Ballersbach

Ballersbach Mittenaar municipality
Coordinates: 50 ° 41 ′ 0 ″  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 3 ″  E
Height :	267–314 m above sea level NN
Area :	10.83 km²
Residents :	1496  (June 30, 2012)
Population density :	138 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	December 31, 1971
Postal code :	35756
Area code :	02772
Location of Ballersbach in Mittenaar

Ballersbach is a district of the Mittenaar community in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

Ballersbach is located on the northern edge of the Hörre ridge belonging to the Gladenbacher Bergland , the highest point of which, the Alteburg ( 445.1  m ), rises south-east of the village. It is located around 1.4 km southwest of Bicken , the main town of Mittenaar. The village is traversed by the Ballersbach , which flows into the Aar shortly afterwards . The federal road 255 (Bicken – Ballersbach– Seelbach ) runs north , from which the district road  58 branches off and leads into the village as a spur road that crosses the Aar.

history

Ballersbach was first mentioned in a document in 1270. The Ballersbacher Kirche (Capelle zu Ballersbach) was probably also built during this time. That the chapel had a special meaning can be seen from the fact that the much larger village Herbornseelbach was later assigned to it. Ballersbach grew in the course of time from the older settlement core to the north around the "Baalerstaa" (Balder or Baldurstein) with the district to the south. Around 1500 the church was painted with wonderful frescoes , which, however, were hardly visible over the years due to the deterioration of the church.

In the Thirty Years' War was the village from the plague struck. 165 people died of the then incurable disease. Only 85 inhabitants survived during this period of horror. It took Ballersbach over a hundred years to recover from this catastrophe.

In 1912 the church was badly damaged by a violent lightning strike . During the renovation work, however, the wonderful frescoes came to light again. These paintings are a symbolic representation of human history and the early history of Christianity in individual images. In 1993 an extensive renovation of the works of art took place in order to secure them for future generations.

Territorial reform

In the course of the regional reform in Hesse , the municipalities of Ballersbach, Bicken and Offenbach voluntarily merged on December 31, 1971 to form the municipality of Mittenaar.

Territorial history and administration

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

• before 1739: Holy Roman Empire , County / Principality of Nassau-Dillenburg , Herborn office
• from 1739: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Nassau-Diez , Herborn Office
• 1806–1813: Grand Duchy of Berg , Department of Sieg , Canton of Herborn
• 1813–1815: Principality of Nassau-Orange , Herborn office
• from 1816: German Confederation , Duchy of Nassau , Herborn office
• from 1849: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn district office
• from 1854: German Confederation, Duchy of Nassau, Herborn Office
• from 1867: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , Dillkreis
• from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, administrative district of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
• from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
• from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hesse-Nassau, District of Wiesbaden, District of Dillenburg
• from 1933: German Reich, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau, Administrative Region of Wiesbaden, Dillkreis
• from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Dill District
• from 1945: American occupation zone , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
• from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Dillkreis
• from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , Dillkreis
• on December 31, 1971 Ballersbach were incorporated into the newly formed Mittenaar community
• 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

Ballersbach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year				Residents
1834			296
1840			312
1846			297
1852			310
1858			333
1864			359
1871			360
1875			341
1885			406
1895			448
1905			510
1910			583
1925			701
1939			873
1946			1,200
1950			1,180
1956			1,137
1961			1,190
1967			1,316
1970			1,402
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:	0403 Protestant (= 99.26%), 3 Catholic (= 0.74%) residents
• 1961:	1052 Protestant (= 88.40%), 119 Catholic (= 10.00%) residents

coat of arms

On June 27, 2010, the citizens of Ballersbach were given the first coat of arms . The ceremonial handover took place during the family day of the Protestant parish. The coat of arms shows a stylized six-petalled rose blossom and a four-spoke mill wheel on a blue and gold shield. Both motifs are taken from the late Gothic frescoes of the church. The colors blue and gold symbolize the colors of the Duchy of Nassau . The blazon according HHStA ( Hessian State Archives ) reads: "In the blue and gold shield divided diagonally left above sechsblättriger golden stamens, below vierspeichiges blue water wheel."

Attractions

• See also : List of cultural monuments in Mittenaar-Ballersbach

Personalities

• Johann Heinrich Alsted (* 1588 in Ballersbach; † 1638 in Weißenburg ), theologian and polyhistor

Infrastructure

• Local public transport is provided by the Lahn-Dill transport association with the 407 bus from Hartenrod to Herborn .
• The Aar-Salzböde Railway , which had a stop in Ballersbach, was shut down in 2001.
• There is a Protestant kindergarten and a village community center in the village .

Web links

Commons : Ballersbach (Mittenaar)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• History of the districts. In: Internet presence. Mittenaar municipality 
• Ballersbach. Local history, information. In: www.ballersbach.com. Private website 
• Ballersbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Literature on Ballersbach in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Facts and Figures". Mittenaar community, archived from the original on October 6, 2015 ; accessed on September 21, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 306
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Ballersbach, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of May 24, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
4. ^ 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). 
5. ↑ Ballersbach now has a coat of arms . July 1, 2010. Accessed on January 26, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.