Bermbach (Weilburg)

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Bermbach
City of Weilburg
Coordinates: 50 ° 28 ′ 56 ″  N , 8 ° 21 ′ 31 ″  E
Height : 285  (285-349)  m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.81 km²
Residents : 361  (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 128 inhabitants / km²
Incorporation : December 31, 1970
Postal code : 35781
Area code : 06442

Bermbach is a district of Weilburg in the Limburg-Weilburg district in Central Hesse . The village is the smallest district of Weilburg.

geography

The place is in the eastern Hintertaunus , east of the Weilburg core city and directly on the district border to the Lahn-Dill district . The highest point near Bermbach is the Grauenstein at 349 meters (above sea level).

Neighboring towns are Laimbach (southwest), Hirschhausen (northwest), Philippstein (northeast) and Altenkirchen (east).

history

The place was first mentioned in a document as Barenbach in the Lorsch Codex, an inventory of the Lorsch Monastery . Another mention was made in 1253 when the Altenberg monastery received a farm in Bereinbach from Rudolf von Garbenheim from Wetzlar.

Until the German War in 1866, Bermbach belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . After the subsequent annexation by Prussia , Bermbach became an independent municipality part of the newly created Oberlahnkreis in the Prussian province of Hesse-Nassau .

Territorial reform

On December 31, 1970 , as part of the regional reform in Hesse, the previously independent communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen and the city of Weilburg merged on a voluntary basis to form the expanded city of Weilburg. This made Bermbach a district of Weilburg.

Territorial history and administration

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

population

Population development

Bermbach: Population from 1834 to 1970
year     Residents
1834
  
 131
1840
  
 137
1846
  
 150
1852
  
 155
1858
  
 160
1864
  
 172
1871
  
 191
1875
  
 199
1885
  
 229
1895
  
 200
1905
  
 202
1910
  
 202
1925
  
 214
1939
  
 199
1946
  
 315
1950
  
 308
1956
  
 306
1961
  
 295
1967
  
 296
1970
  
 294
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: 229 Protestant (= 100%) residents
• 1961: 250 Protestant (= 84.75%), 44 Catholic (= 14.92%) residents

politics

The mayor was Walter Frank (SPD) until mid-2016. The office was taken over by Kai Schmidt (SPD).

Culture and sights

At the local level, there are the clubs of the “Liederkranz” choir, Bermbach health resort and tourist office, and since 1933 the Bermbach volunteer fire brigade . V. (including youth fire brigade, since May 15, 1976 and children's fire brigade since September 1, 2003) and lawn sports club Bermbach 1925 eV

Infrastructure

Bermbach is not far from the federal highway 456 , which leads from Weilburg to Usingen and on the L 3451 , which leads from Braunfels to Weinbach . The K 428 from Philippstein also ends here . The main street of the village is the K 420 , which is listed in Bermbach as Zum Grauenstein and runs to Ernsthausen .

In the village, the Bermbach volunteer fire brigade , founded in 1933 (since May 15, 1976 with youth fire brigade and since September 1, 2003 with children's fire brigade ), provides fire protection and general help. There were a private town house , even a small pool , which was built in-house work 1960th The Bermbach volunteer fire brigade was named Fire Brigade of the Month in September 2008 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and Sports .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Bermbach, Limburg-Weilburg district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Life in the city of Weilburg - figures, data, facts. In: website. City of Weilburg, accessed on March 1, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Amalgamation in the Oberlahnkreis to form the town of "Weilburg" and the communities of Ahausen, Bermbach, Drommershausen, Gaudernbach, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Odersbach and Waldhausen to form the community of "Löhnberg" on January 5, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 3 , p. 111 , 119 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5.5 MB ]).
  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. ↑ Local Advisory Councils / Mayors. City of Weilburg, accessed on August 11, 2020 .