat of arms). In: www.ngw.nl. Retrieved October 28, 2016 .
  9. ^ Kurt Hoeppe: New water protection areas in Grävenwiesbach. In: usinger-anzeiger.de . September 21, 2019, accessed September 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Gudrun Schirrmann: Our youth hostels. In: Ingrid Berg: Heimat Hochtaunus. Frankfurt 1988, ISBN 3-7829-0375-7 , p. 486.