Altenkirchen (Braunfels)

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Altenkirchen
City of Braunfels
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 8 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 27 ″  E
Height : 249 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6 km²
Residents : 770  (Jun 30, 2020)
Population density : 128 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : July 1, 1974
Postal code : 35619
Area code : 06472
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Location of Altenkirchen in Braunfels

Altenkirchen ( pronunciation ? / I ) is a district of the city of Braunfels in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse . Audio file / audio sample

geography

The place is located in the northeast Taunus (eastern Hintertaunus ), south of the core town of Braunfels and directly on the border with the Limburg-Weilburg district . The place itself is at an altitude of 249 to 285 meters. The highest point near Altenkirchen is the pulpit at 326 meters (above sea level).

Neighboring places are Möttau (south), Bermbach (north-west), Philippstein (north-west), Neukirchen (north-east) and Niederquembach (north-east).

history

In the year 912 Altenkirchen is mentioned in a deed of gift from Konrad I , together with Neukirchen and other localities. Until 1335 the place was owned by the Counts of Solms . Then he was subordinated to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1609 the first iron ore mine was built in Altenkirchen , which meant a new profession for the residents. Moved by the Seven Years' War , some residents of Altenkirchen then emigrated to America and Russia. In 1867 the independent village became Prussian and belonged to the newly founded Oberlahnkreis .

Territorial reform

When the Oberlahnkreis merged with the Limburg district on July 1, 1974 as part of the regional reform in Hesse , Altenkirchen and Philippstein were incorporated into Braunfels and since then belonged to the Wetzlar district until it was dissolved and Lahn-Dill on January 1, 1977 -Circle was created.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Altenkirchen: Population from 1834 to 1967
year     Residents
1834
  
 413
1840
  
 424
1846
  
 470
1852
  
 498
1858
  
 485
1864
  
 491
1871
  
 549
1875
  
 568
1885
  
 585
1895
  
 524
1905
  
 515
1910
  
 559
1925
  
 568
1939
  
 563
1946
  
 732
1950
  
 720
1956
  
 671
1961
  
 661
1967
  
 645
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: 584 Protestant (= 99.83%), one Catholic (= 0.17%) residents
  • 1961: 600 Protestant (= 90.77%), 54 Roman Catholic (= 8.17%) inhabitants

politics

For Altenkirchen there is a local advisory board with a local mayor . The local advisory council consists of five members, four of which have been from the CDU and one from the SPD since the local elections in Hesse in 2016 . The mayor is Sascha Knöpp (CDU).

Transport and infrastructure

traffic

The federal highway 456 , which can be reached via the district highway 372, runs west of Altenkirchen . The K 372 , which branches off in an easterly direction from the L 3283 near Neukirchen, is also the main street of the village and is run as Lange Straße . From here the K 425 branches off in Altenkirchen to Möttau and after about one kilometer west of the village also the K 379 to Philippstein.

Public facilities

The Altenkirchen volunteer fire brigade provides defensive fire protection and general help in this area. In addition to a kindergarten and its own multi-purpose hall, there is also a Protestant church in the village .

Altenkirchen diabase quarry

Altenkirchen diabase quarry

Large amounts of diabase are mined on Kreisstrasse 379 between Altenkirchen and Philippstein . The annual production of crushed stone is around 1 million tons. The rock is processed in a neighboring, disused quarry. Above the quarry there is a lookout point "Look into the hole".

Web links

Commons : Altenkirchen (Braunfels)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Statistical data Altenkirchen. In: Internet presence. City of Braunfels, accessed May 8, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Limburg district and the Oberlahn district. (GVBl. II 330-25) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 5 , p. 101 , § 14 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 809 kB ]).
  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. 380 .
  4. ↑ a b Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  5. ^ 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).
  6. ↑ The documents Konrad I., Heinrich I. and Otto I. (=  Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Diplomata. 4; 1 ). Weidmann, Berlin 1956.
  7. ↑ Altenkirchen local advisory board on the website of the city of Braunfels, accessed in February 2017.
  8. ↑ Thomas Klein: "Look into the hole", FAZ from July 10, 2020.