Birkert

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Birkert
Brombachtal municipality
Coordinates: 49 ° 45 ′ 5 "  N , 8 ° 56 ′ 33"  E
Height : 261 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 214  (Jan 2020)
Incorporation : 1st October 1971
Postal code : 64753
Area code : 06063
View of Birkert from the northwest
View of Birkert from the northwest

Birkert is the northernmost part of the municipality Brombachtal in the Odenwaldkreis in southern Hesse .

Geographical location

Birkert is located north and south of the Birkerter Bach , which, coming from the nearby watershed of the Gersprenz , flows to the east over the Kinzig to the Mümling . To the east of the village lies the wooded ridge of the Müllert (323 meters high) and to the south is the 339 meter high, also wooded Kirchberg .

history

The existence of the place is documented under the name Birkunhart since 1012. Along the watershed west of the village went one as High Street and Old Street Erbacher called old route . For a long time the rule over Birkert was divided into two parts. A part belonged to the electoral Palatinate Oberamt Otzberg , the so-called "Habitzheimer Seite" and a part to the Zent Kirch-Brombach of the lordship of Breuberg . In the 19th century, Birkert consisted of two different communities and districts. On April 1, 1893, the two suburbs merged to form the municipality of Birkert. Since then, it can still be read from the street names which suburb was assigned to which rulership: Breuberger Strasse is south of the brook and Pfälzer Strasse is to the north .

Territorial reform

On October 1, 1971, on the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse , Birkert voluntarily joined forces with four neighboring communities to form the municipality of Brombachtal. Birkert is one of three Brombachtal districts for which, according to the main statute, a local district with a local advisory board and local mayor was set up.

Territorial history and administration

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

Culture

The former schoolhouse from 1903 with the mayor's office at Kinziger Strasse 8 is a listed building, as are two houses on Breuberger Strasse and the two village fountains, one on the Palatinate and one on the Breuberger side.

The extinguishing water pond in Schwimmbadstrasse was laid out in the manner of a swimming pool.

The strawberry festival takes place on the last weekend in June .

Transport and infrastructure

From the east, the K 87 district road leads to Birkert and ends here. It branches off from the K 86, which comes from Kirchbrombach , the core town of Brombachtal.

Individual evidence

  1. Birkert. In: website. Brombachtal municipality, accessed in August 2020 .
  2. ^ 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 GmbH, Stuttgart and Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 .
  3. Birkert, Odenwaldkreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. (As of October 16, 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. ^ Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . tape 1 . Darmstadt 1866, p. 43 ff . ( online at Google Books ).
  6. denkmalpflege-hessen: former school building with mayor's office

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