Biedenkopf

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Biedenkopf
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Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '  N , 8 ° 32'  E

Basic data
State : Hesse
Administrative region : to water
County : Marburg-Biedenkopf
Height : 290 m above sea level NHN
Area : 90.33 km 2
Residents: 13,588 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 150 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 35216
Area code : 06461
License plate : MR, BID
Community key : 06 5 34 004
City structure: 9 districts or districts

City administration address : 		Hainstrasse 63
35216 Biedenkopf
Website : www.biedenkopf.de
Mayor : Joachim Thiemig ( SPD )
Location of the town of Biedenkopf 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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Castle and upper town with town church

The climatic health resort of Biedenkopf is a town in the north of Central Hesse on the border with North Rhine-Westphalia on the upper reaches of the Lahn . Until it was merged with the Marburg district in 1974, it was the district town of the Biedenkopf district and can be regarded as the capital of the historic hinterland , which is now also partly in other districts.

geography

location

The town of Biedenkopf is located in the westernmost part of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district . To the northeast, the core city meets the 674 m high bagpipe and its foreheads , and to the south-west to the Schwarzenberg and its foothills belonging to the Gladenbacher Bergland .

Together with 18 other municipalities, Biedenkopf belongs to the Lahn-Dill-Bergland Nature Park .

City structure

The city is divided into the core town of Biedenkopf and the districts of Breidenstein , Dexbach , Eckelshausen , Engelbach , Katzenbach , Kombach , Wallau and Weifenbach .

Neighboring communities

The following cities and municipalities border the city of Biedenkopf (they are named beginning clockwise in the north): The cities of Hatzfeld and Battenberg in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg , in the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf the cities of Münchhausen and Wetter and the communities of Dautphetal and Breidenbach as well as the Cities Bad Laasphe and Bad Berleburg in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district , which belong to North Rhine-Westphalia.

Land use

Status: January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2009

Land use Area 2005 Area 2009
in hectares in % in hectares in %
Building and open space 573 6.34 572 6.33
Operating area 10 0.11 12 0.13
Recreation area 73 0.81 75 0.83
traffic area 387 4.28 390 4.32
Agricultural area 1,732 19.17 1,726 19.11
Forest area 6.117 67.72 6.117 67.72
Water surface 72 0.80 71 0.79
Other use 69 0.76 70 0.77
total 9,033 100.00 9,033 100.00

history

Castle and town of Biedenkopf after an engraving by Matthäus Merian
Marketplace around 1860
District war memorial with fountain on the market square

Biedenkopf was first mentioned in 1196, when a Harmouthdus von Biedencaph appeared as Ministeriale of the Archbishop of Cologne . The von Biedencap (h) family comes from the von Hohenfels family and built a predecessor to Biedenkopf Castle . Around 1231 the castle came into the possession of Landgrave Konrad von Thuringia , who had the town of Biedenkopf laid out below the castle. In 1302 Biedenkopf came into the possession of the Landgraves of Hesse, who, however, often pledged the city. The city became the seat of an independent office (as a district town).

Other local noble families were:

  • the von Breidenbach family with the Hufenburg (an aristocratic court that burned down in the Hessian war of brothers in 1647 ) in the so-called Hofgarten below the former rock cellar
  • the von Döring family with the Döringsburg in Obergasse
  • the von Schenk family (the so-called Schenkbarsche Haus , a half-timbered house opposite the church)

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports on Biedenkopf in 1830:

