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Coat of arms of the community of Angelburg
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Map of Germany, position of the municipality Angelburg highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 49 '  N , 8 ° 26'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
County : Marburg-Biedenkopf
Height : 381 m above sea level NHN
Area : 16.72 km 2
Residents: 3555 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 213 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 35719
Area code : 06464
License plate : MR, BID
Community key : 06 5 34 002
LOCODE : DE AGL
Address of the
municipal administration: 		Bahnhofstrasse 1
35719 Angelburg
Website : www.angelburg.de
Mayor : Thomas Beck ( SPD )
Location of the community Angelburg in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district
Münchhausen (am Christenberg) Biedenkopf Breidenbach Steffenberg Angelburg Bad Endbach Dautphetal Gladenbach Lohra Fronhausen Wetter (Hessen) Lahntal Rauschenberg Wohratal Cölbe Weimar (Lahn) Marburg Ebsdorfergrund Neustadt (Hessen) Kirchhain Amöneburg Stadtallendorf Nordrhein-Westfalen Landkreis Waldeck-Frankenberg Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Lahn-Dill-Kreis Landkreis Gießen Vogelsbergkreismap
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The lower Gansbachtal near Frechenhausen , in the background the Schwarzenberg and the bagpipe . The course of the river can be seen to the left of the village, but still below state road 3042

Angelburg is a municipality in the west of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district in north-western Central Hesse .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality is located about 12 km south of Biedenkopf in the Gansbachtal north of the Scheldt forest , the northern end of which is formed by the Angelburg mountain (609 m above sea level ).

Neighboring communities

The municipality is surrounded in the north and east by the area of ​​the municipality of Steffenberg . The area of ​​the municipality of Bad Endbach also borders to the east with its district of Bottenhorn. In the south, the municipality joins the municipality of Siegbach , and in the west against the municipality of Eschenburg (both in the Lahn-Dill district ).

Community structure

The community consists of the districts:

history

On April 1, 1972, as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the two formerly independent communities Frechenhausen and Lixfeld were merged to form the new community Angelburg. On July 1, 1974, by state law Angelburg with patrons to advanced large village Angelburg together . On October 11, 2015, a vote took place on a community merger of Angelburg and Steffenberg. A majority of the Angelburgers were in favor of a merger, while the proposal on Steffenberger's side was rejected.

politics

The community is a member of the inter-municipal association Lahn-Dill-Bergland and many other municipal special-purpose associations and associations. The most important association for the future development of the municipality is the association for inter-municipal cooperation in the hinterland , which includes all cities and municipalities in the Hessian hinterland and promotes joint development with the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Bad Laasphe .

On October 11, 2015, a vote took place on a community merger of Angelburg and Steffenberg. A narrow majority of the Angelburgers (51.7%) spoke out in favor of the merger, whereas the population of Steffenberg also just voted (52.7%) against the merger.

Community representation

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

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
   
A total of 23 seats
Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 36.1 8th 47.5 11 46.0 10 46.1 11
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 28.3 7th 26.5 6th 29.4 7th 28.2 6th
BGL / FWG List of citizens / Free voter community Angelburg 35.6 8th 26.0 6th 24.6 6th 21.3 5
total 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23 100.0 23
Voter turnout in% 49.0 69.0 46.6 59.0

mayor

The past mayoral elections produced the following results:

year Candidates Political party %
Result
2011 Thomas Beck SPD 55.4
Pure oat 44.6
Voter turnout in% 66.7
2004 Norbert May SPD 86.4
Voter turnout in% 46.3
1998 Norbert May SPD 93.8
Voter turnout in% 63.8
1993 Norbert May SPD 51.3
Heinz Schmidt BGL + FWG 14.3
Hartmut Hild 34.4
Voter turnout in% 79.8

In the election on March 27, 2011, Thomas Beck (SPD), Reiner Haffer and Heiko Valentin (both independent) ran. None of the candidates could achieve an absolute majority, so that on April 10, 2011 there was a runoff election. There Thomas Beck prevailed with 55.4% against Reiner Haffer (44.6%).
Thomas Beck replaced Mayor Norbert Mai, who had been in office until then, on June 15, 2011 after 18 years in office.

coat of arms

The municipal coat of arms shows in the divided shield above, in blue, the Hessian lion divided by silver (white) and red; below three red stars in silver.

The lion refers to the early Hessian sovereignty, the three stars stand for the three districts of the municipality.

Culture and sights

The Angelburg , the eponymous mountain for the community, with the Angelburg television tower

The Angelburg television tower is 171 meters high . It is noteworthy that the Angelburg is not on the Angelburg boundary, but belongs to the neighboring municipality of Eschenburg .

traffic

The Lixfeld , Frechenhausen and Gönnern stops were on the Schelden Valley Railway . This is shut down.

Personalities

Personalities who worked and lived in Angelburg

  • Heinrich Teutsch "Erzvater" (1889–1967), machine master, autodidact, mineralogist, operator of the former ore mine in Gönnern (lead gloss) in one-man operation.
  • Karl Schmidt (1903–1971), former at the Schelderhütte , social democrat and trade unionist, anti-fascist, first social democratic mayor in Gönnern from 1946–1952. Schmidt was previously appointed mayor of the American military administration in September 1945.

sons and daughters of the town

literature

Web links

Commons : Angelburg  - 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. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the Biedenkopf and Marburg districts and the city of Marburg (Lahn) (GVBl. II 330-27) 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. 154 , § 17 ( 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. 350-351 .
  4. ^ Report on the merger vote ( Memento of November 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Steffenberger reject community merger. ( Memento from November 27, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ) In: hessenschau.de
  6. ↑ Make one out of two. Community merger: Angelburg wants, Steffenberg does not ( memento from October 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Hinterländer Anzeiger from October 11, 2015, via Mittelhessen.de; Last accessed: March 20, 2016.
  7. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  8. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
  9. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
  10. ↑ Angelburg community: http://angelburg.de/politik/buergermeisterwahl-2011/ (link not available)