Bellersdorf

Bellersdorf Mittenaar municipality Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 9 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 32 ″ E
Height :	342 (332-354) m
Area :	1.19 km²
Residents :	360 (Jun 30, 2012)
Population density :	303 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation :	April 1, 1972
Postal code :	35756
Area code :	06444
	Location of Bellersdorf in Mittenaar

Bellersdorf is a district of the municipality Mittenaar in the Lahn-Dill district in Central Hesse .

Geographical location

The place is south of the main town Bicken near Altenkirchen and Bermoll . Bellersdorf is the only place that is not on the edge, but in the middle of the Hörre.

history

Bellersdorf was first mentioned in a document in 1294. But the village remained uninhabited for several centuries (approx. 1520–1699) for unknown reasons. It is believed that the plague raged here too or that the war forced the residents to move away.

It was not until 1699 that isolated families resettled in Bellersdorf with the permission of Count Ludwig von Hohensolms . The inhabitants lived from agriculture and handicrafts until the recent past .

Only after the last war , when the lonely situation was no longer an obstacle due to the improvement in traffic conditions, did a great boom set in. Due to significant successes in the competition Our village should be more beautiful , Bellersdorf became known nationwide. The favorable location, the tranquility and the lack of through traffic have made Bellersdorf the district with the highest quality of living. You can hike there very well, as it borders on a nature reserve .

In 1965 a nuclear weapons depot was built in the forest about 1.5 km north of the village , which existed until 1992/93 and was jointly guarded by German and American soldiers from the Aartal barracks .

Territorial reform

The municipality of Bellersdorf was incorporated into the municipality of Mittenaar on April 1, 1972 as part of the regional reform in Hesse on a voluntary basis.

Territorial history and administration

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

before 1351: Holy Roman Empire , House of Solms (joint ownership of the lines Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burgsolms and Solms-Königsberg)

from 1351: Holy Roman Empire, Counties of Solms-Braunfels, Solms-Burgsolms and Landgraviate of Hesse

from 1415: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Braunfels and Landgraviate of Hesse, joint office of Hohensolms and Königsberg

from 1432: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Lich in various partition constellations and Landgraviate of Hesse, joint office of Hohensolms and Königsberg

from 1622: Holy Roman Empire, Landgraviate of Hesse (-Darmstadt) (4/8), Counties of Solms-Hohensolms (3/8) and Solms-Lich (1/8), community office Hohensolms and Königsberg

from 1629: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Hohensolms (3/4) and County of Solms-Lich (1/4), Office of Hohensolms

from 1718: Holy Roman Empire, County of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich, Office of Hohensolms

from 1792: Holy Roman Empire, Principality of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich , Office of Hohensolms

from 1806: Duchy of Nassau , Office of Hohensolm

1816: Kingdom of Prussia , Rhine Province , Region of Koblenz , county Braunfels , Amtsbürgermeisterei Hohensolms

from 1822: Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District , Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1866: North German Confederation , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District, Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1871: German Empire , Kingdom of Prussia, Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District, Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1918: German Empire, Free State of Prussia , Rhine Province, Koblenz District, Wetzlar District, Hohensolms District Mayor

from 1932: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Province of Hessen-Nassau , Administrative Region of Wiesbaden , District of Wetzlar

from 1944: German Empire, Free State of Prussia, Nassau Province , Wetzlar District

from 1945: American zone of occupation , Greater Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district

from 1949: Federal Republic of Germany , State of Hesse , Wiesbaden district, Wetzlar district

from 1968: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, administrative district Darmstadt , district of Wetzlar.

On April 1, 1972, both places were incorporated into the newly founded municipality of Mittenaar.

from 1972: Federal Republic of Germany, State of Hesse, Darmstadt administrative district, Dillkreis

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 development

Bellersdorf: Population from 1834 to 1970
year		Residents
1834	136
1840	149
1846	134
1852	141
1858	131
1864	132
1871	93
1875	99
1885	117
1895	134
1905	111
1910	148
1925	165
1939	188
1946	266
1950	271
1956	264
1961	277
1967	292
1970	302
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

• 1834:	136 Protestant residents
• 1961:	250 Protestant (= 90.25%), 27 Catholic (= 9.75%) residents

Attractions

Fountain linden tree

On the northern outskirts there is an 800-year-old linden tree .
In 1986 the old school in Bellersdorf was listed as a cultural monument.
See also : List of cultural monuments in Mittenaar-Bellersdorf

Infrastructure

Local public transport is provided by the Lahn-Dill transport association with the 404 bus
There is an evangelical church in the village .

Web links

History of the districts. In: Internet presence. Mittenaar municipality; accessed in August 2018
Bellersdorf near "GEOPARK Westerwald-Lahn-Taunus"
Information about Bellersdorf in the website WANDERBARE HÖRRE
Bellersdorf, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Literature about Bellersdorf in the Hessian Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bellersdorf, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
↑ "Facts and Figures". Mittenaar community, archived from the original on October 6, 2015 ; accessed on September 21, 2015 .
↑ Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 306
^ Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).

[lagis-1] Bellersdorf, Lahn-Dill district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of June 8, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

[DF-2] "Facts and Figures". Mittenaar community, archived from the original on October 6, 2015 ; accessed on September 21, 2015 .

[3] Gerstenmeier, K.-H. (1977): Hessen. Municipalities and counties after the regional reform. A documentation. Melsungen. P. 306

[4] Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. State of Hesse. Accessed September 2018(Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).