“Biedenkopf (L. Bez. Battenberg) city; is located on the Lahn, over which a bridge leads, at the foot of a ridge, as well as on the Chaussee leading from the Prussian border to Giessen, 3 St. von Battenberg and 1066 Hess. (820 par.) Feet above sea level. The city has 516 houses and 3,185 inhabitants, who are Protestant except for 7 Catholics, and is the seat of the regional court , the tax inspector, the tax inspector and the forest inspector of the Biedenkopf forest, and you can find an iron smelter and hammer called Ludwigshütte , and on the Schloßhain a castle, 4 grinding mills with which 3 oil and 2 cutting mills are connected, some walk and trowel mills, 2 brick huts, 1 post office and 1 printing press. One of the main trades is the cloth manufacture, which is run by more than 100 masters who produce good and particularly well-colored cloths, but mostly only ordinary and not very fine goods. Also several stocking and clothing manufacturers. Biedenkopf has beautiful and black dyers and hat makers, as well as the red and white tannery. Of the other craftsmen, there are particularly large numbers of shoemakers, tailors, bakers, butchers, joiners, blacksmiths and nail smiths. The inhabitants grow a lot of fruit, while, because of the small demarcation of the field, they only obtain part of their bread. 6 markets are held annually, including 3 cattle markets, but the latter have sunk to almost nothing. Biedenkopf perhaps owes its existence to the Counts of Hohenlinden. Landgrave Otto, who in 1296 also received this place from his father, Landgrave Heinrich I, with a part of Upper Hesse, is said to have built the castle behind the mountain on top of it. However, Biedenkopf already appeared as a town in 1304, and in 1335 the construction of the suburb started, and the same was extended by the towns of Gunzhausen and Dreckershausen, which placed their houses here. In April 1635, a conflagration laid the beautiful Döringsburg with 62 other buildings in the city in ashes, and in 1637 the plague took away the inhabitants except for 70 families, just as the city was set on fire in 1647 by an Austrian party corps, another 146 buildings and the castle of Mr. von Breidenbach lost. During the Thirty Years' War a meeting between the Swedes and the Imperialists occurred near the Lahn, in which the former were defeated and forced to retreat. Once again the town suffered an enormous loss by fire, in that it was largely burned to ashes on July 28, 1717, when most of the inhabitants were just in the Jacobi market in Battenberg. Little information is available about the church institutions. In 1266 there is a pleban here , and in 1314 the pleban was also dean of the seat in Wetter. In 1516 a parish church in front of the walls of Biedenkopf is mentioned. The parish church in the city was safe. John, who besides the city of the holy. Nicholas and the hospital church to the Heil. Consecrated spirit. "

From June 6, 1832, Biedenkopf was the district town of the Biedenkopf district .

A railway line was planned in the 1840s . Construction did not begin until 1880; the line was opened on March 19, 1883.

To commemorate the fallen soldiers of the Biedenkopf district in the wars of 1866 and 1870/71 , a war memorial with a fountain was erected by the war club on the market square in 1904. Before that there was a sandstone well to supply the population with drinking water. Other fountains of this type were located on the upper market square next to the first town hall (still available today) and in the Stadtgasse (Bocksborn).

Around 1933 Biedenkopf was a stronghold of the NSDAP, which in March 1933 made Adolf Hitler an honorary citizen . This honorary citizenship was stripped from him - curiously twice -: 1946 and 2007.

After the war, a lot of new buildings were built, especially for those who were displaced . Street names such as Donauschwabenstrasse or Sudetenstrasse are evidence of this .

On July 1, 1974, Biedenkopf lost its status as a district town when, as part of the Hessian regional reform, the district of Biedenkopf, the district of Marburg and the urban district of Marburg were merged to form the district of Marburg-Biedenkopf.

Territorial history and administration

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

Incorporations

As part of the regional reform in Hesse , the previously independent communities of Dexbach, Eckelshausen, Engelbach and Kombach were incorporated on December 31, 1971 . On July 1, 1974, the city Biedenkopf with the city Breidenstein, the municipality Wallau (Lahn) and the village were Katzenbach the community Buchenau (Lahn) by virtue of state law to the new city Biedenkopf together .

population

Population structure

According to the 2011 census , there were 13,691 residents in Biedenkopf on May 9, 2011. These included 1,028 (7.5%) foreigners, 189 of whom came from outside the EU , 664 from other European countries and 175 from other countries. 7.3% of the German residents had a migration background . The inhabitants lived in 5853 households. Of these, 1839 were single households , 1649 were couples without children and 1721 were couples with children, as well as 511 single parents and 133 shared apartments .

Population development

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1464: 0100 resident citizens
• 1502: 0101 citizens
• 1577: 0180 house seats
• 1630: 0148 house seats
• 1677: 0021 free people, 131 house seats (17 of them widows), 46 single people.
• 1742: 0250 households
• 1791: 2590 inhabitants
• 1800: 2560 inhabitants
• 1806: 2487 inhabitants, 442 houses
• 1829: 3185 inhabitants, 216 houses
Biedenkopf: Population from 1791 to 2015
year     Residents
1791
  
