Alsbach (Bergstrasse)

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Alsbach
District of Alsbach-Hähnlein
Alsbach coat of arms
Coordinates: 49 ° 44 ′ 6 ″  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 7 ″  E
Height : 120 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8.92 km²
Incorporation : January 1, 1977
Postal code : 64665
Area code : 06257
Alsbach-Hähnlein town hall, in Alsbach

Alsbach is one of three districts of the community Alsbach-Hähnlein in the southern Hessian district of Darmstadt-Dieburg . Alsbach is the seat of the municipal administration.

Geographical location

Alsbach is on the northern mountain road , on the edge of the Odenwald .

Alsbach borders in a clockwise direction on Bickenbach , Jugenheim , Balkhausen (all districts Darmstadt-Dieburg ), Auerbach , Rodau (both districts Bergstrasse ) and Hähnlein or Sandwiese

history

Alsbach was first mentioned in 779 in the Lorsch Codex . Finds show that the districts of Alsbach and Hähnlein were already inhabited by people in the Neolithic Age (2800 to 1800 BC). Over the centuries the place has been named in historical documents with changing place names . From Altdolfesbach in 779 via Aldenspach (1307), Altzpach (1357) to Alßbach in 1493. The administrative affiliation of Alsbach to the Heppenheim mark is documented in 795. From 1783 to 1820 it then belonged to the Zwingenberg and Jägersburg office , from 1820 to 1821 to the Zwingenberg office , from 1821 to 1832 to the district of Bensheim , from 1832 to 1848 to the Bergstrasse district , from 1848 to 1852 during the brief period of the administrative districts in the province Starkenburg to the administrative district of Dieburg , from 1852 with the introduction of districts to the district of Bensheim . In 1938 the district of Bensheim was dissolved with a regional reform in Hesse and Alsbach came to the district of Darmstadt , since 1977 it belongs to the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg.

In 1240 the Alsbach Castle was built by Gottfried I von Bickenbach. The predecessor was probably a tower hill castle near Hähnlein, the so-called hamlet hill . In 1340 a chapel was built in the place, which was dedicated to Saints Catherine and Erasmus and which had a chaplain. Alsbach belonged to the parish of Bickenbach until 1529. There is evidence of a Jewish cemetery since 1423 . From 1527 to 1534 Duke Ulrich von Württemberg lived in Alsbach in exile. On September 18, 1997, on the recommendation of the property management of the State of Hesse (state property management), the Citizens' Association Historical and Cultural Förderverein Schloss Alsbach e. V. launched. The association has set itself the goal of promoting the castle ruins, maintaining them, caring for them, beautifying them and restoring them. Furthermore, the association aims to present the Hessian cultural asset, Schloss Alsbach, to visitors through cultural events and make it a popular and worth seeing excursion destination for the whole family. The association has been managing the castle independently since 2000.

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Alsbach in 1829:

»Alsbach (L. Bez. Bensheim) Lutheran parish village; is at the northern foot of the Melibokus, 1 1 ⁄ 4   St. from Bensheim, like 468 Hess. (360 par.) Feet above the sea level, and has 86 houses and 579 inhabitants, except for 1 Catholic. and 31 Jews are Lutheran. Among them are 48 farmers, 36 artisans and 20 day laborers. You will find 1 church, 1 synagogue and the ruins of the Alsbach Castle nearby; some wine is being built. - The place appears in the Heppenheimer Markbeschreibung 773 under the name Adolvesbach , and in 1333 it belonged to Tannenberg Castle. In 1504 the von Werdenberg family was enfeoffed with the village, which finally came to Hesse with the addition of the castle. The chapel was donated by Countess Agnes von Katzenellenbogen, born von Bickenbach, around 1340; and was a branch of Bickenbach until it was finally raised to a parish church around 1610. "

In the first half of the 20th century, from 1897 to 1955, a steam locomotive-operated branch line ran between Bickenbach, Alsbach, Jugenheim and Seeheim. Planning for the connection had already started in 1869, but there was a lot of resistance to the construction. They feared noise, disruption to field work and the emigration of holiday guests. At that time the Bergstrasse was a popular recreational area for guests from all over Europe, especially from the royal houses. The branch line connected the northern Bergstrasse with the important Main-Neckar Railway at Bickenbach station . In addition to the holiday guests, the local population also used the “Ziggelsche” branch line. As some trains went as far as Darmstadt and were used by travelers to visit the Darmstadt State Theater, they were nicknamed " Theater Train ".

In 1949, the Sandwiese settlement was founded on a sand dune west of the village, around the Hähnlein-Alsbach train station .

