Altenkirchen (Braunfels)
Altenkirchen
City of Braunfels
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 8 ″ N , 8 ° 24 ′ 27 ″ E
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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 |
Location of Altenkirchen in Braunfels
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Altenkirchen ( Braunfels in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .
) is a district of the city ofgeography
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:
- 912: Lahngau ( in pago Loganacgovve ), Altinchirihha [MGH DD Konrad I, No. 8]
- before 1806 Holy Roman Empire, County / Principality of Nassau-Weilburg , Amt Weilmünster
- from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Weilburg office
- from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
- from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Hadamar District Office
- from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Weilburg office
- from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Oberlahnkreis
- from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
- from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Oberlahnkreis
- from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Oberlahnkreis
- from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahn district
- from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Oberlahnkreis
- from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Oberlahnkreis
- on July 1, 1974 Altenkirchen was incorporated as a district of the city of Braunfels.
- from 1974: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Wetzlar district
- 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
Population development
Altenkirchen: Population from 1834 to 1967 | ||||
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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
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
- Altenkirchen district on the website of the city of Braunfels.
- Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Literature about old churches in the Hessian bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistical data Altenkirchen. In: Internet presence. City of Braunfels, accessed May 8, 2020 .
- ↑ 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 ]).
- ^ 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 .
- ↑ a b Altenkirchen, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). 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).
- ↑ The documents Konrad I., Heinrich I. and Otto I. (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica. Diplomata. 4; 1 ). Weidmann, Berlin 1956.
- ↑ Altenkirchen local advisory board on the website of the city of Braunfels, accessed in February 2017.
- ↑ Thomas Klein: "Look into the hole", FAZ from July 10, 2020.