 2,590
1800
  
 2,560
1806
  
 2,487
1829
  
 3,185
1834
  
 3,150
1840
  
 3,374
1846
  
 3,411
1852
  
 3,015
1858
  
 2,938
1864
  
 2,826
1871
  
 2,746
1875
  
 2,747
1885
  
 2,825
1895
  
 2,821
1905
  
 2,919
1910
  
 3,015
1925
  
 3,284
1939
  
 3,912
1946
  
 6.001
1950
  
 6.251
1956
  
 6,504
1961
  
 6.703
1967
  
 7.165
1972
  
 9,689
1975
  
 14,873
1980
  
 14,536
1985
  
 14,427
1990
  
 14,394
1995
  
 14,317
2000
  
 14,029
2005
  
 13,700
2010
  
 13,219
2011
  
 13,691
2015
  
 13,685
Data source: Historical municipality register for Hesse: The population of the municipalities from 1834 to 1967. Wiesbaden: Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt, 1968.
Further sources:; 1972 :; from 1975 :; 2011 census
From 1972 including the towns incorporated into Hesse as part of the regional reform .

Religious affiliation

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1830: 3178 Protestant, 7 Roman Catholic residents
• 1885: 2763 Protestant, 42 Catholic, 12 other Christians, 6 Jews, 2 other residents
• 1961: 5165 Protestant (= 77.06%), 1368 Roman Catholic (= 20.41%) residents
• 2011: 8,750 Protestant (= 64.1%), 1330 Catholic (= 9.8%), 410 Free Church (= 3.0%), 160 Orthodox (= 1.2%), 390 non-believers (= 2.9%), 2560 other (= 18.8%) residents

Gainful employment

 Source: Historical local dictionary

• 1639: Trades: 11 shoemakers, 10 woolen weavers, 1 dyer, 3 blacksmiths, 4 locksmiths, 1 carpenter, 2 bricklayers, 6 bakers, 2 tailors, 3 tanners, 2 linen weavers, 1 hammer smith, 1 lathe operator, 1 wagner, 2 butchers, 1 beer brewer, 1 carter.
• 1867: Labor force: 337 agriculture, 17 forestry, 93 mining and metallurgy, 132 trade and craft, 60 trade, 69 transport, 83 personal services, 7 health care, 7 education and teaching, 6 church and worship, 6 state administration, 7 justice, 3 army, 14 municipal administration, 91 people without professional practice, 249 people without professional information.
• 1961: Labor force: 116 agriculture and forestry, 1483 manufacturing, 514 trade and transport, 815 services and other.

religion

For historical reasons, the population of the core town of Biedenkopf is predominantly evangelical-Lutheran. The previously small minority of the Catholic population gained significantly greater relevance in the post-war years of World War II due to the influx of refugees and displaced persons. When Christian communities are in Biedenkopf, the Evangelical - Lutheran parish ( town church in the Upper Town, Hospital Church in Hospital Street), the Roman Catholic parish of St. Joseph (Church of St. Joseph in the Grove Street, Church of St. Elizabeth in the Hospital Road) and the Free Protestant congregation (parish hall in Schulstrasse, youth work and youth café “Lifetime” in Hainstrasse). Due to its size, the Evangelical Lutheran parish is administratively divided into two districts, the western and the eastern district. Turkish Muslims visit the " Yunus Emre Camii " - DİTİB - mosque on Industriestrasse.

politics

City Council

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

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council
     
A total of 37 seats
  • SPD : 13
  • FDP : 1
  • CDU : 9
  • BB : 9
  • UBL : 5
 Parties and constituencies %
2016 		Seats
2016 		%
2011 		Seats
2011 		%
2006 		Seats
2006 		%
2001 		Seats
2001
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 34.3 13 37.6 14th 33.6 12 40.6 15th
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 24.1 9 27.9 10 31.6 12 32.6 12
BB Biedenkopf Citizens' Block 24.4 9 19.2 7th 18.6 7th - -
UBL Independent Civil List 12.9 5 12.1 5 11.8 4th - -
FDP Free Democratic Party 4.3 1 3.1 1 4.4 2 2.3 1
BB / UBL Bürgerblock Biedenkopf / Independent civil list - - - - - - 19.0 7th
REP The Republicans - - - - - - 5.4 2
total 100.0 37 100.0 37 100.0 37 100.0 37
Voter turnout in% 47.1 45.0 42.8 52.0

mayor

According to the Hessian municipal constitution, the mayor is chairman of the magistrate , which in the city of Biedenkopf includes nine honorary councilors in addition to the mayor . Joachim Thiemig (SPD) has been mayor since January 8, 2011. He was re-elected until 2023.

