Asslar

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Asslar
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Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 8 ° 28'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
County : Lahn-Dill district
Height : 171 m above sea level NHN
Area : 43.57 km 2
Residents: 13,682 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 314 inhabitants per km 2
Postcodes : 35614,
35630 (Heinrichsegen)Template: Infobox municipality in Germany / maintenance / zip code contains text
Primaries : 06441, 06443, 06440, 06446
License plate : LDK, DIL
Community key : 06 5 32 001
LOCODE : DE ASL
City structure: 6 city ​​districts / districts

City administration address : 		Mühlgrabenstrasse 1
35614 Asslar
Website : www.asslar.de
Mayor : Christian Schwarz ( FWG )
Location of the city of Asslar in the Lahn-Dill district
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Aßlar ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a town near Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district in central Hesse . Audio file / audio sample

geography

location

Aßlar is located on the valley of the Dill ( Lower Dill Valley ), which flows into the Lahn in neighboring Wetzlar , at the junction of the Oberwesterwald ( Westerwald , in the west) with Krofdorf-Königsberger Forst and Hörre ( Gladenbacher Bergland ).

A geographical center of the Lahn-Dill district , calculated using the “intersection determination” method, is located southwest of Berghausen , a district. The different methods for calculating geographical center points are described in the calculation of the center of Germany .

geology

The core city and the district of Werdorf lie in the valley floor of the Dill valley, a Mulde valley. The other parts of the city are either in the Lemptal (Oberlemp, Bermoll) or on the elevations of the Lahn-Dill-Bergland (Berghausen, Bechlingen).

Neighboring communities

Aßlar borders in the north on the communities Mittenaar and Hohenahr , in the southeast on the city of Wetzlar , in the south on the city of Solms and in the west on the community Ehringshausen (all in the Lahn-Dill district ).

Districts

history

View of the core city, small old towns in the foreground

First mention

Aßlar was first mentioned in a deed of donation in the Lorsch Codex in 782/783 . There it is described as "in Aslare marca", in the Mark Aßlar, which is "in pago Logenehe", in the Lahngau .

Like many other places, Aßlar developed from a few large farms, located on the streams, through industrialization before the First World War to a size of around 5,000 inhabitants, always forming a community with the district of Klein-Altenstädten on the other side of the Dill bank. Klein-Altenstädten tried again and again to become independent, but could never break away from the much larger Asslar.

post war period

With the admission of around 1,500 displaced persons after the Second World War and the incorporation of the communities of Bechlingen, Berghausen , Bermoll and Oberlemp on December 31, 1971, the population of the community of Asslar grew considerably. In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , Werdorf was incorporated on January 1, 1977 by a state law, and Aßlar reached its current size of around 4400 hectares with around 13,700 inhabitants. The city charter for Asslar was finally awarded on November 16, 1978.

robber

The robber Johann Justus Dietz , known as Lumpen-Jost, came from Asslar and was executed in Gießen on March 24, 1813.

Territorial history and administration

The following list gives an overview of the territories in which Aßlar was located and the administrative units to which it was subordinate:

population

Population development

Aßlar: Population from 1834 to 2019
year     Residents
1834
  
 929
1840
  
 995
1846
  
 1,134
1852
  
 1,141
1858
  
 1.101
1864
  
 1,137
1871
  
 1,170
1875
  
 1,210
1885
  
 1,324
1895
  
 1,580
1905
  
 2,084
1910
  
 2,422
1925
  
 2,886
1939
  
 3,781
1946
  
 4,929
1950
  
 5.101
1956
  
 5,368
1961
  
 5,802
1967
  
 6,656
1970
  
 6,874
1972
  
 9.111
1976
  
 11,442
1984
  
 11,154
1992
  
 12,792
2000
  
 14,000
2004
  
 14,023
2010
  
 13,660
2015
  
 13,700
2019
  
 14,193
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1972 :; 1976 :; 1984 :; 1992 :; 2004 :; 2000, 2015: 2010:
From 1972 including the towns incorporated into Hesse as part of the regional reform .

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1834: 861 Protestant, 13 Catholic, 55 Jewish residents
• 1961: 4615 Protestant (= 79.54%), 1075 Catholic (= 18.53%) residents

religion

Evangelical parish

The Evangelical Church Community of Asslar is by far the largest religious association in Asslar. Aßlar, like the areas in the area, is evangelical. The evangelical community holds its services every Sunday in the Evangelical Church in Asslar and the Ev. Small Altenstädten parish hall

Free evangelical community

In the districts of Bechlingen (FeG Bechlingen) and Bermoll (FeG Altenkirchen-Bermoll) there is a Free Evangelical Congregation each . The communities have a diverse community program and offers for all age groups. As a free church, the Free Evangelical Congregations belong to the Association of Evangelical Free Churches (VEF) and as guest members to the Working Group of Christian Churches (ACK).