Territorial reform

On January 1, 1977 were in the course of administrative reform in Hesse , the previously independent municipalities Alsbach and Haehnlein powerful state law the new municipality Alsbach together . The administrative headquarters remained in Alsbach. On January 1, 1978 this parish was renamed Alsbach-Hähnlein . Local districts according to the Hessian municipal code were not established.

Territorial history and administration

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

Population development

• 1629: 082 house seats
• 1791: 377 inhabitants
• 1800: 416 inhabitants
• 1806: 455 inhabitants, 82 houses
• 1829: 579 inhabitants, 86 houses
• 1867: 711 inhabitants, 120 houses
Alsbach: Population from 1791 to 2011
year     Residents
1791
  
 377
1800
  
 416
1806
  
 455
1829
  
 579
1834
  
 557
1840
  
 598
1846
  
 680
1852
  
 691
1858
  
 686
1864
  
 659
1871
  
 666
1875
  
 669
1885
  
 748
1895
  
 791
1905
  
 996
1910
  
 1,075
1925
  
 1,197
1939
  
 1,576
1946
  
 2,205
1950
  
 2,237
1956
  
 2,454
1961
  
 2,906
1967
  
 3,238
1970
  
 3,319
1980
  
 ?
1990
  
 ?
2000
  
 ?
2011
  
 5,769
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 2011 census

Religious affiliation

• 1829: 547 Lutheran (= 94.47%), 31 Jewish (= 5.35%) and one Catholic (= 0.17%) residents
• 1961: 2189 Lutheran (= 75.33%), 581 Catholic (= 19.99%) inhabitants

badges and flags

Banner Alsbach (Bergstrasse) .svg

coat of arms

Alsbach coat of arms

Blazon : "In blue a silver lily over a fallen silver crescent, accompanied by three silver stars (2: 1)."

The SIGIL OF THE COURT ZV ALSBACH 1622 shows the lily over a fallen crescent moon, raised by an A, and two stars placed diagonally on top of each other. The fallen crescent is also on a community drinking vessel from 1767. The coat of arms was officially re-awarded to the community in 1929 on the basis of the seal from 1622.

The design of the coat of arms was in the hands of the heraldist Georg Massoth.

flag

The flag was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt and was officially approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on November 26, 1963. It is described as follows: "The municipal coat of arms is placed on the widened white central strip of the red-white-red flag cloth."

Culture and sights

Regular events

Personalities associated with the place

Web links

Commons : Alsbach (Bergstraße)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Alsbach, Darmstadt-Dieburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Headlines from Bensheim on the 175th anniversary of the "Bergsträßer Anzeiger". (PDF; 9.0 MB) The creation of the Bergstrasse district. 2007, p. 109 , archived from the original on October 5, 2016 ; Retrieved February 9, 2015 .
  3. ^ A b c Georg Wilhelm Justin Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, OCLC 312528080 , p. 2 ( online at google books ).
  4. ↑ 175th anniversary of the "Bergstrasse Scoreboard" 2007. (PDF 8.61 MB) To the theater with the "Ziggelsche". P. 48 , archived from the original on October 5, 2016 ; accessed on December 28, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Darmstadt and Dieburg and the city of Darmstadt (GVBl. II 330–334) of July 26, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 22 , p. 318 , § 6 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.5 MB ]).
  6. ^ 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. 382 .
  7. ^ 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).
  8. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 1 . Großherzoglicher Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1862, DNB  013163434 , OCLC 894925483 , p. 43 ff . ( Online at google books ).
  9. ↑ a b List of offices, places, houses, population. (1806) HStAD inventory E 8 A No. 352/4. In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), as of February 6, 1806.
  10. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1791 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1791, p.  129 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  11. ↑ Hessen-Darmstadt state and address calendar 1800 . In the publishing house of the Invaliden-Anstalt, Darmstadt 1800, p.  134 ( online in the HathiTrust digital library ).
  12. ^ Ph. AF Walther : Alphabetical index of the residential places in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . G. Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1869, OCLC 162355422 , p. nn ( online at google books ).
  13. ↑ Selected data on population and households on May 9, 2011 in the Hessian municipalities and parts of the municipality. (PDF; 1.8 MB) In: 2011 Census . Hessian State Statistical Office;
  14. ↑ approval of a municipal flag Alsbach, district of Darmstadt, Darmstadt Region of 26 November 1963 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1963 No. 49 , p. 1386 , point 1229 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 2.4 MB ]).
  15. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Wednesday, September 2, 2015, p. 18
  16. ↑ Darmstädter Echo , Friday, December 4, 2015, p. 20