The list of mayors has been handed down since 1310. For reasons of clarity and topicality, the full-time office holders since 1866 are shown here.

new town hall
Period mayor
1866-1894 Jacob Undaunted
1895-1923 Ferdinand Grünewald
1923-1924 Karl Thöne
1924-1933 Konrad Stückrath
1933-1934 Otto Hunter
1934-1937 Wilhelm Thiele
1937-1945 Heinrich Klein
Period mayor
1945-1954 Carl Hillenbrand
1954-1972 Kurt Schwerdt
1973-1981 Axel Elgeti
1981-1993 Martin Muller
1993-2011 Karl Hermann Bolldorf
2011– Joachim Thiemig

coat of arms

Biedenkopf coat of arms
 Blazon : "In blue over silver battlements three silver towers - the average bezinnt, the two smaller side towers with red conical roof and golden knob; on both sides of the central roof a golden four-leaf; under the wall in red a striding golden lion. "

The coat of arms was officially approved in 1908/09 and approved again on July 24, 1975 by the Hessian Minister of the Interior. The coat of arms represents the colored city seal placed on a shield. This has been known since 1259 and has been documented since 1266.

flag

The red and white striped flag shows the city coat of arms in the upper third.

Town twinning

Following the example of other cities, Biedenkopf began in 1960 to enter into city ​​partnerships with other European cities in order to make a contribution to the peaceful development of Europe. The first town twinning was entered into with the French town of La Charité sur Loire . The 50th anniversary of this relationship was honored in 2010. As a result, a sister association was founded and further cities from other nations could be integrated into the lived European partnership; After reunification, Neustadt an der Orla was also an East German community from Thuringia. As so-called 4-city meetings (later: 5-city meetings ), joint youth exchange programs with holiday camps are organized on an annual basis. These are supplemented by friendship visits between schools in Biedenkopf and its partner cities. The fire brigades from the Belgian coastal town of Oostduinkerke and Biedenkopf also maintain regular contacts. Only contact with the Italian community of Cogoleto has fallen asleep in the last few decades.

In 1985, the city was awarded the Council of Europe flag of honor in recognition of its commitment to the partnership .

Culture and sights

Biedenkopf in literature

Biedenkopf is the unnamed location of the novel Fix und Ready by Wolfgang Gabel (Beltz & Gelberg Verlag, 1978) and alienated as "Bergenstadt" in Stephan Thome's novel Grenzgang (Suhrkamp Verlag, 2009). The son of the first post-war mayor of the same name, Karl Hillenbrand, who grew up in Biedenkopf, describes childhood memories in his book Kottenbacher Tales or The War actually took place elsewhere (Scherz Verlag, 1981).

Museums

Biedenkopf Castle

In addition to the hinterland museum in Biedenkopf Castle , the Schartenhof in Eckelshausen, the Wallau village museum, the Engelbach village room, a private Holder ( tractor ) museum in Engelbach and the also private icon and textile museum " Schenkbarsches Haus Museum " in the upper town are part of the Biedenkopf museum landscape.

music

The international chamber music festival Eckelshausener Musiktage takes place annually in May / June.

Since 2013 the castle festival has been taking place in the courtyard of the Landgrave Castle every summer, organized by the Biedenkopf town's leisure, recreation and culture company. Their concept is to develop and perform new German-language musicals on local historical topics. The ensemble (including live band), which has over 100 members, consists partly of nationally and internationally active musical professionals, but mostly of several dozen local amateur actors. So far, three productions have been presented: in 2013 and 2014 Threaded , a story from the 16th century about the liberation of Philip the Magnanimous by Biedenkopfer cloth merchants, 2015 and 2016 Der Postraub , based on the historically documented postal robbery in the Subach from the beginning of the 19th century Century (already made famous by a film adaptation ). In 2017 the musical Die Hatzfeldt premiered; It is about Countess Sophie von Hatzfeldt and her colleague Ferdinand Lassalle as figures of the first German democracy movement in March 1848.