Catholic parish of Christ the King

The former Catholic parish of Christ König Aßlar has around 2000 members and extends over the towns of the core town of Aßlar with small Altenstädten, Werdorf, Berghausen and Bechlingen and is now the church of the Catholic parish of St. Anna Biebertal .

politics

City Council

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

Distribution of seats
10
4th
14th
9
10 4th 14th 9 
A total of 37 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006
FWG Free community of voters 37.9 14th 31.2 11 37.2 14th
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 28.0 10 29.6 11 28.5 11
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 23.6 9 24.2 9 25.5 9
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 10.5 4th 13.0 5 6.0 2
FDP Free Democratic Party - - 2.0 1 2.7 1
total 100.0 37 100.0 37 100.0 37
Voter turnout in% 41.2 38.9 37.1

mayor

In the election on November 3, 2013, the incumbent mayor Roland Esch ( FWG ) was re-elected with 63.5% of the vote. The turnout was 39.9%.

A total of 10,180 people from Asslar could have voted in the election. Only 4063 residents made use of their rights. Bermoll voted with 32.1% for Roland Esch, Bechlingen with 70.4%, Berghausen with 68.6%, Oberlemp with 71.2%, Werdorf with 59.5% and the city center (with small old towns and postal voting) 64.1%.

Since May 1, 2019, Roland Esch has been the first district councilor (Vice District Councilor) of the Lahn-Dill district. Previously, he was elected honorary mayor by the city council of Asslar after 23 years in office.

The mayoral elections on May 26, 2019 resulted in a runoff between Christian Schwarz (FWG, 47.4%) and Markus Keiner (SPD, 21.6%).

The runoff election took place on June 23, 2019. Christian Schwarz (FWG) was elected mayor with 62.49%.

Mayoral elections in Asslar since 1996
choice Election 1996 Runoff election 1996 Election 2001 Election 2007
voter turnout 56.7% 52.9% 51.8% 30.2%
Candidates Roland Esch (FWG) Heiko Budde (CDU) Karl Jürgen Meinecke (SPD) Horst Klaper (/) Roland Esch (FWG) Karl Jürgen Meinecke (SPD) Roland Esch (FWG) Karl Jürgen Meinecke (SPD) Roland Esch (FWG)
proportion of 34.3% 8.6% 29.8% 27.3% 60% 40% 71.8% 28.2% 87.7%
choice Election 2013
voter turnout 39.9%
Candidates Roland Esch (FWG) Uwe Wolter (SPD)
proportion of 63.5% 36.5%

coat of arms

Asslar coat of arms
 Blazon : “Divided and split below by gold and red; above in blue a growing, red armored , silver lion ; at the bottom in front an upright red diamond , behind an upright golden hazelnut . "

The coat of arms, which was awarded by the minister in 1959, contains the lion of the Counts of Solms , which has been changed by reducing and reversing the colors , who owned the place belonging to their office in Greifenstein and built the "Asslarer Hütte" there in 1587 as a cannon and powder factory. It became widely known and, combined with a wire drawing shop , remained a large steelworks until the 17th century . The diamond as part of the gender coat of arms reminds of the Lords of Bicken as patrons and tithe lords in the village. The reference to the place name, which comes from "Haselar" (i.e. Haselplatz), is obtained through the hazelnut.

Town twinning

  • Since 1966, Aßlar has been related to the southern French town of Saint-Ambroix in the Gard department .
  • An intra-German partnership has existed since 1991 with the city of Jüterbog in Brandenburg .
  • Asslar's most recent partnership was sealed in April 2019 with the Italian city of Fossato di Vico in Umbria.
  • There are also friendly contacts with the Swedish city of Borlänge.

The city of Asslar was given a great honor in October 2001. For the city's commitment in the field of communication within Europe which gave Euro Europe the city Asslar the European flag .

Culture and sights

Natural monuments

Dill between Berghausen and Werdorf

Museums

  • Museum of local history in Werdorfer Castle
  • Visitor mine Grube Fortuna , underground in the Berghausen district
  • Mine railway museum of the Fortuna mine near the visitor mine

Buildings

Werdorfer Castle

The Evangelical Church of Asslar can be seen on the mountain near the Asslar market square . It is one of the striking buildings in the city of Asslar.

The Werdorfer Castle can be admired in the Werdorf district . Between 1680 and 1700 the castle was built by the Counts Solms-Greifenstein . It served as a widow's and summer residence for the count's family.

