Überthal
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Überthal
Community Siegbach
Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 17 " N , 8 ° 25 ′ 26" E
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| Height : | 300 (314–329) m above sea level NN |
| Area : | 2.79 km² |
| Residents : | 559 (2013) |
| Population density : | 200 inhabitants / km² |
| Incorporation : | December 31, 1971 |
| Postal code : | 35768 |
| Area code : | 02778 |
Übersthal is one of the five districts of the municipality of Siegbach in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .
geography
Übersthal is surrounded by forest in the Gladenbacher Bergland .
history
The village was first mentioned in a document in 1240. In 1781 the inhabitants built a school and church hall from half-timbered houses in the middle of the village . Today it is used as a village community center. Next to it is a former chapel that has been used as a bakery for centuries .
The Aar-Salzböde-Bahn had a stop in Übersthal. Passenger traffic, which was last served on the Herborn – Hartenrod route, ended in June 2001. After attempts to reactivate it, the route was dismantled in 2006.
Territorial reform
In the course of the regional reform in Hesse, the municipality of Siegbach merged with Tringenstein, Übersthal and Wallenfels on December 31, 1971 to form the new municipality of Siegbach.
Territorial history and administration
The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Überthal was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:
- before 1739: Holy Roman Empire , County / Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg , Tringenstein Office
- from 1739: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Diez , Tringenstein Office
- 1806–1813: Grand Duchy of Berg , Department of Sieg , Canton of Dillenburg
- 1813–1815: Principality of Nassau-Orange , Tringenstein Office
- from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau , Herborn office
- from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn district office
- from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn Office
- from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Dillkreis
- from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
- from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
- from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Dillenburg
- from 1933: German Reich, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
- from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Dill District
- from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
- from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
- from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Dillkreis
- On October 1, 1971, Überthal was incorporated as a district of the newly formed community Siegbach.
- from 1977: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Lahn-Dill district
- from 1981: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Gießen administrative district , Lahn-Dill district
Population development
| Überthal: Population from 1834 to 1970 | ||||
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| year | Residents | |||
| 1834 | 235 | |||
| 1840 | 271 | |||
| 1846 | 275 | |||
| 1852 | 285 | |||
| 1858 | 298 | |||
| 1864 | 292 | |||
| 1871 | 290 | |||
| 1875 | 264 | |||
| 1885 | 295 | |||
| 1895 | 323 | |||
| 1905 | 351 | |||
| 1910 | 383 | |||
| 1925 | 429 | |||
| 1939 | 423 | |||
| 1946 | 546 | |||
| 1950 | 567 | |||
| 1956 | 537 | |||
| 1961 | 576 | |||
| 1967 | 615 | |||
| 1970 | 607 | |||
| Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968. Other sources: | ||||
Religious affiliation
Source: Historical local dictionary
| • 1885: | 295 Protestant (= 100.00%) residents |
| • 1961: | 523 Protestant (= 90.80%), 28 Catholic (= 4.86%) residents |
Infrastructure
There are:
- a local museum
- a leisure center
Web links
- The district of Überthal on the Siegbach municipality's website.
- Übersthal, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about Überthal in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Information brochure of the Siegbach community. P. 6 of 2013 (pdf 7.73 MB).
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 356 .
- ↑ a b c Überthal, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of December 5, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- ^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
- ^ Anton Friedrich Büsching: D. Anton Friderich Büsching's new description of the earth. The German empire. tape 3 . JC Bohn, 1771, p. 841 ( online at Google Books ).
- ^ Website of the Heimatverein 1968 Übersthal