After short-lived predecessor clubs under the gymnastics club and the volunteer fire brigade, there has been a marching band as a registered club in the core town of Biedenkopf since 1970, at times with its own youth department; In 1989 he won the Hessen Championship. Biedenkopf also has several choral societies, a harmonica orchestra (founded in 1956) and a harmonica group. The Lahn Chamber Orchestra was founded in 1994 and is a string orchestra that organizes chamber concerts in the region. The Weifenbacher Musikanten represent the decades-long tradition of the local music bands. In the “Musikantendorf” Weifenbach there are still three choral societies: the MGV 1885 Weifenbach, the women's choir Weifenbach and since 2005 the mixed choir “Let's sing”. Other amateur choirs are active in all other parts of the city. A traditional dance group has existed in Biedenkopf since 1954, at times with a separate children's group.

Truss detail

Buildings

In the old town of Biedenkopf, numerous half-timbered houses have been preserved, the oldest of which is the landgrave's office by the church, known as the " Schenkbarsches Haus ".

Above the city is the castle Schloss Biedenkopf from the 14th century. Today it houses the hinterland museum.

A building that shapes the cityscape is the listed Protestant town church in the old town center.

  • lock

  • Untergasse / Stadtgasse

  • Presentable house

  • Obergasse

  • City Church

  • Hospital Church

  • Elisabeth Church

  • Obermühlsbrücke (previous building)

  • Marketplace

Green spaces and recreation

Town house above the city park

There are swimming opportunities in the indoor pool in the community center (now part of a private hotel complex) and in the outdoor pool ( Lahnauenbad ), which opened in 1954 .

Sports

Biedenkopf has four sports halls in the core city (large sports hall, sports hall of the city school, Lahntal hall of the Lahntal high school, Vater-Jahn hall of TV 1862 Biedenkopf ) as well as a large sports hall in Wallau and a gym in Weifenbach. A private event hall (Aue event hall) was created in 2015 from the former Aue tennis and soccer center. The venue of the tennis club TC Rot-Weiß 1969 Biedenkopf are the tennis courts next to the Franz-Josef-Müller-Stadium in the Lahnaue. In autumn 2011 it merged with the Aue TC tennis club to form the Biedenkopf TC with around 200 members. In Franz Josef Müller Stadium in the floodplain athletics competitions take place and the football home games of VfL 1911 Biedenkopf be held there on artificial turf. On the Bleiche - a fairground on the Lahn opposite the stadium - there are horse shows and other public events. A riding arena with stables and riding arena, a shooting range at the rifle house and a fitness trail in the Kottenbachtal complete the sporting offer of the city center. Chess players and friends of Budo are also organized in local clubs .

On the bagpipe , Biedenkopf's "local mountain" and the highest point in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district ( 673.3  m , within the urban area / district around 660  m ), the city operates the bagpipe leisure center with a summer toboggan run and a winter sports center (up to 2017/2018 season), consisting of a ski slope with floodlights, a chair lift and groomed cross-country trails. The infrastructure is maintained with the help of the local ski club Sackpfeife; the club also maintains its own ski hut on the slopes.

Biedenkopf is home to many bowling clubs; Public bowling alleys are located in the restaurant “Die Esse” (also bowling), in the community center and in a separate building of the former hotel “Frauental”. A bowling club was temporarily successful in the second Bundesliga. The now merged club is currently playing as KSG-Hinterland e. V. in the Hessenliga.

The volleyball department of TV Biedenkopf was founded in 1971 and was so successful in the 1980s that the first men's team played temporarily in the 2nd Bundesliga from the 1985/86 season.

KTV Obere Lahn

In 1992, through the merger of the gymnastics departments from the associations TV Biedenkopf, TV Weifenbach , TV Wallau and TuS Niederlaasphe, the gymnastics association Obere Lahn e. V. founded. In order to ensure continuous training, a part of the Lahntalhalle is reserved for the KTV. Equipment for artistic gymnastics is permanently installed there. Until 2011 the KTV Obere Lahn e. V. with their first men's team in the 2nd Bundesliga North. Since the 2012 season, the team has started as a successor in the 1st Bundesliga . In 2013 the team became German runner-up. On December 1st, 2018 - the last day of competition of the season - the KTV Obere Lahn celebrated its first championship in the artistic gymnastics Bundesliga in a close final against the defending champion KTV Straubenhardt. In September 2018, the club announced that it would withdraw its first team from the Bundesliga after the current season. Instead, the future will focus more on the local youngsters who are already represented by the second team in the 3rd Bundesliga.