Economy and Infrastructure

education

The city of Asslar has three general education schools in its area. After the fourth grade, the pupils of the Werdorf district usually attend the comprehensive school in nearby Ehringshausen instead of the Alexander von Humboldt School in Asslar. For this, the Alexander von Humboldt School normally Asslar by students of the city of Wetzlar belonging Hermann Stein visited.

From the first to the fourth grade:

  • Asslar primary school
  • Elementary School Werdorf

From the fifth to the tenth grade:

  • Alexander von Humboldt School in Asslar

traffic

Aßlar is connected to the A 45 via the A 480 (AS Wetzlar-Nord / Aßlar) . Aßlar can also be easily reached via the B 277 from Wetzlar / Dillenburg.

Aßlar is located on the Dill route and has a train station and a stop in the Werdorf district . A glider airfield is located on a foothill of the Westerwald near Asslar .

Established businesses

Aßlar is the headquarters of the listed vacuum technology manufacturer Pfeiffer Vacuum with around 2,300 employees worldwide.

Aßlar is also an attractive location due to its location in the wider catchment area of ​​the Rhine-Main area . The solar system provider and module manufacturer FiveStarEnergy, bedea Berkenhoff and Drebes (wire products), the large bakery Moos, Howeld welding technology, Buderus Schleiftechnik, Gerth Medien GmbH (book and music publisher), Bögl Reitz GmbH (mechanical engineering and plant industry) as well as should be mentioned here in the Berghausen district, the Manfred Huck GmbH rope and net factory.

Freetime activities

The range of leisure activities extends from around 80 clubs with cultural and sporting offers to barbecue areas and hiking trails as well as a thermal brine bath, the Laguna Aßlar , which cannot be found again in Central Hesse . A town hall, village community houses and a multi-purpose hall (Berghausen) can also be found in the districts of the city of Asslar.

Asslar airfield

Three clubs are permitted at the grass airfield in Asslar. In the VFL Aßlar you can fly with gliders, trikes, motor gliders and microlights . The club's internal flight school enables training such. B. also for the light aircraft pilot license (LAPL (A)). In addition to model and drone flights, you can also fly paragliders using an electric winch; Winch courses and tandem flights are offered.

Others

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

  • Lili Droescher (1871–1944), social worker, teacher and kindergarten teacher
  • Philipp Rincker (1795–1868), bell founder and member of the state parliament
  • Erwin Göbel (* 1959), business graduate and football official

Web links

Commons : Asslar  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  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. ^ Karl Glöckner, Codex Laureshamensis, Darmstadt 1929–1936, reprint 1963. No. 3111 = 3698a.
  3. ↑ 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. 380 and 383 .
  4. ↑ Law on the restructuring of the Dill district, the districts of Gießen and Wetzlar and the city of Gießen (GVBl. II 330–28) of May 13, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 17 , p. 237 ff ., § 17 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1,2 MB ]).
  5. ↑ a b c Aßlar, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 25, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  6. ^ 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).
  7. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, OCLC 165696316 , p. 249 f . ( Online at google books ).
  8. ^ Local elections 1972; Relevant population of the municipalities on August 4, 1972 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1972 No.  33 , p. 1424 , point 1025 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.9 MB ]).
  9. ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No.  52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
  10. ^ Local elections 1985; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 30, 1984 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1984 No.  46 , p. 2175 , point 1104 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  11. ↑ local elections 1993; Relevant population of the municipalities as of October 21, 1992 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1992 No.  44 , p. 2766 , point 935 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.1 MB ]).
  12. ↑ Hessian municipal statistics, Edition 2 2005. Hessian State Statistical Office
  13. ↑ Municipal data sheet : Aßlar. (PDF; 222 kB) In: Hessisches Gemeindelexikon. HA Hessen Agentur GmbH , accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  14. ↑ The population of the Hessian communities on June 30, 2010. (PDF; 552 kB) Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, p. 11 , archived from the original on February 7, 2018 ; accessed on March 20, 2018 .
  15. ↑ St. Anna Biebertal. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
  16. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  17. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  18. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  19. ^ Klemens Stadler : The municipal coat of arms of the state of Hesse . New edition of the collection of German local coats of arms by Prof. Otto Hupp on behalf of HAG Aktiengesellschaft in Bremen, edited by Dr. Klemens Stadler, drawings by Max Reinhart (=  German coat of arms - Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 3 ). Angelsachsen-Verlag, Bremen 1967, p. 16 .
  20. ↑ Information on Werdorf Castle on the city of Aßlar's website. Accessed June 2018.
  21. ↑ Internet presence of the visitor mine and mine railway museum "Grube Fortuna"
  22. ↑ http://www.vflasslar.de/
  23. ↑ https://www.asslarergleitschirmflieger.de/