Ahl (Bad Soden-Salmünster)

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Ahl
Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 33 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 41 ″  E
Height : 162 m above sea level NHN
Area : 3.35 km²
Residents : 539  (1970)
Population density : 161 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : April 1, 1972
Incorporated into: Bad Soden near Salmünster
Postal code : 63628
Area code : 06056
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Kinzig dam near Ahl

Ahl is a district of Bad Soden-Salmünster in the Main-Kinzig district in East Hesse .

geography

location

Ahl is located in the Main-Kinzig district on the northern edge of the Spessart in the Kinzig valley .

Neighboring places

Ahl borders Marborn in the north, Steinau an der Straße in the east and the Spessart estate , Salmünster in the south, Bad Soden in the west and Romsthal in the north-west .

history

The place Ahl is mentioned for the first time under the name "Alda" in the year 1326. The place belonged to the lords of Hutten, who sold it in 1540 to Kurmainz. These ceded the place to the prince abbey of Fulda in 1734 . In 1816, Ahl came to the Electorate of Hesse through the resolutions of the Congress of Vienna .

Ahl was almost destroyed in World War II. After American soldiers conquered the village in March 1945, German soldiers ambushed an American tank and shot one soldier. The destruction of the village, scheduled for the evening of April 1st (Easter Sunday), was prevented at the last moment, after the villagers had already been evacuated, by the intercession of a British prisoner of war, Major Geoffrey Bedding. To this day, April 1st is celebrated with a big festival in Ahl.

On April 1, 1972, the previously independent municipality of Ahl was incorporated into the town of Bad-Soden near Salmünster. This community was on 1 July 1974 with the city and the community Salmuenster Mernes powerful state law to the new town of Bad Orb together . A local district with a local advisory board and mayor was set up for Ahl .

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1668: 09 hearths with 27 family members
• 1789: 34 farmers and huts
• 1812: 32 fireplaces, 170 souls
Ahl: Population from 1812 to 1970
year     Residents
1812
  
 170
1834
  
 315
1840
  
 311
1846
  
 305
1852
  
 299
1858
  
 262
1864
  
 247
1871
  
 249
1875
  
 239
1885
  
 267
1895
  
 254
1905
  
 252
1910
  
 253
1925
  
 257
1939
  
 279
1946
  
 394
1950
  
 388
1956
  
 399
1961
  
 420
1967
  
 495
1970
  
 536
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
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Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1885: 18 Protestant (= 6.74%), 249 Catholic (= 93.26%) residents
• 1961: 35 Protestant (= 8.33%), 383 Catholic (= 91.19%) residents

politics

In the town council are the CDU and the GWL represented. In the local elections in 2006, the CDU obtained a majority of the votes and thus has a majority in the local council. The mayor is Reinhold Dietrich (CDU).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ahl, Main-Kinzig district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 12 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
  3. ^ 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, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 376-377 .

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