Regular events

Advertisement for the border crossing in 1907

Borderline

The border crossing in Biedenkopf takes place every seven years from Thursday to Saturday of the third week of August . This large folk festival with tens of thousands of visitors arose from the border inspection, during which the boundary of the district was clarified with the neighboring communities . The border crossing has been documented since 1693. Since 1839 it has been transformed into a folk festival. The next border crossing will take place in 2019 [obsolete] .

Markets

Every year in May, a garden and plant market is presented at the “Bleiche”.

Culinary specialties

Roast potatoes

Roasting potatoes, popularly known as “bread”, is a traditional Biedenkopfer custom that developed from the autumn potato harvest. In numerous forest squares, raw potatoes are traditionally cooked in the embers of a beech fire in early autumn . The fire is made from freshly felled beech wood with the aim of reducing it to a pile of embers. As soon as the fire has produced a sufficient amount of charcoal, the charcoal is separated from the fire and spread over an area. Then the potatoes are first placed in the embers "to sweat" so that excess water can evaporate from the potatoes. Then the potatoes are completely covered with embers and thus cooked. After the cooking time, the potatoes are removed from the fire using suitable tools; long-handled, close-meshed forks from small paving are ideal for separating embers and potatoes. The cooked and unpeeled potatoes are eaten with the addition of butter and salt, as well as with a side dish of liver sausage and salads. Traditionally, only three types of salad are used as a side dish for the Biedenkopfer potato roast: radish salad, onion salad and herring salad . The fire is lit by a roasting master in the morning so that there is enough embers for cooking the potatoes at noon. After the potatoes have been cooked, the fire and the embers continue to be tended to so that there is enough embers in store for the rest of the day, because sausages and portioned meatloaf wrapped in bacon are cooked in the embers during the afternoon and evening. Both sausages and meatloaf are either wrapped in sandwich and newspaper (traditional variant) or in aluminum foil beforehand. Draft beer (Pils) and clear (mostly caraway ) schnapps are served with it.

  • Beech wood fire during the traditional Biedenkopfer potato roast

  • The potatoes sweat (dry) on the embers before they are covered and cooked in it

  • The cooked potatoes are removed from the hot charcoal; the roasting masters protect themselves from the heat radiation

  • Potatoes cooked in the embers with onion salad

Economy and Infrastructure

Land use

In 2015, the municipal area covered a total of 9033 hectares, of which the following hectares were:

Type of use 2011 2015
Building and open space 566 569
from that Living 319 318
Business 53 65
Operating area 18th 20th
from that Mining land 0 0
Recreation area 78 83
from that Green area 60 64
traffic area 397 401
Agricultural area 1716 1703
from that moor 0 0
pagan 0 0
Forest area 6116 6117
Water surface 110 109
Other use 32 31

Spatial planning classification

In the regional plan for Central Hesse 2001, the former district town of Biedenkopf is shown as a central center in rural areas. The city is part of the regional axis Marburg - Dautphetal - Biedenkopf - (Bad Laasphe) . The task of this axis is to develop the region, to enable an exchange of services between the medium-sized centers and to connect the region to the regional center of Marburg and to the long-distance transport network. The expansion of public transport is to be of particular importance. In addition, the Dillenburg - Steffenberg - Breidenbach - Biedenkopf axis is a supra-local transport and settlement axis with a regional connection function. Together with Dautphetal and Breidenbach, Biedenkopf is also identified as a commercial focus.

Companies

In Biedenkopf and its districts, machine, model and mold making is traditionally well represented. These include Meissner AG (model and tool construction), BANSS Schlacht- und Fördertechnik GmbH or CFS (food processing and packaging systems, formerly Krämer & Grebe Tiromat). The plastics processing industry is also based in the city, including the Elkamet company .

media

The daily newspaper with the largest market share in Biedenkopf is the Hinterländer Anzeiger of the newspaper group Lahn-Dill . The Oberhessische Presse from Marburg also publishes a local section for the old district of Biedenkopf . There are also a number of advertising papers , such as “Hinterland extra” from the Oberhessische Presse, the MAZ (Mittelhessische Werbung Zeitung) or the “Sonntag Morgenmagazin” from Gießen publishers .

Main building of the Biedenkopf District Court
Branch office of the district administration ( district office ) in Biedenkopf, Kiesackerstraße
Lahn with flood protection wall

Public facilities

Police station

In Biedenkopf there is a police station of the Central Hesse police headquarters . The station is housed in the former agricultural school on Hospitalstrasse with five service groups and a decentralized investigation group.

technical aid organization

A local branch of the THW is stationed in Biedenkopf . This consists of a platoon, the first rescue group (B1), the second rescue group (B2) and an electrical specialist group (Fgr E). There is also a THW youth group in Biedenkopf that is part of the staff.

fire Department

The existence of a volunteer fire brigade in Biedenkopf has been documented since 1868 . After the First World War there was a compulsory fire brigade in the district town , which was replaced by a voluntary fire brigade in 1924. The first motorized fire engines were put into service in the late 1920s and early 1930s. The Biedenkopfer fire brigade developed in the following decades into a modern, equipped base brigade. With the help of fire extinguishers owned by the district and the state, it was also possible to help fight major fires (for example after air raids on Frankfurt am Main and Kassel in World War II ). The 50th anniversary of the Biedenkopf District Fire Brigade Association was celebrated in 1954 with the organization of the District Fire Brigade Day. With friendly relations with the fire brigades of the French city of La Charité sur Loire (from 1961) and the Belgian-Flemish city of Oostduinkerke aan Zee (from 1968) the basis for the official affiliation with these cities was laid. On January 1, 1971, the organization of the fire brigade was organized as a public institution through legal changes; previously, the legal structure of the association still applied. For example, a city fire inspector was appointed who, in the event of a deployment, also exercises control over the previously independent fire departments in the districts of Dexbach, Engelbach, Eckelshausen and Kombach. In 1976 a spacious area near the Lahn was put into operation as the Biedenkopf fire brigade base. In addition to a drying tower, there are also garages, workshops and training rooms available there. The work of the volunteer fire brigade is now supplemented by a youth fire brigade ; The next generation is recruited from their ranks. The technical equipment was continuously adapted to the increased requirements due to ever larger industrial settlements in Biedenkopf and new tasks that fell to the fire brigade in the context of prevention and environmental protection. Today the fleet includes around twelve emergency vehicles including a command vehicle and the 30-meter turntable ladder.

Ambulance

In Biedenkopf there is also an ambulance of the DRK - Rescue Service Central Hesse. The guard is located on the former E.ON site at the Roten Stein with a direct emergency access to the federal highway 62 . In shift work there are u. a. employs around 20 full-time paramedics . Two ambulances are stationed here , one on 24-hour duty, the other on day duty, and a multi-purpose vehicle as a reserve . Around 2300 missions per year are performed in the area to be supplied.

hospital

DRK hospital

Biedenkopf owns a DRK hospital with 105 beds. The DRK district association Biedenkopf e. V.

In addition to surgery , the specialist areas of gynecology , internal medicine and urology are available. An intensive care unit with six beds was put into operation on February 11, 2008. The medical staff on this ward was provided from there until 2016 through a cooperation agreement with the University Clinic Gießen und Marburg GmbH, which has now been privatized, and intensive care is provided by its own. The intensive care unit has been operated by doctors employed by the DRK since 2016.

Biedenkopf transmitter

Since 1953, Biedenkopf has been the location of a transmitter system for VHF and television of the Hessischer Rundfunk on the bagpipe .

education

University

Location of the Technical University of Central Hesse

schools

Vocational schools
Lahntal School (LTS)

Libraries

  • Common city and school library (in the rooms of the hinterland school / former forester's house)
  • History library "Hinterland Library" in the town hall (literature on the history of the hinterland, sponsor: Hinterland History Association)

Kindergartens

The Protestant parish is responsible for a day-care center called "Löwenzahn" in Galgenbergstrasse. The free evangelical community maintains its KiTa “Wirbelwind” next to the community center on Schulstrasse. Another (non-denominational) kindergarten including a day nursery has existed since November 1990 with different names under the sponsorship of a parents' association . The crèche was operated from 2003 to 2013 by another parents' initiative in a separate private house. Since it was founded, the kindergarten has been temporarily housed in the town hall. To date, there is still no permanent location of its own.

traffic

Road traffic

In addition to the two regional bus routes 481 and 491, there are also local bus routes.

Biedenkopf station , track side

Rail transport

Biedenkopf is connected via the Kreuztal – Cölbe railway line and is served by the Kurhessenbahn on the Oberen Lahntalbahn ( RB 94, Bad Laasphe – Marburg). There are two train stations in the Biedenkopfer urban area, plus the stop in the Wallau district. Stations in Eckelshausen and Ludwigshütte were given up in the 1970s and 1980s.
→ See: Biedenkopf station
→ See: Wallau (Lahn) station

energy

In November 2015, the regional council approved the construction of nine wind turbines with 2.4 MW each between Biedenkopf and Breidenbach. For the project, which bears the name “ Windpark Schwarzenberg ”, 4 hectares of forest are to be cleared and 11.85 hectares to be rededicated for industrial use. Operations started in January 2017. Part of the Weißenberg wind farm , which is under construction and which went into operation in December 2016, is also located in the city . Both wind parks are to form a "wind farm" together.

Personalities

Honorary citizen

sons and daughters of the town

Personalities who lived or worked in Biedenkopf

  • Julius Daniels (1873–1919), District Administrator of the Biedenkopf district , died in Biedenkopf
  • Erich Schnepel (1893–1986), Protestant pastor, mission inspector at the Berlin City Mission and theological author, died in Biedenkopf
  • Johanna Wiesemann (1894–1975), politician (CDU) and member of the Hessian state parliament, lived in Biedenkopf from 1948 until her death
  • Wilhelm Thiele (1897–1990), politician (NSDAP), died in Biedenkopf
  • Richard Martin Werner (1903–1949), sculptor, teacher and head of the sculpture class (consisting of 1947 to 1969) at the Biedenkopf district vocational school, designed the back of the 50-pfennig coin with the tree planter
  • Kurt Schwerdt (1919–2007), Mayor of Biedenkopf from 1954 to 1972, played a key role in the development of the city of Biedenkopf. During his term of office, Biedenkopf became twinned with the cities of La Charité-sur-Loire , Wepion , Oostduinkerke and Cogoleto , died in Biedenkopf
  • Fritz Heinrich (1921–1959), trade unionist and politician (SPD), died in Biedenkopf
  • Annemarie Gottfried-Frost (* 1924), visual artist, cultural worker and founder of the Schartenhof cultural center and the Eckelshausener Musiktage , lives in Biedenkopf
  • Helmut Spengler (* 1931), Protestant theologian and from 1985 to 1993 Church President of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau, was a pastor in Biedenkopf-Breidenstein
  • Franz Kroppenstedt (* 1931), lawyer and State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, grew up in Biedenkopf
  • Karin Tietze-Ludwig (* 1941) presenter, TV announcer and former “Lottofee”, grew up in Biedenkopf
  • Gerlinde Unverzagt (* 1960), journalist and author (also known under the pseudonym "Lotte Kühn"), grew up in Biedenkopf
  • Andreas Steinhöfel (* 1962), author and translator for children and young people, lives in Biedenkopf
  • Thomas Schäfer (1966–2020), Hessian finance minister, grew up in Biedenkopf
  • Jörg Schmitt (* 1967), journalist and Spiegel editor, grew up in Biedenkopf
  • Sibylle Bamberger (* 1968), author and journalist, born and raised in Breidenstein

literature

  • Karl Huth : Biedenkopf: Castle and town through the centuries . Ed .: Magistrate of the City of Biedenkopf. Wetzlardruck GmbH, Wetzlar 1977.
  • Günter Bäumner : Biedenkopf and its districts: Pictures tell from days gone by . Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1988, ISBN 3-89264-236-2 .
  • Hans-Günther Möntnich, KJ Günter Hinz (Red.): Stories and history of our city (festival book for the 750th anniversary of the city of Biedenkopf, 2 volumes) . Ed .: Jubilee Association 750 Years City of Biedenkopf e. V. Wetzlardruck GmbH, Wetzlar 2004.
  • Gerald Bamberger, Antje Coburger: Biedenkopf . Series of archive images. Sutton Verlag GmbH, Erfurt 2005, ISBN 3-89702-861-1 .
  • The Biedenkopf city archive is kept in the Hessian State Archive in Marburg (inventory 330 Biedenkopf). The inventory has been fully developed and can be researched online.
  • Literature on Biedenkopf in the Hessian Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Biedenkopf  - Collection of Images
Wikivoyage: Biedenkopf  - travel guide
Wikisource: Biedenkopf  - Sources and full texts
Wikisource: Biedenkopf in Merian's Topographia Hassiae  - Sources and full texts
Wiktionary: Biedenkopf  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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